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If not you can sign up to full access here. 🍞 Carbohydrates (Edexcel) 🍦 Lipids (Edexcel) 🌯 Proteins (Edexcel) 🧬 DNA and Protein Synthesis (Edexcel) 👄 Enzymes 🧂 Inorganic Ions (Edexcel) 🌊 Water (Edexcel) 🥯 Carbohydrates (AQA) 🍬 Monomers and Polymers 🥐 Lipids (AQA) 🍗 Proteins (AQA) 🥛 Many proteins are enzymes 🧬 Structure of DNA and RNA 💾 Replication of DNA 🚴 ATP (AQA) 🤽 Water (AQA) 🧂 Inorganic Ions (AQA) 🧪 Practical skills assessed in a written examination 🥼 Practical skills assessed in the practical endorsement 🧬 The structure of DNA 📀 Replication of DNA 🔧 Control of gene expression 💪 Cellular differentiation 📜 The structure of the genome 🐩 Mutations 🥝 Evolution 🔎 Genomic sequencing 🧫 Laboratory techniques for biologists 🥘 Proteins (Scottish Advanced Higher) 👮 Membrane proteins ⚡ Detecting and amplifying an environmental stimulus 🚈 Communication within multicellular organisms ➗ Protein control of cell division 🔋 Cellular Respiration 🧹 Metabolism and exercise 👶 Fertility and assisted reproduction 👨👦 The effects of ageing on the reproductive system 🌿 Photosynthesis, food production and management of the environment 👨👨👧 The impact of population increase 💐 Plant reproduction 🍩 Aerobic Respiration 🧁 Glycolysis 🍰 Link reaction and Krebs cycle 🥤 Oxidative Phosphorylation 🍻 Anaerobic Respiration 🌈 Photosynthetic pigments 🌦️ Photosynthesis (Edexcel) 💪 Respiration 🐄 Energy and Ecosystems 🌧️ Nutrient cycles (AQA) 🤒 Pathogens 🏃♀️ Lifestyle 🥣 The Digestive System 🌡️ Enzyme Action 🍛 Carbohydrate Digestion 🧫 Cells 🚍 Plasma Membranes 💅 Diffusion 🌊 Osmosis 😅 Active Transport 💕 Absorption 🦠 Cholera 😤 Lung Function 🚬 The Biological Basis of Lung Disease 💝 Heart Structure and Function 💔 The Biological Basis of Heart Disease 👨👩👦 Inheritance ☀️ Survival and Response 🥩 The Sliding Filament Theory of Muscle Contraction 💊 Genetic Variation in Bacteria 🦁 Species Diversity 🌾 Index of Diversity 🌵 Populations and Ecosystems 🦂 Investigating Populations 🐠 Variation in Population Size 🌎 Human Populations 🦵 ATP 🌞 Photosynthesis (AQA) 🌻 Light-dependent Reaction 🐛 Investigating Variation 🌗 Light-independent Reaction 🌱 Energy and Food Production ⛈️ Nutrient Cycles 🌳 Succession 🦟 Selection 💪 Muscles as Effectors 🥵 Temperature Control ⏰ Control of Mammalian Oestrus 🧬 The Genetic Code ⚖️ Principles (Negative Feedback) 💉 Gene Therapy 🐞 Gene Mutation 🏗️ Polypeptide Synthesis 🧫 Cell Differentiation 😤 Gas Exchange 🚂 Mass Transport 🛣️ The Blood System 🌴 The Passage of Water Through a Plant 🐯 Principles of Taxonomy 🐒 Genetic Comparisons 💌 Courtship Behaviour 🌤️ Causes of Variation 🧬 Structure of DNA 🏗️ Genes and Polypeptides 🧬 DNA and Chromosomes 🧫 Meiosis 🕷️ Genetic Diversity ☘️ (Plant) Cells 🔬 Mitosis 🧫 Cell Cycle 🚓 Principles of Immunology 🌡️ Limiting Factors 🌿 Energy Transfer 🧬 Nitrogen 🧜♀️ Speciation 🐛 Principles (Coordination) 😓 Principles (Homeostasis) 🧠 Human brain structure and function 🚨 Sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems 🎮 Hypothalamus 🖖 Sensory and motor areas in the cortex 💬 Language and speech 🥼 Brain study techniques 👶 Brain development and neuroplasticity 💭 Gene expression and the brain 🌻 Reflex, taxis and kinesis 💡 Learned behaviour 🐁 Transgenic animals and plants ⛅ Photosynthesis (Edexcel) 👨💻 Bioinformatics ⚖️ The compensation point 🙈 Animal behaviour 🧪 Antibody techniques 👨⚕️ Effects of tobacco smoking 🐕 Ethology 🧫 Cytometry and bacterial growth 🤡 RNA interference (RNAi) 🦴 Osteoporosis 🐐 Biopharming 🦠 Gram positive and gram negative bacteria 🧂 Inorganic Ions (WJEC) 🌊 Water (WJEC) 🍯 Carbohydrate structure and function (WJEC) 🐞 Starch, Cellulose and Chitin 🍦 Lipids (WJEC) 🏗️ Protein Structure 💪 Aerobic respiration and photosynthesis: ATP production 🥤 Water (CCEA) 🧂 Inorganic Ions (CCEA) 🍝 Carbohydrates (CCEA) 🏎️ Haemoglobin 🍬 Monomers and Polymers 🥐 Lipids (CCEA) 🍖 Proteins (CCEA) 🧬 DNA 🧫 DNA Replication 🤹 Negative Feedback 🥤 Kidney Function 🔬 Structure of eukaryotic cells 🦠 Structure of Prokaryotic Cells and of Viruses 🔬 Methods of studying cells 🧫 All cells arise from other cells 🚎 Transport across cell membranes 👮♀️ Cell recognition and the immune system 🔬 Cells and microscopy 🌊 Water and its importance in plants and animals 🍺 Proteins and Enzymes 🧬 Nucleic Acids 💙 The heart and monitoring heart function 🚇 Transport systems in mammals 😤 Gas exchange in mammals and plants 🌲 Transport systems in plants ⚙️ Eukaryotic and prokaryotic cell structure and function 🛸 Viruses 👶 Sexual reproduction in mammals 🌹 Sexual reproduction in plants 🛠️ Metabolic pathways and their control 🔥 Cell respiration 🐭 Metabolic rate 🦎 Metabolism in conformers and regulators 🐻 Metabolism and adverse conditions 🧫 Environmental control of metabolism 🧬 Genetic control of metabolism ⚠️ Ethical considerations in the use of microorganisms — hazards and control of risks 💮 Patterns of inheritance 🦜 Population genetics and epigenetics 🧪 Gene technologies (OCR) 🧠 The nervous system and the identification and consequences of damage 👁️ Monitoring visual function 🐢 The effect of ageing on the nervous system ⚖️ The principles and importance of homeostasis (AQA) 👩⚕️ The hormonal control of blood glucose and the management of diabetes 👨⚕️ Kidney functions and malfunctions 🦋 Field techniques for biologists 🐞 Organisms 🐶 Variation and sexual reproduction 🦀 Sex and behaviour (Scottish Advanced Higher) 🦟 Parasitism 🧫 Microbial Techniques 🦠 Bacteria as pathogens 💊 Antibiotics (Edexcel) 🛡️ Antibiotic Resistance 🍄 Other pathogenic agents 🌏 Problems of controlling endemic diseases 🚨 Response to infection ☀️ Survival and response (AQA) ☝️ Receptors 😰 Control of Heart Rate 🏹 Nerve Impulses 🏏 Synaptic Transmission 💪 Skeletal muscles are stimulated to contract by nerves and act as effectors ⚖️ Principles of homeostasis and negative feedback 🍩 Control of Blood Glucose Concentration 🥤 Control of blood water potential ⚔️ Principles of immunity (CCEA) 🏥 Transplantation and immunosuppression ⚙️ Eukaryotic Cells 🦠 Prokaryotic Cells and Viruses 🔬 Cell differences and microscopy 🥼 Organisation under the microscope: cells, tissues, organs 🧪 Enzyme Structure 🥛 Enzyme Function 🍏 Immobilised enzymes in biotech 🌞 Photosynthesis ⛅ Light-Dependent Reaction (WJEC) 🌙 Light-Independent Reaction (WJEC) 🌡️ Limiting factors in photosynthesis 🌱 Fertilisers 🧫 The developing cell: cell division and cell differentiation 🐤 The developing individual: meiosis, growth and development 🐆 The development of species: evolution and classification 🦠 Pathogenic microorganisms 🛡️ The immune system (OCR) ⚔️ Controlling communicable diseases 🧫 The cellular basis of cancer and treatment 🏥 Respiratory diseases and treatment 🐵 Classification 🐜 Natural selection 🐍 Biodiversity (Edexcel) 🚌 Social groups 🐜 Insect social structure 🦍 Dominance hierarchies in vertebrates 💌 Courtship behaviour and sexual selection 💻 The genetic code (CCEA) 🏗️ Polypeptide synthesis (CCEA) 🔧 Epigenetics (CCEA) 🧬 Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) 🥼 DNA probes, microarrays and genetic fingerprinting 🧪 Gene cloning 🌏 Biomes 🏕️ Deforestation 🛡️ Environmental protection 🧰 Functions of the liver 👶 Neural development 🐒 Primates 🩺 Down’s syndrome, Turner’s syndrome and Klinefelter’s syndrome 👪 Family trees (pedigree) 🐟 Gas exchange in fish 🦝 Outline of the plant and animal kingdoms 🧪 Proteins as infectious agents 🐘 Size and Surface Area 😤 Gas exchange (AQA) 🍪 Digestion and absorption 💖 Mass transport in animals 🌴 Mass transport in plants 🌾 Food supply, plant growth and productivity 🐄 Plant and animal breeding 🌿 Crop protection 🐖 Animal welfare 🐛 Symbiosis 🐝 Social behaviour 🐨 Mass extinction and biodiversity ☠️ Threats to biodiversity 📖 Scientific principles and process 🧪 Experimentation 💭 Critical evaluation of biological research 👩👧 Inheritance (AQA) 🐏 The Hardy-Weinberg Principle (AQA) 🐅 Evolution may lead to speciation 🐺 Populations in ecosystems (AQA) 🧬 Using gene sequencing 🎮 Factors affecting gene expression 🧫 Stem Cells 🥼 Gene Technology (Edexcel) 🌵 Plant hormones 🧠 Neurones 📈 Action potential 🔗 Synapse (CCEA) 👀 Mammalian vision 🥊 Muscle contraction 🚐 Plasma membranes (WJEC) 🎈 Passive Transport ✈️ Active Transport (WJEC) 🏗️ Glycolysis and the Krebs cycle ⚙️ Lipids and amino acids in respiration 🔬 Structure of bacteriophage and of HIV 🐁 Surface area to volume ratio (Edexcel) 🚇 Cell transport mechanisms ☁️ Gas exchange (Edexcel) 🏎️ Circulation 🚆 Transport of gases in the blood 🚴🏿 Transport of materials between the circulatory system and cells 🌳 Transport in plants (Edexcel) 🧬 DNA, genes and chromosomes 🏗️ DNA and protein synthesis (AQA) 🐵 Genetic diversity can arise as a result of mutation or during meiosis 🐸 Genetic diversity and adaptation 🦁 Species and taxonomy 🦗 Biodiversity within a community 🧪 Investigating diversity 🎲 Origins of genetic variation 🌿 Transfer or genetic information 🐻 Gene Pools (Edexcel) 🌠 Alteration of the sequence of bases in DNA can alter the structure of proteins ⚙️ Most of a Cell’s DNA is not Translated 👮 Regulation of Transcription and Translation 🧫 Gene expression and cancer 📋 Using genome projects 🎨 Recombinant DNA Technology 🔍 Differences in DNA between individuals of the same species can be exploited for identification and diagnosis of heritable conditions 🧪 Genetic Fingerprinting (AQA) 🍼 Enzyme structure and action 🌡️ Factors affecting enzyme function 🥤 Immobilised enzymes in industry ⚙️ Cell Structure 🚍 Plasma Membranes (CCEA) 👀 Microscopy 🦠 Bacterial classification 🧫 Culturing microorganisms 🔬 Optimising and analysing growth 🤹 Homeostasis 🥰 Chemical Control in Mammals 🌱 Chemical Control in Plants 🧠 Structure and function of the mammalian nervous system 💪 Nervous transmission 💊 Effects of drugs on the nervous system 👁️ Detection of light by mammals 💑 Control of heart rate in mammals 💧 Osmoregulation and temperature regulation 🏜 The nature of ecosystems 🌾 Energy transfer through ecosystems 🔥 Changes in ecosystems 🌐 Human effects on ecosystems 🧂 Diffusion, facilitated diffusion and osmosis 😅 Active Transport (CCEA) ⚙️ ATP (WJEC) 🧬 DNA Structure (WJEC) 💾 DNA Replication (WJEC) 🏗️ The genetic code (WJEC) 🗄️ Polypeptide synthesis and processing 🌏 Population growth (WJEC) ☘️ Sampling Organisms 🌨️ Ecosystems 🍌 Biomass transfer 🌳 Succession (WJEC) 🦠 Nutrient Cycles (WJEC) 🏭 Carbon Cycles (WJEC) 🌩️ Nitrogen Cycles (WJEC) 👶 Cell Cycle (CCEA) 🧬 Chromosomes 🔬 Mitosis (CCEA) 🍭 Meiosis (CCEA) 🔬 Cell Cycle (WJEC) 🌱 Mitosis (WJEC) 🌈 Meiosis (WJEC) ⚰️ Species Extinction 👩⚕️ Gene therapy (CCEA) 🖥️ Genome sequencing ⚖️ Ethics and safety of gene technology 👶🏾 Inheritance (CCEA) 🎲 Sex determination and sex linkage 🔮 Genetic interactions and properties 🎱 Gene pools (CCEA) 🐰 Hardy-Weinberg principle (CCEA) 🍭 Causes of variation (CCEA) 🕷️ Selection (CCEA) 🦙 Chordata (e.g. cat) body form 🐛 Integrated pest management 📉 Interpreting heart function data 🌊 Origin of life ⛔ End-product inhibition 🚴 Training and supplements 🥼 Instruments and equipment 🥨 Nervous and hormonal control of digestion ⚕️ Penicillin and tetracycline 🩺 Fighting viruses 💽 Gene pool conservation 🥪 Agriculture 🗳️ Politics and the environment 🌍 Planetary boundaries 🍳 Homeostasis and negative feedback (WJEC) 🥤 Mammalian kidney structure and function 👨⚕️ Kidney failure 🏫 Cell Specialisation ⚙️ Ileum structure and function 🧽 Absorption by the epithelium 🍃 Structure and function of a mesophytic leaf 📓 Classification of organisms 👑 Kingdoms: Prokaryotae, Protoctista, Plantae, Fungi, Animalia 🐾 Genetic fingerprinting (WJEC) 🐨 Biodiversity (WJEC) 🦋 Measuring biodiversity and natural selection 🏕️ Adaptation 🏃♂️ Response to stimuli and the spinal cord 🛴 Nerve impulses and the motor neurone 🔗 Synapse (WJEC) 🐦 Gas Exchange Adaptations 🐝 Insect and fish gas exchange 😤 Human gas exchange 🍁 Structure of the angiosperm leaf 🐫 Surface area to volume ratio (CCEA) ✈️ Mass transport (CCEA) ☁️ Gas Exchange (CCEA) 🌲 Transport in plants (CCEA) 💓 Mammalian circulation (CCEA) 💛 Mammalian heart 💦 Blood and tissue fluid 🤕 Blood clotting 🚎 Haemoglobin (CCEA) 🎱 Ovary, testis, oogenesis and spermatogenesis 👶 Menstruation, gestation and lactation 🐟 Earthworm, insect, fish and mammal vascular systems 💜 Mammalian circulation (WJEC) 🚂 Haemoglobin (WJEC) 🌊 Tissue fluid 🌾 Plant transport 🌵 Adaptation to the environment 🏞 Population distribution 🦍 Diversity Amongst Organisms 📐 Measuring Diversity 🐉 Taxonomy 👑 The Five Kingdoms 😳 Human environmental impact 🏆 Supporting biodiversity 🌼 Flowers, pollen and ovules 🍓 Pollination and double-fertilisation 🥝 Seed, fruit, germination and the hormone gibberellin 🍮 Types of nutrition 🔬 Unicellular nutrition in Amoeba and multicellular nutrition in Hydra 🤤 Human gut adaptations and digestion 👄 Herbivore and carnivore adaptations 🧛 Parasites (WJEC) 🐸 Alleles and Mendelian inheritance 📉 Chi squared test ✖️ Sex linkage in haemophilia and Duchenne muscular dystrophy 🧬 Gene mutation in sickle cell anaemia and chromosome mutation in Down’s syndrome ☀️ Mutagens, carcinogens and oncogenes 🕹️ Epigenetics 🧬 Causes of variation between individuals 🧰 Gene pool (WJEC) 🐞 The Hardy-Weinberg principle (WJEC) 🐜 Speciation and natural selection 🧪 Population growth (CCEA) 🌳 Communities and ecosystems 🦝 Succession (CCEA) 🐄 Energy transfer (CCEA) 🏭 Carbon cycle (CCEA) ⛈️ Nitrogen cycle (CCEA) 📢 Human Genome Project and its implications 🧪 PCR, gel electrophoresis and GMOs 🏥 Genomics, gene therapy and stem cells 🤒 Pathogens (WJEC) 🦠 Cholera (WJEC) 💧 Tuberculosis 🐀 Smallpox 🌡️ Influenza 🦟 Malaria 👾 Virus pathogenicity and mode of reproduction ☠️ Antibiotics (WJEC) 🛡️ Immune System (WJEC) 💉 Vaccination ⚙️ ATP (CCEA) 🍺 Aerobic and anaerobic respiration 🏃♂️ Structure of cartilage 🦴 Bone components and their function 👨⚕️ Bone disease 🥩 Skeletal muscle 🔬 Sliding filament theory 👷 Muscle contraction fuels and conditions 💀 The skeleton and fractures 👩⚕️ Vertebrae and deformities ⚙️ Skeleton function 🦵 Joint types 👨⚕️ Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis 💪 Joints as levers 🔗 Synovial joint structure 🏋️ Forelimb muscle action and the role of tendons 🌤️ Overview 🌅 Light-dependent reaction (CCEA) 🌇 Light-independent reaction (CCEA) 📏 Limiting factors (CCEA) 🍜 Carbohydrates 🐴 Speciation (CCEA) 🌿 Bryophyta (e.g. moss) form and adaptations 🍃 Tracheophyta (e.g. fern) form 🌹 Angiosperm (e.g. flowering plant) form and adaptations ⭐ Cnidaria (e.g. Hydra) body form 🌈 Platyhelminthes (e.g. flatworm) body form 🐛 Annelida (e.g. earthworm) body form 🐝 Arthropoda (e.g. insect) body form 🧭 Patterns of evolution 💐 Pollination and fertilisation 💻 Research and referencing 👓 Visualising DNA with gel electrophoresis 🏃♀️ Movement and locomotion 🧫 Culturing media 🧪 Affinity chromatography 🐺 Classical and operant conditioning 👕 tRNA (Transfer RNA) 👓 Age-related vision loss 🍔 Environmental effects on genes
