Biology
Welcome to A level Biology. Here are some resources to get you started and some tasks for you to complete for your first Biology lesson in Year 12 in September 2024. You will be studying AQA Biology – specification reference 7402.
The AQA website for Biology A level. Here you will be able to access the specification. It is handy to download and have a copy of this in your folder.
https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/as-and-a-level/biology-7401-7402
Miss Chadwick
Biological Science Review
This magazine is written to support students studying Biology A Level. It is full of interesting articles and we encourage you to read it by incorporating specific articles into our student workbooks. It is also available in the library. Here is a link to some additional articles. https://www.hoddereducation.co.uk/magazines/magazines-extras/biological-sciences-review-extras
The Immortal Life of Henriettta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells – taken without her knowledge – became a multimillion-dollar industry and one of the most important tools in medicine. Yet Henrietta's family did not learn of her 'immortality' until more than twenty years after her death, with devastating consequences.
Rutherford and Fry The curious cases of Rutherford and Fry: In these podcasts, Biologist Adam Rutherford and Mathematician Hannah Fry answer scientific questions posed by the public. Recommended episodes include Smell, Water and Colour Vision. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07dx75g
The Naked Scientists Based at Cambridge University's Institute of Continuing Education (ICE), the Naked Scientists are a team of scientists, doctors and communicators whose passion is to help the general public to understand and engage with the worlds of science, technology and medicine. Recent episodes include the current UK infected blood scandal and motor neurone disease https://www.thenakedscientists.com/science-podcasts
TED Talks Access the TED Talks website and discover a variety of talks about a variety of biological issues. The aim of TED Talks are to ‘powerful ideas, powerfully presented, move us: to feel something, to think differently, to take action https://www.ted.com/talks?q=biology&sort=relevance
Maths skills Answer all of the questions and bring to your first lesson in September
Biological Molecules & Cells Use the information to answer the questions at the bottom of each page and bring to your first lesson in September