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Nuffield Advanced Biology: Foundation Unit
The Nuffield Advanced Biology Foundation Unit was designed to help students progress from GCSE science to the Nuffield Advanced Level Biology course as it was in the 1990s. Using brief overviews of some of the topics in the Study Guides, this booklet was designed to introduce the basic skills which were needed in this course. As with all of the Nuffield courses the book aimed to reinforce the theory through practical work, so there were suggestions for investigations as well as passages of text to read and questions to answer. Methods of handling, interpreting and presenting data were dealt with through exercises using existing data.
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: The origin of life Introduction Exercise
1.1: Class discussion - How did life originate? Exercise
1.2: Data analysis - The chemical constituents of life Exercise
1.3: Practical - The analysis of amino acids by paper chromatography Exercise
1.4: Practical - Modelling amino acids Exercise
1.5: Case study - The protein insulin and its role in humans
Chapter 2: The life of cells Introduction Exercise
2.1: Reading exercise - A brief history of cell biology Exercise
2.2: Questions - The diversity of cells Exercise
2.3: Questions - Observing cells: the microscope Exercise
2.4: Practical - Observing cells: how to use a microscope Exercise
2.5: Practical - The contractile vacuole in Paramecium Exercise
2.6: Poster - The ultrastructure of the cell Exercise
2.7: Practical - Counting cells: using a haemocytometer
Chapter 3: The life of organisms Introduction Exercise
3.1: Class discussion - Organisms have increased in size Exercise
3.2: Data analysis-The problem of size Exercise
3.3: Data analysis - Gas exchange in plants Exercise
3.4: Practical - Examining and measuring stomata Exercise
3.5: Making notes - Animal adaptations for gas exchange Exercise
3.6: Library research - Altitude sickness in humans Exercise
3.7: Practical - The spirometer
Chapter 4: The evolution of life Introduction Exercise
4.1: Reading exercise - The theory of natural selection Exercise
4.2: Practical - Variation in humans Exercise
4.3: Presentation - What causes variation? Exercise
4.4: Comprehension - Polymorphism in the ladybird Exercise
4.5: Debate - The implications of genetic engineering and he Human Genome Project
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