A range of learning and teaching activities are used in biology classrooms to boost up learning：

Direct instruction

• Explanation

• Demonstration

• Video shows

Interactive teaching

• Teacher questioning

• Whole-class orgroup discussion

• Visits

• Use of IT and multimedia packages

Individualisation

• Constructing concept maps

• Reading to learn

• Information searching

• Writing learning journals/notetaking

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Inquiry

• Problemsolving

• Scientificinvestigation

• Practical work

• Simulationand modelling

Co-construction

• Discussion forums

• Role-play

• Debates

• Project work