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A Revision Podcast for A-Level Biology StudentsHosted by Ria Corbett and Sarah Matthews. Ria Corbett is a science teacher with a biology specialism. Sarah, is her younger sister and learning A-Level biology. Ria will be teaching her topic by topic to provide you the listener with an audio revision resource.  We hope you can incorporate us into your revision as a part of your learning journey. Dip in and out, listen to the topics you need to work on or use us as your biology bible. Whatever you need us for, we are here!

Sarah Matthews & Ria Corbett

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    • Feb 2, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 28m AVG DURATION
    • 89 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Teach Me Biology

    Feedback Mechanisms

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2023 23:34


    Today we're talking about feedback mechanisms, the second episode in our homeostasis topic!Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail  - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycastSupport us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiologySupport the show

    Principles of Homeostasis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2023 32:41


    Welcome back... to us! It's been too long! New topic alert - today we learn about Homeostasis, lots of recap about enzymes in this one. Good to be back.Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail  - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycastSupport us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiologySupport the show

    Epistasis

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2022 17:30


    This is our last episode on genetics, this week we talk about Epistasis. It's a short one but very interesting! Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail  - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycastSupport us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiologySupport the show

    Gene Linkage

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2022 35:19


    Rather embarrassing sound quality this week. We had an issue with Ria's microphone so its actually only Sarahs microphone recording us resulting in the very obvious difference in sound! Sorry guys but we wanted to still put something out rather nothing. This is our third instalment of episodes all about genetics, today we learn all about inheritance of certain conditions such as colour blindness. Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail  - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycastSupport us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiologySupport the show

    Dihybrid Crosses

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2022 30:18


    This week we continue with genetics and did you know, it's Ria's favourite part of Biology! Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail  - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycastSupport us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiologySupport the show

    Managing Exam Stress - Bonus Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2022 43:57


    This is a very special bonus episode. We have a very special guest, Maisie, and she is here to talk about exam stress and ways to overcome your anxiety.Here are some important links! Revision | On My Mind | Anna Freud CentreExam Stress | What is Exam Stress & How to Deal with it | Kids HelplineExam Stress | How To Deal with Exam Stress | YoungMindsExam Stress- How To Deal And Reduce Stress (insightfulcounselling.com)Exams: how to deal with exam stress - BBC BitesizeExam stress and pressure | ChildlineFind us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail  - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycastSupport us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiologySupport the show

    Monohybrid Crosses

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2022 34:46


    This week we talk genetics! We learn all about homozygous and heterozygous genotypes!Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail  - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycastSupport us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiologySupport the show

    The Contraction of Skeletal muscle

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2022 28:55


    Continuing on the topic of skeletal muscle, we are now looking at the contraction of the skeletal muscle.Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail  - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycastSupport us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiologyDiscovery MattersA collection of stories and insights on matters of discovery that advance life...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show

    Structure of Skeletal Muscle

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2022 29:19


    Today we are learning about skeletal muscle, what it's made from and how it works.

    The Effects of Drugs on Synapsis

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2022 35:10


    We're Back! Can you believe it?Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail  - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycastSupport us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiologyHURRICANE CENTERWe talk with hurricane experts and communicators about hurricanesListen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show

    Synaptic Transmission

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2022 31:31


    It's the one you've all been waiting for... Synaptic transmission. This week we're learning all about synaptic knobs. Ria is a little bit poorly in this one, I have cut out all the coughing and spluttering but she is a little on the quiet side.Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail  - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycastSupport us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiologySupport the show

    The Passage of Action Potentials

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2022 30:02


    This episode - still covering the nerve cell topic, we delve a little deeper looking at the passage of action potentials. Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail  - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycastSupport us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiologySupport the show

    The Nerve Impulse

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022 40:38


    This week we learn about the nerve impulse. This is an electrical charge that travels along the neuron. Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail  - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycastSupport us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiologySupport the show

    Fertilisers and Eutrophication

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2022 27:17


    Today we learn about two different types of fertiliser, organic and inorganic and how this effects the environment.

    The Phosphorus Cycle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 22:10


    This week we learn the phosphorus cycle and we also have a chat about a fungi man by the name of Mycorr Hiza.

    The Nitrogen Cycle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 30:53


    We're back! This week we learn about the conversion of nitrogen. For anyone making notes, these are the long words -  Nitrogen fixation, Nitrification, Assimilation, Ammonification, Denitrification.Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail  - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycastSupport us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiologySupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology)

    Energy and Ecosystems

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2021 31:13


    This episode is all about energy and ecosystems. We learn about biomass and food chains/webs. Don't forget - NPP = GPP – RFind us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail  - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycastSupport us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiologySupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology)

    Control of Heart Rate

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2021 26:09


    This episode is all about heart rate. ❤️ Here are some key words - baroreceptors, SAN, medulla, sympathetic  and parasympathetic neurones. Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail  - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycastSupport us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiologySupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology)

    Photoreceptors

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2021 30:42


    This weeks episode is all about the eyes! We learn all about cones and rods and the fovea! Did you know dogs can only see in black and white? They have no cones!Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail  - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycastSupport us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiologySupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology)

    Receptors

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2021 18:03


    In this episode of Teach Me Biology we learn all about receptors! And we learn some new words such as pacinian corpuscle! I really need to start taking notes, these words are too much for me,Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail  - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycastSupport us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiologySupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology)

    Limiting Factors of Photosynthesis

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2021 42:01


    This week learn about the limiting factors of photosynthesis, these could be heat, light or carbon dioxide. And we also learn all about the colour green. Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail  - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycastSupport us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiologySupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology)

    Light Independent Reaction

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2021 32:01


    Lets learn the Calvin cycle! Part 2 of photosynthesis.

    Light Dependent Reaction

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2021 31:09


    This week it's all about plants, chlorophyll, light energy and ATP! ☀️

    The Reflex Arc

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2021 21:07


    This week it's all about the nervous system in-particular - the reflex arc!

    Plant Responses

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2021 31:40


    This week it's all about phototropism, gravitropism, roots and shoots, its must be Plant Responses. 

    Taxes and Kineses

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 28:32


    This week we have a special guest... a ghost!

    Anaerobic Respiration

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2021 26:22


    This week's episode is a look at anaerobic respiration - the production of energy without oxygen.

    Oxidative Phosphorylation

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2021 30:05


    I think this episode proves it guys... Mitochondria really is the powerhouse of the cell! Respiration part 4!Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail  - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycastDonate! - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology

    The Krebs Cycle

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2021 27:54


    It's time for the Krebs cycle!

    The Link Reaction

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2021 16:14


    Part 2 of respiration - it's time for the link reaction! Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail  - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycastDonate! - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology

    Glycolysis

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021 30:29


    Finally we bring to you, the most requested topic ever... Respiration! This week we tackle the first stage of respiration - Glycolysis! We will be covering respiration over four weeks - next week the link reaction. Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail  - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycastDonate! - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology

    Transport in Plants - Phloem

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2021 36:55


    Continuing from last week - Transport in plants! This week the Phloem. If there was a ketchup or a sink emoji, I would have inserted them here...

    Transport in Plants - Xylem

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2021 38:08


    This weeks fantastic episode is all about Transport in plants! Here are some keywords to lure you in - stomata, lignin and transpiration!

    Biodiversity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2021 31:34


    Let's learn all about biodiversity!

    Methods of Classification

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2021 27:35


    Continuing on from last week, today we learn all about methods of classification. Here are some emojis to sum up the ep -

    Classification

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2021 22:30


    Today we learn all about classification and the seven categories of classification. I will sum up the episode with the following emojis......

    Genetic Diversity and Natural Selection

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2021 34:12


    Let's learn all about Diversity, Natural Selection and don't forget... Alleles! 

    Tissue Fluid

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2021 28:02


    Today we learn all about tissue fluid and capillary beds. Fascinating stuff! #itscominghomeFind us on the internet!Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycast

    Blood Vessels

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 23:30


    Today we learn all about blood vessels! Arteries, arterioles, veins and capillaries!Also I (Sarah) sound all bunged up because I had a blocked nose.

    The Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2021 25:24


    Let's learn all about the heart! This is a good one!Did you know your heart beats about 115,000 times each day? Find us on the internet!Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycast

    Haemoglobin

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2021 31:12


    Let's learn all about Haemoglobin and the transportation of oxygen to cells in the body!Find us on the internet!Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycast

    Chromosome Mutations

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2021 24:25


    Let's learn all about chromosome mutations!Find us on the internet!Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycast 

    Variation From Meiosis

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021 33:08


    Let's learn all about variation from meiosis, independent segregation, crossing over and we compare Meiosis and Mitosis. Find us on the internet!Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycast

    Meiosis

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2021 21:00


    Genetics! In this episode we quickly recap mitosis and we learn about the process of Meiosis. Find us on the internet!Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycast

    Digestion of Lipids

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2021 25:52


    In this episode we learn about the digestion and absorption of lipids and how to correctly pronounce "chylomicron." Find us on the internet!Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycast

    Digestion of Protein

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2021 16:19


    In this episode we learn about the digestion of protein.

    Digestion of Carbohydrates

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 31:49


    In this episode we recap what we already know about the digestive system and we learn about the digestion of carbohydrates.Find us on the internet!Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycast

    The Effects of Lung Diseases

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2021 34:43


    Today we learn all about lung function and how diseases such as asthma, tuberculosis and emphysema can effect and damage the lungs.  Find us on the internet!Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycast

    Gas Exchange in Humans

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 34:53


    Let's learn about the lungs! This one is inspiring.

    Gas Exchange in a Leaf

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 22:23


    Let's learn about leaves! Gas Exchange in leaves and plants that are adapted for dry/hot conditions. Find us on the internet!Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycast

    Gas Exchange in Fish

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2021 22:57


    Today we learn all about gils! It's time for gas exchange in fish!Find us on the internet!Our website - Teachmescience.co.ukEmail - teachmebiologycast@gmail.comTwitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocastInstagram - @teachmebiologycast

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