Term 2 2018/2019
Week 29
IGCSE - BIOLOGY PAPER 6 - 2nd May 2019.
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Week 28
Revision - Past year Questions.
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Week 27
Revision - Past year Questions.
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Week 26
Revision - Past year Questions.
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Week 25
Revision - Past year Questions.
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Week 24
Revision - Past year Questions.
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Week 23
Revision - Past year Questions.
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Week 22
Revision - Past year Questions.
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Week 21
Students started to learn and prepare their posters on the last Biology topic - Topic 21 Human influences on ecosystems.
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Week 20
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Week 19
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Week 18
Review of Mock Exam Papers
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Week 17
Mock Exam
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Week 16
Mock Exam
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Week 15
Mock Exam
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Week 14
Mock Exam Revision
Term 1 2018/2019
week 13
17.5 Monohybrid Inheritance
To define the following keywords :
a)Genotype
b)phenotype
c)Homozygous
d)Heterozygous
e)Pure – Breeding
f)Dominant
g)Recessive
h)co-dominance
Interpret pedigree diagrams for the inheritance of a given characteristic
Use genetic diagrams to predict the results of monohybrid crosses and calculate phenotypic ratios, limited to 1:1 and 3:1 ratios
Term 1 2018/2019
week 12
17.3 & 17.4 - Mitosis and Meiosis
To define mitosis and meiosis
To explain the importance of mitosis and meiosis.
To Explain how meiosis produces variation
Term 1 2018/2019
week 11
17.1 & 17.2 Inheritance
Define inheritance
Define chromosome, gene and alleles.
Describe the inheritance of sex in humans with reference to XX and XY chromosomes
Term 1 2018/2019
week 10
Test and revision week.
Term 1 2018/2019
week 9
Students have learnt the followings:
1. Methods of birth control in humans
2. Outline the use of hormones in contraception and fertility treatments
3. Outline artificial insemination (AI)
4. Outline in vitro fertilisation (IVF)
5. Discuss the social implications of contraception and fertility treatments
Term 1 2018/2019
week 8
Students have learnt the followings:
1. Menstrual cycle
2. Role of FSH, LH, Progesterone and Estrogen in menstrual cycle.
3. The regulation of menstrual cycle hormones from day 1-28 days.
Term 1 2018/2019
week 7
Students have learnt the followings:
1. Male and female gametes in human reproduction.
2. Role of estrogen and testosterone in sexual secondary characteristics of male and female.
3. Role of placenta and umbilical cord.
4. Outline of labor and birth
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week 6
Students have learnt the followings:
1. Difference between asexual and sexual reproduction.
2. Plant reproductive system
3. Pollination.
4. Germination of seed.
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week 5
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week 4
Students have done their revision and test on this week. Feedback of the paper done and returned to students for their self reflection.
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week 2
Students will have learnt the followings:
1. Effects of adrenaline
2. Homeostasis
3. Thermoregulation
4. Glucose regulation
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week 3
Students have learnt the followings:
1. Definition for geotropism and phototropism.
2. Function of auxin in shoot and root.
3. Analysis of tropism experiments.
Test on 18th Sept 2018 - Topic 13 Excretion and Topic 14 Coordination, homeostasis and plant responses.