A-Level Biology

Unit 2

Biology
Biology (Human)

Unit 3

T1 and Paper 03
W1 and Paper 03 (International only)

Transferred T1 mark and Paper 03

Unit 4

Core and Option A (Microbiology and biotechnology)
Core and Option B (Food science)
Core and Option C (Human health and fitness)

Unit 5

Biology
Biology (Human)

Unit 6

T2 and Paper 03
W2 and Paper 03
Transferred T2 mark and Paper 03

Unit 1 Molecules and cells

This unit includes cells and organelles; molecules; enzymes; chromosomes and the genetic code; protein synthesis.

Unit 2B Exchange, transport and reproduction

Unit 2H Exchange, transport and reproduction in humans

This unit includes exchanges with the environment; gas exchange in plants and animals; transport in flowering plants and animals; adaptation to the environment; sexual reproduction in plants and animals; placental development and birth in humans.
This unit includes exchanges with the environment; gas exchange in humans; transport in humans; adaptation to the environment; sexual reproduction, placental development and birth in humans.

Unit 3 Energy and the environment

Paper 01 or T1:

Candidates will undertake an individual investigation which will be teacher assessed and moderated by Edexcel.

Paper 02 W1: (available for international centres only).

Candidates will take a written paper as an alternative mode of assessment for the individual investigation (International private centres and international private candidates must take this written alternative).

Paper 03

This half-unit includes modes of nutrition; energy flow through ecosystems; recycling of nutrients; energy resources; human influences on the environment. (This paper is compulsory for all candidates.)

Biology and Biology (Human)

Unit 4 Respiration and coordination and Options

Core material - this includes respiration and coordination in living organisms.

Options - candidates will select from one of the following:

Option A Microbiology and biotechnology
Option B Food science
Option C Human health and fitness.

Unit 5B Genetics, evolution and biodiversity

Unit 5H Genetics, human evolution and biodiversity

This unit includes autotrophic nutrition; biodiversity and classification of organisms; patterns of inheritance; continuity of species and speciation; succession and stability in ecosystems and applications of gene technology.
This unit includes biodiversity; succession and stability in ecosystems; patterns of inheritance; human evolution and populations and applications of gene technology.

Unit 6 Synoptic and practical assessment

Paper 01 or T2:

Candidates will undertake an individual study which will be assessed partly by the teacher and all written reports will be marked by Edexcel.

Paper 02 W2:

Candidates will take a written paper as an alternative mode of assessment for the individual study. (International private centres and international private candidates must take this written alternative.)

Paper 03 Synoptic paper. Compulsory for all candidates