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Connect the curriculum to real life!
Learning is no longer about memorisation of facts from a book or videos alone. Students will start to see Biology in the world around them and use their understanding to explain what they see.
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Learning becomes relevant
Knowledge becomes relevant, applied and helpful to build understanding that not only helps in exams, but is helpful to explain their own lives and their place in the world.
Deep understanding aids recall in exams
By making learning meaningful and relevant to the world around them, students are more likely to form memories that are accessible in exam situations. Every video highlights the key terms that get marks in the exams, and shows the relevant area within the specification.
Biology Is Everywhere! How does it work?
Videos that connect the curriculum learning to real life! Each week another video is added to the library to support the learning journey through the course content. The collection grows week by week to form a searchable library of over 80 videos when the course completes (Oct 2027). You can see what's in the hub to date by clicking on the 'Chapters' and 'Lessons' links at the top of this page. Biology is all around us. It explains how and why our bodies do what they do, how the natural world exists and helps us to better understand our place within it. These videos show students the relevance of what they're learning and connect it to the world they see around them. Memory is reinforced as they'll be continually reminded of their Biology learning, in the things they see and experience day to day. They'll discover the meaning of the exam content and form deeper understanding to build a more solid foundation of memory and understanding. On a weekly basis (on average), another video is added to the library, so the collection grows week by week. Wherever possible, the videos added are relevant to the topic taught in that week's tuition session. They show me (Amanda) out and about showing the biology wherever it crops up! Picture me on the compost heap, by the pond, at the medicine cabinet, walking the dog, in the shops.. and so much more... Key words and terms that link to the specification content, along with relevant specification extracts are shown at the side of each video. Flexibility is key: Whenever you join the hub you'll be able to access previous tuition recordings (and those in all the other hub areas), so you can work through at whatever pace works best for you and your family. Simply work through the Topic Pods - everything is numbered so you can follow in order. You can join (and leave) the hub whenever you want for as long as you want. Watch in your own time, speed up, slow down, pause and reflect. All videos include captions. Search the library by the key terms given in the title, so that you can find videos to support your current learning, whenever and wherever you're up to. The length of video is variable depending on topic. Some are just a few minutes, others may be 20 minutes or so. Each week, the Practical Skills Exam Skills, Maths Skills and Biology Is Everywhere videos are relevant to the topic taught in the live session. They develop, extend and connect the tuition based learning to the real world and to the knowledge and skills needed to succeed and exams. There are no deadlines, no fixed timescales (apart from any external exam dates you're working towards of course). You choose to access the components of the hub that work best for you at the pace that works for your family.
Your tutor
Hi, I’m Amanda. I’ve been teaching IGCSE Biology to home-educated students since 2017 and teaching Biology since I qualified as a Science teacher in 2010. I have a BSc in Zoology, an MSc in Applied Entomology and have worked in biological research as an earthworm ecotoxicologist and equine welfare researcher all over the world. My menagerie of weird and wonderful animals helps me bring my teaching to life, and I love to teach Biology with real things and interactive demonstrations.
Testimonials
What do people say about learning with Amanda?
One of the things I like about Amanda’s teaching is that she keeps linking the science back to real biological processes. It doesn't feel like biology as a list of things to memorise. It feels more like gradually building a picture of how living things work.
Sasha Jackson
She could sit there for hours with you, she said it's so interesting. Thank you for creating this amazing learning opportunity, we really appreciate it
Home educating parent, UK
You just 'get' home-ed, you accept it and don't judge, and that's quite rare for a provider who doesn't home-ed themselves. Your passion for making sure ALL the children can access learning shines through.
Home educating parent, UK
"I love the access to the math and exam questions! Its really helpful!" "i love the community, it makes me feel welcome" "its very useful to have everything in one place"
in live sessions
One of the things I like about Amanda’s teaching is that she keeps linking the science back to real biological processes. It doesn't feel like biology as a list of things to memorise. It feels more like gradually building a picture of how living things work.
Sasha Jackson
You just 'get' home-ed, you accept it and don't judge, and that's quite rare for a provider who doesn't home-ed themselves. Your passion for making sure ALL the children can access learning shines through.
Home educating parent, UK
She could sit there for hours with you, she said it's so interesting. Thank you for creating this amazing learning opportunity, we really appreciate it
Home educating parent, UK
"I love the access to the math and exam questions! Its really helpful!" "i love the community, it makes me feel welcome" "its very useful to have everything in one place"
in live sessions