Biology A-Level
Homemind Academy follows English school curriculum, covering a range of subjects to prepare students for A Level exams.
Biology is one of the most fascinating scientific disciplines, giving you in-depth insight into the world’s inner workings. If you want to expand your knowledge of some of the most critical scientific practices, this course will enable you to do so. With our unlimited tutor support during your A-level Biology course, feel confident throughout your studies.
Why choose this syllabus?
The best motivation for a student is a real passion for the subject they’re learning. By offering students a variety of AS & A Levels, you can give them the greatest chance of finding the path of education they most want to follow. With over 50 subjects to choose from, students can select the ones they love and that they’re best at, which helps motivate them throughout their studies.
Following this AS & A Level programme helps students develop abilities which universities value highly, including:
• a deep understanding of their subjects
• higher order thinking skills – analysis, critical thinking, problem solving
• presenting ordered and coherent arguments
• independent learning and research.
This AS & A Level Biology develops a set of transferable skills including handling data,
practical problem-solving, and applying the scientific method. Learners develop relevant attitudes, such as concern for accuracy and precision, objectivity, integrity, enquiry, initiative and inventiveness. They acquire the essential scientific skills required for progression to further studies or employment.
Our approach in This AS & A Level Biology encourages learners to be:
confident, secure in their knowledge, keen to explore further and able to communicate effectively through the language of science responsible, developing efficient and safe scientific practices and working collaboratively with others reflective, able to evaluate evidence to draw informed and appropriate conclusions and recognising that the applications of science have the potential to affect the individual, the community and the environment innovative, applying problem-solving skills to novel situations and engaging with new tools and techniques, including information technology, to develop successful approaches engaged, developing an enquiring mind, keen to apply scientific skills in everyday life.
- Cells as the units of life
A cell is the basic unit of life and all organisms are composed of one or more cells. There are two fundamental types of cell: prokaryotic and eukaryotic. Understanding how cells work provides an insight into the fundamental processes of all living organisms. - Biochemical processes
Cells are dynamic structures within which the chemistry of life takes place. Biochemistry and molecular biology help to explain how and why cells function as they do. - DNA, the molecule of heredity Cells contain the molecule of heredity, DNA. DNA is essential for the continuity and evolution of life by allowing genetic information to be stored accurately, to be copied to daughter cells, to be passed from one generation to the next and for the controlled production of proteins. Rare errors in the accurate copying of DNA known as mutations result in genetic variation and are essential for evolution.
- Natural selection
Natural selection acts on genetic variation and is the major mechanism in evolution, including speciation. Natural selection results in the accumulation of beneficial genetic mutations within populations and explains how populations can adapt to meet the demands of changing environments. - Organisms in their environment
All organisms interact with their biotic and abiotic environment. Studying these interactions allows biologists to understand better the effect of human activities on ecosystems, to develop more effective strategies to conserve biodiversity and to predict more accurately the future implications for humans of changes in the natural world. - Observation and experiment
The different fields of biology are intertwined and cannot be studied in isolation. Observation, enquiry, experimentation and fieldwork are fundamental to biology, allowing relevant evidence to be collected and considered as a basis on which to build new models and theories. Such models and theories are further tested by experimentation and observation in a cyclical process of feedback and refinement, allowing the development of robust and evidence-based conceptual understandings.
There are no previous qualification require to register for this subject.
However, in order to meet the demands of the course, it is recommended that you only do so if you are predicted at least a grade 7 at GCSE / IGCSE in this subject or a relevant subject.
2 Years (360 guided learning hours )
Students are required to arrange and pay for their A-Level examinations and manage the coursework element if the subject requires this. Students must check the relevant examination board website for further information and final examination sitting dates for the specification.
All examinations are held during the May / June exam period of every year.
A* = 56
A = 48
B = 40
C = 32
D = 24
E = 16
Flexible Learning
students can study from any where
Live Lessons
students join online lessons which led by brilliant teachers
Lesson Recording
Once class wraps up, a full recording is uploaded to our lesson library. Students Access to 24/7 library of lesson recordings.
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About our fees
We have several fee packages and options, to suit your demand. In most cases parents have the option to pay in free interest instalments and also sibling discount.