EMMANUEL COLLEGE

Planning Document - Semester One 2016

VCE – Biology Unit 1
WEEK Area of study Assessment Tasks
Key knowledge and skills
Week 1 and 2 Chapter 1
Term 1  Cells Beetroot prac
 Plasma Membranes Membrane prac - cellulose
 Transport
Chapter 2
 Microscopes
 Cell structures
 Cell organelles
 Prokaryote and Eukaryote
Weeks 3 and 4 Chapter 3 Photosynthesis prac
Term 1  Photosynthesis
 ATP
 Stored Energy
 Heterotrophs and Autotrophs
 Chemosynthesis
 Cellular Respiration
 Anaerobic and Aerobic Respiration
Weeks 5 and 6 Chapter 4 AOS 1 Test
Term 1  Digestive System Rat dissection
 Transport in Plants Data Analysis - adaptations
Chapter 5
 Tolerance Range
 Water
 Adaptations for survival for animals
 Adaptations for survival for animals
Week 7 and 8 Chapter 6
Term 1  Heat Transfer
 Homeostasis
 Negative Feedback
 Regulating body fluids
 Regulating glucose levels
Week 1 and 2 Chapter 7
Term 2  Biodiversity
 Identification
 Dichotomous keys
 Naming species
 Taxonomy
 Extinction
 Classification
 Levels of classification
 Cladistics
Weeks 3 and 4 Chapter 8 AOS 2 Test
Term 2  Ecosystems Field Study
 Ecology
 Communities
 Producers, Consumers and Decomposers
 Energy Flow
 Tropic Levels
 Food webs and Food chains
  Relationships
 Populations
 Sampling
 Distribution
 Models of Growth
 K and R Selection
Week 5 and 6 Area Study 3 – Practical Investigation
Term 2

Week 7 Exam Revision

Term 2

Week 8 and 9 Exams

Term 2

Assessment Tasks
1. Tests.
2. Practical assessment
3. Data Analysis
4. Field Study
5. Exam

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