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How We Look
Published by the Wellcome Trust, the 'Big Picture' explores issues around biology and medicine. This issue looks at the interplay between the biology that sculpts our form and the culture that interprets and adapts it.
...Human karyotype
Images representing human karyotypes: male, female and Down syndrome. Curriculum links include chromosomes, DNA, inheritance, sex chromosomes, inherited disorders
Credit: Wessex Reg. Genetics Centre, Wellcome Images
I'm a Worm Get Me Out of Here
These resources allow students to explore natural selection using different coloured baits (spaghetti ‘worms’) that are selected and eaten by birds. Uneaten ‘worms’ are counted after predation and the ‘worm’ population is replenished in proportion to those colours which remain. After several cycles of predation and...
I've Got the Power (Ages 16-19)
These four experiments look at what limits our performance during exercise and how we produce the energy that we require to move our bodies during different types of exercise.
In these experiments, the role of aerobic and anaerobic respiration are compared and students investigate how their bodies use...
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Immune response
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Understand the major components of the non-specific (innate) and specific (adaptive) immune responses |
The immune system is what keeps us healthy in spite of the many organisms and substances that can do us harm. Explore how our bodies are designed to prevent potentially harmful objects from getting inside, and what happens when bacteria, viruses, fungi or other foreign organisms or substances breach these barriers...
Immune system
Published by the Wellcome Trust, the 'Big Picture' explores issues around biology and medicine.
This resource looks at several aspects of the immune system including:
- The non-specific immune response
- Specific immune response and antigen recognition
- T cells and B cells
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Immune system and pregnancy
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Nine facts show how intricate the immune system is. |
Immunity and vaccination
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How is a vaccine developed, what is in it and how does it work? |