Curriculum Outline Document
Y10 Biology (AN)
(Sept 2014 – July 2015)
Assessment
Weeks
Curriculum Detail
Homewor
k
Content
1
2
7th Sept
to 2nd
Oct
Unit 1
MRS GREN
Classification- vertebrates, invertebrates and the 5
kingdoms. Keys.
3
4
Unit 2
Cells, tissues and organization.
PPT on
specific
group of
organisms
w/s on
cells and
organs
Test on keys
and
classification
Poster on
specialized
cells
Eid Al-Adha Holiday 5th October to 9th October
5
6
12th Oct
to 13th
Nov
Unit 3
Diffusion, osmosis and active transport
w/s on
chapter 3
Unit 4
Biological chemicals
w/s on
chapter 4
Unit 5
Enzymes
w/s on
chapter 5
7
8
9
Half-term Holiday 13th November to SUNDAY 16th November
Unit 5
10
Enzymes
11
17th
Nov to
17th
Dec
12
Worksheet on
molecules
Write up
enzymes
practical
Enzymes
practical write
up
Unit 6 Photosynthesis
w/s on
photosynt
hesis
Test on
photosynthesis
Unit 7
Diet
Research
on
malnutritio
n
Practicals on enzymes
13
14
Osmosis
practical write
up
Winter Break 18th December to 1st January
Unit 7
Digestion
Poster on
alimentary
canal
Unit 8
Plant transport
w/s on
chapter 8
15
16
Test on
digestion
th
4 Jan
to 29th
Jan
17
18
Unit 9
Transport in animals
Half-term Holiday 1st February to 5th February
Transpiration
planning write
up
19
Unit 9
Transport in animals
20
22
Poster on
disease and
immunity
w/s on
chapter 11
and 12
Test on
breathing
system
Unit 10
Disease and immunity
21
8th Feb
to 2nd
Apr
w/s on
chapter 9
and 10
Unit 11 Gaseous exchange
Unit 12 Respiration
Kidney dialysis
23
24
25
26
Unit 13
Excretion in humans
w/s on
chapter 13
Unit 14
14.1 nervous control in humans
14.2 sense organs
w/s on
chapter 14
Test on parts of
the eye
Spring Break 5th April to 16th April
27
28
19th
Apr to
21st
May
14.3 Hormones
14.4 Homeostasis Thermoregulation
29
30
14.4 Homeostasis blood sugar regulation
14.5 Plant tropisms
31
15.1 Drugs
w/s on
thermoreg
ulation
Test on parts of
the skin
Planning plant
tropism
w/s on
chapter 14 experiment
w/s on
chapter 15
Long Weekend 24th and 25th May
32
15.2 Medicinal drugs
15.3 Misused drugs
33
End of Year Examination
34
16.1 Asexual reproduction
th
26
May to
2nd July
35
16.2 Sexual reproduction
36
37
Posters
on use
and
misuse of
drugs
16.3 Plant reproduction
16.3 Plant reproduction
End of Year 2nd July 2015
Learn
definition
of asexual
reproducti
on and
examples
Learn
definition
of asexual
reproducti
on and
examples
w/s on
plant
reproducti
on
Poster on types
of drugs
End of year
exam
Types of
asexual
organisms
Test on key
definitions
Test on parts of
a flower