Resources

Biodiversity - delivery guide

This booklet contains a range of suggested teaching activities and contexts for teaching about biodiversity at A level.  Topics covered include: sampling, species, Simpson's, diversity, conservation, population, and ecology.

Although produced to support the teaching of OCR AS and A Level Biology A...

Biodiversity and Evolution (Age 14 to 16)

Produced by ARKive, these materials encourage students to gain an understanding of biodiversity, evolution and Darwin’s theory of natural selection. By investigating biodiversity and the process of evolution students learn how traits beneficial for survival are selected for and genetically passed on to successive...

Biodiversity and Evolution (Age 16 to 18)

From ARKive, this hands-on activity is designed to remind post-16 students about the concepts of biodiversity, evolution and Darwin’s theory of natural selection. By investigating biodiversity and the process of evolution students learn how traits beneficial for survival are selected for and genetically passed on...

Biodiversity and habitat loss

This resource from the European Space Agency climate change resource pack explores the topic of biodiversity and how habitat loss is a key driver of global biodiversity loss occurring today. In a series of activities students explore the importance of biodiversity focusing in particular on distributions of common...

Biodiversity Around Us

In this topic, from the Association for Science Education (ASE), students explore the importance of biodiversity to humankind. The topic is designed to allow classes in schools across the world to exchange information about the factors affecting biodiversity today.

Students focus in particular on the...

Biodiversity Hospital

In this ARKive activity, students work in medical teams and balance competing priorities for the conservation of an endangered species and devise a ‘treatment’ plan. Students learn the importance of biodiversity and species conservation, the fine balance of the ecosystem and how to measure competing priorities....

Biodiversity Survey - What Wildlife Is Supported by Your Hedge?

This resource is suitable for use when teaching habitats, plant and animals in the local environment and interdependence and adaptation. There are detailed notes on how to make a bug spy pot to observe any animals closely for a short time. Also included are a workbook, field guide, invertebrate guide and group...

Biodiversity, conservation and sustainability

These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

• Identify ecosystem services provided by species for other species.
• Recall that biodiversity is made up of the diversity of ecosystems, the diversity of living organisms, and the...

Bioenergetics of Autotrophs and Heterotrophs

Produced in 1980 by the Institute of Biology as part of its Studies in Biology series, this booklet compares the requirements of autotrophs and heterotrophs for carbon, nitrogen, sulphur and energy. It aims to demonstrate that energy-generating mechanisms and the synthesis of biological molecules from organic and...