What Will I Study?
Biology at WHGS is taught during eight 75-minute lessons per two-week timetable cycle, by two different teachers. Lessons are taught between three fully equipped laboratories and two standard classrooms. The content is taught by four specialist Biology teachers. The A-Level in Biology at WHGS follows the two-year linear format. The course comprises eight topics: four in each year. There is also a series of twelve assessed practicals, in addition to other practicals, which take place throughout the two years. There will be questions about these practicals in the internal assessments and external examinations. The external examinations are sat at the end of Year 13. Students are internally assessed with PPQ mini test and synoptic tests.
Year 12
Unit 1 – Biological molecules
Unit 2 – Cells
Unit 3 – Organisms and their environment
Unit 4 – Genetics and variation
Year 13
Unit 5 – Energy transfers within and between organisms
Unit 6 – Organisms and changes in environments
Unit 7 – Genetics, populations and ecosystems
Unit 8 – Control of gene expression
Additional Information
Students who wish to study courses such as medicine, dentistry, pharmacology, life sciences, environmental sciences and many others at university will find that A-Level Biology is often specified as a required subject at A-Level.