Biology Syllabus - The Student Shed
Breakdown of Bahamas Ministry of Education BGCSE Biology Syllabus
(1996)
SECTION 1 (Characteristics, classification and Diversity of Living Organisms 5% teaching time)
1. Characteristics of living organism
2. Binomial System
3. Animal classification and Diversity
4. Plant Classification and Diversity SECTION 2 (Relationships of Organism with One Another and with their Environment 20% teaching time)
5. Energy Flow
6. Food Chains and Food Webs
7. Nutrient Cycles
8. Effects of Man on the Ecosystem
9. Agriculture
10. Fishing
11. Pollution
12. Conservation SECTION 3 (Organization and Maintenance of the Organism 50% teaching time)
13. Cell structure and organization
(a) Levels of organization (b) Structure of plant and animal cells (c) Function of the parts of plant and animal cells (d) Differences in structure between plant and animal cells (e) Types of cells and their functions (f) Types of tissues and their functions (g)
Organs and organ systems
14. Diffusion and osmosis (a) Definition of diffusion and its importance (b) Definition of osmosis and its importance
15. Enzymes (a) Definition and types of enzymes (b) The effect of temperature and pH on enzyme activity (c) The use of enzymes in detergents
16. Nutrition and Nutrients
17. Animal Nutrition
18. Diet
19. Human Alimentary Canal
20. Plant Nutrition
21. Photosynthesis
22. Leaf Structure
23. Mineral Requirements
24. Mechanical and Physical Digestion
25. Chemical Digestion
26. Adsorption
27. Assimilation 28. Transport in Plants ? Water Uptake, Transpiration, Translocation 29. Transport in Humans - Mammalian Heart, Arteries, Veins & Capillaries, Blood,
Respiration, Aerobic Respiration, Gaseous Exchange, Excretion and Homeostasis. 30. Coordination and Response, Tropic and Taxic Responses, Hormones, 31. Nervous Control in Humans 32. Receptors 33. Nervous System 34. Effectors 35. Drugs
SECTION 4 (Development of the Organism and the Continuity of Life ? 25 % teaching time)
36. Reproduction ? Asexual and Sexual 37. Sexual Reproduction in Humans 38. Sex Hormones 39. Methods of Birth Control 40. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 41. Growth and Development 42. Inheritance 43. Chromosomes
44. Mitosis
45. Meiosis
46. Monohybrid Inheritance
47. Variation
48. Selection
49. Hormones and Chemical Control
(a) The chemical control of metabolism by insulin and adrenaline (b) Drug use and abuse ? cocaine, alcohol, steroids
50. Biotechnology (Additional Topic) (a) Definition of biotechnology (b) The economic importance of biotechnology (c) Applications and examples of biotechnology: food technology, mariculture, cloning and hydroponics (d) Detailed study of one method of biotechnology.
Text Book Listing Biology for Life ? M.B.ZV Roberts (Nelson) The Conch ? Kathy Orr (MacMillian) Marine Life of the Caribbean (MacMillian) Work out Biology "O" Level and GCSE ? O.F.G Kilgour (MacMillian)
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