Let's Learn Science: Biology for Cambridge IGCSE

Do you love Science? In this Ongoing club, learners will explore a range of Science subjects in a fun and interactive way. This course aims to provide meaningful learning experiences for young explorers.

Each class will include a range of teaching methods and activities that are designed to engage the learners in both a hands-on and minds-on way. Classes will include experiments, Q&A, quizzes, games, worksheets, videos and much more. Some classes will include breakout rooms.  Learners will be encouraged to observe, explore, question and share what they learn. A variety of methods are used to support learners and cater for different learning styles and needs. 


What is taught in this course? 


Human nutrition
Week beginning 17/3/25 - Diet
Week beginning 24/3/25 - Alimentary canal
Week beginning 31/3/25 - Mechanical digestion
Week beginning 7/4/25 - Chemical digestion
Week beginning 14/4/25 - Absorption

Transport in plants
Week beginning 21/4/25 - Transport in plants
Week beginning 28/4/25 - Water uptake
Week beginning 5/5/25 - Transpiration
Week beginning 12/5/25 - Translocation

Transport in animals
Week beginning 19/5/25 - Transport in animals
Week beginning 26/5/25 - Heart
Week beginning 2/6/25 - Blood and lymphatic vessels
Week beginning 9/6/25 - Blood

Diseases and immunity
Week beginning 16/6/25 - Pathogens and transmission
Week beginning 23/6/25 - Defences against diseases

Gas exchange in humans
Week beginning 30/6/25 - Gas exchange in humans

Respiration
Week beginning 7/7/25 - Respiration
Week beginning 14/7/25 - Aerobic respiration
Week beginning 21/7/25 - Anaerobic respiration

Excretion in humans
Week beginning 28/7/25 - Excretion

Co-ordination and response
Week beginning 4/8/25 - Nervous control in humans
Week beginning 11/8/25 - Sense organs
Week beginning 18/8/25 - Hormones in humans
Week beginning 25/8/25 - Homeostasis
Week beginning 1/9/25 - Tropic responses

Drugs
Week beginning 8/9/25 - Drugs
Week beginning 15/9/25 - Medicinal drugs
Week beginning 22/9/25 - Misused drugs

Reproduction
Week beginning  29/9/25 - Asexual reproduction
Week beginning 6/10/25- Sexual reproduction
Week beginning 13/10/25 - Sexual reproduction in plants
Week beginning 20/10/25 - Sexual reproduction in humans
Week beginning 27/10/25 - Sex hormones in humans
Week beginning 3/11/25 - Methods of birth control in humans
Week beginning 10/11/25 - Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

Inheritance
Week beginning 17/11/25 - Inheritance
Week beginning 24/11/25 - Chromosomes, genes and proteins
Week beginning 1/12/25 - Mitosis
Week beginning 8/12/25 - Meiosis
Week beginning 15/12/25 - Monohybrid inheritance

Variation and selection
Week beginning 22/12/25 - Variation
Week beginning 29/12/25 - Adaptive features
Week beginning 5/1/26 - Selection

Organisms and their environment
Week beginning 12/1/26 - Energy flow
Week beginning 19/1/26 - Food chains and food webs
Week beginning 26/1/26 - Nutrient cycles
Week beginning 2/2/26 - Population size

Biotechnology and genetic engineering
Week beginning 9/2/26 - Biotechnology and genetic engineering
Week beginning 16/2/26 - Biotechnology
Week beginning 23/2/26 - Genetic engineering

Human influences on ecosystems
Week beginning 1/3/26 - Food supply
Week beginning 8/3/26 - Habitat destruction
Week beginning 15/3/26 - Pollution
Week beginning 22/3/26 - Conservation

Characteristics and classification of living organisms
Week beginning 30/3/26 - Characteristics of living organisms
Week beginning 6/4/26 - Concept and use of a classification system
Week beginning 13/4/26 - Features of organisms
Week beginning 20/4/26 - Dichotomous keys

Organisation and maintenance of the organism
Week beginning 27/4/26 - Cell structure and organisation
Week beginning 4/5/26 - Levels of organisation
Week beginning 11/5/26 - Size of specimens

Movement in and out of cells
Week beginning 18/5/26 - Diffusion
Week beginning 25/5/26 - Osmosis
Week beginning 1/6/26 - Active transport

Biological molecules
Week beginning 8/6/26 - Biological molecules
Week beginning 15/6/26 - Proteins
Week beginning 22/6/26 - Structure of DNA
Week beginning 29/6/26 - Water

Enzymes
Week beginning 6/7/26 - Enzyme action

Plant nutrition
Week beginning 13/07/25 - Photosynthesis
Week beginning 20/07/25 - Leaf structure
Week beginning 27/07/25 - Mineral requirements



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