Key Topics Covered

• Photosynthesis
• Respiration
• Selection and speciation
• Ecological sampling
• Ecology and populations
• Energy transfer
• Succession
• Cloning
• Principles of Homeostasis (incl. temperature control and blood glucose
• Neurones and the nervous system
• Hormones
• Simple behaviour
• Genetic code, protein synthesis and mutations
• Genetic engineering
• Genetic fingerprinting
• Hardy-Weinberg
• Muscles

The emphasis of the course will be on the topics above. If time permits other topics that may be covered are:

• AQA - Carbon and nitrogen cycle, inheritance, totipotency and regulation of transcription/translation, gene therapy, Pacinian corpuscles, taxis and kinesis, oestrous, human populations, oestrous.
• OCR - cAMP, kidney, liver, meiosis, variation, agriculture, competition, plant responses, brain structure, diabetes, Chi², immobilised enzymes, learned behaviour.

Other Information

Students should bring copies of their specifications and main textbook with them to the course.