Strand B: Cells

What adaptations and processes do trees in northern climates have to survive winter?

Learn about the categories, or phylum, of the plant kingdom with examples from each.

Learn about the many different structures that make up plant cells as well as what differentiates plant cells from animal cells.

Learn about the important plant functions of photosynthesis, respiration and transpiration

It took several scientists building on each other’s discoveries to come up with Cell Theory - one of the cornerstones of biology.

Learn about pollination and other forms of sexual reproduction in plants. And did you know that plants can also reproduce asexually?

Plants need to exchange gases and water with their environment as part of photosynthesis. Some plant cells have evolved specifically for this purpose.

Astronauts can experience bone loss in space. To understand why, you need to know a bit about how bones are formed and maintained in your body.

Get active in this activity and explore the impact of exercise on your heart rate. Ready, set, GO!

Learn how to measure lung capacity and about the factors that can affect our lung capacity in this hands on activity.

Be a biochemist! Learn how to extract DNA from an onion and find out what DNA looks like.

8 images of some flowerheads such as roses and water lilies whose outer petals are longer than the petals in the centre of the flower

3 images of some asymmetrical flowerheads such as an iris and an Orchis Sima or Monkey Orchid

7 images of some symmetrical flowerheads such as asters and sunflowers whose petals radiate from the centre of the flower

5 images of some flowerheads such as petunias and lilies that start as a narrow base and widen to an open shape