Unit 4: Maintaining the internal environment Biology
In order to survive, organisms must be able to maintain system structure and function in the face of changes in their external and internal environments. Changes in temperature and water availability, and the incidence and spread of infectious disease, …
Unit 4 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Rationale/Aims Biology
Rationale Biology is the study of the fascinating diversity of life as it has evolved and as it interacts and functions. Investigation of biological systems and their interactions, from cellular processes to ecosystem dynamics, has led to biological knowledge …
Rationale/Aims | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 1: Biodiversity and the interconnectedness of life Biology
The current view of the biosphere as a dynamic system composed of Earth’s diverse, interrelated and interacting ecosystems developed from the work of eighteenth and nineteenth century naturalists, who collected, classified, measured and mapped the distribution …
Unit 1 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSBL017
Biological classification systems reflect evolutionary relatedness between groups of organisms
ACSBL017 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Links to Foundation to Year 10 Biology
Progression from the F-10 Australian Curriculum: Science The senior secondary Biology curriculum continues to develop student understanding and skills from across the three strands of the F-10 Australian Curriculum: Science. In the Science Understanding …
Links to Foundation to Year 10 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Representation of Cross-curriculum Priorities Biology
While the significance of the cross-curriculum priorities for Biology varies, there are opportunities for teachers to select contexts that incorporate the key concepts from each priority. Through an investigation of contexts that draw on Aboriginal and …
Representation of Cross-curriculum Priorities | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Structure of Biology Biology
Units Biology is the study of the fascinating diversity of life as it has evolved and as it interacts and functions. Investigation of biological systems and their interactions, from cellular processes to ecosystem dynamics, has led to biological knowledge …
Structure of Biology | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSBL015
Biodiversity includes the diversity of species and ecosystems; measures of biodiversity rely on classification and are used to make comparisons across spatial and temporal scales
ACSBL015 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSBL016
Biological classification is hierarchical and based on different levels of similarity of physical features, methods of reproduction and molecular sequences
ACSBL016 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSBL006
Select, construct and use appropriate representations, including classification keys, food webs and biomass pyramids, to communicate conceptual understanding, solve problems and make predictions
ACSBL006 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSBL060
In plants, transport of water and mineral nutrients from the roots occurs via xylem involving root pressure, transpiration and cohesion of water molecules; transport of the products of photosynthesis and some mineral nutrients occurs by translocation …
ACSBL060 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSBL115
Animals, whether osmoregulators or osmoconformers, and plants, have various mechanisms to maintain water balance that involve structural features, and behavioural, physiological and homeostatic responses
ACSBL115 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSBL014
Scientific knowledge can be used to develop and evaluate projected economic, social and environmental impacts and to design action for sustainability
ACSBL014 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSBL043
Scientific knowledge can be used to develop and evaluate projected economic, social and environmental impacts and to design action for sustainability
ACSBL043 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSBL050
Biochemical processes in the cell are controlled by the nature and arrangement of internal membranes, the presence of specific enzymes, and environmental factors
ACSBL050 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSBL074
Scientific knowledge can be used to develop and evaluate projected economic, social and environmental impacts and to design action for sustainability
ACSBL074 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSBL109
Scientific knowledge can be used to develop and evaluate projected economic, social and environmental impacts and to design action for sustainability
ACSBL109 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSBL118
Pathogens have adaptations that facilitate their entry into cells and tissues and their transmission between hosts; transmission occurs by various mechanisms including through direct contact, contact with body fluids, and via contaminated food, water …
ACSBL118 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSBL022
The biotic components of an ecosystem transfer and transform energy originating primarily from the sun to produce biomass, and interact with abiotic components to facilitate biogeochemical cycling, including carbon and nitrogen cycling; these interactions …
ACSBL022 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSBL091
In additional to environmental selection pressures, mutation, gene flow and genetic drift can contribute to changes in allele frequency in a population gene pool and results in micro-evolutionary change
ACSBL091 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum