Biology

Course summary

Biology A Level aims to build on the concepts and skills developed in GCSE Science, presenting Biology as exciting, relevant and challenging. The combination of academic challenge in the concepts and principles and practical focus ensures that the course is stimulating and exciting. This two-year course contains a range of topics with 12 required practicals embedded into the teaching. The course is structured around the following topics: Year 12: • Biological Molecules • Cells • Organisms Exchange Substances with their Environment • Genetic Information, Variation and Relationships Between Organisms Year 13: • Energy Transfers in and Between Organisms (A Level only) • Organisms Respond to Changes in their Internal and External Environments (A Level only) • Genetics, Populations, Evolution and Ecosystems (A Level only) • The Control of Gene Expression (A Level only)