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WELCOME TO BIOLOGY
Staff (2011/2012 Session) Mrs R Gordon (PT) Miss A Cashmore Mrs B Grant Miss L Kelly
Departmental Aims Our main departmental aim is to use teaching methods and resources that allow all pupils to access Biology, to feel valued and to experience success and enjoyment in their learning. In doing so the department hope to achieve the following:   To maintain and stimulate pupil curiosity and interest in Biology To enable pupils to understand the  rapidly expanding and varied scope of Biology encouraging a practical approach to problem solving To develop a range of personal qualities such as determination, initiative, cooperation and independent learning. To allow pupils to develop informed opinions and be able to support them by reasonable arguments. To ensure pupils see the relevance of Biology to citizenship in modern society and their everyday lives
Internet and Departmental Resources
Resources - either click the button which will load it into Google Docs or download to your computer (depends on the options you have on your browser) If you wish you can just right click and select 'save as..' option to save to your own computer.
Standard Grade		Intermediate 1	Intermediate 2
		Higher
Revision websites		General sites
	Bitesize is an interactive website with lots of information about Standard Grade Biology.  It's great for revising; you can read over notes on each topic before completing a revision quiz. The site also includes 'Ask a teacher' page, which is really helpful if you are stuck.		Exploratorium (any)  A site with lots of cool optical illusions.
	Oronsay Biology (Standard Grade, Int 1, Int 2 and Higher) Another great revision site with useful information at all levels.		Discovery (mainly standard grade) Site from the TV station discovery.  Lots of info about body systems along with some yucky facts and quizzes.
			Learn Genetics (Higher) Big site with lots of information about genetics and DNA.  Try isolating DNA from cheek cells in the interactive section.
	Highland learning (Intermediate 1) Notes, videos and pod casts for the intermediate 1 course.		You try it (Higher) Site from America, has lots of great information on DNA and interactive activities include DNA replication and protein synthesis.  Worth a look.
	Scholar (Higher & Advanced Higher) Notes on the Higher biology course, along with useful diagrams and tests to check your progress.		AS guru (Higher) Website aimed at the English curriculum but has some interactive activities to build DNA etc.  Has more detail than is required for higher but it's worth a look.
ABPI resources for schools   This is a great website but a bit difficult to navigate so use the links underneath to find your way to the most useful parts of the site.			Glaxo Smith Kline (Higher) Great site with lots of DNA games, build your own DNA molecule by matching up the bases.
	Kidneys: (Standard Grade)
	Digestion: (Standard Grade)
	DNA: (Higher)
	Hormones: (Higher) You don't need to know about sex hormones or pregnancy related hormones for higher but the rest of this section is really useful.