This document follows the order / pages / structure of the Salters-Nuffield AS/A level Biology Student Book by Pearson.
This document consists of:
• Notes for each page of the book
• Key points to remember
• Past paper questions along with answers that often pop up in exams. They are marked with the symbol (PP), and each line is a different mark.
• Definitions
• Dictionary of words
This document can be used as a revision tool during the exams or for guidance during studying.
This is a guideline to help students write up their report and teachers to create the perfect answer key.
It contains the following:
1. Basic information on respirometers
2. Planning and Experimental Design
3. Health and Safety
4. Make a plan
5. Perform the experiment
6. Analysis and interpretation of data
7. Conclusion and evaluation
8. Write the report!
9. Sample of Data (Statistical test & Analysis)
10. Answers to questions given by Pearson regarding the practical.
Enjoy!!
This is a guideline to help students write up their report and teachers to create the perfect answer key.
It contains the following:
1. Basic information on spirometers
2. Planning and Experimental Design
3. Health and Safety
4. Make a plan
5. Perform the experiment
6. Analysis and interpretation of data
7. Conclusion and evaluation
8. Write the report!
9. Sample of Data (Statistical test & Analysis)
10. Answers to questions given by Pearson regarding the practical.
Enjoy!!
Unit 3 – International AS Level Biology, it consists of two questions:
Question 1 is based on any one of the experiments covered in the AS syllabus
Question 2 is a reading comprehension question. A case study with questions based on the
article and / or on your biological knowledge
This document contains a Unit 3 prediction chart, use this to know which experiment you should study more, 99% accuracy in predicting what might you be tested in your actual Unit 3 exam
This is a guideline to help students write up their report and teachers to create the perfect answer key.
It contains the following:
1. Basic information on habituation and snails
2. Planning and Experimental Design
3. Health and Safety
4. Make a plan
5. Perform the experiment
6. Analysis and interpretation of data
7. Conclusion and evaluation
8. Write the report!
9. Sample of Data (Statistical test & Analysis)
10. Answers to questions given by Pearson regarding the practical.
Enjoy!!
Clinical trials (drug testing) is a section in topic 4
Question on clinical trial can be found in:
• Unit 2 of IAL Biology Exam and
• Paper 1 and 2 of Salters and Nuffield Biology A Exam
In this document you will find:
• Key point form summary for Withering trials
• Key point form summary for Modern clinical trials
• Comparison between the Withering and the modern clinical trials
• Information on Placebo
• Information on double blind studies
• Why use animals for preclinical trials
• Ethics on animal usage (questions based on past papers)
Transcription, splicing and translation are a few of the most important sections of A level Biology.
This document contains all of the information you need (both from AS and A level) in order to answer any question about transcription, splicing, translation, mRNA and tRNA
This summary contains key points for each of the experiments covered in the Edexcel AS and A level Biology A (Salters-Nuffield).
This booklet will be useful for all papers. Paper 1 and 2 have short questions on these experiments, whereas Paper 3 has longer questions.
Use this summary to quickly learn all the key points for each experiment (procedure, precautions, limitations, constant variables, safety and ethics)
Experiments:
Daphnia: The effect of caffeine on Heart Rate
Vitamin C: The Vitamin C content of fruit juice
Investigating membranes (The effect of temperature on membranes – beetroot)
Enzyme concentration and rate of reaction
Mitosis
Totipotency (Micropropagation)
The strength of plant fibres
Investigate Plant Mineral Deficiencies
The Antimicrobial Properties of plants
Isolation of pigments
Investigating photosynthesis
Investigating Patterns
The effect of temperature on the hatching of brine shrimp
DNA gel electrophoresis and PCR
Investigating Antibiotic resistance
Measuring the Rate of Oxygen Uptake
Investigating Breathing (Spirometer)
Investigating Habituation
References are very important:
Allow you to acknowledge the contribution of other writers and researcher in your work
Allow you to give credit to the writers from whom you have borrowed words and ideas
A way to provide evidence to support your claims and conclusions
Make your writing more persuasive
In AS and A2 biology you will have to be able to write references. In Unit 3 question 2, the last part is usually about references
This document is a guide of how to properly write references.
Unit 3 – International AS Level Biology, it consists of two questions:
Question 1 is based on any one of the experiments covered in the AS syllabus
Question 2 is a reading comprehension question. A case study with questions based on the
article and / or on your biological knowledge
This document contains a Unit 3 prediction chart, use this to know on which experiment you might be tested in your actual Unit 3 exam
This summary contains key points for each of the experiments covered in the international AS and A2 level Biology.
Experiments
Daphnia: The effect of caffeine on Heart Rate
Vitamin C: The Vitamin C content of fruit juice
Investigating membranes (The effect of temperature on membranes – beetroot)
Enzyme concentration and rate of reaction
Mitosis
Totipotency (Micropropagation)
The strength of plant fibres
Investigate Plant Mineral Deficiencies
The Antimicrobial Properties of plants
Investigating Patterns
The effect of temperature on the hatching of brine shrimp
DNA gel electrophoresis and PCR
Investigating Antibiotic resistance
Measuring the Rate of Oxygen Uptake
Investigating Breathing (Spirometer)
Investigating Habituation
This booklet will be useful for all Units.
Use this summary to quickly learn all the key points for each experiment (procedure, precautions, limitations, constant variables, safety and ethics)
This summary contains key points for each of the experiments covered in the international AS level Biology.
This booklet will be useful for all Units of the international AS Level Biology.
Use this summary to quickly learn all the key points for each experiment (procedure, precautions, limitations, constant variables, safety and ethics)
Experiments
Daphnia: The effect of caffeine on Heart Rate
Vitamin C: The Vitamin C content of fruit juice
Investigating membranes (The effect of temperature on membranes – beetroot)
Enzyme concentration and rate of reaction
Mitosis
Totipotency (Micropropagation)
The strength of plant fibres
Investigate Plant Mineral Deficiencies
The Antimicrobial Properties of plants
The Unit 6 paper tests your knowledge and understanding on the experimental procedures and techniques that you have seen / done throughout the two year course of A Level Biology (AS and A2). It consists of 3 questions of total 50 marks, and the time allowed is 1 hour and 30 min.
The following is a guideline of what you should write in each question.
Study well and follow the structure outlined in this guideline and the exam will be a piece of cake.