1. Biology – Informed Response

2. An introduction…. Welcome to Science 2019!
The course – topics, credits, dates, field trips…
Expectations – managing workload, being organised, additional reading, weebly
Getting to know you – fill in form
The first topic: Biology – Informed response
AS Integrate biological knowledge to develop an informed response to a socio-scientific issue
- Internal research topic
- 3 credits
- Done both in and out of class. Teacher guided
- Learning skills first, then picking own topics of interest to
write an informed response
- Skills learnt here will be important for all of the other research topics
- What is an informed response?

3. Thursday 31 January Introduction to Weebly
Go to missvoss.weebly.com
Work through introduction powerpoint

4. Monday 4 February An introduction to Biology Informed Response
Introduction powerpoint
Scipad and Biozone handouts – work through sections of these
A contemporary scientific issue – what does this mean pg 34 BZ
Analysing socio-scientific information pgs Scipad

5. Tuesday 5 February Outline of report
Answers for pgs Scipad
Analysing an example of writing for a socio-scientific issue (use pg 22 as a guide)
Framework for designing your report – put information from pg 24 Scipad into a step-by-step outline of what you need to be doing in your report
Resources pg BZ
What are biological concepts and processes? Read and summarise pgs 35-36BZ, then do questions pg 37-38BZ