| Interactive whiteboards have not only make teaching | | | | pupils' minds, ensuring that they take their classroom |
| easier, but they also make education more engaging | | | | experiences with them into the exam hall and into |
| for pupils at all stages of the curriculum, particularly with | | | | further education. |
| subjects such as biology that rely on a great deal of | | | | Repeated studies have found that pupil interest |
| visual information. | | | | increases with the use of whiteboards, which offer a |
| With the days of static textbooks and crude | | | | more stimulating experience compared to traditional |
| blackboard diagrams now being a thing of the past, | | | | teaching methods, incorporating everything from |
| teachers and pupils can experience the natural world | | | | Powerpoint presentations to websites offering limitless |
| as they never have before, with 3D presentations, | | | | potential for teachers. As well as making many areas |
| animations and other interactive resources covering a | | | | of biology teaching easier, interactive whiteboard |
| huge range of subjects now being available to | | | | resources can also offer new possibilities that were |
| download instantly. | | | | not previously available - such as taking virtual field |
| Biology is a wide-reaching subject covering all forms of | | | | trips to explore the bottom of the ocean or stepping |
| life on Earth, from the simplest bacteria to wondrous | | | | backwards in time to explore creatures of the past. |
| plants and the complex inner world of our own bodies. | | | | Even those traditional teaching methods that aren't |
| With interactive whiteboard resources, teachers can | | | | swept away by interactive whiteboards, such as the |
| more easily demonstrate these often-difficult concepts | | | | essential hands-on experiments testing human senses, |
| with the aid of vivid images and video presentations, | | | | photosynthesis and food tests, can be enhanced |
| engaging pupils with the subjects in a more appealing | | | | greatly with interactive resources, allowing teachers to |
| way. | | | | display information on the screen from wherever they |
| Suddenly, hard-to-grasp concepts such as the | | | | are in the classroom, meaning no more crowding |
| transformative life cycle of a butterfly can be | | | | around microscopes. |
| rendered easier to understand, with time lapse videos | | | | With downloadable programs available from approved |
| of each stage of the process. Similarly, the | | | | publishers such as Nuffield, interactive whiteboard |
| microscopic world of cells becomes more tangible, | | | | resources can be tailored to specific topics and are |
| with large images and animations displayed at the front | | | | designed to fit perfectly into the National Curriculum as |
| of the class replacing the black and white diagrams of | | | | a modern alternative or companion to textbooks and |
| old. These vivid images are more likely to remain in the | | | | traditional lesson plans. |