{"id":440,"date":"2022-10-07T10:58:01","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T00:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=440"},"modified":"2025-05-20T07:38:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T22:08:30","slug":"year-12-biology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=440","title":{"rendered":"Year 12 &#8211; Biology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Length:<\/strong> Full Year (20 SACE credits)<br><strong>Contact:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=500\">Science Leader<\/a><br><br><strong>Recommended Background<br><\/strong><br>Grade B or higher in Stage 1 Biology<br><br><strong>Course Description<br><\/strong><br>Stage 2 Biology topics provide the framework for developing integrated programs of learning through which students extend their skills, knowledge, and understanding of the three strands of science. <br><br>The three strands of science to be integrated throughout student learning are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Science inquiry skills<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Science as a human endeavour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Science understanding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Stage 2 Biology students study the following topics:<br><br>Topic 1: DNA and proteins<br>Topic 2: Cells as the basis of life<br>Topic 3: Homeostasis<br>Topic 4: Evolution<br><br><strong>Assessment<\/strong><br><br>Students\u2019 performance will be determined according to the subject\u2019s Performance Standards, as outlined by the SACE Board. Grades A+ to E- will be used for reporting purposes.<br><br><strong>School-based Assessment:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Investigations folio (30%): Three investigations; Completion, Design and Science as a Human Endeavour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Skills and application (40%): Four assessment tasks including tests and research assignments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>External Assessment:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Examination (30%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Length: Full Year (20 SACE credits)Contact: Science Leader Recommended BackgroundGrade B or higher in Stage 1 Biology Course DescriptionStage 2 Biology topics provide the framework for developing integrated programs of learning through which students extend their skills, knowledge, and understanding of the three strands of science. The three strands of science to be integrated throughout [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":338,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-440","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=440"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1433,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/440\/revisions\/1433"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}