Target audience: year 11/12 biology/human biology
This collection of resources examines structural, behavioural and physiological adaptations shown by plants and animals in a various environments.… Continue reading
Year 11/12 Biology
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Proteins
Target audience: year 12 biology/human biology
Proteins play a vital role in all living things. Following a practical activity to identify proteins, interactive learning objects are used to explain how proteins are created. The importance of protein folding is examined through the context of prion diseases.… Continue reading
Structural adaptation
Target audience: year 11 biology
Students develop an understanding of some structural adaptations of organisms, and the function of these adaptations in the organisms’s environment.… Continue reading
Food and energy
Target audience: year 11/12 biology
Research scientist Professor Don Bradshaw studies the honey possum, a unique and threatened Western Australian marsupial. The sequence explores the honey possum’s diet. Students learn how scientists catch the animal and study its food and energy requirements.… Continue reading
The Amazon
Target audience: year 9-11 biology
Two videos provide an overview of the Amazon rainforest and impacts of human activities on it.
This sequence contains two resources: Ecology of the Amazon rainforest; and Human impact on the Amazon.
Sample material
Body tissues in focus
Target audience: year 11-12 human biology
A virtual microscope shows labelled and unlabelled images of body systems at various magnifications. Worksheets guide use of the virtual microscope.… Continue reading