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Bioplastics

From the National Non-Food Crops Centre, this factsheet illustrates the benefits of using bioplastics, their production, properties and uses. The attraction of bioplastics is they deliver environmental benefits even when they aren’t biodegradable. Durables like polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene (PE)...

Biorenewables Podcasts

From the National Non-Food Crops Centre (NNFCC), these two podcasts explore a range of applications and issues in the biorenewables sector. They are primarily aimed at a commercial audience but may be of use to teachers who want to gain a better understanding of plant-derived materials or, when used in part, as...

This is a biological microscope simulation resource for GCSE and A Level. It is a simulation of a real microscope that includes a large number of botanical and zoological microscope slides at a range of magnifications, accompanied by paper-based tasks.

This versatile software gives teachers the ability to...

Bioserie bioplastic cover made entirely from plants instead...

Biosphere

This resource contains activities based around the concept of astronauts living in space. It is intended that students try out all the activities before producing a specification for their biosphere.

*Breathing: this activity describes how one can use simple equipment to measure the volume of air breathed at...

Science Now! is a series of topic books for Scottish Standard Grade and GCSE science groups. Each book tackles a key scientific idea or issue, adopting a magazine-style approach and including activities and graded questions.

The material included aims to be realistic and topical, and is often based on case...

Biotech

Biotech, published by the Association for Science Education, was a set of teaching and learning activities devised by a team of advisers and teachers from three local authorities in the days of the ...

This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.

Biotechnology

This resource, from the Association for Science Education (ASE), provides two stimulating activities for students to explore protein electrophoresis: proteins in seeds and proteins in fish.

Proteins in seeds: A multicultural context - are there different proteins in different seeds such as lentils in dahl...

Biotechnology

Produced in 1981 by the Institute of Biology as part of its Studies in Biology series, this booklet aims to highlight some of the important biological components of biotechnology.

The booklet contains sections that cover topics that include:
* Substrates for biotechnology
* Fermenter technology...