{"id":2497,"date":"2026-04-28T11:27:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T11:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacadscience\/?page_id=2497"},"modified":"2026-04-28T11:43:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T11:43:28","slug":"advanced-higher-biology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacadscience\/advanced-higher-biology\/","title":{"rendered":"Advanced Higher Biology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Advanced Higher Biology is taught by Dr K Douglas \u2013 6 periods a week. This includes completion of 3 course units and an investigative project.\u00a0 The course aims to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>develop a critical understanding of the role of biology in scientific issues and relevant<br \/>\napplications, including the impact these could make on the environment and society<\/li>\n<li>extend and apply knowledge, understanding and skills of biology<\/li>\n<li>develop and apply the skills to carry out complex practical scientific activities, including<br \/>\nthe use of risk assessments, technology, equipment and materials<\/li>\n<li>develop and apply scientific inquiry and investigative skills, including planning and<br \/>\nexperimental design<\/li>\n<li>develop and apply analytical thinking skills, including critical evaluation of experimental<br \/>\nprocedures in a biology context<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0extend and apply problem-solving skills in a biology context<\/li>\n<li>further develop an understanding of scientific literacy using a wide range of resources in<br \/>\norder to communicate complex ideas and issues and to make scientifically informed choices<\/li>\n<li>extend and apply skills of autonomous working in biology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/files_ccc\/ah-course-spec-biology.pdf\">Advanced Higher Biology Course Specification<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/pastpapers\/papers\/papers\/2025\/NAH_Biology_Section1_2025.pdf\">Past Paper 2025 Section 1<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/pastpapers\/papers\/papers\/2025\/NAH_Biology_Section2_2025.pdf\">Past Paper 2025 Section 2<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/pastpapers\/papers\/papers\/2025\/NAH_Biology_Supplementary-sheet_2025.pdf\">Supplementary Sheet<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/pastpapers\/papers\/instructions\/2025\/mi_NAH_Biology_mi_2025.pdf\">Marking Scheme<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Unit 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.1 Lab Techniques<\/p>\n<p>1.2 Proteins 1<\/p>\n<p>1.2 Proteins 2<\/p>\n<p>1.3 Cell Membranes<\/p>\n<p>1.4 Communication and signalling (1)<\/p>\n<p>1.4 Communication and signalling (2)<\/p>\n<p>1.5 Protein Control of Cell Division<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Unit 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2.1 Field Techniques 19<\/p>\n<p>2.2 Evolution 19<\/p>\n<p>2.3 Variation and sexual reproduction<\/p>\n<p>2.4 Sex and Behaviour<\/p>\n<p>2.5 Parasitism<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Unit 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3.1 scientific principles and process<\/p>\n<p>3.1experimentation<\/p>\n<p>3.3 reporting and critical evaluation of biological research<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advanced Higher Biology is taught by Dr K Douglas \u2013 6 periods a week. This includes completion of 3 course units and an investigative project.\u00a0 The course aims to: develop a critical understanding of the role of biology in scientific issues and relevant applications, including the impact these could make on the environment and society &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57232,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2497","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacadscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacadscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacadscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacadscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacadscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2497"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacadscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2506,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacadscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2497\/revisions\/2506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacadscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}