Lesson: JC Biology Revision Story
Science Differentiation in action
Junior Certificate Biology
A Revision Story
by
JC Explorers
Science Differentiation in action
Today, we finished
studying Biology for our
Junior Cert.
Biology teaches us about
life on our planet.
Our teacher asked us what
we had learned….
Science Differentiation in action
We told him that we learned
about cells…
by looking at them under
a microscope.
Then, our teacher
asked…….
“What types of cells did you study?”
Science Differentiation in action
Sean answered, “we
studied red blood cells in
the human body”.
“They’re the ones that carry
oxygen”, Megan added.
“Yeah, and the white blood
cells fight disease”,
said Declan.
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“What else does our blood
carry?”, our teacher prompted.
Graham replied, “It carries the
food……that we break down in
our digestive systems”.
“This is how all our cells get
energy from our food”, Kathy
offered.
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We take in oxygen through
our lungs!
We use oxygen to get the
energy from our food and
excrete carbon dioxide.
Our teacher reminded us
that this was called…
RESPIRATION
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“Consumers get energy
from producers through a
food chain,”, Nicole
remembered.
“Producers make food with
the help of chlorophyll,
sunlight and carbon dioxide”,
Megan added.
“This is called photosynthesis”, finished Eoin.
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“Plants use flowers to
reproduce”, said Niamh.
“The pollen can be brought
to the stigma by insects or
by the wind”, Laura offered.
“Once the egg is fertilised, a seed develops which
can be dispersed”, whispered Sean.
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“Animals also use
fertilisation to make new
life”, reminded our teacher.
“Males produce sperm in the
testes”, Declan smiled.
“This sperm fertilizes an egg, which will eventually
become a baby”, stated Kevin.
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“What is the purpose of
fertilisation”? our teacher
asked……
…..We hesitated….
Until finally, Eoin replied that it
allows both parents to pass on
genes to their children.
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“Why is it important to pass
information to the next
generation”? our teacher
asked……
“So that they can survive”,
we replied together.
Our teacher smiled, which wasn’t always a good sign.
“Give me an example”, he asked.
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Kevin was ready. “A desert
plant needs to have the
right things to be able to
survive dry conditions”, he
said confidently.
“Yeah, like good roots to
anchor it”, said Laura.
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“However, sometimes we
can interfere with nature by
adding unwanted wastes
into our environment”, our
teacher offered.
“This is called POLLUTION”,
we chanted together.
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We know that nature is
beautiful and provides us
with many things, such as
food, shelter, medicine,
clothing and leisure.
It is a pity to destroy it, we decided.