UNIT 3: HOW DO CELLS MAINTAIN LIFE?
1 Plasma membranes
2 Nucleic acids and proteins
3 Structure and regulation of biochemical pathways
4 Cellular signals
5 Responding to antigens
6 Immunity with memory
UNIT 4: HOW DOES LIFE CHANGE AND RESPOND TO CHALLENGES OVER TIME?
7 Changes in biodiversity over time
8 Evolution
9 Relationships between species
10 Human evolution
11 DNA manipulation
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 4.