IGCSE Co-ordinated Sciences
4 videosCambridge IGCSE Co-ordinated Sciences biology, topic by topic: vocabulary with Vietnamese meanings, the concepts, then a quiz. Slow, simple English for students who learn in a second language.
B1 Characteristics and classification
8:08B1 Characteristics and classification: key vocabulary
Sixteen key words for IGCSE Co-ordinated Sciences topic B1 (characteristics and classification of living organisms), with the Vietnamese meaning, how to say each word, a picture and an example. Ends with a test section, and a typing trainer on the site that also practises twelve general science words.
2:44Characteristics of living things
The seven characteristics of all living organisms (movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrition), each with a picture, and the word MRS GREN to remember them. With Vietnamese subtitles. A “Check yourself” section with typed questions is below the video on the site.
3:29Classification
Why we classify organisms, the levels from kingdom to species, the definition of a species and the binomial name, the five kingdoms, vertebrate and arthropod groups, and how to use a dichotomous key. With Vietnamese subtitles. A “Check yourself” section with typed questions is below the video on the site.
5:29B1 quiz: characteristics and classification
Ten think-time questions on the seven characteristics of living things, species, the binomial name, kingdoms, vertebrates and arthropods, and dichotomous keys.