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| Topic Title | Cells and cell Processes | Animal Nutrition | Plant Nutrition and Transport | Respiration and Human Transport System | Diseases and Immunity |
| Key Skills and Content (Core) | - Characteristics of living organisms. | -Nutrients | -Photosynthesis and chlorophyll | -Human heart, blood, circulatory system. | -Transmission of pathogens |
| -Cell structure and levels of organisation | -Balanced Diet | -Leaf structure. | - Gas exchange in humans | -Covid-19 |
| -Movement in and out of cells | -Human Alimentary canal and digestion | -Nutrients in plants | - Aerobic and anaerobic respiration | |
| -Biological molecules | | - Xylem and phloem | | |
| -Enzymes | | - Transpiration | | |
| | - Root hair cells | | |
| Key Skills and Content (Extended) | -The five kingdoms | -Enzymes in the human digestive system | - Explain the equation of photosynthesis | - Double vs single circulation | -Cholera |
| -Viruses | -Villi | - Limiting factors of photosynthesis | - Valves and muscle thickness in heart | - The immune response |
| -Magnification calculations | | - Lignin | -How the heart beats | -Vaccination |
| -Water potential | | -Transpiration pull | -Vessel structure in detail | |
| -Carrier proteins | | - Analyse factors affecting transpiration rate and water absorption | -Blood clotting | |
| -The structure of DNA | | -Translocation | -Contents of plasma | |
| -Explain the effect of T and pH on enzymes | | | - Breathing movements | |
| | | -Exercise and breathing rate | |
| Summative | -Practice Exam (taken from past exam papers) | -Practice Exam (taken from past exam papers) | -Practice Exam (taken from past exam papers) | -Practice Exam (taken from past exam papers) | -Practice Exam (taken from past exam papers) |
| Assessment | and individual tests on every subtopic | and individual tests on every subtopic | and individual tests on every subtopic | and individual tests on every subtopic | and individual tests on every subtopic |
| -Group/individual projects on various topics suggested in the book | -Group/individual projects on various topics suggested in the book | -Group/individual projects on various topics suggested in the book | -Group/individual projects on various topics suggested in the book | -Group/individual projects on various topics suggested in the book |
