What we offer Curriculum Biology
Year 8Microbes, disease and immunity; body systems; healthy living; temperature regulation; movement. Year 9Human genetics (including the ethics of applying knowledge about genes); keeping healthy (how the body fights infections; arguments about vaccines; superbugs; developing and testing new vaccines and drugs; how scientists can be sure what causes heart disease). Year 10The brain and mind (how organisms respond to stimuli; nerve impulses; co-ordination of the senses; how we learn new skills; memory); homeostatis (including the work of the kidneys); life on Earth (the beginning of life; evolution and how scientists have explained it; extinction); an extended research task as coursework. Year 11Growth and development (DNA; how DNA controls the proteins a cell makes; cell division and specialisation; plant and animal growth); further biology (ecology and interdependence; photosynthesis and heterotrophic nutrition; modern genetic technologies; respiration and releasing energy from food; transport around the body; the human skeleton). Year 12Cells, exchange and transport (including cell structure and membranes); molecules, biodiversity, food and health, enzymes and evolution. Students complete assessed practical tasks throughout the year. Year 13Communication, homeostatis, energy, excretion, photosynthesis and respiration; control, genomes and the environment (including cellular control, biotechnology, gene technologies, ecosystems, sustainability and responding to the environment). There are also more assessed practical tasks throughout the course. |
