Assessment Unit 3 School-assessed coursework (25%) Outcomes 1 and 2. At least one third of the internal assessment must be allocated to assessment that uses ICT application/s. Unit 4 School-assessed coursework (25%) Outcomes 1 and 2. At least one third of the internal assessment must be allocated to assessment that uses ICT application/s. End-of-year written examination (50%) Students will complete the examination using a structured answer booklet. The questions will relate to all outcomes in all areas of study in Units 3 and 4. BIOLOGY Unit 1 & 2 Nature of the Study Biology is the that understands and explores the nature of life, past and present, the diversity of organisms and their many adaptations for survival in various environments. Biology also considers all life forms share a degree of relatedness and a common origin. This study explores the dynamic relationships between organisms and their interactions with the non-living environment. It also explores the processes of life, from the molecular world of the cell to that of the whole organism, that maintain life and ensure its continuity. Unit 1: How do Living Things Unit 2: How is Continuity of Life Stay Alive? Maintained? This unit examines the cell as the In this unit students on cell structural and functional unit of the reproduction and the transmission of organism and introduces biological information from generation students to some of the challenges to to generation. They examine the an organism in sustaining life. The process of DNA replication and needs of individual cells, how compare cell division in both specialised structures carry out prokaryotic and eukaryotic cellular activities and how the organisms. Students explores the survival of cells depends on their mechanisms, advantages and ability to maintain a dynamic balance disadvantages of asexual and sexual between their internal and external reproduction strategies. The role of environments will also be studied. stem cells and their potential use in Students investigate how a diverse medical therapies is also explored. group of organisms form a living Students explore the role and interconnected community that is relationship between genetics and the adapted to, and utilises, the abiotic environment to explain the inheritance resources of its habitat. Students of characteristics, analyse patterns consider how the diversity is of inheritance, interpret pedigree classified and the factors that charts and predict outcomes of genetic affect the growth of a population. crosses. Area of Study Area of Study
Assessment Unit 3 School-assessed coursework (25%) Outcomes 1 and 2. At least one third of the internal assessment must be allocated to assessment that uses ICT application/s. Unit 4 School-assessed coursework (25%) Outcomes 1 and 2. At least one third of the internal assessment must be allocated to assessment that uses ICT application/s. End-of-year written examination (50%) Students will complete the examination using a structured answer booklet. The questions will relate to all outcomes in all areas of study in Units 3 and 4. BIOLOGY Unit 1 & 2 Nature of the Study Biology is the that understands and explores the nature of life, past and present, the diversity of organisms and their many adaptations for survival in various environments. Biology also considers all life forms share a degree of relatedness and a common origin. This study explores the dynamic relationships between organisms and their interactions with the non-living environment. It also explores the processes of life, from the molecular world of the cell to that of the whole organism, that maintain life and ensure its continuity. Unit 1: How do Living Things Stay Alive? This unit examines the cell as the structural and functional unit of the organism and introduces students to some of the challenges to an organism in sustaining life. The needs of individual cells, how specialised structures carry out cellular activities and how the survival of cells depends on their ability to maintain a dynamic balance between their internal and external environments will also be studied. Students investigate how a diverse group of organisms form a living interconnected community that is adapted to, and utilises, the abiotic resources of its habitat. Students consider how the diversity is classified and the factors that affect the growth of a population. Area of Study Unit 2: How is Continuity of Life Maintained? In this unit students on cell reproduction and the transmission of biological information from generation to generation. They examine the process of DNA replication and compare cell division in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. Students explores the mechanisms, advantages and disadvantages of asexual and sexual reproduction strategies. The role of stem cells and their potential use in medical therapies is also explored. Students explore the role and relationship between genetics and the environment to explain the inheritance of characteristics, analyse patterns of inheritance, interpret pedigree charts and predict outcomes of genetic crosses. Area of Study
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