Category Archives: Y8 Biology 8A to 8D

8D Ecological Relationships

Scientific Eye – Energy for Life – a 19m 9s video:

KS3 Bitesize foundation level – Living Things in their Environment – a video covering Habitats, Adaptation, Seasonal & Daily adaptations, Food Chains & Webs & Factors affecting Populations.

From the top of the food chain down: Rewilding our world – George Monbiot (a TED-Ed lesson):

8C Microbes & Disease

Scientific Eye – Microbes & Disease – a 19m 13s video:

Scientific Eye – Microbes & Health – a 19m video:

Science in Action – Microbes – a 19m video.

How do vaccines work? – a TED-Ed lesson from Kelwalin Dhanasarnsombut:

What is a Fungus? – a TED-Ed lesson from the Naked Science Scrapbook:

You and your microbes – a TEDEd lesson from Jessica Green & Karen Guilleman.

8A Food & Digestion

Scientific Eye – Diet & Nutrition – a 19m video:

The Human Body – Digestion – a 5m 28s video and how Teeth grow – a 4m video.

Science Bank – Food & Digestion – a 14m 28s video.

Science in Action – Animal Nutrition – an 19m 12s video.

KS3 Bitesize foundation level – Humans as Organisms part 1 – a video covering Nutrition & the Digestive System plus other stuff.

8B Respiration

Breathing videos – The Human Body: Breathing (11m 42s); BBC Curriculum Bites: Breathing (1m), Breathing 2 (1m 25s), Breathing 3 (3m).

Scientific Eye – Energy for Life – a 19m 9s video:

Science in Action – Respiration – a 19m 13s video.

Want2TlkScience? –Respiration – a 6m 27s video.

Scientific Eye – Breathing – a 14m 18s video.

KS3 Bitesize foundation level – Humans as Organisms part 1 – a video covering nutrition & the digestive system, the skeletal system & how muscles work, then finally the process of Respiration and the Respiratory System.

A nice simplied powerpoint and here’s a 4m 25 s video: The Human Body – Heart & Circulation .