Bridging work for new starters 2020

Course: Biology

Name of student:

Bridging Work Basics

This booklet contains several tasks that you are expected to complete to a good standard in order to be able to be enrolled in this subject. Please complete these tasks as directed.

Task 1 is essential must be printed off or handwritten in full sentences and brought to enrolment

Task 4 is essential should be handed in at enrolment and should be presented on a plain A4 sheet of paper (you may join sheets together). You may write on lined paper and stick onto the larger sheet

Task 2 and 3 are optional and should be handwritten and brought to enrolment

Writing should be in full sentences with no copying and pasting from external sources, with your full name on each sheet.

This booklet also contains significant additional information and a range of optional tasks. We would encourage you to complete all the tasks, but you do not need to bring any optional tasks to your enrolment interview

Welcome to Biology!

Our course information guide can be found on the website here!

Task 1: essential task – knowledge building

You have all studied different courses and different topics, so we would like to start with

some common ground for all!

1. Go to this BBC bitesize link for cell biology

2. Revise the four learner guides for cell biology and print off each screen with your answers

OR hand write all questions and answers if you do not have a printer.

3. Bring to enrolment

4. Do the same for learner guides for gas exchange (here) and disease (here).

Task 2: optional task - testing knowledge

Below are some statements linked to the work that you have just revised. Some are correct,

some are not. Your task is to decide how many are incorrect (no help here!), write them out,

then also write out the corrected statement.

The animal cell wall protects the cell

1. The animal cell wall supports the cell

2. The cell membrane is semi-permeable and controls entry and exit of substances

3. The nucleus is the brain of the cell

4. Cells divide to become different types of cells

5. The ribs push the diaphragm downwards

6. Ventilation occurs at the alveoli

7. Viruses contain DNA

8. Viruses require host cells to replicate

9. Penicillin is the best antibiotic to kill a virus

Example:

• “Miss Crawford likes all sweets”

• Miss Crawford does not like all sweets – she thinks liquorice and aniseed are frankly

disgusting

The minimum requirement is task 1 and

task 4 😊

Task 3: optional task - testing knowledge

Analogies are a great way to get you thinking creatively…

“The stomach is like a washing machine. It mixes enzymes with food to digest the

food, just like a washing machine mixes dirty clothes with washing powder to digest

stains”

Your task is to create 5 analogies for these parts of the cell or body using everyday (non-

biological) things

1. Mitochondrion

2. Ribosome

3. Chloroplast

4. Trachea

5. Alveolus

Task 4: essential task – bringing it all together

Create an A3 scientific style poster summarising your understanding of Covid-19 You should

research scientific posters to see how they are presented, for example try this site

A scientific poster is academic – the audience is the scientific community – you should use

formal, technical language. Select quality articles for your facts about COVID-19 – these

usually come from websites that end in .gov, .org, .org.uk, .ac.uk or .edu.

Reference any sources that you use for each criteria: here is a good reference generator:

Neil’s Toolbox

Bring your work to enrolment – it is OK to stick sheets together (sellotape down the back)

and it is OK to hand write and not print (neatly)

Scientific poster essential criteria: 1. Explain what Covid-19 is. 2. Describe the symptoms of Covid-19. 3. Explain how Covid-19 is transmitted. 4. Explain how Covid-19 transmission is minimised. 5. Select a minimum of two pieces of scaremongering or fake news and explain why

they are incorrect in your own words. 6. Select two different pieces of online Covid-19 data, and explain the data in your own

words

The minimum requirement is task 1 and

task 4 😊

Stretching your learning further…

Further reading

Podcasts (click images for links)

Future learn courses (click images for links)

Links to careers (click image for links)