What are eukaryotes? Cell biology
Eukaryotes (seen through a microscope) are full of chloroplasts When did eukaryotes evolve? Around two billion years ago, when all cells still lived in the ocean, a few of the [...]
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What is an enzyme? Cell biology
A model of an enzyme reacting with another molecule and breaking it into two pieces. Each little ball represents an atom.This enzyme, lysozyme, breaks up bacteria in your blood to keep [...]
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What is the endoplasmic reticulum? Parts of a cell
Endoplasmic reticulum inside a cell What's it made of? The endoplasmic reticulum is made out of a lipid membrane, just like the cell membrane around the outside of a cell, [...]
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Yeast Project – Bread-making – Cell biology
A boy making bread You can see what yeast does by making bread at home. It doesn't matter what recipe you use as long as the recipe calls for yeast, [...]
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Vacuoles – Soap bubble project – Cell biology
A child blows soap bubbles You can see how the lipid membranes around the cell and around the vacuoles seal themselves off using soap bubbles. Soap bubbles are a kind [...]
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RNA Lego Project – Science Activities – Biology
A tower made of Lego To see how you can make lots and lots of different molecules of RNA just by rearranging the four purines that RNA is made out [...]
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Thermal proteins project: Chewing gum and rubberbands
Oil and water You can easily see for yourself how the amino acids formed into little spheres or bubbles. They were trying to get as far away from the water as [...]
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How to make yogurt – Prokaryote project – Biology
A girl making yogurt in Mongolia: how to make yogurt! Yogurt and bacteria To see some prokaryotes in action, you can make your own yogurt. Yogurt is what happens to [...]
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Photosynthesis project – Plants and sunshine – Science Activities
Will your shadow keep the grass from growing? You can see for yourself how important sunlight is to plants. Take any patch of green grass, and cover some of the [...]
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Mitochondria Exercise Project – Science Activities – Biology
A man who has ALS If your mitochondria are not working right, or you have too few mitochondria, you can easily see the results. Your body won't work right, especially [...]
