{"id":239,"date":"2011-05-05T08:35:33","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T08:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/AAScience\/?page_id=239"},"modified":"2018-11-27T17:37:25","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T17:37:25","slug":"advanced-higher-biology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/AAScience\/biology\/advanced-higher-biology\/","title":{"rendered":"Advanced Higher Biology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This course contains 3 units:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cells and Proteins<\/li>\n<li>Organisms and Evolution<\/li>\n<li>Investigative Biology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each unit will be assessed continually in class, through the use of past paper based homework and an A-D level class test and SQA assessment.<\/p>\n<p>The Advanced Higher Biology Course focuses on the areas of cells and proteins, organisms and evolution, and investigative biology. Learners develop a sound theoretical understanding and practical experience of experimental investigative work in biological science, and develop their ability to carry out complex practical scientific activities.<\/p>\n<p>The elements of the Course are Knowledge and Understanding, Analytical Thinking Skills and\u00a0Scientific Literacy.<\/p>\n<p>The following links will direct you to useful information for the\u00a0Advanced Higher\u00a0Biology course:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/files\/nq\/AHCourseSpecBiology.pdf\">AH Biology Course Specification <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/files_ccc\/AHCAS_Biology.pdf\">AH Coursework Assessment Task<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SQA publishes samples of coursework\u00a0and question paper responses with commentaries to fully understand examiner expectation for assignment and question papers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Understanding Standards resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.understandingstandards.org.uk\/Subjects\/Biology\/advanced\">Understanding Standards Materials<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Papers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To help with revision click on the links below to open the past papers. These can also be found, with marking schemes on the SQA website.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/files_ccc\/BiologySQPAH.pdf\">AH Biology Specimen Paper<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/pastpapers\/papers\/papers\/2016\/NAH_Biology_all_2016.pdf\">AH 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/pastpapers\/papers\/papers\/2017\/NAH_Biology_all_2017.pdf\">AH 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/pastpapers\/papers\/papers\/2018\/NAH_Biology_all_2018.pdf\">AH 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This course contains 3 units: Cells and Proteins Organisms and Evolution Investigative Biology Each unit will be assessed continually in class, through the use of past paper based homework and an A-D level class test and SQA assessment. The Advanced Higher Biology Course focuses on the areas of cells and proteins, organisms and evolution, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/AAScience\/biology\/advanced-higher-biology\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advanced Higher Biology<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":273,"featured_media":0,"parent":37,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-239","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/AAScience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/AAScience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/AAScience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/AAScience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/273"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/AAScience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/AAScience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":589,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/AAScience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/239\/revisions\/589"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/AAScience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/AAScience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}