What is SciberBrain


 - a collection of resources covering 'Biology in the Real World' topics

 - designed for pupils in Years 9 and 10

 - activities can be differentiated to suit other ability levels

 - can be run over a series of lessons or as a workshop

 - provides 3 - 4 hours of material per topic

 - materials can be used online or downloaded and printed from Resources 

 - devised by teachers and scientists to ensure that the content is up-to-date, relevant, accurate and balanced

And it's FREE!


How to use SciberBrain

 

Each SciberBrain topic provides a set of activities designed to be used as a 3 – 4 hour workshop style event or for use during normal lessons. 

  1. Select a topic from the home page
  2. Browse the activities to see which ones you would like to use
  3. Print out any supporting documents you need from Resources
  4. For further guidance and extension activities, print the teacher’s guide from Resources
  5. You are now ready to run your own SciberBrain event or lesson
  6. Feedback your experiences to claim your FREE SciberBrain mug

Curriculum links

 

To see how SciberBrain activities fit in with the some of the main GCSE specifications of the UK, view the links below:

Stem cells

Vaccinations

Genetic engineering (coming soon)

 


Feedback

 

We would be grateful if you would share your experiences of using SciberBrain resources and Dialogue in Science CPD to help us improve our services to teachers and students. If you can send us a picture of your class in action, you will earn yourself a super free SciberBrain mug!


To comment on any resources, experiences or if you have any ideas to help us make this resource more useful, please tell us here


Who are we

 

The Biochemical Society is a UK Learned Society for the advancement of Biochemistry. The major charitable objective of the Society is to promote biochemistry and the cellular and molecular life sciences in a variety of educational contexts. The Society fulfils its charitable mission through scientific conferences, publications, grant schemes and careers events, many of which are resourced by its own membership.

Our work with schools seeks to excite young people and inspire the next generation of young bioscientists. We also hope to promote a better understanding of the key biological challenges faced by citizens of the future.

Other online resources brought to you by the Biochemical Society include:

For more information about the Society’s activities for schools, please see http://www.biochemistry.org/education/


How to upload a resource

 

We are keen for teachers to take ownership of SciberBrain by contributing to the resource bank as they see fit. If you would like to customize any of our resources, we would be delighted if you would post them on the site for others to share. We would also be glad to hear of any other materials which you feel would be of use to SciberBrain users in the topic areas we have covered. Feel free to send us web links, blogs or something you have made yourself.

From the Resources page main menu, select the topic you want to upload your resource to and then click on the link ‘Share a resource'. Complete the feilds and click 'submit' to upload it. Please note that the resource you upload must be your own i.e. you cannot upload any material for which you do not hold the copyright.

The resources you've uploaded should be available to view within a few days of uploading from the Contributed resources page.

 


Contact us

 

Head of Education
email: gemma.garrett@biochemistry.org

SciberBrain Project Manager
Jane Thomson
email: jane.thomson@biochemistry.org

Technical Support Helpdesk:
email: support@biochemistry.org

The Biochemical Society
Charles Darwin House
12 Roger Street
London, WC1N 2JU
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7685 2452
www.biochemistry.org/education


Acknowledgements

 

Support and funding
The Biochemical Society
email: education@biochemistry.org
website: http://www.biochemistry.org/

Sponsor
SciberBrain is sponsored by the Monsanto Fund
http://www.monsantofund.org/asp/welcome.asp

 

Web Development
brian.boyington@biochemistry.org

Graphic Design

Tom Browning
email: tombrowningdesign@gmail.com

Melissa Gates and Dominik Binegger
email: info@welikenicethings.com

Paul Ormandy
email: info@indianred.co.uk

Angie Moyes
email: angie.moyes@fuz.co.uk

Film
CareersINFO
mark.pirrie@careersinfo.co.uk 


Terms of use and copyright

 

The Biochemical Society holds the copyright for the SciberBrain design, structure and resources. Copyright (c) 2010
When you access SciberBrain, you agree to the following terms of use:

  • You may use SciberBrain for educational purposes only.
  • You may save downloadable files locally or print them for your non-commercial educational use or in order to inform authorized and potential users about our services. However, you may not charge for such use.
  • You must include the Biochemical Society copyright notice in any copies that you make.
  • You may not modify the information found on SciberBrain resources or web pages without the express permission of the Biochemical Society.

Linking to www.SciberBrain.org 

The Biochemical Society encourages and appreciates links in your own web pages to SciberBrain. Permission is expressly granted to any person who wishes to place a link in his or her own web page to the SciberBrain home page in its entirety. As a courtesy, if you link to, or include SciberBrain in an index, please let us know.
The Biochemical Society are in the process of registering a Trademark for SciberBrain