Biology Teaching and Learning Resources

Biology Teaching Resources for Students and Teachers

Presentations, Experiments, Questions, and Answers

Biology Presentations

Seven PowerPoint Presentations to introduce the basic concepts for an understanding of the underlying principles of Biology. Each presentation contains between 15 and 38 slides with a set of multiple choice questions.

Genetics Presentations

Ten PowerPoint Presentations to introduce the basic concepts for an understanding of the underlying principles of Genetics. Each presentation contains between 15 and 38 slides with a set of multiple choice questions.

Biology Experiments

One hundred and eighteen tried and tested experiments. Detailed instructions are provided, together with a complete list of apparatus, materials and reagents needed, and a set of questions to help the student interpret the results and criticise the experimental design.

Question Bank

Short answer questions for testing GCSE and IGCSE Biology, with answers; exercises and discussion questions without answers, plus a series of interactive multiple-choice questions with answers and explanations.

IGCSE and GCSE Biology answers

Answers to the 'in-text' questions which occur in IGCSE Biology (2nd edition) and GCSE Biology (3rd edition) by D. G. Mackean

Plants, Animals, and Fungi

Drawings and notes on a selection of plants, animals and fungi; their structures and life cycles.

Plants

Buds and Twigs

(Background article: Buds and Twigs).

Seeds and Germination

(Background article: Seed Structure).

Vegetative Reproduction

(Background article: Vegetative Reproduction).

Vegetative Reproduction - Tropical Examples

Flower Structure

Flower Structure - Tropical Examples

Fruit Formation

Fruit Formation - Tropical Examples

Animals

Protista

(Background articles: Amoeba, Paramecium, Spirogyra, Chlamydomonas, Euglena, Parasitic Protozoa).

Insect Life-Cycles

(Background articles: Aphid, Butterfly, Honey Bee, Housefly, Locust, Mosquito, Termite, Weevil).

Insect Structure and Function

(Background article: insect structure and function).

Insect - Tropical. The Citrus Swallowtail Butterfly, Papilio demodocus

(Background article: Citrus Swallowtail Butterfly).

Fish: Characteristics

(Background article: Fish: Structure and Function).

Fish: Tilapia

(Background article: Tilapia, an Introduction).

Amphibia

(Background article: The frog, an Introduction).

Birds

(Background article: Birds, an Introduction).

Fungi

Fungi

(Background article: Fungi, an Introduction).

Teeth and Dentition

Teeth and Dentition

Other Resources

Videos

A selection of video clips illustrating topics covered on this site, including birds, insects, plants, and protista.

Article and Drawing Index

Index of articles, teaching notes and illustrations.

Links

Useful links to other internet resources relating to the topics on this site.

 

Browse books on biology and other sciences.

Contact and Copyright

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