Welcome back and happy 2021!!!! Here is a recap on asexual versus sexual reproduction & mitosis/meiosis. Also, a story to help remind you of what variation is and how it plays a role of whether or not a species lives or dies.

Here is a little look at rates of reaction and the scientific key words you should be using. When talking about increasing temperature the key word is kinetic energy. If you’re looking at concentrations 2M is a higher concentration than 0.5M because there more particles in the same volume. Also, what about surface area: the smaller the pieces (like powder) the more surfaces. Let’s not forget about catalysts. They are chemicals that lower the activation energy to speed up chemical reactions.

Here is the first look into content covered in Year 11. Make some flash cards on these four tests!!!! Get revising guys and keep asking your teachers for requests. Anything you want us to go through on here let us know!

A huge welcome back to everyone this week and to all the students who came back today!!!

Hey Community! Just a little check in and reminder. The content hasn’t changed so these podcasts can be listen to over and over again. I really encourage you to use them often and schedule them into your routine. Monday, Wednesday, Friday.... repeat. Hearing information repeatedly alongside retrieval practice will strengthen your long term memory. Listen on Monday, Free Write, mind map or create and use flash cards on Tuesday. Spaced learning and using retrieval practices is a proven method to enhance your learning over time. Come on!!!

& Welcome Back Year 10’s

Third instalment here we go! Do a little refresher. But honestly if you haven’t done 1 and 2 GO BACK! It won’t make sense without it. Seriously you need to get some images up as well! A visual really helps!

This is a continuing of part 1. We’re looking in more detail about genetics and genetic diagrams. You really need to try and get some information and pictures up ahead of time. I suggest you get up information from BBC Bitesize about genetic inheritance, cystic fibrosis, and polydactyly. I also suggest doing all the possible genetic diagrams for the two inherited disorders that we look at. Practice makes perfect!

A little break from curriculum so you guys can focus on what your intent is. Have you let the situation that we are in disrupt your daily habits or have you been the disruptor and take hold of your time and your life. I believe that change and building habits has to come from within but proper planning and scheduling of your time is a huge part in being productive. The more productive you can be the more motivated you’ll be to reach your goals. I think waking up with intention and an idea of what to tackle is key to your success. Start with small steps. Build positive daily habits and soon they will become routine! Get out there! Get intentional!

Here we take a look at the difference between asexual and sexual reproduction. Liking this topic with mitosis which was seen earlier (Biology paper 1) is your key to strengthening your long term memory. Try doing a comparison table between mitosis and meiosis after listening. We also focus our attention on some key scientific words and visualise where they are in a cell.

Part 2 will be released shortly. If you have any requests please let me know.

Here it is! All about responding to a change in your environment. How the nervous system and endocrine system perform the amazing job and maintain constant internal environments within our bodies!