S4 National 5 Biology Timeline 2015-2016
Summer Term
Week
W/B
Notes
A
1/06/15
B
8/06/15
Pupils Return (1/6/15)
Unit 1
Unit 1
B
15/06/15
Unit 1
D
22/06/15
Unit 1
Period 1
Complete up to and including Diffusion before the end of term
Period 2
Begin Unit 1
Period 3
Period 4
Homework
Term 01
Week
W/B
Notes
Period 1
Period 2
Period 3
Period 4
Homework
Write up 1.1-1.6
Research
Task 2.22.3
Reverse
Osmosis
th
1
17/08/15
Mon 17 - In-service Day
Tue 18th – Pupils return
Unit 1
S4 Target Set
2
24/08/15
Unit 1
Investigation 1.1 – 1.6
Research Task 2.2 – 2.3
3
31/08/15
Unit 1
4
07/09/15
Unit 1
5
14/09/15
Unit 1
S4 Tracking Open
6
21/09/15
Fri 25th – Sept Weekend
Begin Osmosis
Intro to 1.1-1.6
Potato Cell Sap
Plan
Write up 1.1-1.6
Write up 1.1-1.6
1.1-1.6
Set up
1.1-1.6
Unit 1 Key Area
Test 1
Unit 1
Mon 28th – Sept Weekend
7
28/09/15
Unit 1
S4 Tracking Close
8
05/10/15
Unit 1
October
Break
12/10/15
October Week
9
19/10/15
Unit 1
10
26/10/15
Unit 1
11
02/11/15
Unit 1
Write up 2.3-2.3
Reverse Osmosis
Unit 1 Key Area
Test 2
12
9/11/15
Unit 1
13
16/11/15
Mon 16th – In-service Day
23/11/15
Unit 1
AVU week
S4 Tracking Open
30/11/15
Unit 1
AVU week
07/12/15
Unit 1
AVU week
S4 Tracking Complete
17
14/12/115
Unit 1
AVU week
S4 Parents Evening
Christmas
Break
21/12/15
Wed 23rd – Start of Xmas Hols
14
15
16
(23
th
Unit 1 Key Area
Test 3
Hormones (stand
along lesson)
Hormones (stand
along lesson)
Pupils to work on
“Underlying
Biology” & “Choices
of Sources”
Pupils to work on
“Underlying
Biology” & “Choices
of Sources”
Pupils to work on
“data/source 2”
Pupils to work on
“data/source 2”
Nat 5 Unit 1 NAB
Pupils should have
“title” and “aim”
AVU
Complete
by w/b
4/1/16
Pupils to work on
“data/source 1”
Pupils to work on
“data/source 1”
AVU
Complete
by w/b
4/1/16
Pupils to work on
“Conclusion” and
“Comparison”
Pupils to work on
“Conclusion” and
“Comparison”
AVU
Complete
by w/b
4/1/16
AVU
Write up
AVU
Complete
by w/b
4/1/16
Intro to Assignment
AVU
Write up
th
Dec –6 Jan)
Term 1 Assessments Completed:
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Nat 5 Unit 1 Prelim
Unit 1 Key Area Test 1- Cell Structure / Transport Across the Membrane / Producing New Cells
Unit 1 Key Area Test 2- DNA, Protein Synthesis, Protein Structure and Enzymes
Unit 1 Key Area Test 3- Photosynthesis and Respiration
Investigation 1.1-1.6: Measuring concentration of water in potato cell sap by osmosis
Research task 2.3/2.3: Reverse Osmosis
Unit 1 Assessment Outcome 3
Unit 1 Prelim
Assignment
S4 Timeline 2015-2016
Term 02
Week
W/B
Notes
18
04/01/2016
Wed 6th – Return to
School
Unit 2
19
11/01/2016
Unit 2
20
18/01/2016
Unit 2
S4 Reports Open
21
25/01/2016
Unit 2
22
Unit 2
S4 Reports Close
Mon 8th & Tue 9th – Hols
08/02/2016 Wed 10th – In-service Day
Unit 2
23
24
Period 1
Period 2
Period 3
Period 4
Unit 2 Key Area
Test 1
Unit 2 Key Area
Test 2
01/02/2016
15/02/2016
Unit 2
25
04/01/2016
Wed 6th – Return to
School
Unit 2
26
11/01/2016
Unit 2
27
07/03/2016
Unit 2
28
14/03/2016
Unit 2
Term 2 Assessments Completed:
Unit 2 Key Area
Test 3
Nat 5 Unit 2 NAB
Unit 2 Key Area
Test 4
Nat 5 Unit 2 Prelim
Homework
29
21/03/2016
Fri 25th – Good Friday
30
28/03/2016
Mon 28th – Easter Monday
31
04/04/2016
Spring Break
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
32
11/04/2016
Spring Break
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Unit 2 Key Area Test 1- Cell, Tissues & Organs / Stem Cells & Meristems / Control and Communication
Unit 2 Key Area Test 2- Reproduction and Inheritance
Unit 2 Key Area Test 3- Transport in Plants
Unit 2 Key Area Test 4- Transport in Animals
Unit 2 Assessment Outcome 3
Unit 2 Prelim
S4 Timeline 2015-2016
Term 03
Week
W/B
Notes
Period 1
Period 2
Period 3
Period 4
18
Week
Beginning
Notes
Period 1
Period 2
Period 3
Period 4
19
18/04/2016
Revision
Revision
Revision
Revision
20
25/04/2016
Revision
Revision
Revision
Revision
21
02/05/2016
nd
Mon 2 – May Day Hols
Thurs 5th – In-service Day
Homework