School Science Lessons
2024-12-16
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Biology, QZ
Contents
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Biology Q
Quinine
Quinone C6H4O2

Biology R
9.3.10 Raphidophyceae, raphidophytes
Reaction time, Catch a metre stick, reaction time, drop the ruler, (Physiology)
Reactions of, (Chemistry)
Reducing sugars and non-reducing sugars
Reflex arc
Reflexes, Deep tendon reflexes
Reflux, Reflux and heartburn
Rennet, (rennin or rennilase), (cheese-making)
Reproduction, Flowering plant reproduction
Reproduction, Human reproduction, Sexuality education
Reptiles, Class Reptilia
Respiration, Aerobic respiration
Respiration in plants, plant respiration
Resuscitation, (CPR) and (EAR)
Rhizobium leguminosarum in root nodules, (Agriculture)
Rhizome, ginger, iris, banana
Rhizopus nigricans, bread mould, (fungus)
Rhodophyta, Rhodophyta Division, (red algae)
Rhubarb, (Rheum rhabarbarum), Polygonaceae
Riboflavin, (cooking)
Ringworm disease, (Trichophyton species)
Risk assessment, (Safety)
RLS, Radial Longitudinall Section, (as seen when cut vertically down along a radius, e.g. RLS stem)
RNA, DNA and RNA
Rocambole
Rodenticides, (rat bait, Coumarin)
Roots, (plant roots)
Roundworms, Phylum Nematoda, (nematodes)
Rubber, latex, caoutchouc
Runners, strawberry runners
Rusts, fungi, (Puccinia species)

Biology S
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Alcoholic fermentation, Yeast
Safety, Laboratory Safety
Salad oil
Salivary chromosomes, blowfly larvae
Salts, Plants need mineral salts, maize
Salts, Table salt and rock salt
Samara, dry indehiscent fruit
Sarcopterygii, Class Sarcopterygii, (lobe-finned fishes, coelacanths)
Scabies, (Sarcoptes scabiei)
Scallion, (Allium cepa var. cepa)
Shallot, , (Allium cepa var. aggregatum), eschalot, Amaryllidaceae
Schizocarp, dry indehiscent fruit
Science, Maths and Technology, Scientific Literacy
Sclerenchyma, Plant tissue types
Scoville Heat Units, (SHUs), chilli hotness
SCOBY, Symbiotic Colony Of Bacteria and Yeast
Scuba diving and Boyle's law
Section-cutting by hand
Sections, Cells and tissue sections, TS, LS, VS, RLS, TLS
Seeds
Selaginella, Class Lycopodiaceae
Semipermeable membrane
Senses, Nervous system
Serratia, Phylum Proteobacteria
Sexuality education, Human reproduction
Sexually transmitted infections, STIs
Shakir strip, test for malnourished child, suffering from diarrhoea
SI, International system of units, [Système international d'unités]
Sight, Eyes and sight
Silique, Silicula, (siliqua), dry dehiscent fruit
Skeleton, Bones and skeleton
Skin, Our skin and hair (Primary)
Skin contamination, (Safety)
Smell, Nose and smelling, taste, flavour, odour
Smuts, Phylum Basidiomycota, Class Ustilaginomycetes
Snakes
Snake bite
Soil, (Agriculture)
Soil biology
Sound, Ear and hearing, balance
Sound, How sound travels (Primary)
Sourdough, Prepare lactic acid with sourdough
"Speed" and "base", (drug abuse)
Sperm, spermatazoa, Male reproductive system
Sperm whale oil, Cetyl palmitate, spermaceti wax
Sphaerella, (Haematococcus), Chlorophyta Division
Sphygmomanometer, Blood pressure
Spiderwort, Plasmolysis in hairs on the stamens of spiderwort plant
Spirogyra, Zygnema, Chlorophyta Division
Spirometer, Volume of air breathed out
Spirulina, Phylum Cyanobacteria
Sprays, dusts, white oils (Agriculture)
Sprouts and microgreens, (Agriculture)
Stains, Prepare microscopy stains and adhesives
Starch, (salivary amylase)
Stem tuber, Potato stem tuber
Stems
Sterile media, Prepare sterile media or solutions
Stethoscope, Sound waves travel through an air column
Streptomycin, Prepare streptomycin using (Streptomyces griseus): STIs, and "venereal disease"
Stomates, plant leaves
Stooling, (banana growing)
Succession in a pond community, hay infusion culture
Succulent fruits, "true" succulent fruits, fleshy fruits
Sucrose, cane sugar, "sugar"
Prepare sugar crystals from sugar cane juice: 3.1.18
Sulfonamides, sulfa drugs
Sunscreens and sun-protective clothing
Supervision of students, (Safety)
Surface / volume ratio of particles
Sweat glands, Body temperature, diurnal variation
Symbiosis, Lichens, Ascomycota
Syphilis, (Treponema pallidum)

Biology T
Table salt and rock salt
Tapioca, Make tapioca, manioc, (Cassava esculenta)
Taste
Tattoo removal
Taxons, Classification
Tea tree oil
Teach manipulative skills, (Safety)
Teeth, toothpaste, toothbrush
Temperature, Celsius scale, Kelvin scale, Fahrenheit scale
Temperature, Body temperature
Termites, Flying ants and termites
Testosterone, C19H28O2, hormone
Tests for all substances
Tests for all substances
Tetrahydrocannabol, C21H30O2, hormone
The "bends", Henry's law and decompression sickness
Thermometers, Thermometers and temperature
Thermonastic, responses, nastic movements
Thrush, Candidiasis, (Candida albicans)
Thyroxine, (Iodine)
Thyrotropin, Thyroid-stimulating hormone. (TSH)
Tobacco chemistry
Tomato plant, (Solanum lycopersicum), Solanaceae
Touch and feeling
Toxicity, (Safety)
Tranquillizers, Drug abuse
Transpiration, (water transport in plants)
Trichomoniasis, (Trichomonas vaginalis)
Trichophyton, Ringworm disease (fungus)
Tropisms, nastic movements, plant growth
Truffles, (Tuber melanosporum), black truffles, (fungus)
Trypsin, (serine protease)
TS, Transverse Section, (as seen when cut across, e.g. TS stem)
Tubal ligation, (surgical methods of contraception)
Tuberculosis, (Mycobacterium tuberculosis)
Tuberous roots, root tuber, sweet potato
Tung oil, (Aleurites fordii)
Turgor pressure, Turgor pressure in a potato
Turpentine, Mineral, Gum

Biology U
Urethritis, Non-specific urethritis (NSU)
Urochordates, Subphylum Urochordata, (sea squirts, tunicates)
Urine

Biology V
Vanilla, Vanillin, C8H8O3
Variegated leaf, Chlorophyll is necessary for photosynthesis
List of plants with variegated leaves
Vasectomy, (male sterilization) (surgical methods of contraception)
Vaseline, petroleum jelly
Vaucheria, yellow-green algae, Xanthophyceae, Phylum: Gyrista
Vegetable gums, food additives
Vegetable oils, plant oils
List of vegetable oils
Vegetative reproduction, Agriculture
Vertebrates, Subphylum Vertebrata
Viability of seed, before planting, germination test
Vinegar, (Experiments)
Viruses, Viral diseases
Vitamins
Voice and speaking
Volvox, Chlorophyta Division
VRE bacteria, (Vancomycin Resistant Bacteria)
VS, Vertical Section, (as seen when cut vertically down, e.g. VS stem)

Biology W
Warts, genital warts (Condyloma)
Wastewater report, 5 August 2018, Australia
Water in blood, kidney
Water, (Physics and chemistry)
Water, Transpiration, (water transport in plants)
Waterlogged soil, (Agriculture)
Waterweeds in the light and in the dark
Waterweeds use carbon dioxide for photosynthesis
Wax
Weather
Weathering, (rocks and soil)
Weeds, (Agriculture)
Weight, Measure our weight (Primary)
Whey, (cheese making)
Whisk fern, Psilotopsida Division
Willow flower, (Salix alba)
Wine
Winding plants, Circumnutation
Wolbachia bacteria, sterilized mosquito trial
Wood
Wool wax
Worm farms, composting
Smart worm farms, University of Queensland

Biology X
Xanthophylls
Xanthoproteic test, Tests for proteins
Xylem, plant tissue

Biology Y
Yams, Yam Project
Yeasts
Yoghurt

Biology Z
Zea mays, Maize (Indian corn, "corn")
Ziehl-Neelsen stain, Prepare Ziehl-Neelsen stain
Zygote, Shepherd's purse ((Capsella bursa-pastoris))
Zymase, Tests for zymase and catalase in yeast