Home Schooling Human Biology GCSE - The Course

The final examination for this syllabus is June 2007 and we have stopped accepting applications for study.

This course will be replaced by "Human Physiology and Health". The new course is expected to be ready in the second quarter of 2007.

 

Information for existing students

Each lesson of the Human Biology GCSE course begins with a set of clearly stated objectives and an explanation of its place in the overall programme of study.

Effective learning is encouraged through frequent activities and self-assessment questions, and there are a large number of simply drawn and easy-to-copy illustrations.

There are twenty lessons, seven tutor-marked assignments and a practice exam paper. No previous study of the subject is required.

Key Topics Covered

The course covers nine topic areas:

• Cell Activity
• Humans as Organisms
• Green Plants as Organisms
• Variation, Inheritance and Evolution
• Living Things in their Environment
• The Heart, Health and Fitness
• Movement, Health and Fitness
• Human Reproduction and Development
• The Making of Modern Humans

The Syllabus

This course prepares students for AQA GCSE Science: Biology (Human) syllabus 3415, for exams in 2007 which his the last year of this particular examination. Assessment is by one written paper (80%) (2 hrs 15 mins) and coursework (20%). We have chosen this syllabus as it is the most suited to Distance Learning.

 

Practical Skills/Coursework

Human Biology GCSE students are required to show some familiarity with a number of basic experiments. These experiments can be carried out by home scholers in the home but access to laboratory facilities is advantageous. Guidance is given in the course pack.