Unit 3 - Fuel your mind

Content

• Macro and micro-nutrients (organic molecules, monomer, polymer)
• The digestion system
• Food tests
• Energy transfer calculations using E(or Q) = mcΔT.
• The nature of light
• Photosynthesis
• Respiration
• Animal and plant cells and their cellular structures, such as chloroplast and mitochondria.
• Food chain/food web

Skills and understanding

• Research to explore the application of science on a nutrient deficiency disorder
• Identify the nutrient present by experiment
• Calculate the energy content in food by experiment and from secondary data.
• Use experimental skills to investigate light
• Model digestion using a range of equipment
• Use microscopes to view cells

Life Science Extension - Biology 2 - TBC

Content

• B2.1 - Enzymes
• B2.2 - Activation energy
• B2.3 - Yeast suspension experiment (catalase – substrate concentration)
• B2.4 - Yeast suspension experiment as fermentation
• B2.5 - Natural polymers - glucose, starch and cellulose
• B2.6 - Hydrolysis of condensation polymers
• B2.7 - Concentration of HCl (stomach acid) on starch hydrolysis
• B2.8 - Paper chromatography plant pigments (connect to photosynth and separation techniques Core U1)
• B2.9 - Photosynthesis