IGCSE BIOLOGY (0610)

IGCSE BIOLOGY – COURSE OUTLINE

KEY
Practical skills
Questions / Checklists
Assignments

Planned
Week Week Title Lesson Title completion
date
0 Introduction Welcome, Introduction and Orientation
1 Characteristics of living organisms
2 Binomial classification
Living 3
1 How to classify organisms
organisms
4 Five kingdoms
5 Animals
6 Plants, Fungi, Prokaryotes, Protoctists and Viruses
7 Dichotomous keys
Classification Questions and checklist
2
and Cells
Assignment 1
8 Cell structure
9 Cell specialisation
P01 PRACTICAL: Cell structure
Cells, Tissues 10
3 Cells, tissues, organs, and organisms
and Size
11 Size of specimens
Questions and checklist
12 Diffusion
P02 PRACTICAL: Diffusion
Diffusion and 13
4 Overview of osmosis
Osmosis
14 Osmosis and water potential
P03 PRACTICAL: Osmosis
15 Active transport
Active Questions and checklist
Transport and 16
5 Water, carbohydrates, and lipids
Biological
molecules 17 Proteins and DNA
P04 PRACTICAL: Biological molecules
Questions and checklist
18 Enzymes
6 Enzymes P05 PRACTICAL: Enzymes
Questions and checklist
Assignment 2
19 Photosynthesis
7 Photosynthesis 20 Factors affecting photosynthesis
P06a PRACTICAL: Photosynthesis
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P06b PRACTICAL: Photosynthesis
21 Leaf structure
22 Adaptations of leaves for photosynthesis
23 Mineral requirements of plants
8 Leaf structure P07 PRACTICAL: Mineral elements for plants
Questions and checklist
24
Dietary requirements
25 Diet and energy requirements
Diet and the 26 Malnutrition
9 Alimentary P08 PRACTICAL: Energy from food
canal 27 Alimentary canal
28 Physical digestion
29 Chemical digestion
30 Absorption and assimilation
10 Digestion P09 PRACTICAL: Digestion
Questions and checklist
Assignment 3
31 Transport in plants
P 10 PRACTICAL: Plant transport
11 Plant transport 32 Water uptake
33 Transpiration
P 11 PRACTICAL: Water uptake
34 Translocation
Questions and checklist
Animal 35
12 Transport in animals
transport
36 The heart
37 Heart and physical activity
38 Coronary heart disease
P 12 PRACTICAL: The Heart
Blood and 39
13 Blood vessels
lymph
40 Lymphatic system
41 Blood
Questions and checklist
Assignment 4
14 Diseases 42 Pathogens
43 Transmission
44 Defences against diseases
Questions and checklist
45 Structure of gaseous exchange system
15 Gas exchange 46 Gaseous exchange
47 Ventilation of the lungs
P 13 PRACTICAL: Gaseous exchange
MID - COURSE TEST
Questions and checklist
48 Respiration
16 Respiration
49 Aerobic respiration
P14 PRACTICAL: Respiration I
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50 Anaerobic respiration
P15 PRACTICAL: Respiration II
Questions and checklist
17 Excretion 51 Excretion
52 The kidneys
Questions and checklist
Assignment 5
53 Coordination
18 Coordination 54 Nerve cells and reflexes
55 Synapses
56 Sense organs and the eye
57 Control in the eye
Hormones, 58 Hormones in humans
19 Homeostasis 59 Homeostasis
and Tropisms 60 Negative feedback
61 Tropic responses
62 Growth substances and tropisms
Hormones, P16 PRACTICAL: Tropisms
20 Homeostasis Questions and checklist
and Tropisms 63 Medicinal drugs
64 Antibiotic resistance
65 Practice questions on antibiotic resistance
Questions and checklist
21 Drugs
Assignment 6
66 Asexual reproduction
67 Examples of asexual reproduction
68 Sexual reproduction
22 Reproduction 69 Sexual reproduction in plants
70 Pollination
71 Fertilisation and germination
P17 PRACTICAL: Pollen tubes and germination
72 The human reproductive system
Reproduction in 73
23 Gametes
humans
74 Fertilisation and development of the foetus
75 Sex hormones in humans
76 Negative feedback and the menstrual cycle
77 Sexually transmitted infections
The menstrual Questions and checklist
24
cycle and STIs
78 Chromosomes and genes
79 DNA and the genetic code
80 Building proteins
81 Past paper questions - protein synthesis
Mitosis and 82
25 Mitosis
Meiosis
P18 PRACTICAL: Mitosis
83 Meiosis
Inheritance and 84 Monohybrid inheritance
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Variation 85 Punnet square and pedigree diagrams
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86 Co-dominance and sex-linkage
Questions and checklist
87 Variation
88 Mutation
89 Adaptive features
Adaptation and 90
27 Adaptations as a result of water availability
selection
91 Natural selection
92 Selective breeding
Questions and checklist
Assignment 7
28 Energy flow 93 Ecosystems and energy
94 Describing ecosystems
95 Disruption of natural systems
96 Carbon cycle
Nutrient cycles 97 Nitrogen cycle
29 and Population 98 Population size
size 99 Human populations
100 Population growth curves
101 Past paper questions - population growth
Food supply Questions and checklist
30 and habitat 102 Food supply
destruction 103 Habitat destruction
104 Deforestation
105 Pollution
106 Eutrophication
31 Human impact 107 Air pollution
108 Sustainability
109 Conservation of forests and fish stocks
110 Conservation and endangered species
Conservation Questions and checklist
32 and 111 Biotechnology
biotechnology 112 Lactose free milk and antibiotics
P19 Air Biotechnology
113 Genetic modification
114 Advantages and disadvantages of genetically modifying crops
33 Conservation
Questions and checklist
Assignment 8

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REVISION AND MOCK EXAM