The importance of bacteria in gene technology The importance of hydrogen bonds The ways in…

The new A Level covers content on isolating and creating fragments of DNA.  Here is…

Look out for the weekly essay titles on the door of lab 4.  I will…

Y11- following your book marking a lot of you were recommended to try the demanding…

Three UK-based scientists have won a prestigious prize worth 1m euros for studying the brain’s…

Dear all, The Y13 and Y12 have just published their next addition of the biology…

To see images of the brain click to see ‘more’ of this post. On Tuesday…

To see images of the brain click to see ‘more’ of this post. On Tuesday…

Hi all, A new tab has been added, FAQs.  This is for students to upload…

Hi all, A new tab has been added, FAQs.  This is for students to upload…

January is typically the time everyone tries to be healthy, but with so many conflicting…

January is typically the time everyone tries to be healthy, but with so many conflicting…

Food production needs to increase by 70% by 2050 to feed the growing population- is…

Food production needs to increase by 70% by 2050 to feed the growing population- is…

Scientists in China say they have produced cloned cattle with increased resistance to bovine tuberculosis.…

Scientists have named three relatively little-known diseases they think could cause the next global health…

Hi all, Make sure you are completing past ISA and EMPA written test papers as…

Hi all, Make sure you are completing past ISA and EMPA written test papers as…

Medic Mentors is an organisation that helps students to become Medical Students.  The link below…

This article looks at the  effect humans are having on sea temperatures and aquatic life. global…

The Natural History museum has it’s annual exhibition displaying the best photographs of a range…

Yet another amazing and entertaining episode of Planet Earth II. https://youtu.be/EJPcLz0QStM

David Attenborough has released another fantastic series of Planet Earth.  He examines animal behaviour, adaptations…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-37914543 An implant that beams instructions out of the brain has been used to restore…

We were lucky enough to take part in this exciting experiment.  To see our school’s…

Its stripy back makes it one of the most recognisable of rodents – but until…

I have loaded up two additional booklets- one to practice comprehension style questions and the…

Hi all, Mr Pollock has lots of videos on theory AND exam technique on YouTube.…

I can see that over the weekend there was a big spike in the use of…

Due to popular demand, the locked specimen papers and mark scheme are on the New…

An article exploring how the Zika virus causes damage to unborn babies.   http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-36248691

Researchers in Australia and Sweden have found that coral bleaching and death can have a…

I have added the statistics and maths skills questions booklet to the ‘new A Level’…

The next edition of the student written and edited Biology Magazine is out.  Have a…

With only two months to go until the GCSE, AS and A Level exams the…

The legendary abilities of goats and sheep to digest a wide range of inedible materials…

Thank you for the survey feedback.  y12, I have added specimen papers and past paper…

The Zika virus is likely to spread across nearly all of the Americas, the World…

Scientists have set up cameras in the Antarctic to capture time-lapsed images over a year…

Blocking the production of new immune cells in the brain could reduce memory problems seen…

See the new tab ‘Biology Magazine’.  A group of sixth formers have created an excellent…

Scientists say they have fine tuned a gene editing method to make it safer and…

If you did not achieve your target grade in this the test this week I…

A mass vaccination programme against meningitis A in Africa has been a “stunning success”, say…

Here is the link to the documentary on BBC Iplayer that some of you have…

The world’s largest clinical trial to examine whether aspirin can prevent cancers returning has begun…

A strike ballot of junior doctors over a contract dispute will start next month and…

Thousands of women with early but aggressive breast cancer could benefit from a drug that…

Surgeons in London have carried out a pioneering human embryonic stem cell operation in an…

As we are close to finishing carbohydrates, it would be useful to watch this video…

What is succession…?

I hope everyone has had a good summer.  A few changes have been put in…

A mushroom used for centuries in Chinese medicine reduces weight gain in animals, say researchers…

Oranges bug ‘hacks insect behaviour’ New research suggests that a bacterium, thought to be the…

There are extra U4 questions and gene technology questions with the mark scheme in the…

Go to the GCSE resources tab for several high demand past paper questions with the…

Go to the GCSE tab to find a range of revision activities for B1-B3 to…

A 1,000-year-old treatment for eye infections could hold the key to killing antibiotic-resistant superbugs, experts…

Check the notice board outside of lab 3 and lab 4 for the different topics,…

Read this article to provide real life examples to U4 and U2 conservation content. Wild…

Drinking a few cups of coffee a day may help people avoid clogged arteries –…

As requested by some Y10s, there is now a GCSE tab that has revision tick…

Go to the Resources tab for extra application and maths style exam questions.  There are…

What is your view?  Do you think you should be allowed to select the alleles…

A new type of engineering that could be used to deliver drugs to specific locations…

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If you have a university interview coming up this is a must read!  This is…

McGraw Hill animations.  Very, very helpful!Really descriptive animations of different process in biology with a…

Scientists have completed a comprehensive study of genetic diversity in Sub-Saharan Africa. The African Genome…

Y11 click on your tab to find revision activities. Y12 and Y13 click on the…

Doctors at London’s renowned children’s hospital – Great Ormond Street – were baffled when a…

Have a look at the tracking of the first Ebola victim and and how the virus…

If yes, then you are not the only person who had this thought whilst procrastinating! Now…

New Scientist explore a tapeworm that has burrowed into a man’s brain.  Sequencing its genome…

Everyone has a different method that they find works best for them to learn and…

Here is some up-to-date information on conservation and endangered species.  This links well to Unit…

Another quirky, wishful thinking study has been conducted.  Can chocolate boost your memory?  The short…

Rather than spending time looking for Biology videos on YouTube and checking if the science…