Level 3 Biology 2025
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Bev Pantry.
A variety of contexts are studied. Students will research a current socio-scientific issue and will learn how evolutionary processes cause speciation. The trends in human evolution and the way animals maintain a stable internal environment will also be studied.
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Recommended Prior Learning
Level 2 Biology, or at the discretion of the Head of Department for Sciences.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is eligible for Subject Endorsement.
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NZQA Info
Biology 3.2 - Integrate biological knowledge to develop an informed response to a socio-scientific issue
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Biology 3.3 - Demonstrate understanding of the responses of plants and animals to their external environment
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Biology 3.4 - Demonstrate understanding of how an animal maintains a stable internal environment
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Biology 3.5 - Demonstrate understanding of evolutionary processes leading to speciation
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Biology 3.6 - Demonstrate understanding of trends in human evolution
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 19
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.
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- Some courses will not be available if numbers are too small
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- It may not be possible to accommodate all choices and combinations of subjects
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