Biology

Specification

Course Content

You will develop practical skills by planning experiments, collecting data, analysing experimental results and making conclusions. You will also learn how scientific models are developed, the applications and implications of science, the benefits and risks that science brings and the ways in which society uses science to make decisions.

Year 12 topics:

Topic 1: Biological Molecules

Topic 2: Cells

Topic 3: Organisms exchange substances with their environment

Topic 4: Genetic information, variation and relationships between organisms

Year 13 topics:

Topic 5: Energy transfers in and between organisms

Topic 6: Organisms respond to changes in their internal and external environments

Topic 7: Genetics, populations, evolution and ecosystems Topic 8: The control of gene expression There is a compulsory field trip in year 13.

Progression Routes

• An undergraduate degree in life sciences, medicine, environmental or forensic science.

• Employment, for example in the areas of biological testing, biotechnology, independent research and the food industry.