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Science in society:

Post-16 resources - Key Stage 5

Note: some of these resources are suitable for additional age groups, indicated in brackets.

• Publications and web-based activities

  • Clippy Island - investigation into natural selection - (ages 11-14)
  • DNA in the garden (Secondary) - (ages 14-16)
  • Darwin Today factsheets - (ages 14 - post-16)
  • Darwin Today discussion topics - (ages 14 - post-16)
  • Stem cells - science and ethics - (ages 14-16)
  • DNA in the garden - (post-16)
  • Wheat evolution - (ages 6 - post-16)
  • Heart surgery and dissection - (ages 11 – 18)

• External resources developed with support from BBSRC

  • All about the wheat
  • Jelly vision
  • Taste and flavour
  • Microscopy@JIC
  • Calcium signalling
  • The Molecular biology notebook online
  • Touchy feely fungi
  • Ladybird, ladybird: unravelling the story of an alien invader
  • Journey to the Centre of the Earth: the first 23 cm

In addition to these targeted resources for schools, teachers and students may be interested in many of our topic-based and corporate publications and public exhibitions.

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