Biology

The sciences are taught practically. Students have opportunities to design investigations, collect data, develop manipulative skills, analyse results, collaborate with peers and evaluate and communicate their findings. The investigations may be laboratory based or they may make use of simulations and data bases. Students develop the skills to work independently on their own design, but also collegiately, including collaboration with schools in different regions, to mirror the way in which scientific research is conducted in the wider community. This knowledge and skills will be put into the context of way science and scientists work in the 21^st Century and the ethical debates and limitations of creative scientific endeavour.

A minimum of 150 hours is expected to be devoted to Biology.