Year 12 Biology

Welcome to Level 2 Biology. Students’ will be working towards achieving both internal and external NCEA achievements for this course. They will study the concepts related to the topics of Ecology, Cell Biology and Genetics. Thorough and extensive understanding of these concepts will allow students to apply the knowledge of cells in order to carry out a practical investigation and write a report relating an organism’s specific adaptations to their external environment.

Students will build on their genetics knowledge from Living World assessed in Years 9 & 10, to develop higher thinking skills in relation to Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. The idea is for students to appreciate the observational and investigative skills employed by scientists in the field of Genetics to theorise and explain the diversity of Life on this planet. Understanding the process of inheritance will allow students to apply their knowledge in order to understand the advancement in the medical field in relation to inherited diseases and dis-orders. Students should be able to draw parallels between the real world and the topics studied.

High level of achievement in L3 Biology is essential to gain entry to Science and Health Sciences courses at different tertiary institutions in NZ and overseas.