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Learning GCSE Biology in small, understandable steps!
Biology is the study of life or living things, and the processes that happen within, whether that be the study of our body, animals, and even smaller organisms on a microscopic level, like bacteria. Biology involves all the disciplines of chemistry, physics and medicine in the form of biochemistry, biophysics and biomedicine.
The human body is awesome. It is controlled by twelve different systems that all interact with each other, to maintain balance with everything (during homeostasis), fight off infections (with the immune system), procreate (using the reproductive system), and it also allows us to eat, breathe and perform multiple tasks at once.
There is a lot to cover that surrounds the human body, including: how our skeleton is made up on 207 bones, how our digestive system breaks down food, how our body regulates temperature during hot or cold weather, and how a baby is made during pregnancy.
To find out more, click on the following five sections.
Here you can learn about the bones that make up our skeleton. As mentioned above, there are 207 bones in an adult human body, and they each work together to keep our frame upright and rigid, in order to protect vital organs that work within it, or to protect a cord that runs down our back.
Did you know? There are arouns 270 in a baby's skeleton? This is because as a child grows older, the bones fuse together to form the adult bones within them. Babies are also born with no kneecaps. The cartilage grows between 2 and 4 years old, and is fully developed by five.
There are many organs in our body. Some work together to form a system, which work together to perform a specific role, some are cross-system (like the liver), that help several other systems to perform their function.
There are many aspects to the systems that work in our body, and they each have a place and function that maintains your body at it's peak fitness or health level you are comfortable with.
Right down to the last molecule, our bodies have been programmed. On a microscopic level, you can see why. Our cells make up every part of our body - from the skin that surrounds the body, to the organs, tissues and muscles that make up parts of our body.
This section covers the discovery and history of DNA; it also includes the components that make up the parts of the cell, along with items like how the size of a cell differs depending on what it is and it's function.
Since 2020, diseases (and one in particular) have remained at the forefront of people's minds. If you are studying them, this section will provide you with details such as how medication is made and trialled, who were responsible for discovering medicines, how our body works when we get infected with diseases, and more.
Health is important to us, as it keeps us alive. With good health, both physically, and mentally, we can be healthy and live a fuller, longer life. The aspects covered in the section help us to understand what health is, what wellbeing is, and also what can be done to help support a healthy lifestyle.
Ecology is the study of the natural life. It covers everything, including our human body. But ecology also covers things like the environment, what surrounds us, how we can help protect it, and also what we can do to be more sustainable for the future.
In this section, you will find information on natural selection, evolution, mutations, environmental sampling, and the scientists and naturists that helped shape the world we live in now.
Ultimately, we are in one of three domains. Everything that has been found in the living world has a name - a genus and species name, which is the classified into higher groups, eventually reaching a domain - Eukaryota, Archaea and Bacteria. You can find out how they are different, and how long they have been classified this way.
Plants are an eternal source of oxygen. They create a lot of it, and without them (to a degree), we would not be able to live on this planet. But how do they work? This section covers the structures of a plant, processes like photosynthesis, food chains and webs, and more.
How we care for the environment helps shape the future of our planet. If we do not look after it, it will eventually become a hostile place to live, and so far, I haven't seen any ways of leaving this planet yet, have you?
To find out more about what we can do, including maintaining sustainability through crop production and fishing, to recycling and reusing items, click below.
Here are biographies of all the recognised scientists that are featured across the website.
You can find out about a specific scientist, but also, these scientists are spread throughout the site on pages that link to the respective scientists that worked in the field to make the amazing discoveries over the last 2-300 years.
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
