GCSE practical science
Biology
Investigate living systems. Collect your own data, then practise explaining what it tells you.
Separate & Combined Science. Open your subject workspace, then choose what to work on.
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Osmosis, free in full
Compare potato mass before and after soaking in sucrose solutions.
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- Learn & revise
- Method guides, revision cards and short recaps.
- Science Lab
- Virtual practicals with instruments to read and results to collect.
- Exam practice
- Exam-style questions with mark schemes you mark against, and practice papers.
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- Practical guides, printables and calculation tools.
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GCSE Biology
- Microscopy, GCSE Biology required practical 1
- Microbiology, GCSE Biology required practical 2
- Osmosis, GCSE Biology required practical 3
- Food tests, GCSE Biology required practical 4
- Enzymes, GCSE Biology required practical 5
- Photosynthesis, GCSE Biology required practical 6
- Reaction time, GCSE Biology required practical 7
- Plant responses, GCSE Biology required practical 8
- Field investigations, GCSE Biology required practical 9
- Decay, GCSE Biology required practical 10










