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Teach Me Biology

Sarah Matthews & Ria Corbettteachmebiology.buzzsprout.com
A Revision Podcast for A-Level Biology Students Hosted by Ria Corbett and Sarah Matthews. Ria Corbett is a former 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!
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Episodes

Feedback Mechanisms

Today we're talking about feedback mechanisms, the second episode in our homeostasis topic! Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.uk Email - teachmebiologycast@gmail.com Twitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocast Instagram - @teachmebiologycast Support us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology Support the show

Feb 02, 202324 min

Principles of Homeostasis

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.uk Email - teachmebiologycast@gmail.com Twitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocast Instagram - @teachmebiologycast Support us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology Support the show...

Jan 26, 202333 min

Epistasis

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.uk Email - teachmebiologycast@gmail.com Twitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocast Instagram - @teachmebiologycast Support us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology Support the show

Nov 10, 202218 min

Gene Linkage

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.uk Email - teachmebiologycast@gmail.com Twi...

Nov 03, 202235 min

Dihybrid Crosses

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.uk Email - teachmebiologycast@gmail.com Twitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocast Instagram - @teachmebiologycast Support us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology Support the show

Oct 27, 202230 min

Managing Exam Stress - Bonus Episode

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 Centre Exam Stress | What is Exam Stress & How to Deal with it | Kids Helpline Exam Stress | How To Deal with Exam Stress | YoungMinds Exam Stress- How To Deal And Reduce Stress (insightfulcounselling.com) Exams: how to deal with exam stress - BBC Bitesize Exam stress and pres...

Oct 07, 202244 min

Monohybrid Crosses

This week we talk genetics! We learn all about homozygous and heterozygous genotypes! Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.uk Email - teachmebiologycast@gmail.com Twitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocast Instagram - @teachmebiologycast Support us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology Support the show

Oct 06, 202235 min

The Contraction of Skeletal muscle

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.uk Email - teachmebiologycast@gmail.com Twitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocast Instagram - @teachmebiologycast Support us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology Support the show

Sep 22, 202228 min

Structure of Skeletal Muscle

Today we are learning about skeletal muscle, what it's made from and how it works. 💪💪💪 Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.uk Email - teachmebiologycast@gmail.com Twitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocast Instagram - @teachmebiologycast Support us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology Support the show

Sep 07, 202229 min

The Effects of Drugs on Synapses

We're Back! Can you believe it? Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.uk Email - teachmebiologycast@gmail.com Twitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocast Instagram - @teachmebiologycast Support us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology Support the show

Sep 01, 202234 min

Synaptic Transmission

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.uk Email - teachmebiologycast@gmail.com Twitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocast Instagram - @teachmebiologycast Support us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology Support the show...

May 24, 202232 min

The Passage of Action Potentials

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.uk Email - teachmebiologycast@gmail.com Twitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocast Instagram - @teachmebiologycast Support us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology Support the show

May 19, 202230 min

The Nerve Impulse

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.uk Email - teachmebiologycast@gmail.com Twitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocast Instagram - @teachmebiologycast Support us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology Support the show

May 05, 202241 min

Fertilisers and Eutrophication

Today we learn about two different types of fertiliser, organic and inorganic and how this effects the environment. 💩 🌊 🦠 Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.uk Email - teachmebiologycast@gmail.com Twitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocast Instagram - @teachmebiologycast Support us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology Support the show...

Apr 28, 202227 min

The Phosphorus Cycle

This week we learn the phosphorus cycle and we also have a chat about a fungi man by the name of Mycorr Hiza. 😂 Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.uk Email - teachmebiologycast@gmail.com Twitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocast Instagram - @teachmebiologycast Support us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology Support the show...

Jan 27, 202222 min

The Nitrogen Cycle

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.uk Email - teachmebiologycast@gmail.com Twitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocast Instagram - @teachmebiologycast Support us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology Support the show...

Jan 27, 202231 min

Energy and Ecosystems

This episode is all about energy and ecosystems. We learn about biomass and food chains/webs. Don't forget - NPP = GPP – R Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.uk Email - teachmebiologycast@gmail.com Twitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocast Instagram - @teachmebiologycast Support us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology Support the show

Dec 16, 202131 min

Control of Heart Rate

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.uk Email - teachmebiologycast@gmail.com Twitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocast Instagram - @teachmebiologycast Support us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology Support the show

Dec 10, 202126 min

Photoreceptors

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.uk Email - teachmebiologycast@gmail.com Twitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocast Instagram - @teachmebiologycast Support us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology Support the show...

Dec 02, 202131 min

Receptors

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.uk Email - teachmebiologycast@gmail.com Twitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocast Instagram - @teachmebiologycast Support us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology Support the show...

Nov 23, 202118 min

Limiting Factors of Photosynthesis

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.uk Email - teachmebiologycast@gmail.com Twitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocast Instagram - @teachmebiologycast Support us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology Support the show...

Nov 16, 202142 min

Light Independent Reaction

Lets learn the Calvin cycle! Part 2 of photosynthesis. 🌱 🌿💐🌳 🍀 Game over, Man! Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.uk Email - teachmebiologycast@gmail.com Twitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocast Instagram - @teachmebiologycast Support us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology Support the show...

Oct 12, 202132 min

Light Dependent Reaction

This week it's all about plants, chlorophyll, light energy and ATP! ☀️ 🌿 💧 Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.uk Email - teachmebiologycast@gmail.com Twitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocast Instagram - @teachmebiologycast Support us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology Support the show...

Oct 07, 202131 min

The Reflex Arc

This week it's all about the nervous system in-particular - the reflex arc! 💪 👵 <- Ria (She's super old) Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.uk Email - teachmebiologycast@gmail.com Twitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocast Instagram - @teachmebiologycast Support us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology Support the show...

Sep 27, 202121 min

Plant Responses

This week it's all about phototropism, gravitropism, roots and shoots, its must be Plant Responses. 🌱 ☘️🥀🌷🌿 Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.uk Email - teachmebiologycast@gmail.com Twitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocast Instagram - @teachmebiologycast Support us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology Support the show...

Sep 23, 202132 min

Taxes and Kineses

This week we have a special guest... a ghost! 👻 There's a long old chat about maggots and oh yeah, we also learn about taxes and kineses. Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.uk Email - teachmebiologycast@gmail.com Twitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocast Instagram - @teachmebiologycast Support us - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology Support the show...

Sep 09, 202129 min

Anaerobic Respiration

This week's episode is a look at anaerobic respiration - the production of energy without oxygen. 💪 And with this episode, that brings us to the end of the respiration topic! I wonder how much adenosine triphosphate we've put into this - hard work! Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.uk Email - teachmebiologycast@gmail.com Twitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocast Instagram - @teachmebiologycast Donate! - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology Support the show...

Sep 02, 202126 min

Oxidative Phosphorylation

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.uk Email - teachmebiologycast@gmail.com Twitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocast Instagram - @teachmebiologycast Donate! - www.buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology Support the show

Aug 26, 202130 min

The Krebs Cycle

It's time for the Krebs cycle! 🚲 This is part three of our four episodes on respiration! Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.uk Email - teachmebiologycast@gmail.com Twitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocast Instagram - @teachmebiologycast Support us - buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology Support the show

Aug 19, 202128 min

The Link Reaction

Part 2 of respiration - it's time for the link reaction! Find us on the internet! Our website - Teachmescience.co.uk Email - teachmebiologycast@gmail.com Twitter - twitter.com/teachmebiocast Instagram - @teachmebiologycast Support us - buymeacoffee.com/teachmebiology Support the show

Aug 10, 202116 min
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