1. Can you place the whale parts in size order largest to smallest?
Scale the whale.
Can you place the whale parts in size order largest to smallest?
Consider which area of biology you would be studying with each picture. F A B E D C

2. Edexcel (based on SNAB)
A-LEVEL
Edexcel (based on SNAB)

3. The Course: Year 1. Topic 1 The heart Biochemistry
Cardiovascular disease
Topic 2
Protein synthesis
DNA, Gene therapy
Genetic testing
Topic 3
The cell cycle (mitosis)
Gene expression
Stem cells and ethics
Topic 4
Ecosystems
Evolution
Plant cells
Transport in plants

4. The Course: Year 2. Topic 5 Photosynthesis Climate change effects
Forensics
Infection and disease
Topic 7
Respiration
Joints and movement
Biology of exercise
Topic 8
Brain and mind
Learning

5. Core Practical's 18 over 2 years (Not the only practical's)
All need to be completed and written up
Will be assessed in exams
Assessed on practical competencies and given a pass/fail at the end of the course.

6. Assessments You will have small regular class assessments.
You will also have bigger half termly assessments
Mocks before exams
Regular assessment of practical skills

7. The exams Exam 1 Exam 2 Exam 3 Topic 1-4 Topic 5 and 6 Practical's
Pre-release article
Practical's

8. Online resource

9. Your Summer Assignment
Task 1: GCSE knowledge review
Username: Please make sure you get this on induction day
Password: Biology123 (Capital letter important)
Go to work set and do the 7 short tasks and tests that have been set for you- I will be sent your mark so will know if they are done!
Explore the website to look at what you will be learning!
Task 2: Biology wider reading
Mini project
Click on the link and choose any of the A level activities that interest you and complete
Be prepared to present your findings in the first lessons of AS Biology
Good Luck

10. L.O. to set up and use the microscope, to handle living organisms with due care, to consider validity of practical investigations.
Practical
Aim: to investigate how changing temperature affects the heart rate of invertebrate.

11. Investigating heart rate of Daphnia.
L.O. to set up and use the microscope, to handle living organisms with due care, to consider validity of practical investigations.
Investigating heart rate of Daphnia.
Set up the Daphnia for viewing under the microscope:
-Place a few threads of cotton wool on the slide, transfer a Daphnia in a pipette to the slide. It will get trapped in the thread without being harmed.
-Now add water to the petri dish
2. Look through the microscope- you should be able to see the heart beating.
3. Count the number of beats in a minute.
4. What happens to the heart rate when you add some warm (not boiling!) water?
Heart
Daphnia, or fresh water fleas are small
crustaceans which are ectothermic, they
do not have physiological means of
controlling their body temperature.

12. Consider: What is a valid experiment?
If you were investigating the effect of temperature on heart rate of Daphnia how would you make the experiment valid?
What are the ethical implications of this experiment?