Biology

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Accreditation period - Units 1-4: 2006-2014

The accreditation period for Biology has been extended until 31 December 2014.

 

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Curriculum

• Study Design (November 2010, PDF - 375KB)
  Details of areas of study, outcomes and assessment for Biology Units 1-4: 2006-2014. The online version of the study design has been updated to include the amendment outlined in the following erratum:
  • Study Design Erratum (PDF - 405KB)
    VCAA Bulletin, July 05, p.8.
  For details of how to purchase a hardcopy of the VCE Biology Study Design, please refer to Publications .
• Suitable Resources (June 2010, PDF - 123KB))
  An update of suitable resources for VCE Biology.
• Study Summary (November 2010, PDF - 46KB)
  A summary of the VCE Biology Study Design for 2006-2014.

 

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Assessment

• Assessment Handbook (November 2010, DOC - 207KB)
  Contains assessment information for both School-assessed Coursework and the examinations.
• Examinations Reports
  Find past exams and sample exams for Biology.

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Support Material

• Expert Papers addressing new content in Units 3 and 4
  • Signal transduction (June 2010, DOC - 82KB)
  • Recent developments and advances in evolutionary theory (June 2010, DOC - 63KB)
  • Molecular Biology (June 2010, PDF - 54KB)
  • Proteomes, Genes and Junk DNA (June 2010, PDF - 94KB)
• Frequently Asked Questions
  Questions raised during the implementation of the Biology Study Design.
• Mapping of Key Knowledge (PDF - 43KB)
  Provides a comparison of the key knowledge and key skills in the VCE Biology Study Design 2006-2014 with the 2000-2005 Study Design.