{"id":464,"date":"2019-09-04T13:37:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T13:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/?page_id=464"},"modified":"2025-12-02T20:13:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T20:13:56","slug":"biology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/biology\/","title":{"rendered":"Biology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is Biology?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Biology is the study of living organisms and their environment.\u00a0 As the natural world, our limited resources and our impact on the planet are becoming more important this course allows you to begin learning more about biological processes and the environment we live in.\u00a0 In this is course not only will you learn more about Biology but you will also gain important skills such as; problem solving, practical (experimental) skills, observing, making conclusions, research skills and group work skills.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What skills are developed?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Communication (both written and verbal)<\/li>\n<li>group work<\/li>\n<li>Problem solving<\/li>\n<li>Practical (experimental) skills<\/li>\n<li>Explaining and understanding things<\/li>\n<li>Logical thinking<\/li>\n<li>Literacy<\/li>\n<li>Numeracy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What kind of person does it take?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To reach your full potential in biology you need to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be interested in the subject<\/li>\n<li>Have an ability to apply both practical and theoretical knowledge<\/li>\n<li>Set targets and work towards them<\/li>\n<li>Have the ability to persevere<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy learning new vocabulary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Horizons &#8211; where can this subject take you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The study of our natural world is becoming ever more important, we need to understand how we can make changes for the future of our planet. National Biology covers a wide range of biology topics and can lead to many different careers.<\/p>\n<p>Career options are numerous but can include:<\/p>\n<p>Medical, veterinary, environmental, teaching, renewables, conservation, forensics<\/p>\n<p>Further job categories can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsb.org.uk\/careers-and-cpd\/careers\/make-a-difference\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pathways &#8211; how can I make progression?<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/sqa\/45723.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-692 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/public\/subjectchoicetest\/uploads\/sites\/5593\/2019\/10\/sqa-e1571921569942.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>School<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/public\/subjectchoicetest\/uploads\/sites\/5593\/2019\/09\/N5-Biology.pdf\">N5 Biology<\/a>, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/public\/subjectchoicetest\/uploads\/sites\/5593\/2019\/09\/Higher-Biology.pdf\"><strong>Higher Biology<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>College<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Many diverse courses on offer at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moray.uhi.ac.uk\/courses\/hnc-applied-sciences\/\"><strong>Moray College<\/strong>.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Employment<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Opportunities in local employers that offer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apprenticeships.scot\/\"><strong>Foundation, Modern and Graduate apprenticeships<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>University<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Examples of biology related courses at university:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abdn.ac.uk\/sbs\/undergraduate\/degrees\/index.php\">https:\/\/www.abdn.ac.uk\/sbs\/undergraduate\/degrees\/index.php<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Related subjects Biology works well with:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Maths, Physics, Chemistry, English, Geography<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Biology? Biology is the study of living organisms and their environment.\u00a0 As the natural world, our limited resources and our impact on the planet are becoming more important this course allows you to begin learning more about biological &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/biology\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7293,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-464","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7293"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1400,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/464\/revisions\/1400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}