Biological Science

Topic 1: Exploring the science of life
Topic 2: The emergence of life on Earth
Topic 3: Defining Life
Topic 4: Evolutionary processes
Topic 5: The diversity, organisation, and classification of life
Quantitative Toolkit 1: Understanding data
Quantitative Toolkit 2: Size and scale
Quantitative Toolkit 3: Describing data
Quantitative Toolkit 4: Ratio and proportion
Quantitative Toolkit 5: Understanding samples
Quantitative Toolkit 6: Designing experiments
Quantitative Toolkit 7: Assessing patterns
Quantitative Toolkit 8: Formulae and equations
Quantitative Toolkit 9: Rates of change
Building blocks: molecules and macromolecules
Energy: powering biochemical processes
Information: genes and genomes
Mendelian genetics
Reading the genome: gene expression and protein synthesis
Proteins and proteomes
Metabolism: energy capture and release from food
Molecular tools and techniques
Characteristics of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
Cell division in prokaryotes and eukaryotes
Microbial diversity
The growth, measurement, and visualisation of cells
Microbes in life: harnessing their power
Microbes as agents of infectious disease
Viruses
Physiology overview
Communication and control 1: introducing the nervous and endocrine systems
Communication and control 2: sensory systems
Communication and control 3: controlling organ systems
Muscle and movement
Cardiovascular system
Respiratory system
Exercise physiology
Renal system
Digestive system
Reproductive system
Immune system