VCE Biology

Units 3 & 4
CCA, HCL, HCA
Course Outline 2015

Koonung Secondary College

VCE Biology 2015
Units 3 & 4 Course Outline
Week

Topic

Work to be covered

Term 1, Week 1
Wed 28 Jan - 30
Jan

Macromolecules (Chapter 1
including elements of chapter
4 DNA, proteins and
proteomes)

The nature and importance of

biomacromolecules in the
chemistry of the cell. Organic
molecules carbohydrates,
proteins, lipids, nucleic acid

Term 1, Week 2
2 Feb- 6 Feb

Biological Membrane (chapter

1)
Enzymes and other
biomolecules (Chapter 2)

Composition of membrane:
Transport across membrane
diffusion, osmosis, facilitated
diffusion, active transport
Organic catalysts in biochemical
processes.
Factors affecting enzyme action.
Energy and metabolism
Synthesis and transport of
biomolecules.
Photosynthesis and respiration.
Respiration - releasing energy for
cells use. Photosynthesis getting
glucose.

Term 1, Week 3
9 Feb 13 Feb

Enzyme metabolism and

synthesis (Chapter 2)

Term 1, Week 4
16 Feb 20 Feb

Energy Transformations
(Chapter 3)

Term 1, Week 5
23 Feb 27 Feb

Energy Transformations
(chapter 3) - Continued

Term 1, Week 6
2 Mar 6 Mar

Regulatory Molecules
Signalling molecules

Photosynthesis and respiration.

Respiration - releasing energy for
cells use. Photosynthesis getting
glucose.
- Stimulus-Response Model
- Transmission of information

Required Questions
from text book (4th Ed)
Chapter 1
8, 10,14, 15, 17, 18, 19

Exercises & Assessment

Tasks (SAC)
Chapter Review definitions
to be submitted via
learning tasks.

Chapter 1
20,22, 24

Membranes prac for SAC

Chapter 2
3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15,
Chapter 2
17, 18, 19, 21

SAC 1 - 11/2
Membrane Sac report/test

Questions 3
9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 20,
22, 24, 26
Prac for SAC 2 - Enzymes

Questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
SAC 2- 23/3
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 16, Enzymes

(Chapter 5)
Term 1, Week 7
9 Mar 13 Mar

Detecting and responding to

signals (Chapter 6)

Term 1, Week 8 Plant regulation (Chapter 5)

16 Mar 20 Mar Detecting and responding in
plants plant hormones
(Chapter 6)
Term 1, Week 9 Pathogens cause disease
23 Mar 27 Mar (Chapter 7)
Last week term1
Term 2, Week 1
13 Apr 17 Apr

Defending Self (Chapter 8)

from receptor to effector.

- Signalling molecules
Receptors
Signal Transduction
Nervous System

17
Question 4, 5, 6, 7, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 18

Labour Day 9/3

Plant growth regulators

Questions (ch5) 30, 31,

32, 33
Questions (ch6) 19, 20,
21, 22, 23, 25
Questions 4, 5, 7, 9, 11,
12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19,
20, 22

Prac for SAC 3

Respiration/Photosynthesis

- Infection, disease, Eukaryotic

Pathogens and non cellular
pathogens
- Controlling pathogens
- Non-specific immunity

Questions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6,
9, 11, 12, 13, 14

Term 2, Week 2 Defending Self (Chapter 8)

20 Apr 24 April

- Specific immunity

Questions 17, 18, 19,

20, 24, 26, 27

Term 2, Week 3
27 April 1 May

Acquiring Immunity
(Chapter 9)

Active and passive immunity

Questions 1, 2, 3, 4

Term 2, Week 4
4 May 8 May

Adverse effects associated

with immunity
(Chapter 9)
Immune System revision

Disorders of the immune system

Questions 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12

Term 2, Week 5
11 May 15May
Term 2, Week 6 Molecular genetics
18 May 22May (Chapter 10)

Overview
Genes, alleles, chromosomes and
subunits of DNA general

Questions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7

SAC 3 Respiration/Photosynthesis
Write up

Prac for SAC 4

Pathogens and antibiotics
Experiment
SAC 4
Pathogens and antibiotics
Write up

SAC 5
Immune System Poster

Term 2, Week 7 DNA Replication

25 May 29May (Chapter 10)

genetics
DNA replication process

Questions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7

Term 2, Week 8
1 Jun - 5 Jun

Revision

Unit 3 Overview

Term 2, Week 9
8 Jun 12 Jun

Transcription and Translation

and gene expression
(Chapter 10)
Genetic variation and
Mutations
(Chapter 13)
Molecular Techniques
(Chapter 11)

Protein synthesis and regulation

of genes

Questions 8, 9, 10, 13,

14, 15

Types of mutations, chromosomal

mutations and their resultant
variations
Gel electrophoresis, PCR, and DNA
sequencing, Hybridisation, FISH,
Recombinant DNA technology,
DNA profiling
Gel electrophoresis, PCR, and DNA
sequencing, Hybridisation, FISH,
Recombinant DNA technology,
DNA profiling
Phases of the cell cycle, mitosis
stages and meiosis stages and
cytokinesis
Monohybrid and Dihybrid crosses.

1, 3, 4,5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12,

Term 2, Week10
15 Jun 19 Jun
Term 2, Week11
22 Jun 26 Jun

Last week term2

Term 3, Week 1 Molecular Techniques - cont.
13 Jul 17 Jul
(Chapter 11)
Term 3, Week 2
20 Jul 24 Jul
Term 3, Week 3
27 Jul 31 Jul

Cell Cycle Mitosis and

Meiosis
(Chapter 12)
Genetic linkage crosses
(Chapter 14)

Unit 3 Practice Exam - 1/6

GAT 10/6
Queens Bday 8/6

Questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 8,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
Questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 8,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15,

Biology Excursion 15/7

Questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,
15, 16
Questions 1, 2, 3, 7, 10,
12, 13, 14, 18, 19

SAC 6 27/7
Molecular techniques

Term 3, Week 4
3 Aug 7 Aug

Genetic linkage - crosses

(Chapter 14)
Linkage (Chapter 15)

Monohybrid and Dihybrid crosses. Questions 21, 23, 25,

26, 27, 28
Linked genes and their outcomes Questions 1, 2, 3, 4

Term 3, Week 5
10 Aug 14 Aug

Patterns of inheritance and

pedigrees

Recessive, dominant, X-linked and

autosomal patterns of inheritance

Questions 5, 6, 7, 8, 12,
13,15, 16, 18, 20

SAC 7
Meiosis Prac report on
Garlic root

Term 3, Week 8
24 Aug 28 Aug

(Chapter 15)
Natural selection, speciation,
extinction and changes in
populations
(Chapter 18)
Evidence for evolution
(Chapter 16 and 17)

in pedigrees
Darwins theory of evolution, the
various processes of speciation
and the processes that impact
population changes
Fossil record, Biochemistry,
comparative anatomy,
Embryology and Biogeography

Term 3, Week 9
31 Aug 4 Sep

Patterns of evolution
(Chapter 19)

Divergent and convergent

evolution, reproductive isolation

Term 3, Week10
7 Sep 11 Sep

Human Evolution +
technological and cultural
evolution
(Chapter 20)
Revision

Human as primates, Hominin

evolution, Hominids and
hominoids. How technology and
culture evolve over time
Unit 3 AOS1 Revision

Term 3, Week 6
17 Aug 21 Aug

Term 3, Week11
14 Sep 18 Sep

Last week term3

Term 4, Week 1 Revision
5 Oct 9 Oct

Unit 3 AOS2 Revision

Revision

Unit 4 AOS1 Revision

Term 4, Week 2
12 Oct 16 Oct
Term 4, Week 3
19 Oct 23 Oct
Term 4, Week 4
26 Oct 30 Oct

Revision
VCAA Exams Begin

1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, SAC 8 13, 15, 17, 18,

Written report on crosses
Questions 3, 4, 5, 7, 9,
12, 16
Questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 6,
7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14,
16
Questions 2, 3, 4, 6, 7,
10, 14, 17, 18,
Questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 6,
SAC 9 and 10 7/9
8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17, 20, Unit 4 AOS 2 Test
21, 22, 23, 25

Practice Exams 7th-9th, Oct