Graduate profile: (What qualities/additional skills will learners achieve by taking this course?)
Students should be looking at the Level 2 Biology website frequently, as resources will be added and updated. If they are absent, they should look here for any notes, videos or worksheets that they may have missed. It is the student’s responsibility to catch up.
Level 2 Biology requires study at home. Students will not get the marks they want or need from only turning up to class. Only occasionally will specific homework be set, so students need to focus their study on reviewing what has been covered in class and practising examination questions.
Students should have earned eight Level 1 Science credits, including four externally assessed credits from Achievement Standard 90948, plus Level 1 English Achievement Standard 90053 (Formal Writing), or by approval from the Head of Science Learning Area.
Possible Career/ Vocational Pathway(s): (What career pathways are related to this course?)
Conservation, marine biology and aquaculture.
Learning outcomes/Assessment links:
NCEA
Level | Standard
Number | Standard Descriptor | Credits | Assessment | Literacy | Numeracy | Vocational
Pathways |
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| 2 | AS91153 02 | Biology 2.1 - Carry out a practical investigation in a biology context, with supervision | 4 | Internal | No | No | MI, PI, SI, SC |
| 2 | AS91155 02 | Biology 2.3 - Demonstrate understanding of adaptation of plants or animals to their way of life | 3 | Internal | Yes L1 Lit | Yes | PI, SI, SC |
| 2 | AS91156 02 | Biology 2.4 - Demonstrate understanding of life processes at the cellular level | 4 | External | Yes L1 Lit | No | PI, SC |
| 2 | AS91157 02 | Biology 2.5 - Demonstrate understanding of genetic variation and change | 4 | External | Yes L1 Lit | No | PI, SC |
| 2 | AS91158 02 | Biology 2.6 - Investigate a pattern in an ecological community, with supervision | 4 | Internal | Yes L1 Lit | No | PI |
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| Total Available Credits | 19 |
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Note: Courses are subject to change with the review of courses at the end of each year. Course IS endorsable.
Progression: (What courses does this course lead to?)
This course leads to Level 3 Biology.
Vocational/Industry links: (What vocational or industry learning experiences will be included in this course?)
Primary industries: aquaculture, horticulture, agriculture. Marine biology and conservation - Papa Taiao.
Contextualised contexts: (What local, cultural, real-life content is involved in this course?)
Teachers make links to the real world with most concepts they introduce to help with understanding and connectedness of ideas. There is a rocky shore field trip to Ahipara.
Teaching and Learning Approaches: (How will I learn in this course?)
Students will learn through ICT use for visualisation of abstract ideas, field trips, future-relevant foundational understanding of the world, applied mathematics and statistics, scientific writing and scientific investigation and laboratory work.
Resource requirements: (What resources will I need to have to learn in this course?)
Purchasing the SciPad is essential for success. It will cover the topics in far more detail than we are able to in class time.
Course Outline (Refer Level 2 Biology Calendar for full dates)
Term 1
02 February - 16 April 2021
(10/11 weeks) | Term 2
03 May - 09 July 2021
(10 weeks) | Term 3
26 July - 01 October 2021
(10 weeks) | Term 4
18 October - early November 2021
(4 weeks) |
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Introduction
AS91158 (6 weeks)
AS91155 (3 weeks) | AS91155 (3 weeks)
AS91156 (5 weeks)
AS91153 (2 weeks) | AS91153 (2 weeks)
AS91157 (5 weeks)
| Revision and reassessment
(if required)
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KEY DATES: Week 7 : AS91158 field trip
Week 8 : Assessment | KEY DATES: Week 3: AS91155 Assessment
| KEY DATES: Week 2 : AS91153 assessment
Week 9 & 10 : Derived grade examinations | KEY DATES: NCEA examinations
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