Year 12 HSC Biology

Module 5: Heredity

• Reproduction
  • Sexual vs Asexual reproduction
  • Internal vs external fertilisation
• Mechanisms of reproduction
  • Experiment: Bread mould
  • Experiment: Culturing microbes
  • Features of reproduction in mammals
  • Reproduction in agriculture
  • Cell replication
    • Mitosis
    • Meiosis
    • The Structure of DNA
    • Fundamentals of DNA Replication
    • DNA Replication (Extension)
• DNA and polypeptide synthesis
  • Biology’s Building Blocks
  • RNA Transcription
  • Molecular Biology’s Central Dogma
  • Polypeptide Synthesis (video)
• Genetic variation
  • The theory of evolution by natural selection (year 11 recap)
• Inheritance patterns in a population

Module 7: Infectious Disease

• Pasteur and Koch
  • Experiment: Modelling Pasteur’s experiment
  • HSC Style questions
• Causes of infectious disease
• Responses to pathogens
  • In depth: Malaria
• Immunity
  • The immune System
  • Immune Response
• Prevention, treatment and control
  • Vaccines
• How the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Works [Extension]
• Diseases in Plants

Module 6: Genetic Change

• Mutation
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction [Extension]
  • Sanger Sequencing [Extension]
• Biotechnology
• Recombinant technology: Insulin production
• Transgenic technology: BT Cotton
• Reproductive technology
• Genetic technologies

Module 8: Non-infectious Disease

• Homeostasis
• Causes and effects
• Epidemiology
• Prevention
• Technologies and disorders

Module: Scientific Skills

• Validity, reliability, accuracy and precision
• The scientific Method

• Module exams
  • Infectious diseases module 7 exam

• Sample Trial and HSC exams
  • Master list of HSC EXAMS & Ans

• Summary Flow Charts
  • Summary Flow Charts

• Interactive Quiz’s
  • Module 5: Quiz 1
  • Module 6: Quiz 1
  • Module 7: Quiz 1
  • Module 8: Quiz 1