2018 - Year10 Assessment Book

IB MYP YEAR 10 – SCIENCES: BIOLOGY

SEMESTER STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

CONCEPTS

GLOBAL CONTEXT

CONTENT

ASSESSMENT

Scientific and technological advances enable societies to use, control and transform the function and identity of an organism.

Scientific and Technical Innovation

Identity

Unit 1: Neurobiology and Behaviour

Research Assignment 1 Criterion D 05.02.18 – 01.03.18 Student Experiment 1 Criteria B and C 18.04.18 – 16.05.18

Function

 Nervous Control in humans  Hormones in humans  Homeostasis  Drugs  Behaviour and Trophic responses

Interaction

Semester 1 Exams Criterion A 28.05.18 – 01.06.18

ONE

The natural environment is based on the interaction between the biotic and abiotic factors. The effect of human impact on the environment is debatable; sustainability is our responsibility. The study of how organisms inherit characteristics from their parents and how this can change both naturally and artificially over time with advances in technology.

Globalisation and Sustainability

Global Interactions

Unit 2: Environmental Science

Interaction

 Organisms and their environment  Nutrient cycles  Human influence on ecosystems  Conservation

Environment

Scientific and Technical Innovation

Relationships

Unit 3: DNA, Biotechnology and Genetics

Student Experiment 2 Criteria B and C 25.07.18 – 27.08.18

Models

 Chromosomes, genes and proteins  Mitosis and Meiosis  Inheritance  Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering

Functions

Research Assignment 2 Criterion D 29.08.18 – 23.10.18

TWO

Populations change as a consequence of adapting to their interactions with environment and other organisms.

Orientation in Space and Time

Relationships

Unit 4: Natural Selection and Evolution

Semester 2 Exams Criterion A 07.11.18 – 14.11.18

Consequences

 Variation and mutation  Adaptive features  Selection and evolution

Evidence

Note: Students will also be enrolled to sit ICAS Sciences

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