Year 12 Biology

Mā te whakaaro nui e hanga te whare; mā te mātauranga e whakaū.

Big Ideas create the house; knowledge maintains it.

What do Biologists do? - They investigate life and all kinds of living things on planet earth.  They describe the life processes of living things and explain the connectedness of all living things to each other, the environment and to humanity.

What careers do Biologists have? - Biology enables you to work in a huge range of fields, including such things as medicine, education, research, environmental monitoring, horticulture, agriculture, food science, plant breeding, genetics, forensics, ecology.

Where do Biologists work? - Labs, caves, tropical islands, rainforests, deserts, zoos, hospitals, morgues, bottom of the ocean, arctic, mountain tops, river bottoms, clinics, offices, botanical gardens, classrooms… 

Topics Include: Ecology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Animal and Plant Biology and Evolution.  

This course leads to: Level 3 Biology if 10 credits including one external paper are achieved.