UK scientists believe in the future they will be curing babies in the womb of serious diseases with the use of gene therapy.

Today we took a look at how body cells divide in a process called mitosis. When this form of cell division occurs, what happens to the number of chromosomes?

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If you missed this lesson you can catch up by having a look at what we did here. You will also need a text book, preferably the applied science book, but any KS4 science or biology book will do.

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Today we looked at sound waves with a signal generator and oscilloscope. You must know the meanings of the following words:

frequency, amplitude, wavelength, vacuum, pitch, echo, noise, vibration

sats questions on this topic

New plants can be grown quickly and cheaply by taking cuttings from older plants.

All the new plants are genetically identical to the parent plant so will have exactly the same characteristics.

Cuttings produce roots very quickly if they are kept in warm, moist conditions.

Today we made some geranium cuttings and we will keep these and see how they manage to grow over the next few weeks. We used rooting powder and compost. Why did we need these two things and what else did we have to provide? 

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