Key Stage 4

Yr 10 & Yr 11 GCSE Biology A

Taught in two hours per week over two years

Topics taught in Units 1-3

Unit 1

• Module B1: You and Your Genes
• Module B2: Keeping Healthy
• Module B3: Life on Earth

Unit 2

• Module B4: Homeostasis
• Module B5: Growth and Development
• Module B6: Brain and Mind

Unit 3

• Ideas in context
• Module B7: Further Biology

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Teaching order for Biology A

		Examination
Unit 1	Autumn term	17% of GCSE examined in January
Unit 4 or Unit 5	Spring term	33.3% of GCSE
Unit 2	Summer term + Yr 11	17% examined in Jan of Yr 11
Unit 3	Yr 11	33.3% examined in June of Yr 11

Unit 4 Case Studies or Unit 5 Investigations (Coursework) due in from students by third week in March (Yr 10).