{"id":929,"date":"2020-08-14T13:08:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T13:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhsmotherwell\/?page_id=929"},"modified":"2021-08-15T09:05:42","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T09:05:42","slug":"biology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhsmotherwell\/learning\/science\/biology\/","title":{"rendered":"Biology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Part of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhsmotherwell\/learning\/science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Science Faculty<\/a>\u00a0comprising Biology, Chemistry and Physics.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The course covers major areas of biology ranging from cellular to whole organism and\u00a0includes the study of ecosystems. The focus on cellular level processes leads to an\u00a0understanding of the importance and roles of the cell. By comparing the processes in\u00a0multicellular plants and animals, candidates investigate increasing levels of complexity. The\u00a0key areas of biodiversity and interdependence are covered, along with the processes leading\u00a0to evolution as well as food security and ethical issues.<\/p>\n<p>National 5 Biology, SQA, 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h5><em>Broad General Education<\/em><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Biology is taught as part of the Senior Phase of school education, but some topics are introduced in the Science element of Curriculum for Excellence.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333300\"><em>Qualifications<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npfs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/nutshells_biology_N4_E.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nat 4 Biology (In a nutshell)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npfs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/nutshells_biology_N5_E.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nat 5 Biology \u00a0(In a nutshell)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npfs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/nutshells_highers_humanbiology_E.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Higher Human Biology (In a nutshell)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/sqa\/70972.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SQA<\/a> \u2013 past papers<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333300\"><em>Additional information<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/links\/science\/biology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Resources, \u00a0links and investigations<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myworldofwork.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">My World of Work<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If the school is closed for any reason, please check the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhsmotherwell\/comms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OLHS school app<\/a>\u00a0for up to date information or log in to your Glow account for department support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part of the\u00a0Science Faculty\u00a0comprising Biology, Chemistry and Physics. The course covers major areas of biology ranging from cellular to whole organism and\u00a0includes the study of ecosystems. The focus on cellular level processes leads to an\u00a0understanding of the importance and roles of the cell. By comparing the processes in\u00a0multicellular plants and animals, candidates investigate increasing levels &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhsmotherwell\/learning\/science\/biology\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Biology<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":0,"parent":122,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-929","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhsmotherwell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhsmotherwell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhsmotherwell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhsmotherwell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhsmotherwell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=929"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhsmotherwell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1203,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhsmotherwell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/929\/revisions\/1203"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhsmotherwell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhsmotherwell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}