Year 12 Biology 2014 – Student Year Planner
Semester 1
No°
1
WEE
K
3 Feb
2
10 Feb
3
17 Feb
4
24 Feb
5
6
LESSON 1 Monday
LESSON 2 Tuesday
Introduction
Ecosystems
Biodiversity: genetic,species
,ecosystems diversity
Environmental issues.
Eutrophication
Environmental issues.
Biomagnification
A1: Extended Response
Environ issues: Fire
Eutrophication Lab ‘Big BOD’
[SAM
]
Biomagnification: Lab ‘A little
goes a long way’ [SAM 1.10]
Harvesting natural resources
Deforestation
3 Mar
Holiday
10 Mar
Working as Biologist:
Review of Sci Method process
Use of rates
Ethical animal experiments
Functioning Organism
Respiration: Aerobic, anaerobic
Energy transfer/use:
ATP/ADP cycle
Photosynthesis process
Chloroplast
Cell transport examples: Stomatal
opening: Osmotic balance in fish
Camp………………………………
7
17 Mar
8
24 Mar
9
31 Mar
10
7 Apr
14 Apr
LESSON 3 Wednesday
Ecosystems comparisons: natural,
agricultural, urban
Ecosystems comparisons: natural,
agricultural, urban revisited
Text q’s
Working as Biologist:
Excursion prep: Quadrats
&Transects
Xerophyte adaptations
Working as Biologist: Sci
Method: Factors effecting
Transpiration rates from leaves
[SAM2.13]. Potometer
A2 Part1 Woodman’s Point
Excursion
Trapping & Tracking Techniques
Environmental issues.
Climate change. Global warming
spare
A2 Part2 Excursion validation
Rates of Respiration
Swim carnival
Photosynthesis:
Limiting factors
Q Review
A3 Extended Response
Camp
Cell membrane models:
structure/function. SA:V
Cell Transport: Passive/active
concentration gradients
Lab: Beetroot cells [WOL 13b.2]
Observe lab
Extended response go through
Camp
Good Frid
Easter Mon
1
28 Apr
Student Free day
2
5 May
3
6
12
May
19
May
26
May
June
Homeostasis: Components of model
Negative feedback
Need to maintain limits in internal
env. Effects of outside limits
Thermoregulation in animals
7
9 June
Exam review
BV Day
Homeostasis: water and
temperature control in plants
8
16
June
Continuity of Species
DNA structure & replication
A7: Test Homeostasis
9
23
June
Recombinant DNA Technology:
Restriction and ligation
Restriction & ligation
Translation; DNA to RNA
Comparing nucleic acids
gene expression
Recombinant DNA Technology;
PCR
10
30
June
microarrays
Recombinant DNA Technology:
Gel electrophoresis [English
Gel electrophoresis
excursion]
Term 2 Holidays
5
Dryland Salinity
Respiration Lab; ‘Useful yeasts’
[SAM 2.5 or 13a.3]
Mitochondria
Term 1 Holidays
Nitrogenous wastes in relation to
water availability
Friday
Ecosystems: Energy flow/matter
cycling, productivity Lab: The
quiet provider [SAM 1.7]
Environmental issues.
Dryland Salinity
Environmental issues.
water pollution
Harvesting natural resources:
over fishing, krill
21 Apr
4
LESSON 4
Term 1 Holidays
Enzymes: Lock&key, Induced fit,
biological catalyst
Specificity, biochemical pathways
A4: Test Functioning organism
Lab: Factors effecting enzyme
activity – Liver & Catalyse [WOL]
Review/Q’s
Homeostasis: Thermoregulation in
animals
Thermoregulation in animals
A5: Homeostasis Investigation
Homeostasis : Salt and water
balance in animals
Nitrogenous waste and urinary
systems [SAM 2.17]
Revision/study day
A6. Semester 1 Exams
Homeostasis: water and
temperature control in plants
recall plant lesson wks 5,6,9
Transcription: RNA to protien
Recombinant DNA Technology:
microarrays
Student Free Day
1
21 July
Student Free Day
Review: recombinant technologies
2
28 July
3
4 Aug
Gene cloning, Transgenic
organisms & applications
Variation: mutations
4
11 Aug
5
18 Aug
A8: Extended Response DNA & DNA
technologies
Genetics; Terminology
Variation: meiosis
Natural selection/selection pressures
Types including intra/inter sexual
selection
Selective pressures & extinction
6
25 Aug
7
1 Sept
8
8 Sept
9
15 Sept
10
22 Sept
Evolution: Evidence for?
[Creation]
Conservation
Conservation
review/past exams/practice problems
Electrophoresis experiments setup
[Biotech in a box]
Q’s
DNA profiling & applications
Electrophoresis exp observe.
A9: Test DNA & DNA
teechnologies
Natural selection/selection
pressures- more examples
Isolation and speciation
Gene pools and changes to:
including bottlenecks
Random genetic drift/Founder
effect
Evolution: Evidence for?
Artificial selection
A10: Investigation – natural
selection
Evolution: Evidence for?
Conservation
Conservation
Evolution: Evidence for?
Constructing phylogenic trees
Conservation
A11: Test- Variation, Evolution,
Conservation
review/past exams/practice
problems
Semester 2 Examinations
review/past exams/practice
problems
review/past exams/practice
problems
review/past exams/practice
problems
review/past exams/practice
problems
Lab - Beetles
DNA profiling & applications
Athletics carnival ?
Examinations cont……Term 3 Holidays
1
13 Oct
Student Free Day
Biology 12 2014
Exam review
Assessment Outline
Task
No.
Assessment
Type
1
Extended Response
2
Investigation
3
Extended Response
4
Test
5
Investigation
6
Exam
Semester 2
7
Test
8
Extended Response
9
Test
10
Investigation
11
Test
12
Exam review
Assessment
Details
Term
Week
Task
Weighting
4
6
7
6
9
2
3
5/6
6
3
6
10
2
3
3
3
3
8
2
3
5
8
3
8
7
8
7
3
10+
30
100
Semester 1
Ecosystems,Environmental
1
Issues, Human Impact
Woodman’s Pont
1
Excursion
Cellular Processes
1
Cellular Processes
2
Homeostasis
2
2
Homeostasis
DNA & DNA Technology
DNA & DNA Technology
Natural Selection
Conservation, Variation,
evolution
Exam
Assessment type
Investigation/Practical Skills
Extended Response ER]
Tests & Examinations[T]
Weighting
[6,6,8]
20
[6,6,8]
20
[3, 10, 3, 3,7,7,30] 60
My Mark