COMPULSORY TASK:

A level Biology will use your knowledge from GCSE and build on this to help you understand new and more demanding ideas. You need to complete the tasks to get you ready to start your studies in September. These activities directly link to the first 3 units you will cover at the start of Year 12. Please complete all tasks and submit your work during your first Biology lesson back after the Summer holidays.

You can email c.livick-smith@springwoodhighschool.co.uk for any questions relating to the task or the A-level course.

Compulsory Biology Summer Task Sheet Download

 

OPTIONAL EXTENSION:

Please read through the text and answer the questions in the document below.

Optional Extension Biology Summer Task Sheet Download

 

COURSE MATERIALS REQUIRED:

You will need to purchase:

• Ring binder folders
• Plastic wallets
• Pens, pencils, ruler etc
• Scientific calculator

 

ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED READING:

We recommend the following text book/revision guides to help with your study of this course:

This pack contains a programme of activities and resources to prepare you to start an A level in Biology in September. It is aimed to be used after you complete your GCSE, throughout the remainder of the Summer term and over the Summer Holidays to ensure you are ready to start your course in September.

Recommended Books:

• Vaxxers - In Vaxxers, we hear directly from Professor Gilbert and her colleague Dr Catherine Green as they reveal the inside story of making the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine and the cutting-edge science and sheer hard work behind it.
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot’s fascinating account is the story of the life, and afterlife, of one woman who changed the medical world for ever. Balancing the beauty and drama of scientific discovery with dark questions about who owns the stuff our bodies are made of, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is an extraordinary journey in search of the soul and story of a real woman, whose cells live on today in all four corners of the world.
• The Epigenetics Revolution - At the beginning of this century enormous progress had been made in genetics. The Human Genome Project finished sequencing human DNA. It seemed it was only a matter of time until we had all the answers to the secrets of life on this planet.