{"id":1227,"date":"2023-01-23T11:23:55","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T10:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentSCIENCE\/?page_id=1227"},"modified":"2023-01-23T11:57:47","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T10:57:47","slug":"life-sciences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentSCIENCE\/s3-s6\/life-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\"><strong>National Life Sciences<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Students complete the National 4 science curriculum in S3 followed by the National 5 health sector curriculum in S4.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">S3: National 4 Science<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\">This National 4 science course has a skills-based approach to learning, building on the S1 and S2 course.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\">The units of work are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Fragile Earth \u2013 <i>fuels\/metals\/food\/water<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Human health &#8211; <i>factors of healthy lifestyle<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Applications of science \u2013 <i>communication and materials<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Science assignment &#8211; <i>on course content<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><b>Assessment: <\/b>no final SQA exam, assessments in class as you work through the course.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">S4: National 5 Health Sector<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\">The National 5 course is designed as an introduction to the health sector and is a <em>Skills for Work<\/em> course; developing employability skills including research and self-evaluation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\">The units of work are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Working in the health sector<\/li>\n<li>Life sciences industry and the health sector<\/li>\n<li>Improving health and wellbeing<\/li>\n<li>Physiology of the cardiovascular system<\/li>\n<li>Working in non-clinical roles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><b>Assessment: <\/b>no final SQA exam, assessments in class as you work through the course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Life Sciences Students complete the National 4 science curriculum in S3 followed by the National 5 health sector curriculum in S4. S3: National 4 Science This National 4 science course has a skills-based approach to learning, building on the S1 and S2 course. The units of work are: Fragile Earth \u2013 fuels\/metals\/food\/water Human health &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentSCIENCE\/s3-s6\/life-sciences\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Life Sciences<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24008,"featured_media":0,"parent":82,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1227","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentSCIENCE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentSCIENCE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentSCIENCE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentSCIENCE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentSCIENCE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1227"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentSCIENCE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1230,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentSCIENCE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1227\/revisions\/1230"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentSCIENCE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentSCIENCE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}