Learning Outcomes

(A) Knowledge and Understanding

Students will acquire knowledge and develop understanding of :

1. the nature and history of biology

2. biological terms, biological facts, biological concepts and principles;

3. biological practical skill (e.g. use of microscope) ;

4. the application and uses of biology in everyday life;

5. the implications of biology for society and the environment; and

6. current issues and development in biology.

(B) Scientific Process Skills

Students will acquire or develop the following skills so that they can

study biological phenomena through the scientific process :

1. developing scientific thinking and problem-solving skills;

2. planning and performing investigations; formulating working

hypothesis and devising tests for them, using controls where

appropriate;

3. searching, collecting and organising information from various sources;

communicating and presenting them in a clear and logical form; and

evaluating and applying them to solve problems in familiar and

unfamiliar situations;

4. analysing and interpreting data;

5. observing and describing objects and phenomena accurately;

6. interpreting drawings and photographs of biological structures;

7. using instruments and apparatus to the limits of accuracy appropriate

to a given problem; and

8. performing common laboratory techniques, and handling chemicals,

instruments, apparatus and biological materials carefully and safely.

(C) Values and Attitudes

Students will develop the following values and attitudes :

1. an interest and enjoyment in study living organisms and their

interrelationships;

2. a responsible regard for both the living and non-living components of

the environment;

3. ethical behaviour;

4. a critical and inquiring mind;

5. an objective attitude towards evidence;

6. interpreting drawings and photographs of biological structures;

7. an awareness that the scientific knowledge may be tentative and is

subject to change if new evidences are found;

8. an awareness of the need for appropriate safety procedures;

9. an awareness of both the usefulness and limitations of hypothesis in

making predictions and explaining biological phenomena; and

10. a desire of critical evaluation of the consequences of the

applications of science and recognising their responsibilities to

conserve, protect and maintain the quality of all environments for

future generations.