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B4.1.1 Prior Knowledge

B4.1.2 Digestive System 

B4.1.3 Mechanical & Chemical Digestion

B4.1.4 Absorption in the Small Intestine

B4.1.5 Balanced Diet & Food Tests

B4.1.6 Food Tests & Analysis

B4.1.7 Models of Enzyme Activity

B4.1.8 Digestive Enzymes

B4.1.9 Effect of Temperature

B4.1.10 Effect of pH

B4.1.11 RP Effect of pH on Amylase

B4.1.12 RP Analysis

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B4.2.1 Prior Knowledge

B4.2.2 Structure of the Lungs

B4.2.3 Heart & Circulatory System

B4.2.4 Heart Dissection

B4.2.5 Blood Vessels

B4.2.6 Blood

B4.2.7 Coronary Heart Disease

B4.2.8 Evaluating Methods of Treating Heart Disease

B4.2.9 Aerobic Respiration

B4.2.10 Anaerobic Respiration

B4.2.11 Response to Exercise

B4.2.12 Metabolism

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B4.3.1 Prior Knowledge - The Leaf & Roots

B4.3.2 Microscopes - Stomatal Density

B4.3.3 Transpiration

B4.3.4 Translocation

B4.3.5 Photosynthesis & Uses of Glucose

B4.3.6 Limiting Factors in Photosynthesis

B4.3.7 & 8 Effect of Light Intensity on Photosynthesis

B4.3.9 TIF Plant Diseases & Defences

B4.3.10 Material Cycling - Decay

B4.3.11 Material Cycling - The Carbon Cycle

B4.3.12 Material Cycling - The Water Cycle

B4.3.13 TIF Investigating the Rate of Decay

B4.3.14 TIF Biogas Generators

Maths in Science 22 Using Graphs

Maths in Science 23 (HT) Inverse-Square Law (Photosynthesis)

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B4.4.1 Prior Knowledge

B4.4.2 Staying Healthy

B4.4.3 Epidemiology

B4.4.4 Risk Factors - Smoking, Diet & Obesity

B4.4.5 Risk Factors - Alcohol

B4.4.6 Communicable Diseases

B4.4.7 Types of Communicable Disease

B4.4.8 Preventing the Spread

B4.4.9 Human Defence System

B4.4.10 Immune Response

B4.4.11 Vaccination

B4.4.12 Antibiotics

B4.4.13 TIF Culturing Microorganisms

B4.4.14 TIF Effectiveness of Antibiotics

B4.4.15 Antibiotic Resistance

B4.4.16 Development of Drugs

B4.4.17 (HT) TIF Monoclonal Antibodies 

B4.4.18 (HT) TIF Using Monoclonal Antibodies

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B4.5.1 Prior Knowledge

B4.5.2 Organisation of an Ecosystem

B4.5.3 Biotic and Abiotic Factors

B4.5.4 Adaptations

B4.5.5 Food Chains & Food Webs

B4.5.6 Predator-Prey Relationships

B4.5.7&8 Investigating Species Distribution

B4.5.9 TIF Impact of Environmental Change

B4.5.10 TIF Pyramids of Biomass

B4.5.11 TIF Farming, Biotechnology & Food Security

Maths in Science 24 Estimating Population Size

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B5.1.1 Prior Knowledge Review

B5.1.2 Homeostasis

B5.1.3 Structure of the Nervous System

B5.1.4 The Reflex Arc

B5.1.5 Synapses

B5.1.6 Investigating Human Reaction Time

B5.1.7 TIF The Brain

B5.1.8 TIF The Eye 

B5.1.9 The Endocrine System

B5.1.10 Control of Blood Glucose

B5.1.11 PKR Blood Glucose & Osmosis

B5.1.12 Diabetes

B5.1.13 Treating Diabetes

B5.1.14 (HT) Negative Feedback, Thyroxine & Adrenaline 

B5.1.15 TIF Control of Temperature

B5.1.16 TIF Control of Water

B5.1.17 TIF Kidney Structure

B5.1.18 TIF Treating Kidney Disease

B5.1.19 TIF Auxins, Gibberellins & Ethene

B5.1.20 TIF Germinating Seedlings

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B5.2.1 Prior Knowledge Review Asexual & Sexual Reproduction

B5.2.2 Prior Knowledge Review Meiosis & Mitosis

B5.2.3 Prior Knowledge Review Sex Determination

B5.2.4 Hormones in Reproduction

B5.2.5 (HT) Hormonal Control of Menstrual Cycle

B5.2.6 Contraception

B5.2.7 Evaluating Methods of Contraception

B5.2.8 (HT) Fertility Treatment 

B5.2.9 (HT) Evaluating Use of IVF

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B5.3.1 Prior Knowledge Review

B5.3.2 The Human Genome

B5.3.3 PKR Inherited Disorders

B5.3.4 Selective Breeding

B5.3.5 The Use of Genetic Engineering

B5.3.6 (HT) The Process of Genetic Engineering

B5.3.7 Therapeutic Cloning & Stem Cells

B5.3.8 TIF Cloning

B5.3.9 TIF Using Plant Hormones

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B5.4.1 Prior Knowledge Review

B5.4.2 TIF DNA & Proteins

B5.4.3 (HT) TIF Mutation

B5.4.4 Natural Selection

B5.4.5 Evolution

B5.4.6 Fossils & Extinction

B5.4.7 Classification

B5.4.8 TIF The Theory of Evolution

B5.4.9 TIF Speciation