Biology - AL syllabus
 
Section 1 The Cell
1.1 Chemical constituents
1.2 Cell structure
1.3 Transport of substances in and out of the cell
1.4 Enzymes
 
Section 2 Energetics
2.1 Photosynthesis
2.2 Chemosynthesis
2.3 Respiration
 
Section 3 Genetics and Evolution
3.1 Genetics
3.2 Evolution
 
Section 4 Variety of Life and Relations of Organisms with their Environment
4.1 Variety of life
4.2 Classification
4.3 Ecology
 
Section 5 Human Activities and the Environment
5.1 Human impact on the environment
5.2 Human responsibility for environmental conservation
 
Section 6 Health and Diseases
6.1 Some factors affecting health
6.2 Transmission of pathogens and prevention of infection
6.3 Defence against pathogens
6.4 Some non-infectious diseases
  
Section 7 Nutrition
7.1 Modes of nutrition
7.2 Nutrients required by photosynthetic plants
7.3 Heterotrophic nutrition
 
Section 8 Gas Exchange and Transport
8.1 Gas exchange
8.2 Transport
 
Section 9 Support and Movement
9.1 Support in animals
9.2 Movement in animals
9.3 Support in plants
9.4 Movement in plants
 
Section 10 Sensitivity, Response and Coordination
10.1 Detection of environmental conditions in mammals
10.2 Nervous coordination in mammals
10.3 Hormonal coordination in mammals
10.4 Response to the environment in flowering plants
 
Section 11 Homeostasis
11.1 Homeostasis
11.2 Water balance
11.2 Regulation of body temperature
11.3 Regulation of blood glucose level
 
Section 12 Continuity of life, Growth and Development
12.1 Reproduction
12.2 Growth and development
  
Section 13 Practical work (subsumed in the teaching periods suggested for Sections 1-12.)