First half-term Year 12

• 3.1.1 Monomers and Polymers
• 3.1.2 Carbohydrates
• 3.1.3 Lipids
• 3.1.4 Proteins
• 3.1.7 Water
• 3.1.8 Inorganic ions 

• 3.2.1.1 Structure of Eukaryotic cells
• 3.2.1.2 Structure of Prokaryotic cells and viruses
• 3.2.1.3 Methods of studying cells

Second half-term Year 12

• 3.1.4.2 Many Proteins are enzymes  
  Required practical 1  Investigation into the effect of a named variable on the rate of an enzyme controlled reaction.
• 3.1.5.1 Structure of DNA and RNA
• 3.1.5.3 DNA Replication
• 3.1.6 ATP
• 3.3.1 Surface area to volume ratio

• 3.2.2 All cells arise from other cells
  Required practical 2: Preparation of stained squashes of cells from plant root tips; set-up and use of an optical microscope to identify the stages of mitosis in these stained squashes and calculation of a mitotic index
  Ate production of scientific drawings using annotations

• 3.2.3 Transport across cell membranes
  Required practical 3: Production of a dilution series of a solute to produce a calibration curve with which to identify the water potential of plant tissue.
  Required practical 4: Investigation into the effect of a named variable on the permeability of cell-surface membranes.

Third half-term Year 12

• 3.3.2 Gas Exchange
• 3.3.3 Digestion and absorption

• 3.2.4 Cell recognition and the immune system
• 3.4.1 DNA Genes and chromosomes

Fourth half-term Year 12

• 3.3.4.1 Mass Transport in animals
  Required practical 5: Dissection of animal or plant gas exchange system or mass transport system or of organ within such a system.

• 3.4.2 DNA and Protein synthesis
• 3.4.3 Genetic Diversity can arise as a result of mutation or during meiosis
• 3.4.4 Genetic Diversity and Adaptation
• Required practical 6: Use of aseptic techniques to investigate the effect of antimicrobial substances on microbial growth.

Fifth half-term Year 12

• 3.3.4.2 Mass Transport in Plants

• 3.4.5 Species and taxonomy
• 3.4.6 Biodiversity within a community
• 3.4.7 Investigating Diversity

Sixth half-term Year 12

• 3.5.2 Energy and Ecosystems
• 3.7.4 Populations in Ecosystems
  Required practical 12: Investigation into the effect of a named environmental factor on the distribution of a given species. This is done on the field trip

• 3.5.1 Photosynthesis
  Required practical 7 Use of chromatography to investigate the pigments isolated from leaves of different plants,
  Required practical 8. Investigation into the effect of a named factor on the rate of dehydrogenase activity in extracts of chloroplasts.

First half-term Year 13

• 3.5.4 Nutrient cycles
• 3.6.1.1 survival and response 
  Required practical 10: Investigation into the effect of an environmental variable on the movement of an animal using either a choice chamber or a maze.

• 3.5.2 Respiration
  Required practical 9. : Investigation into the effect of a named variable on the rate of respiration of cultures of single-celled organisms

Second half-term Year 13

• 3.6.1.2 Receptors
• 3.6.1.3 Control of Heart rate
• 3.6.2.1 Nerve Impulses
• 3.6.2.2 Synaptic Transmission

• 3.6.4.1 Principles of Homeostasis and negative feedback
• 3.6.4.2 Control of blood glucose levels
  Required Practical 11. Production of a dilution series of a glucose solution and use of colorimetric techniques to produce a calibration curve with which to identify the concentration of glucose in an unknown ‘urine’ sample.
• 3.6.4.3 Control of blood water potential

Third half-term Year 13

• 3.6.3 Skeletal muscles are stimulated to contract by nerve impulses and act as effectors

• 3.8.1 Alteration of the sequence of bases in DNA can alter the structure of proteins.

• 3.8.2.1 Most of a cell’s DNA is not translated

Trial Exam

Fourth half-term Year 13

• 3.7.1 Inheritance

• 3.8.2.2 Regulation of transcription and translation
• 3.8.2.3 Gene expression and Cancer
• 3.8.3 Using genome projects

• 3.7.2 Populations
• 3.7.3 Evolution may lead to speciation

• 3.8.4.1 Recombinant DNA technology
• 3.8.4.2 Differences in DNA between individuals of the same species can be exploited for identification and diagnosis of inheritable disease
• 3.8.4.3 Genetic fingerprinting