Biology

Course summary

The Edexcel Specification is designed to motivate students by helping them to realise how many of today’s issues require the knowledge and understanding underpinned by biological principles. The course approaches Biology in a completely new way, through the contextualisation of the subject matter. It represents a great way to learn traditional Biological information whilst extending ideas through their many contemporary applications. The course is superbly well-resourced, and establishes a balance between factual and practical skills. The Biology Portal page enables students to work on their Biology A Level at any time, supporting their progress and enabling them to extend their knowledge further. Lessons make use of ICT resources, animations, discussions and a range of activities to enable students to access and interpret the specification. Students receive a textbook written for the course and an associated revision guide to help consolidate and explain the concepts in a variety of ways. The course uses practical work as an integral accompaniment to theory and aims to develop practical skills that will be transferable across other science A Levels and beyond to higher science education.