1 st term (57 periods) S5 Class. Shun Lee Catholic Secondary School Biology (S5) Scheme of work (2011/2012)

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1 Shun Lee Catholic Secondary School Biology (S5) Scheme of work (2011/2012) 1 st term (57 periods) Laboratory safety and evacuation Introduction of Internal assessment and public examination(including SBA) Level Test Bk 3 Ch 19 Biodiversity (14 periods) S5 Class 19.1Diversity of life forms 2 To understand what is biodiversity Textbook p Classification 3 To know how organisms are classified and named 19.1 Binomial naming of organisms p.3 p The six kingdoms and three domains 5 To know the characteristics of the six kingdoms To contrast archaebacteria and

2 bacteria To know how plants and animals are classified 19.4 Classification can change 2 To be aware of the continual changing of the classification system To know what the modern classification system is based on 19.2 Different classification systems p Biological keys 2 To know the use of a dichotomous key 19.1 Using a key to identify organisms from a local habitat Practical Workbook p Constructing a dichotomous key for leaves Practical Workbook p.19-5 Bk 3 Ch 20 Ecosystems (19 periods)

3 20.1 Basic concepts 2 To be aware of the levels of Textbook of ecology organization in ecology To be aware of the p S5 Class self-supporting, stable and dynamic nature of an ecosystem p.44 To know the major types of ecosystems in Hong Kong 20.2 Components of 4 To identify the living and an ecosystem non-living components of an ecosystem and how they will affect the ecosystem To be aware of the different ways organisms may adopt to interact with each other in an ecosystem To know how primary succession takes place To contrast primary and secondary succession 20.3 Functioning of 7 To be able to define a food chain

4 an ecosystem and a food web To know the roles of producers and consumers in the energy flow of an ecosystem To know how energy flows and how is it lost within an ecosystem To distinguish between a pyramid of numbers and a pyramid of biomass To be aware of the importance of cycling of materials in an ecosystem To know how carbon and nitrogen is cycled in an ecosystem 20.4 Conservation of ecosystem 3 To be aware of the impacts of human activities on our ecosystems To know how to conserve the ecosystems

5 20.5 Ecological 3 To identify the uses of quadrats, 20.1 An ecological study to a study line transects and belt transects local habitat p.11 S5 Class Bk 3 Ch 21 Photosynthesis (12 periods) 21.1 Basic concepts 1 To know where Textbook of occurs in plant cells and its p significance 21.2 Requirements for 3 To be aware of the need of destarching a plant before 21.1 Detection of starch produced from p.46 conducting experiments Practical Workbook p.21-1 To know the requirements for 21.2 Detection of oxygen produced from Practical Workbook p Investigation of the need for chlorophyll in

6 Practical Workbook p Investigation of the need for carbon dioxide in Practical Workbook p Design an investigation of the need for light in Practical Workbook p Site of 21.4 The process of 2 To know the adaptive features of 21.6 Examination of the structures a leaf to of leaves To know the adaptive features of Practical Workbook p a chloroplast to 21.7 Examination of the structures of chloroplasts Practical Workbook p To identify the major steps of photochemical reactions To identify the major steps of the Calvin cycle

7 To know the relationship between photochemical reactions and the Calvin cycle 21.5 The fate of 1 To know the fate of photosynthetic photosynthetic products products 21.6 Factors 2 To know the effect of light 21.8 Investigation of the effect of 21.1 Enhanced plant growth in S5 Class affecting the intensity and carbon dioxide light intensity on the rate of a greenhouse rate of concentration on the rate of Practical Workbook p p Design an investigation of 21.2 Photosynthetic rates and the effect of carbon dioxide productivities in different concentration on the rate of climatic areas Practical Workbook p p.23

8 Respiration (12 periods) 22.1 Basic concepts of respiration 2 To be able to compare and contrast burning and respiration To know the role of ATP in cellular metabolism To identify the two types of respiration Textbook p p Site of respiration 22.3 Aerobic respiration 2 To be able to identify structures of a mitochondrion and state how it is adapted to respiration 4 To know what happens during different stages of aerobic respiration 22.1 Examination of the structure of mitochondria Practical Workbook p Investigation of carbon dioxide production in a living mouse Practical Workbook p Investigation of carbon dioxide production in germinating seeds Practical Workbook p Investigation of heat

9 production in a living mouse Practical Workbook p Design an investigation of heat production in germinating seeds Practical Workbook p S5 Class 22.4 Anaerobic 3 To know how anaerobic 22.6 Demonstration of anaerobic 22.1 Applications of anaerobic respiration respiration occur in skeletal respiration in germinating respiration in the food muscles and yeast seeds industry To identify the cause of muscle fatigue Practical Workbook p p.27 To be able to compare aerobic and anaerobic respiration To state the applications of anaerobic respiration 22.5 Relationship 1 To contrast the processes of between respiration and respiration and

10 2 nd term (103 periods) Bk 3 Ch 23 Personal Health (8 periods) 23.1 Meaning of 4 To know the biological meaning Textbook health and of disease and health p disease 23.2 Effects of lifestyles on 4 To be aware of the deficiency symptoms of food substances 23.1 We are what we eat p.50 health To be aware of the problems of p.41 intaking an excess of food 23.2 Effects of exercise on substances body health To know the health benefits of exercise p.43 To be aware of the effects of insufficient sleep, smoking, alcohol and drug abuse on health 23.3 Effects of drug abuse on health p.45

11 Bk 3 Ch 24 Infectious diseases (8 periods) S5 Class 24.1 Causes of 2 To identify the major difference 24.1 Examination of some Textbook infectious between infectious and pathogens p diseases non-infectious diseases Practical Workbook p.24-1 To know some diseases caused by pathogens p Ways of 4 To know how infectious diseases transmission are transmitted and how to and control reduce these diseases measures of infectious diseases 24.3 Treatment of infectious diseases 2 To know how antibiotics kill or inhibit bacterial growth To know the consequences of indiscriminate use of antibiotics 24.1 All about infectious diseases p.51

12 To know what is sulpha drugs and their functions To know how does 'cocktail therapy' work Bk 3 Ch 25 Non-infectious diseases and disease prevention (8 periods) 25.1 Non-infectious 4 To know some examples of 25.1 Prevention of cancer Textbook diseases non-infectious diseases, their p risk factors and how to prevent them p Prevention of 4 To know how immunization 25.2 Relation of immunization p.54 diseases programmes contribute to programmes to the disease prevention control of infectious To state some activities that community health involves diseases p.63

13 Bk 3 Ch 26 Body defence mechanisms (28 periods) S5 Class 26.1 Non-specific 5 To be able to give examples of 26.1 Identifying features of Textbook defence physical and chemical barriers mammalian skin that are p mechanisms To know how blood clotting provides body defence related to body defence Practical Workbook p.26-1 To know what is phagocytosis p.56 To know what happens in an inflammatory response 26.2 Specific defence mechanisms 5 To know how antibodies act against pathogens To identify the principles of humoral immune response and cell-mediated immune response To be able to compare B cells and T cells To be able to distinguish 26.1 Stories of the development of vaccination p.71

14 between primary and secondary responses To know the biological principle behind vaccination To distinguish between active and passive immunity Bk 4 Ch 27 Basic genetics (18 periods) 27.1 Genetics 1 To know the meaning of genetics Textbook p Genes and heredity 2 To know the structural relationship between a chromosome, DNA and a gene 27.1 Extraction of DNA Practical Workbook p Finding the secret of life p.1 p.58 To compare the composition of 27.2 Making of DNA and DNA and that of RNA RNA models To identify the constituents of a

15 nucleic acid p.3 To know how genes determine an organism's body characteristics To know why DNA is suited to its function as a genetic material S5 Class 27.3 Monohybrid inheritance 27.4 Dihybrid inheritance 5 To know what is monohybrid inheritance To be able to state the Law of Segregation To know the ways to determine the genotype of an organism with a dominant character 3 To know what is dihybrid inheritance To be able to state the Law of Independent Assortment To know the ways to determine 27.2 Observation of maize cobs with grains of different colours Practical Workbook p.27-6

16 the genotype of an organism with two dominant characters 27.5 Inheritance in humans 5 To know how blood groups and sex are determined in humans 27.6 Variations in characteristics To know what are sex-linked genes 2 To contrast continuous and discontinuous variations To know why phenotypic and genotypic variations occur To know what is mutation 27.3 Observation and analysis of continuous variation in humans Practical Workbook p Observation and analysis of discontinuous variation in humans Practical Workbook p.27-13

17 S6 Class Bk 4 Ch 28 Molecular genetics (10 periods) 28.1 From DNA to proteins 7 To be able to state the features of the genetic code To identify the two main stages in protein synthesis To know the fate of the proteins synthesized Textbook p p Mutations 3 To distinguish between gene mutation and chromosome mutation To distinguish between spontaneous mutations and induced mutations To be able to give examples of mutagens

18 Bk 4 Ch 29 Applied genetics (10 periods) 29.1 Recombinant 3 To know the major steps and Textbook p DNA technology applications of recombinant DNA technology 29.2 DNA 4 To know the major steps, basic 29.1 Separation of DNA fragments p.62 fingerprinting principle and applications of DNA using gel electrophoresis fingerprinting Practical Workbook p Human Genome Project 3 To know the goals, contribution and limitations of the Human Genome 29.1 Discoveries arisen from the HGP Project p.21 S6 Class Bk 4 Ch 30 Evolution I (6 periods) Learning target Practical Assignment Exercise Teaching resources 30.1 The origins of life 2 To know how life originated 30.1 Different explanations for Textbook p the origins of life p Evolution 4 To know what is evolution 30.2 Other evidence for evolution p.64

19 To understand how fossil record p.35 can provide evidence for evolution To know the limitations of using fossil record as evidence for evolution Bk 4 Ch 31 Evolution II (7 periods) 31.1 Mechanism of 3 To know how evolution happens 31.1 Development of Textbook p evolution To state the significance of variations within a species To state the two main principles of Lamarck's theory evolutionary theory p.41 p Speciation 4 To know what is speciation To know the isolation mechanisms that lead to the formation of new species