Biology
Year 7
Please see here for Year 7 Combined Science
Curriculum Content
Please see the table below for the curriculum content studied each term by the year groups 8 to 11.
Pupils begin studying in year 9 for a triple award GCSE which continues into year 10 and year 11.
At GCSE we study the AQA Biology Specification.
|
Year Group |
Term 1 |
Term 2
|
Term 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
8 |
Gas exchange systems and cellular respiration |
The skeletal and muscular systems |
Relationships in an ecosystem |
|
9 |
KS3 Photosynthesis |
GCSE B1 Cell biology |
B3 infection and response |
|
10 |
Finish B3 and B2 Organisation |
Finish B2 and B4 bioenergetics | B6 variation and B7 ecology |
|
11 |
B5 Homeostasis |
B6 inheritance and evolution and B7 Humans effect on the environment |
Revision and Exams |
Students also have to complete 8 required practicals that may be assessed in detail in the exam. They are as follows:
RP1 - Microscopy
RP2 - Microbiology
RP3 - Osmosis
RP4 - Food Tests
RP5 - Enzymes
RP6 - Photosynthesis
RP7 - Reaction time
RP8 - Plant responses
RP9 - Sampling organisms
RP10 - Decay
GCSE Biology is examined as two separate papers, at the end of Year 11.
Paper |
Length |
Marks |
Weighting |
Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
1hr 45m | 100 | 50% | B1 - B4 |
2 |
1hr 45m | 100 | 50% | B5 - B7 |