Unit Three: Biodiversity and the interconnectedness of life
Topic 1: Describing biodiversity
1 Biodiversity
2 Classification process
Topic 2: Ecosystem dynamics
3 Functioning ecosystems
4 Population ecology
5 Changing ecosystems
Unit Four: Heredity and the continuity of life
Topic 1: DNA, genes and the continuity of life
6 DNA structure and replication
7 Cellular replication and variation
8 Gene expression
9 Mutations
10 Inheritance
11 Biotechnology
Topic 2: Continuity of life on earth
12 Evolution
13 Natural selection and microevolution
14 Speciation and macroevolution
Pam Borger is Project Coordinator, LEAP into Sciences, School of Applied and Biomedical Sciences, Federation University Australia.
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