Scale the whale.

Can you place the whale parts in size order largest to smallest?

Consider which area of biology you would be studying with each picture.

AF

EDC

B

A-LEVEL

Edexcel (based on SNAB)

The Course: Year 1.

Topic 1• The heart• Biochemistry• Cardiovascular disease

Topic 2• Protein synthesis• DNA, Gene therapy• Genetic testing

Topic 3• The cell cycle (mitosis)• Gene expression• Stem cells and ethics

Topic 4• Ecosystems• Evolution• Plant cells• Transport in plants

The Course: Year 2.

Topic 5• Photosynthesis• Climate change effects

Topic 6• Forensics• Infection and disease

Topic 7• Respiration• Joints and movement• Biology of exercise

Topic 8• Brain and mind• Learning

Core Practical's

• 18 over 2 years (Not the only practical's)• All need to be completed and written up• Will be assessed in exams• Assessed on practical competencies and given

a pass/fail at the end of the course.

Assessments

• You will have small regular class assessments.

• You will also have bigger half termly assessments

• Mocks before exams

• Regular assessment of practical skills

The exams

Exam 1

• Topic 1-4• Topic 5 and 6• Practical's

Exam 2

• Topic 1-4• Topic 7 and

8• Practical's

Exam 3

• Topic 1-8• Pre-release

article• Practical's

Online resource

www.pearsonactivelearn.com

Task 1: GCSE knowledge review www.pearsonactivelearn.comUsername: Please make sure you get this on induction dayPassword: Biology123 (Capital letter important)

• Go to work set and do the 7 short tasks and tests that have been set for you- I will be sent your mark so will know if they are done!

• Explore the website to look at what you will be learning!

Task 2: Biology wider readingFind attached some titles of books that will help you and get you into practice for reading around the subjectChoose 1 book to read over the holiday and produce a synopsis of it to share with the rest of the group in September.

Your Summer Assignment

Practical

• Aim: to investigate how changing temperature affects the heart rate of invertebrate.

L.O. to set up and use the microscope, to handle living organisms with due care, to consider validity of practical investigations.

Investigating heart rate of Daphnia.1. Set up the Daphnia for viewing under the

microscope:-Place a few threads of cotton wool on the slide,

transfer a Daphnia in a pipette to the slide. It will get trapped in the thread without being harmed.

-Now add water to the petri dish

2. Look through the microscope- you should be able to see the heart beating.

3. Count the number of beats in a minute.

4. What happens to the heart rate when you add some warm (not boiling!) water?

Heart

Daphnia, or fresh water fleas are small crustaceans which are ectothermic, theydo not have

physiological means of controlling their body temperature.

L.O. to set up and use the microscope, to handle living organisms with due care, to consider validity of practical investigations.

Consider:

What is a valid experiment?

If you were investigating the effect of temperature on heart rate of Daphnia how would you make the experiment valid?

What are the ethical implications of this experiment?

Year 12 Book list for Biology summer work

Books Richard Dawkins:

The Selfish Gene The Blind Watchmaker. Unweaving the Rainbow Climbing Mount Improbable The Ancestor’s Tale

Steve Jones: Y: The Descent of Men In the Blood: God, Genes and Destiny Almost Like a Whale: The 'Origin of Species' Updated The Language of the genes

Matt Ridley Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature The Language of Genes

Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code Nature Via Nurture: Genes, Experience and What Makes Us Human

James Watson: DNA: The Secret of Life The Double Helix: Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA

Charles Darwin: The origin of species Armand Marie Leroi: Mutants: On the Form, Varieties and Errors of the Human Body David S. Goodsell: The Machinery of Life Ernst Mayr: This Is Biology: The Science of the Living World Edward O Wilson: The Diversity of Life Richard Leaky: The Origin of Humankind Bill Bryson: A Short History of Nearly Everything Oliver Sachs: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

Year 12 Book list for Biology summer work Daniel Chamovitz: What a Plant Knows