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Are you looking for ideas to make your science teaching come alive? Full of suggestions for exciting and practical activities to engage children, Practical Science 11-16 explains the science behind the experiments and shows you where it links to the national curricula in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The book covers the three sciences: chemistry, biology and physics. It contains detailed subject knowledge to ensure you grasp key concepts, and there are lots of useful diagrams to help illustrate key points.Experiments include:extracting DNA from a kiwi fruitcapturing rainbowsthe chromatography of sweetsremoving iron from cornflakesa plate tectonic jigsaw
Looking at Life
Looking at Life
This Chapter Covers:
- the characteristics of life
- cell structure
- practical techniques for making slides
- levels of organization
- diffusion and osmosis.
Test Your Own Knowledge
Before reading the material in this chapter test your current knowledge with the following questions:
- How do we know something is alive?
- What is a cell? What are the main components of an animal and a plant cell? Which components are shared by both plant and animal cells?
- What is the function of each cell component?
- How do substances get in and out of cells? Are there any rules for this?
- What is the definition of a cell, an organelle, a tissue and an organism?
What is Life?
Everything that is considered to be alive carries out the seven characteristics of life. These are known ...
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