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Welcome back to ClickBiologyMost, if not all exam boards, require students to design, implement and evaluate their own investigations. For Cambridge IGCSE this is assessed by the practical skill C4. A popular coursework experiment for C4 in IGCSE Cambridge is for students to design an practical that models insulation adaptation in animals as there are [...]

When I set the coursework for my students I always review the markscheme carefully. I used to print it off and hand it to them but I suspect they never really read them through. Hence I have done a shorter version (2 pages) that simply recaps the main requirements and the higher range marking guidelines. [...]

Here is another good topic for the AS essay. Hedgehogs, originally introduced as a biological control, have themselves become a pest. Lots of prickly issues around whether to cull or relocate. Again from the Guardian Environment pages: Hebridean Hedgehogs: A prickly issue Tweet This Post

Asian carp are an invasive species in the American Great Lakes that is causing widespread devastation to the indigenous species. Below is a link to an article in the Guardian (and scroll down for other associated links) plus an audio file. News article: Terminator Carp Audio: gdnenv100224tmed-pilkington Tweet This Post

Recently in the UK there has been a growth in private health care companies offering CT and MRI scans as part of general health checks. However, there has been some doubt as to whether thse are beneficial to healthy patients. Indeed that the suggestion of increased risk of cancer due the high radiation experienced has [...]