Boom Biology: Recent Episodes
Baneen Talpur
Welcome to the Boom Biology Podcast, the ultimate podcast for second level Biology students. This podcast is for students who want to ace their biology exams. It aims to clear your confusions about all things living in an informal and colloquial style. Unlike school, I will spoon feed you, making sure you see our world in a whole new light and understanding how it works along the way. You can use this as a learning resource alongside your textbook or you can use this podcast to learn on the go. Happy learning and Good luck!
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On today's episode, we are talking to Kayla, Aka Miss osmosis who is going to diffuse her knowledge on how to be better better science students and science teachers. This episode is in 2 parts, where in the first section we are talking about how to adjust to school being in person again after being online, study tips and tricks and improving your notes. In the second half of this episode, we are talking about science teaching as a career, the skills and qualities needed to be a good science teacher and how to improve your teaching practice.
- studying and adjusting to school after summer
- transition from online to in person for students
- stationary
- tips on improving your notes
- online resources for study
- lab reports
- calculations
- Exam study tips
Part 2
- Skills and Qualities of a good science teacher
- Is teaching really vocational?
- How to make a good lesson plan
- Organisation as a science teacher
- how to teach better, remembering topics you have to teach
- Dealing with conflict in the classroom
- online resources to help teachers
- Maintaining a work life balance as a student teacher
- Getting students to be more engaged in the classroom
- Teaching portfolios
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On today's episode we are discussing the senses, sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch. We talk about how our nose can sense over 10,000 different smells or how our optic nerve has over 126 million axons. This episode will make you see just how much goes into the basic things we use to experience the world around us.
Intro
Learnning outcomes and goals
our senses of smell, taste and touch
Sight and the eye structure, parts and functions
The ear, Sound as a wave, structure and function.
The ear and balance.
Happy listening
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On the last episode of the career guidance series, I talk to Ellice about her passion for and her studies of being a science communicator. We talk about this growing and exciting new field and I ask her about her journey in this world.
On today's episode
what is science communication and what does a science communicator do
skills and qualities for this field
studies
how to communicate science effectively
differences and similiarities to teaching
best and worst things about the field
making it profitable
advice for those considering this as a career path
Thank you so much for listening and tuning into this series
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On today's episode I'm talking to Tatjana about her job as a scientific illustration. It can be hard to choose between art and science so why not just do both? We talk about studying the subject, career prospects, her transition from being a molecular biologist to an illlustrator full time, how this work is similiar and different to that of an artist, and how does a scientific illustration job look like.
It's a really insightful episode for anyone looking into this type of work.
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Kate Jonker: https://katejonker.com/
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On today's episode I am interviewing Kate Jonker, an Underwater Photographer based in South Africa. We talk about what it's like to be an underwater photographer, her experience in the field, the best moments of being a photographer and standing out from the crowd. We also talk about how photography can help with conservation and create more awareness about issues relating to the ocean. I guarantee you this episode is a really insightful and interesting one and really valuable for someone thinking about learning ocean photography or making a career out of it. Kate has a really great personality and this episode is worth it.
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Welcome to the Boom Biology Career Guidance Series! On today's episode I am talking to Carissa Cabrera, a marine biologist.
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On the episode we discussed:
- When she decided to become a marine biologist
- Skills and Qualities needed to be a marine Biologist
- Challenges of being a marine biologist
- Studies and college
- Swimming
- Funding
- The day to Day job of a marine Biologist
- Ocean conservation
- Favourite and scariest animals of the ocean
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On today's episode we talk about
What is a tissue
Intro
Definitions
Learning outcomes
Tissues
Dermal, Ground and Vascular Tissue
Xylem and Phloem structure and Function
Seed Leaves
Monocots
Dicots
Experiment Looking at A Transverse section of a Dicot stem using a microscope
Outro
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On today's episode we are talking about what plants looks like and what is the function of each part.
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Intro
definitions
learning outcomes
General structure of a flowering plant
Lignin, woody vs herbaceous plants
structure of a root
function of roots
Zones of a root
stems
Structure of stems
Leaves and their structure
Outro
Good luck for those sitting the leaving certificate!
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In this episode
Intro
definitions
learning outcomes
Plasma, it's functions and composition
Serum
Composition of blood
Red blood cells, structure and function
Haemoglobin
White blood cells, Structure and function
White blood cell types
platelets
Functions of blood
Blood groups
Rhesus factor
Outro
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In this episode
Intro
Definitions
Learning outcomes
What does Carbon do
Photosynthesis, Respiration and their role in the carbon cycle
Global Warming and Carbon's role in this
Coral reefs
Steps in the Carbon cycle
Nitrogen and Atmospheric Nitrogen
What is nitrogen used for
Steps in nitrogen cycle
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On today's episode we are going to be talking about rocky seashores
Intro
Learning outcomes
Zones of the sea
Tide
Flora and fauna in each zone of the sea
Adaptations of flora and fauna in rocky seashores
Abiotic factors affecting rocky seashores specifically
Abiotic factors affecting grasslands specifically
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In this episode we are going to talk about
Intro
Definitions
Grassland ecosystem
Monoculture
Flora and Fauna in a grassland ecosystem
How to conduct an ecosystem study overview
outro
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On today's episode we are going to be talking about:
Intro
Definitions
Learning Outcomes
Predation
Predator prey Graphs
Symbiosis and its types
Parasitism
Human population Growth
Disease and Vaccines
Famine
War
Outro
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Zootopia teaser trailer https://youtu.be/g9lmhBYB11U
On Today's episode we are talking about
- Intro
- Definitions
- Things to watch
- Learning outcomes
- Competition
- Population Control
- Techniques to avoid competition
- Basic symbiosis
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On today's episode we are going to be talking about:
- Intro
- Definitions
- Learning outcomes
- Human impact on ecosystem : how have humans affected the planet
- Pollution and pollutants
- The Ozone layer and CFCs
- Conservation and how to protect resources
- Waste Management
- Eutrophication
- Fisheries
- Forest
- Recycling
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On today's episode we are talking about food chains, food webs and Ecological Niches.
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Intro
Definitions
Niche
Food chains
Food webs
Energy transfer and trophic level
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On today's Ecology Short we are talking about factors that affect where an organism grows and factors relating to the environment both on land and in aquatic environments, so environment which relates to the water.
In this episode I talk about
- Intro
- Definitions
- Learning outcomes/goals
- Biotic/ living factors
- Abiotic/non living factors
- Climatic factors
- Edaphic factors
- Aquatic Environments and factors that specifically relate to that so
- Light
- Currents
- Wave action
- Salt content
- Oxygen Concentration
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On today's episode we are going to be starting part 1 of the ecology series.
The definitions and learning outcomes, however are for ecology as a whole.
On today's episode we are going to learn about
- Intro
- Definitions
- What is Ecology
- Habitats
- Ecosystem
- Biosphere
- Population
- Community
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This is an episode for all the plant moms out there and I really hope you enjoy it.
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Topics covered in Today's episode
- Intro
- Definitions
- Learning outcomes
- Asexual reproduction in plants
- Natural forms of asexual reproduction in plants
- Runners
- Root Tubers
- leaves
- Buds
- Artificial asexual reproduction vegetative propagation
- Cutting
- Grafting
- Layering
- Micropropagation
- Advantages and Disadvantages of vegetative propagation
- Sexual vs asexual reproduction
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Cancer can be a very difficult subject to talk about for some so here is something which may help
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How do cells make more cells and why would they even need to make new cells? On today's episode we will learn about cell division and how it works.
Topics covered in this episode
- Intro
- Definitions
- Mitosis
- Interphase
- Meiosis
- Cancer
- cell division
- cell continuity
- cell cycle
- Chromosomes
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This episode discusses how plants respond to various things in their environment.
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Topics covered in this episode
- Responses and stimuli
- How plants react to internal and external stimuli
- Tropisms
- phototropism
- chemotropism
- thigmotropism
- Growth regulators
- Growth promoter
- Auxin and phototropism
- Growth inhibitor
- Ethene
- Apical dominance
- plant protective features
- commercial plant growth
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We are all familiar with viruses right now as COVID 19 has created havoc around the world. With things going wild, it is important to know more about viruses so we can understand them better.
Topics covered in this episode:
Intro
Definitions
Learning outcomes
What is a virus?
Virus shapes
Viral replication aka how do viruses make more of themselves?
Disadvantages and advantages of viruses
Control and immunity
Vaccines
AIDS and HIV
outro
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Wear a mask, look out for each other and if you can stay at home
Happy learning and stay healthy
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This episode discusses diffusion and osmosis.
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Topics discussed in this episode:
- biological and selectively permeable membranes
- diffusion
- solutes, solvents and solutions
- osmosis
- How osmosis works in animals
- Amoeba
- Osmosis in Plants
- Turgor pressure
- How food is preserved using osmosis
- Experiment demonstrating osmosis using visking tubing.
Happy learning
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This episode is the 2nd part of the enzymes section or the higher level part.
- This episode covers:
- Enzyme specificity
- Denaturation
- Experiment
- Active site theory
- optimum conditions an enzyme needs.
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Enzymes are biological catalysts. They are proteins that are used all over the body and they help out with chemical reactions. This episode discusses:
- Intro
- learning outcomes
- enzymes what they are and what they do
- factors that affect enzyme activity
- catabolic enzymes
- anabolic enzymes
- immobilised enzymes
- immobilised enzyme experiment
- Enzymes and pH experiment
- Enzymes and temperature experiment
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On Todays episode we are talking about cell diversity. All living things or organisms are organised into basic units known as cells. When cells work together, they form tissues and when tissues work together, they make our organs. Our organs then, work together to make organ systems and that makes up us an organism.
In this episode we will talk about:
- cells
- Tissues
- Tissue culture
- Micropropagation
- Skin Grafts
- Cancer treatment
- Organs
- Organ systems
- Organisms
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As this episode mentions things like burns and cancer I just want to give heads up.
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The cell is the basic unit of life. The cell itself is made up of parts called organelles. Animal and plant cells may have different parts. This episode also talks about the microscope, what types there are, what the parts of the microscope are themselves.
This episode talks about the parts of the cell in detail too as well as how you can see cells in a microscope from your cheek to plant cells from an onion.
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Happy learning and please do not forget :The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell
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On Today's episode we are going to be talking about our fuel, food. Food is life and it's amazing and it can be even cooler what it actually does for you. We are going to be discussing vitamins, carbohydrates, proteins, minerals and lipids as well as how important water is. Don't forget to follow me on @boombiologypodcast on instagram and to email me boombiologypodcast@gmail.com if you have any questions.
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This episode talks about how life is categorised into the 5 kingdoms of life: Monera or Bacteria, protists, fungi plants and animals. It talks about these categories from their types to various examples as well as how life can be categorised into even more sections. It's short, it's sweet and I hope you enjoy it.
Intro
2.15 Monera
6.16 Protists
8.29 Fungi
10.31 plants
12.52 animals
Happy Categorising
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So What makes something Living? On this episode of the boom biology podcast we will be talking about the characteristics of life. It's a short and sweet episode so happy listening!
Topics covered:
- Organisms: Living things
- The concept of Metabolism
- How living things are organised
- Living things and food
- How living things get rid of waste aka excretion
- response
- Sexual vs asexual reproduction
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Welcome to the first episode of the Boom Biology Podcast!
On Todays episode we will talking about how do scientists actually do science, everything from observing the world around us to coming with ideas for experiments is covered in this episode. Topics we discuss:
- Goals
- Theories and principles
- Study of science and biology
- Steps in the scientific method
- limitations of the scientific method
- Principles of the experimentation
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Hello and welcome to the Boom Biology Podcast! My name is Baneen and I am going to be your new biology teacher. In this episode, I tell you guys a bit about myself, who this podcast is for and how to use this podcast effectively for your study. I really hope this helps you in some way.
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Happy learning,
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