Biology (11-18) Sensor Pack

With the included sensors the following experiments can be achieved, note that a suitable Data Logger is not included in the sensor pack.

Biology (11-14) eBook

• 01 Pulse 
• 02 Armchair gymnastics 
• 03 Not only exercise excites the heart 
• 04 Food as fuel 
• 05 Breathing patterns 
• 06 Rate of consumption of O2 to measure of respiratory activity 
• 07 Rate of production of CO2 to measure of respiratory activity 
• 08 Temperature changes as a measure of respiratory activity 
• 09 How does photosynthetic activity vary with light intensity? 
• 10 Measuring water loss (transpiration) from plants 
• 11 Growth in a plant, as a measure of photosynthetic activity 
• 12 Regulation of body heat 
• 13 Hot stuff!? 
• 14 How does sweating keep you cool? 
• 15 Should I use deodorant or antiperspirant? 
• 16 Why do animals huddle? 
• 17 Reaction times 
• 18 Hit the brakes! 
• 19 Measuring the daily changes in a habitat 
• 20 The break down of Casein by the enzyme protease 
• 21 The break down of starch by the enzyme amylase 
• 22 Osmosis 
• 23 How good is my suntan cream? 

Biology (14-18) eBook

• 01 Pulse 
• 02 Armchair gymnastics 
• 03 Not only exercise excites the heart 
• 04 Food as fuel 
• 05 Citrus power 
• 06 Rate of consumption of O2 as measure of respiratory activity 
• 07 Rate of production of CO2 as a measure of respiratory activity 
• 08 Temperature changes as a measure of respiratory activity 
• 09 Measuring respiration (effect of temperature) 
• 10 Gas production in yeast fermentation of sucrose 
• 11 The uptake of oxygen as a measure of photosynthetic activity 
• 12 Growth in a plant, as a measure of photosynthetic activity 
• 13 Regulation of body heat 
• 14 Hot stuff!? 
• 15 How does sweating keep you cool? 
• 16 Should I use deodorant or antiperspirant? 
• 17 Why do animals huddle? 
• 18/19 Reaction times and Hit the brakes 
• 20 Measuring the daily changes in a habitat 
• 21 Osmosis 
• 22 The effect of temperature on membrane permeability in beetroot 
• 23 Residual heat: Thermal imaging 
• 24 Residual heat: Finding where a natural disaster survivor is buried 
• 25 Relationship between temperature and radiated energy 
• 26 How good is my suntan cream? 
• 27 How does photosynthetic activity vary with light intensity? 
• 28 Photosynthesis and respiration 
• 29 Transpiration: Measuring water loss from plants 
• 30 Transpiration: Measuring by mass loss 
• 31 Transpiration: Differences between leaf surfaces 
• 32 Transpiration: Measuring by pressure change (photometer) 
• 33 Does water loss in a plant change its physical size? 
• 34 Protease and casein reaction 
• 35 How does enzyme activity change with temperature? 
• 36 How does enzyme activity change with pH? 
• 37 Change of enzyme activity with substrate concentration? 
• 38 Cobalt as an inhibitor of a protease activity 
• 39 Determination of the Michaelis constant 
• 40 Amylase and starch reaction 
• 41 How does enzyme activity change with temperature? 
• 42 How does enzyme activity change with pH? 
• 43 How does enzyme activity change with substrate concentration? 
• 44 The breakdown of starch by the enzyme amylase 
• 45 Heart beats 
• 46 ECG graph demonstration 
• 47 ECG Scope demonstration 
• 48 Heart beats (Polar heart rate sensor) 
• 49 Breathing patterns 
• 50 Lung capacities 
• 51 Peak Flow 
• 52 Flow volume loops 
• 53 Colorimetric determination of glucose concentration 
• 54 Effect of glucose concentration on the colour of Benedict’s solution 
• 55 Acid base titration: polyprotic acids 
• 56 Why does fruit brown when exposed to air? 
• 57 Rate of reaction: Which catalyst is best? 
• 58 The rate at which catalase breaks 
• 59 The rate at which catalase breaks down 
• 60 Acid base Titration: Titration of alanine with sodium hydroxide 
• 61 Biology enzymes: Juice extraction from apples 
• 62 Control of body temperature’s response to hot and cold 
• 63 Regulation of body temperature due to exercise 
• 64 A womb with a view: A quick scan (model of ultrasound imaging) 
• 65 A womb with a view: The whole view (model of ultrasound imaging) 
• 66 Effect of sunlight on carbon dioxide levels around a plant 
• 67 Carbon dioxide levels in the classroom 
• 68 How does carbon dioxide vary in the environment? 
• 69 A model of the green house effect 
• 70 How does pressure change with depth? How deep is my pond? 
• 71 How tall am I? 
• 72 The role of buffers in biological systems 
• 73 Muscle fatigue using the Light gate 
• 74 Muscle fatigue using a Force sensor 
• 75 Daltons law of partial pressures 
• 76 Heat transfer in a heat exchanger