Biology and space
A selection of resources on the themes of biology and space.
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Plants on Mars - Build an automatic plant watering system
This resource from the European Space Agency is presented as eight activities which guides students to create an automatic plant watering system, suitable for use on a possible future colony on the planet Mars. Students have opportunities to use and develop their skills to plan, design and analyse various soil-...
Space bears - Lab-experience with tardigrades
This resource from the European Space Agency is presented as four highly complex activities for more able and talented students. The activities require students to work with tardigrades ('water bears'), which they gather from collected moss or lichen samples. Students are given some outline guidance to come up...
Pupil Research Briefs – Biology Briefs
This Pupil Research Brief (PRB), designed by a team at the Centre for Science Education, supports the teaching and learning of biology at GCSE and Scottish Standard Grade levels. Each brief was targeted at a topic within the curriculum at the time. The study guide provides a structure to guide the students through...
Space bugs
This animation explains how studies using microgravity on Earth can be used to investigate how bacteria would survive and multiply in space. The animation is part of the 60 Second Adventures in Microgravity and is narrated by David Mitchell.