Biological Science

Description

Theme: DNA, Evolution and Us

Duration: 1 Semester

Construction: 2 topics of 7 weeks duration

Overview

As a Biology based unit, students will investigate the main scientific areas of the Victorian Curriculum, which relate to Biological Sciences while also addressing the themes of Science as a Human Endeavour and Science Inquiry Skills.

Beginning with the basic unit of inheritance, students will investigate the transmission of heritable characteristics from one generation to the next. They will see how models and theories of how humans have changed over time have brought us to our current understanding of genetics and how biotechnology plays a huge role in our world today. They will explore Darwin’s Theory of Evolution by natural selection and see how it explains the diversity of living things and scrutinise the scientific evidence that exists in its support.