Biology, as introduced by expert contributors and brought to life by your teacher. This Cells as the Basis of Life module explores the fundamental unit of life and it’s amazing complexities.

Course sub-topics

  • Microscopes and cell theory
  • Cell structure and function
  • Cell structure and function: Photosynthesis study
  • Energy for cells
  • Proteins

Multicellular organisms explores the how the specific structures and functions of individual cells, tissues and organs of plants and animals support the life of the organism as a whole.

Course sub-topics

  • Cell specialisation in plants
  • Animal systems and cell specialisation

What makes science science? What are the rules for significant figures again? How do I choose the right kind of graph for my data? Where do I even start to solve a big world-saving problem?

meriSTEM Science Skills is a great primer for starting senior science, or a handy reference guide for those things you really should remember from junior high school.

Course sub-topics

  • Welcome to meriSTEM
  • Units
  • Unit prefix conversions
  • Unit conversions
  • Measurement
  • Significant figures
  • Calculating significant figures
  • Graphs
  • Graphing software
  • Interpreting data
  • Statistics
  • Scaling and Estimates
  • Estimates worked examples
  • Formulae, algebra, symbols, nomenclature

Introducing the building blocks of our universe – matter, mixtures, atoms, elements, ions, molecules, isotopes – and how we can detect them, as introduced by expert contributors and brought to life by your teacher.

Course sub-topics

  • Matter
    • Matter and terms
    • Mixtures
    • Atoms
    • Ions
    • Compounds
  • Elements
    • Introduction to light
    • Atomic secrets in the shadows
    • Electron configuration
    • Periodic trends
    • Isotopes
    • Analytical chemistry