In this second part of the first Episode Dr Hiran Amarasekera and Dr Nissanka de Silva discuss on Cell Division, Photosynthesis, Respiration, Plant and Animal Tissues. These are revision programs aiming at students who prepare for G.C.E. Advanced Level Students. Related Links Download all Biology Podcasts

These are Biology radio programs conducted by Dr Hiran Amrasekera on Swadesheiya sevaya of Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) FM 98.3 and FM 102.3 on every Thursdays from 3.30 pm to 4.30 pm in May, June and April 2007. In this first Episode Dr Hiran Amarasekera and Dr Nissanka de Silva discuss on Cell Biology [...]

This post provides an introduction to Web 2.0 to students and teachers who are not too sure of what it is all about. This discusses How and why web 2.0 is different to traditional web?, What are the traditional and new approaches to elearning? and How can you start a blog, wiki, photosharing, social networking [...]

There are various types of projects you can do. But best way is to perform experiments where you ask a question, construct a hypothesis, test your hypothesis using an experiment and draw conclusions from your experiment. Parts of a Science Project 1. The Research Question First you should define your research question (what do you [...]

More than 51% of the students failed the G.C.E O/L 2006 December examination. According to Commissioner of Examinations, Mr Anura Edirisinghe, 523000 candidates sat the examination, out of that only 48.7% candidates were qualified to follow Advanced Level. Some other statistics on GCE O/L 2006 examination results 21813 candidates failed all subjects. 57% failed Mathematics [...]

A.S.Sulaiman Barrie writes: We are a BPO company based in Colombo having over 700 employees. We are in the process of filling some vacancies that exisit in one of our high end product which requires CIMA/ACCA. These students can be at entry level on the above exams. Would appreciate if you contact us to get [...]

World Biodiversity day 2007 at University of Sri Jayewardenepura Originally uploaded by Dr Hiran Amarasekera. To commemorate this day Department of Forestry and Environment Science of University of Sri Jayewardenepura organized a program to introduce Biodiversity of the University to students and general public. Jayewardenepura University contains various plant and animal life. In this program [...]

The National University of Ireland, Galway, has a long tradition of involvement in providing education for students from developing countries. In keeping with this tradition the NUI, Galway International Scholarship Programme was launched in 2005. The Programme builds on NUI, Galway%u2019s tradition of offering opportunities to talented students from the developing world and %u201C is [...]

The web is, and always has been, an exciting place for education in terms of the possibilities it offers for research and collaboration. Now, it is even more exciting, with the appearance and development of new tools which have become collectively known as Web 2.0. Dr Hiran Amrasekera delivered a presenation on this subject on [...]

Listen or download Biology radio programs conducted by Dr Hiran Amrasekera on Swadesheiya sevaya of Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) during April, May, June and July 2007. Each program contains discussions on basic concepts that students should learn in each unit, discussion on various questions, Answer to one essay type question and study and examiation [...]