Barrenjoey High School

Objectives - Students will develop knowledge and understanding about:

HSC Outcomes

1. the history of biology;

H1 evaluates how major advances in scientific understanding and technology have changed the direction or nature of scientific thinking; 

2. the nature and practice of biology;

H2 analyses the ways in which models, theories and laws in biology have been tested and evaluated;

3. applications and uses of biology;

H3 assesses the impact of particular advances in biology on the development of technologies;

4. implications of biology for society and the environment;

H4 assesses the impact of applications of biology on society and the environment;

5. current issues, research and developments in biology;

H5 identifies possible future directions of biological research;

6. cell ultrastructure and processes;

H6 explains why the biochemical processes that occur in cells are related to macroscopic changes in the organisms;

7. biological diversity;

H7 analyses the impact of natural and human processes on biodiversity;

8. environmental interactions;

H8 evaluates the impact of human activity on the interactions of organisms and their environment;

9. mechanisms of inheritance;

H9 describes the mechanisms of inheritance in molecular terms;

10. biological evolution;

H10 describes the mechanisms of evolution and assesses the impact of human activity on evolution;

11. planning investigations;

H11 justifies the appropriateness of a particular investigation plan;

12. conducting investigations;

H12 evaluates ways in which accuracy and reliability could be improved in investigations;

13. communicating information and understanding

H13 uses terminology and reporting styles appropriately and successfully to communicate information and understanding;

14. developing scientific and problem solving techniques;

H14 assesses the validity of conclusions drawn from gathered data and information;

15. working individually and in teams;

H15 explains why an investigation is best undertaken individually or by a team;

Students will develop values about and attitudes towards:

16. themselves, others, learning as a lifelong process, biology and the environment.

H16 justifies positive values about and towards living and non-living components of the environment, ethical behaviour and a desire for critical evaluation of the consequences of the applications of science.