HSC biology contains four modules with a key focus on human health. First you will learn about heredity and genetics, then you will look at genetic technologies. From here you will move into human health studying infectious and non-infectious disease. This is designed to emphasize the importance of scientific problem-solving and enhance your communication skills in order to help you adapt to an ever-changing world.
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Homework archive and answers: Module 5 | Module 6 | Module 7 | Module 8
Module 5: Heredity
- Reproduction
- Mechanisms of reproduction
- Experiment: Bread mould
- Experiment: Culturing microbes
- Cell replication
- DNA and polypeptide synthesis
- Genetic variation
- The theory of evolution by natural selection (year 11 recap)
- Inheritance patterns in a population
Module 7: Infectious Disease
- Pasteur and Koch
- Causes of infectious disease
- Responses to pathogens
- In depth: Malaria
- Immunity
- Prevention, treatment and control
- Vaccines
- How the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Works [Extension]
- Diseases in Plants
- Infectious disease exam
Module 6: Genetic Change
- Is Jurassic world possible? Crispr, cloning and hybrids
- Biotechnology
- Recombinant technology: Insulin production
- Sanger Sequencing [Extension]
- Polymerase Chain Reaction [Extension]
- Reproductive technology
Module 8: Non-infectious Disease
- Homeostasis
- Epidemiology
- Prevention
- Causes and effects
- Technologies and disorders
Module: Scientific Skills
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