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HUMANS AS ORGANISMS (35 units)
Cell structure
How substances get into and out of cells (osmosis)
Osmosis in operation in animal and plant cells
Pupils' expts: osmosis in carrot discs
(ANIMAL &) HUMAN NUTRITION
FOOD TESTS
DIET ANALYSIS and FOOD ADDITIVES
DIGESTION & ASSOCIATED PROCESSES
THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
TEETH
How enzymes work
ACTION OF AMYLASE ON STARCH
CONDITIONS FOR ENZYME ACTION
ACTION OF PEPSIN (+ ACID) ON PROTEIN (EGG WHITE)
ACTION OF LIPASE (+ BILE SALTS) ON FATS (MILK)
STARCH AGAR EXPERIMENTS
THE RESPIRATION PROCESS
THE HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Experiments to compare carbon dioxide content of inhaled and exhaled air
DANGERS OF SMOKING
BLOOD
THE HEART AND CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
HEART PROBLEMS AND FITNESS
HOMEOSTASIS, EXCRETION AND THE KIDNEYS
PROBLEMS WITH THE KIDNEYS
SKIN AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL
SENSES, SENSITIVITY, STIMULI AND SKIN
THE EYE AND VISION
THE EAR
THE BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM
RESPONSE AND CO-ORDINATION & DRUGS
HORMONES AND THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
THE HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
Birth control
PREGNANCY AND BIRTH
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GREEN PLANTS AS ORGANISMS (7 units)
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
THE STRUCTURE OF THE LEAF
Experiment to show factors required for photosynthesis: (1) - (chlorophyll)
Experiment to show factors required for photosynthesis: (2) - (carbon dioxide and light)
TRANSPORT & SUPPORT IN PLANTS
PLANT MINERAL NUTRITION
PLANT HORMONES
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SUBJECT EXTENSIONS (14 units)
VIRUSES
BACTERIA
FUNGI
BASIC MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES
STREAKING
DILUTION PLATING
A CLOSER LOOK AT DISEASE
MALARIA
SEWAGE TREATMENT
ANTIBIOTICS
ANTIBODIES, ANTIGENS, MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES
FERMENTATION USING OTHER MICRO-ORGANISMS
MANIPULATING GENES
MANIPULATING REPRODUCTION
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BASIC MATERIAL
Using the microscope
Life processes (3 units)
7 processes of life
Human body - organs and systems
Cell division and chromosomes
Other material (26 units)
The effect of temperature on activity of yeast
Direct observation of yeast population growth by counting the number of yeast cells
To monitor the progress of fermentation of different sugars by yeast
Experiment to show the effects of temperature on fermentation by yeast
Experiment to show some methods of preserving food
Food spoilage and additives
The Skeleton and Movement
Asexual reproduction and artificial propagation
Same again - different filename
Same again - but no direct references to s.x
Plant groups
Simple organisms
Invertebrate groups
Insects
Cold blooded vertebrates
Warm blooded vertebrates
Classification
Making your own key
The bluebell
The fox
The earthworm
The snail
Experiment on heat loss in penguins or test-tubes
Experiment on the effect of light intensity on photosynthesis in Elodea
Questions about skin
Flower structure
Filter feeding
Dietary guidelines
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VARIATION, INHERITANCE AND EVOLUTION (8 units)
VARIATION, HEREDITY AND ENVIRONMENT
GENETICS
GENETIC INHERITANCE DIAGRAMS
GENETIC PEDIGREES
DNA STRUCTURE, REPLICATION and NUCLEAR DIVISION
DNA and PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
CLONES and CLONING
EVOLUTION and NATURAL SELECTION
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LIVING ORGANISMS IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT (4 units)
CYCLES IN THE ECOSYSTEM
WATER
ECOSYSTEMS
HUMANS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
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Higher level topics
- A and AS level
(25 units)
Elements in Biochemistry
Glucose structure
Condensation and hydrolysis
Condensation of monosaccharides
Hydrolysis of a disaccharide
Amino acid structure
Condensation of amino acids
Hydrolysis of a dipeptide
Formation of a lipid by condensation
Hydrolysis of a lipid
Levels of protein structure
Insulin as an example of protein structure
Haemoglobin and Myoglobin as examples of protein structure
Simple biochemical tests on carbohydrates
Chromatography of amino acids
Information about amino acids
Practical illustrating the effect of a competitive enzyme inhibitor
Unknown liquids practical(now with photo of specimen results)
Effect of pH on the action of the enzyme catalase
Glycolysis pathway
Glycolysis pathway (minimal detail)
Glycolysis pathway (more detail)
Photosynthessis:
light-dependent reactions
Light-independent reactions
The kangaroo rat
CHIME section (20 topics, about 27 molecules)
carbohydrates
lipids
nucleic acids
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JMol section
- interactive molecules in 3D |
| CARBOHYDRATES |
| Monosaccharides |
| hexoses |
glucose |
alpha and beta glucose |
| fructose |
glucose-galactose comparison |
| pentoses |
ribose |
deoxyribose |
| glucose derivatives |
glucosamine |
N acetylglucosamine |
| Disaccharides |
| glucose dimers |
maltose |
cellobiose |
| mixed dimers |
sucrose |
lactose |
| Polysaccharides |
| storage compounds - animal |
glycogen |
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| storage compounds - plants |
amylose [another form of amylose] |
amylopectin |
| structural compounds - plants |
cellulose |
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| AMINO ACIDS |
| All shown on one page |
20 amino acids |
Individual amino acids
- seen a little larger |
glycine,
alanine,
valine,
leucine,
isoleucine,
serine,
threonine,
lysine,
histidine,
arginine,
phenylalanine,
tyrosine,
tryptophan,
cysteine,
methionine,
aspartic acid,
asparagine,
glutamic acid,
glutamine,
proline |
| PROTEINS |
| Levels of protein structure |
General principles
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as shown by Insulin |
| as shown by Haemoglobin |
as shown by Myoglobin |
| Enzyme structure |
Amylase as an example
Pepsin
Pepsinogen
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More to be added soon |
| Fibrous proteins | Collagen | |
| LIPIDS (FATS and OILS) |
| Sub-units |
glycerol |
saturated and unsaturated fatty acids |
| Polyunsaturated fatty acids |
alpha-linolenic acid
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gamma-linolenic acid |
| More about functional foods |
plant sterols and stanols and their esters |
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| Neutral fats |
triglycerides |
monoglycerides and diglycerides |
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phospholipids |
phospholipid bilayer |
| Sterols and steroids |
cholesterol |
More to follow |
| NUCLEIC ACIDS |
| Section |
DNA - see also * below |
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| nucleotides | AMP,TMP pair |
GMP,CMP pair |
| bases |
DNA bases |
RNA bases |
| co-enzymes |
ATP |
NAD and reduced NAD |
| Other molecules of biological interest |
| Caffeine |
Penicillin |
Another fungal product |
| Antimalarial compounds |
Taxol |
Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs |
| Chlorophyll | Acetyl choline |
Artificial sweeteners |
| Paracetamol |
Opiates and cannabinoids |
Salicin and Aspirin |
| Capsaicin | | |
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