Life Science

 

Matter and energy in organisms and ecosystems

 

Interdependent relationships in ecosystems / Cycle of matter and energy transfer in ecosystems

Food chains and webs	Disruption to food webs	Pyramids of numbers
Toxins and food webs	Kingdoms and classifications	Biodiversity, gene pools and extinctions

 

Structure, function, and information processing

 

Structure and function

Animal and plant cells	Specialised animal cells	Specialised plant cells
The four components of the blood	The skeletal system	Skeletal muscles
How plants and animals are organized	Structure of a leaf	Unicellular organisms
The role of diffusion in and within cells

Movement across cell membranes

Diffusion	Osmosis	Active Transport
Osmosis experiments

 

 

Organization for matter and energy flow in organisms

 

Respiratory System

Respiratory System	Lung Diffusion	Structure and function of the gas exchange system
Respiration	The process of breathing	Anaerobic respiration
Lactic acid	The circulatory system

 

Gas Exchange in Plants

Respiration and photosynthesis	Structure of Leaf	Gas exchange experiments
Respiration in plants	Diffusion and photosynthesis

 

 

 

 

Growth, development, and reproduction of organisms

 

Natural selection and adaptations

Inheritance of traits	Variation of traits	Continuous and discontinuous variation
Extinction	Evolution and natural selection

 

Information processing

 

The nervous system

Nervous system

 

Life processes and cells

 

Cells, Tissues, Organs and Organisms	Cells and their activities	Special Cells and their function
Diffusion and Photosynthesis	Cell Membrane and Diffusion	Active Transport Uptake
Osmosis	Plant Structure and Function	Structure of Leaf
Transpiration	Transport System in Plants	Photosynthesis
Conditions affecting the rate of Photosynthesis	Photosynthesis Experiments	Plants need minerals for healthy growth
Growth Hormones in Plants