3BIO
This course requires 2 options.

Level 3 Biology / Mātauranga Koiora

Subject Description

Teacher in Charge: Mr R. Baars.

Biology is the study of living things, how they function, how they are connected, and how change happens over time. Change, and how living things respond to it, has immediate and long-term implications for your health. It also impacts on the survival of species, through extinction and the evolution of new species. An understanding of how this happens will help you think about change on a wide range of time scales.

Subject Overview

Term 1
Responding to the environment - investigating animal behaviour at Orana Wildlife Park and learning about homeostasis in humans.

Term 2
Investigating and reporting on a socio-scientific issue and exploring how and why speciation occurs, with a strong focus on New Zealand - this country is Disneyland for Biologists!

Term 3
Developing our understanding of speciation further, then using what we have learnt to explore human evolution, including another trip to Orana Wildlife Park, looking at the primates there, along with their extensive hominid and hominin replica skull collection.

Term 4
Completion of learning for human evolution and revision.

Recommended Prior Learning

AS9115714 - Demonstrate understanding of genetic variation and change plus TWO other Biology Standards at Achieved level, or by consultation with Mr. Baars.

Career Pathways

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.

This course is approved for University Entrance.

Total Credits Available: 18 credits.
Externally Assessed Credits: 8 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 10 credits.

Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91601 v2
NZQA Info
Biology 3.1 - Carry out a practical investigation in a biological context, with guidance
4
4
4
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91602 v2
NZQA Info
Biology 3.2 - Integrate biological knowledge to develop an informed response to a socio-scientific issue
3
3
3
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 3
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 3r *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91604 v2
NZQA Info
Biology 3.4 - Demonstrate understanding of how an animal maintains a stable internal environment
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 3
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 3r *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91605 v2
NZQA Info
Biology 3.5 - Demonstrate understanding of evolutionary processes leading to speciation
4
4
4
Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 4r,4w *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91606 v2
NZQA Info
Biology 3.6 - Demonstrate understanding of trends in human evolution
Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 4r,4w *
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 18
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 14
Total Numeracy Credits: 0

Approved subject for University Entrance

Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 18

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.