A level BIOLOGY Overview


Biology focuses on the variety of living things and ties together larger concepts with smaller ones. Students who study Biology at A level leave with an appreciation of the complexity of life, to include how and why things happen in us, in other organisms and in the environment around us. Content can be focused on the larger concepts, for example ecosystem interactions, but also delves down into the world of Biochemistry and Genetics.


Exam board AQA 7402


Course outline


The A level Biology course is split into 8 separate units (units 1-4 are taught in year 12, units 5-8 are taught in year 13):


1. Biological molecules 2. Cells. 3. Organisms exchange substances with their environment. 4. Genetic information, variation and relationships between organisms


5. Energy transfers in and between organisms. 6. Organisms respond to changes in their internal and external environments.


7. Genetics, populations, evolution and ecosystems. 8. The control of gene expression.


Complementary subjects Chemistry, Physics, Geology, Psychology, Physical Education, Dance, Sociology and Maths.


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