Biology

Welcome to Biology

Biology Standard Grade is taught by Mr Morton. It is a two year course that studies plant and animal life and is divided into seven topics. Each topic is assessed during the course with the final Standard Grade examination being at General and Credit level.

Biology Course Topics and Subtopics

Course content breaks down into the following headings:

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There are seven topics

 

 

  1. The Biosphere
    1. Investigating the Ecosystem

    2. How it Works
    3. Control and Management
  2. The World of Plants
    1. Introducing Plants

    2. Growing Plants

    3. Making Food

    4. The Carbon Cycle

 

  1. Animal Survival

  1.  
    1. The Need for Food

    2. Reproduction

    3. Water and Waste

    4. Responding to the Environment

 

  1. Investigating Cells

  1.  
    1. Investigating Living Cells

    2. Investigating Diffusion

    3. Investigating Cell Division

    4. Investigating Enzymes

    5. Investigating Aerobic Respiration

 

  1. The Body In Action

  1.  
    1. Movement

    2. The Need for Energy

    3. Co-ordination

    4. Changing Levels of Performance

 

  1. Inheritance

  1.  
    1. Variation

    2. What is Inheritance?

    3. Genetics and Society

 

  1. Biotechnology

  1.  
    1. Living Factories

    2. Problems and Profit with Waste

    3. Reprogramming Microbes.

 

 

It is always interesting and useful to keep up to date with developments in the world of biology and science in general - try the links section and the biology news section.

Current S3 Biology

The S3 biology class have just sat the Body in Action test. We will shortly start the World of Plants

Current S4 Biology

The end of section test for Inheritance will be given as homework. We have started the first subtopic of the last topic 'Biotechnology'. Next week we will be plating out bacteria.

Biology Links

The following links should be of interest to biology pupils and their parents.

Society of Biology: http://www.societyofbiology.org/home

Biology Revision Links

The following links should assist you with revision:

www.oronsay.org/SGrade - interesting coursework.
www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/learning/bitesize/standard/biology - Bitesize from the BBC
www.sqa.org.uk/squ/31345 - digital past papers.