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Biology Department

Departmental Staff

  • Mrs. Laura Teague
  • Mr. Oran McGranaghan
  • Mrs. Louise Traynor
  • Ms Ciara Teague

Key Stage 4

Brief Overview of courses

What will I study?

Year 11 Year 12
  • Cells
  • Photosynthesis and plants
  • Nutrition and food tests
  • Enzymes and digestion
  • Breathing and the respiratory system
  • Nervous system and hormones
  • Ecological relationships and energy flow and nutrient cycles.

 

  • Osmosis and plant transport
  • Circulatory system
  • Chromosomes, genes and DNA and genetics
  • Reproduction, fertility and contraception
  • Variation and natural selection
  • Health disease defence mechanisms and treatment

 

Biology#1

 

How will I be assessed?

Class tests completed at the end of a cluster of topics; 5 throughout the year.

GCSE Biology Unit 1 exam at the end of year 11: weighting 11%

Unit 2 exam at the end of Year 12: weighting 14%

Unit 7 externally assessed practical paper covering physics, chemistry and biology: weighting 25%

 

Useful links:

www.ccea.org

Key Stage 5

Brief Overview of courses

What will I study?

Year 13 Year 14
AS1 : Molecules and cells

Molecules

Enzymes

Viruses

Cells

Cell physiology

Continuity of cells

Tissues and organs

AS2 :Organisms and Biodiversity

Transport and exchange mechanisms

Plant transport

Circulatory system

Adaptations

Biodiversity

Human impact on biodiversity

 

A2 1: Physiology , co-ordination and Control and Ecosystems

Homeostasis and the kidney

Immunity

Co-ordination and control in plants

Co-ordination and control in animals

Ecosystems

Nutrient cycles

A22: Biochemistry, genetics and Evolutionary trends.

Respiration

Photosynthesis

DNA as the genetic code

Gene technology

Genes and patterns of inheritance

Population genetics

Kingdom plantae

Kingdom animalia

 

 

Biology#2

How will I be assessed?

AS1 and AS2 are written papers each worth 37.5 % of AS level , 15% of A level.

AS3 is the practical assessment composed of a written exam paper and a collection of practical assessments written up in class, marked by the teacher.

AS3 is worth 25% of AS and 15% of the A level

A21 and A22 are written papers each worth 24 % of the A level.

A23 is the practical assessment composed of a written exam paper and a collection of  practical assessments marked by the teacher.

Biology#3

 

 

 

 

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