Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome Information

    • Online Portal Navigation

    • Biology Study & Practice

    • Contents
  • 2

    Cell Biology

    • Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes

    • Sizes of cells

    • Order of Magnitude

    • Animal Cells

    • Plant Cells

    • Animal Cell Specialisation

    • Plant Cell Specialisation

    • Required Practical 1 - Microscopes

    • Microscopy

    • Bacterial Division

    • Required Practical 2 - Culturing Microorganisms

    • Cell Division By Mitosis

    • Stem Cells

    • Diffusion

    • Surface Area to Volume Ratio

    • Osmosis

    • Required Practical 3 - Effects of Osmosis on Plant Tissue

    • Active Transport
  • 3

    Organisation

    • The Digestive System

    • The Digestive Enzymes

    • The Effect of Temperature and pH on Enzymes

    • Required Practical 4 - Food Tests

    • Required Practical 5 - Effect of pH on Amylase

    • Absorption in the small intestine

    • The Heart and Circulation

    • Arteries,Veins and Capillaries

    • The Blood

    • Cardiovascular diseases

    • Gas Exchange in the Lungs

    • Cancer

    • Communicable and Non-Communicable diseases

    • Correlating Risk Factors

    • Lifestyle and Disease

    • Plant Tissues

    • Transpiration
  • 4

    Infection and Response

    • Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases

    • Pathogens

    • Measles and HIV

    • Salmonella and Gonorrhoea

    • Malaria

    • Non-specific Defence Systems

    • The Immune System

    • Infectious Diseases in Plants

    • Vaccination

    • Antibiotics

    • Testing Medicines

    • Monoclonal Antibodies

    • Uses of Monoclonal Antibodies

    • Plant Diseases 2

    • Plant Defence Responses
  • 5

    Bioenergetics

    • Photosynthesis

    • Uses of Glucose from Photosynthesis

    • Required Practical 6 - Photosynthesis

    • Limiting Factors

    • Respiration

    • Exercise

    • Metabolism
  • 6

    Required Practicals

    • 1 . Microscopes

    • 2 . Culturing Microorganisms

    • 3. Effects of Osmosis on Plant Tissue

    • 4. Food Tests

    • 5. Effect of pH on Amylase

    • 6. Photosynthesis
  • 7

    Homeostasis

    • Homeostasis

    • The Nervous System

    • Required Practical 7 - Reaction Time

    • The Brain

    • The Eye

    • How the Eye Focuses

    • Thermoregulation

    • The Endocrine System

    • Control of Blood Glucose Concentration

    • The Kidneys

    • Maintaining the Body's Water Balance

    • The Menstrual Cycle

    • Contraception

    • Hormones to Treat Infertility

    • Negative Feedback

    • Plant Hormones

    • Required Practical 8 - Plant Responses

    • Uses of Plant Hormones
  • 8

    Inheritance

    • Sexual and Asexual Reproduction

    • Meiosis and Fertilisation

    • Advantages and Disadvantages of Sexual & Asexual Reproduction

    • DNA and the Genome

    • DNA Structure

    • Protein Synthesis

    • Mutations

    • Alleles

    • Cystic Fibrosis

    • Polydactyly

    • Family Trees

    • Inheritance of Sex
  • 9

    Variation and Evolution

    • Variation

    • Evolution by Natural Selection

    • Selective Breeding

    • Genetic Engineering

    • Cloning Plants

    • Cloning Animals

    • Darwin and Natural Selection

    • Speciation

    • Mendel and Genetics

    • Evidence for Evolution - Fossils

    • Evidence for Evolution - Resistant Bacteria

    • Classification
  • 10

    Ecology

    • Competition and Interdependence

    • Biotic and Abiotic Factors

    • Adaptations

    • Food Chains and Predator- Prey Cycles

    • Sampling Organisms

    • Required Practical 9 - Sampling Organisms

    • Mean,Median & Mode

    • Carbon Cycle

    • The Water Cycle

    • Decomposition

    • Required Practical 10 - Decay

    • Environmental Change

    • Biodiversity

    • Waste Management

    • Land Use

    • Global Warming

    • Maintaining Biodiversity

    • Trophic Levels

    • Pyramids of Biomass

    • Food Security

    • Modern Farming Methods

    • Sustainable Fisheries

    • Role of Biotechnology
  • 11

    Required Practicals

    • 7. Reaction Time

    • 8. Plant Responses

    • 9. Sampling Organisms

    • 10. Decay