HOLLY HALL ACADEMY – KEY STAGE 4 CURRICULUM DOCUMENT SEPT 2015 – 2016
YEAR 10 BIOLOGY
B1
B1
B1
Unit Questions
Unit Questions
Unit Questions
How do we keep healthy?
How are animals linked in food chains and webs?
How is variation achieved within a species?
How do we fight disease?
What are pyramid s of number and biomass?
What is the theory of evolution?
What is the Carbon cycle and how are humans
possibly affecting it?
Key Unit Focus
Key Unit Focus
Key Unit Focus
Pupils learn about healthy diets
Pupils learn about food chains and food webs.
Pupils learn about the different types of microbe.
Pupils learn how energy is transferred along food
webs and in chains
Pupils learn about asexual and sexual
reproduction
Pupils learn about how the human nervous system
works and the effects of drugs on it
Pupils learn about the Carbon cycle and possible
changes to it via human activity
Pupils learn about the theory of evolution
Pupils learn about Natural Selection and the
survival of the fittest
Key Unit Concepts
Key Unit Concepts
Key Unit Concepts
Healthy diets
Food chains / webs
Sexual / asexual reproduction
Nervous system and control
Energy loss along food chains
Natural selection and the survival of the fittest
Misuse of drugs
Global warming and Greenhouse effect
Key Unit Assessment
Key Unit Assessment
Key Unit Assessment
End of unit exam
End of unit tests
End of unit tests
Key unit Homework
Key unit Homework
Key unit Homework
GCSE exam grade questions
GCSE exam grade questions
GCSE grade questions
Useful web sites
Useful web sites
Useful web sites
www.bitesize/ks4/biology http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/z4882h
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www.bitesize/ks4/ biology http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zh2xsb
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www.bitesize/ks3/biology http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zh2xsb
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