IB Prospectus 2025 DIGI Singles - Flipbook - Page 21
GROUP FOUR: EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCES
Biology (available at HL only)
This course will give you an understanding of the structure and functioning of
organisms at all levels from the molecular level to the whole organism. You will
be encouraged to appreciate the diversity of life and how di昀昀erent organisms
show adaptations that enable them to exploit di昀昀erent environmental conditions
and to recognise that these adaptations are a result of evolutionary change.
Only Higher level is o昀昀ered. Assessment is by external exam papers plus
teacher-assessed practical skills. You will also be required to participate in a
collaborative project.
The four strands of the course are: Unity and Diversity, Form and Function,
Interaction and interdependence and continuity and change. Within each strand
we study at the molecular, cellular, organism and ecosystem level. The course is
assessed by exams at the end plus teacher-assessed practical skills; the internal
assessment is worth 20% of your marks. You will also take part in a collaborative
project with the Chemists and Physicists.
OUR STUDENTS
MADDI BURGESS SMITH
STUDIED:
Biology, Chemistry, Maths (HL)
English, Psychology,. French (SL)
PREVIOUS SCHOOL
Hurstpierpoint College
WHAT NEXT?
Biomedical Sciences, University of Oxford
Previous titles for IAs include: Why do penguins huddle?, Why is pineapple served
with gammon?
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