UNIT 1: HOW DO LIVING THINGS STAY ALIVE?
1 Cells and plasma membrane
2 Energy transformations
3 Functioning systems
4 Survival through adaptations and regulation
5 Organising biodiversity
6 Relationships between organisms within an ecosystem
UNIT 2: HOW IS CONTINUITY OF LIFE MAINTAINED?
7 The cell cycle and cell growth and differentiation
8 Asexual and sexual reproduction
9 Genetics
10 Inheritance
11 Investigating an issue
12 Scientific investigations
Pam Borger is Project Coordinator, LEAP into Sciences, School of Applied and Biomedical Sciences, Federation University Australia.
Review questions throughout each chapter to check student understanding
Graded questions at the end of each chapter provide recall
Key illustrations and diagrams enhance concept understanding in an intuitive, step-by-step format
Important Biology concepts are highlighted throughout the chapters enabling students to create their own summaries
Full-page visual summaries at the end of each chapter
Short activities, data sets, experiments and investigations to enable students to learn, reinforce and practice key science skills. This provides students with invaluable preparation for the student-designed practical investigation outcomes in Unit 2.