Biology Tag Archive

Celebrating the Biosciences with Biology Week 2023

Biology Week was celebrated this year in Wallace from 16th to 20th October.  This annual event is organised by the Royal Society of Biology (RSB), with a view to celebrating...

Success for Year 11 Biologists

Success continues in the Wallace Biology department with the recent results of the Biology Challenge. This follows the excellent results gained by our Year 13 and Year 14 students...

Success in multiple fields!

Current Head Boy, Josh Kamalarajah, certainly deserves the title Renaissance Man as his talents are many and varied! Academic and sporting success coupled with acting and singing...

Challenging stereotypes…Wallace’s female cattle experts!

Ever thought that interest in cattle was exclusively the preserve of men and probably middle aged ones at that? Wrong! In an exciting competition designed to engage young people...

“Bake Off” takes a biological twist!

The Royal Society of Biology’s annual Biology Week took place from the 6th – 14th October. This year the Biology Department at WHS organised our own programme of events to...

Bronze at the Biology Olympiad

Congratulations go to Year 14 students Georgia Dummigan and Jamie Nicholson who achieved a bronze award in the British Biology Olympiad 2018. This year, over 7800 students...

What’s not to Lichen?

Recently a large number of Year 13 AS Biology students and their teachers ventured to Ballyhornan Point, County Down, in order to carry out a rocky shore zonation study! The group...

BentoLab Visits Wallace Biology Department

Wallace High School Biology students received a visit last week from BentoLab and spent an enjoyable few hours looking at the influence of DNA technology in everyday life. DNA...

Using Popplet for End of Topic Revision

Mindmapping is an excellent way for students to revise topics. This video demonstrates the use of Popplet for creating a revision mindmap....

AS Biology Field Trip

A group of over 70 AS Biology students recently made the trip to Ballyhornan Point in County Down in order to complete a rocky shore field study. The group was led by their...