Science Investigations and Cells Overview

My Bitesize Subjects and Guides

• Science Investigations: Hands-on activities in Atomic Labs using Bunsen burners, test tubes, and more to experiment and develop science skills.
• Cells: Study of animal and plant cells, including cell components, types (e.g., nerve, muscle, xylem, phloem), and functions.
• Blood Components: Four parts of blood: red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma, and platelets, and their roles.
• Skeletal System: The system of bones and joints involved in protecting organs, movement, and the role of muscles, bones, and joints in actions like kicking a ball or raising an arm.
• Stem Cells: Exploration of two types, embryonic, and adult stem cells, differentiating between their characteristics.
• Organisation of Organisms: How cells in animals and plants organize into tissues, organs, and organ systems. Includes unicellular organisms and cellulose.
• Diffusion: The movement of particles from high to low concentrations and how cells use it for substance transfer.
• Cell Modelling: Creating models to visualize animal and plant cells.
• Digestive System: The parts of the digestive system, their functions, and how food is broken down. Energy transfer and balanced diet concepts. Malnutrition types (obesity and insufficient nutrition) are explained
• Lipids, Vitamins, Minearls, Proteins, and Dietary Fibre: Importance of these nutrients in a balanced diet and the foods that provide them.
• Digestion Modelling: Experiments and recreations (using tights as an example) of digestive processes.
• Respiration (Aerobic and Anaerobic): The chemical reactions within cells, converting glucose to energy, including the role of oxygen in aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
• Circulatory System: The function of the heart and blood vessels, and how they transport cells and substances around the body,
• Gas Exchange: The parts of the body involved, along with factors like asthma, smoking, and exercise, impacting the system.
• Photosynthesis: The chemical process in plants to create food. Key factors that affect photosynthesis are explained (e.g., light, temperature and carbon dioxide).
• Measuring Lung Capacity: Experiments to determine and investigate lung capacity measurement
• Recreational Drugs: Effects on health and behaviour of both legal and illegal substances. Diseases (communicable and non-communicable).
• Antibiotics and Vaccines: Different functions and actions of antibiotics and vaccines to prevent illness.
• Mental Health: Causes and effects of common issues, including stress, anxiety, and depression
• Reproduction: Parts of the body in reproduction, growth, different reproductive processes, growth in uterus and birth, and effects of menstrual cycle.
• Plants and Reproduction: Processes of pollination, the role of pollinators, fruit, seed dispersal and plant adaptations.
• Ecosystems, Food Chains, and Food Webs: Interdependencies in ecosystems, the flow of energy, impacts of changes to food webs.
• Sampling: The methodology and application to research populations or habitats.
• Pyramids of Number and Biomass: Methods to visually represent the number and mass of organisms within a food chain or web.
• Kingdoms and Classification: Grouping and relationships of different species.
• Adaptations: How plants are suited to their habitats.
• Biodiversity, Gene Pools, and Extinctions: Measuring the range of living things and the importance of gene pools, in relation to DNA.
• Variation: The causes and types of variation in organisms.
• Natural Selection and Evolution: "Survival of the fittest" and the process of small changes across time that leads to new species formation.
• Selective Breeding: Purposeful breeding to produce organisms with desirable characteristics and passing on genetic conditions.
• Extinct Species and Bringing Back Species: Discussion of whether extinct species should be brought back.
• Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change: Global warming and human impact on atmospheric greenhouse gases, and pollution impacts on food chains
• Lab Safety: Lab safety protocols, risks, hazards, and identifying hazards.
• Variables in Experiments: Defining types (control, independent, dependent) and their importance in experimental design.
• Hypothesis and Prediction: Forming testable ideas to predict outcomes, methods needed, and steps in experiments.
• Experiment Planning: Procedures to plan valid experiments to conclude the findings, and evaluate every step
• Maths Skills in Science: Use of equations, formulae, and standard units, and how to represent them through diagrams of apparatus in 2D and practical techniques.
• Data Analysis: Calculating averages, using tables, different types of data (continuous, discrete, categorical), and their graphical representation, conclusions and evaluation.
• Bias in Science: Recognizing and discussing bias in scientific studies.

Explore essential concepts in science, including the structure and function of cells, the components of blood, and the skeletal system. This quiz covers hands-on experiments and theoretical knowledge about organisms, diffusion, and stem cells, providing insights into biological organization. Test your understanding of key scientific principles!