NCEA Level 3 Biology
Subject Description
Teacher in Charge: Mrs A. Baatjies.
Biology helps us to understand the connection between us and the world that we live in. It provides the students with the opportunities to learn about all living things and how they interact with each other and the environment. By developing research and investigation skills, the students identify Biology as the heart of the many of many social and economic issues in New Zealand as well as the processes that other organisms carry out in order to survive. By studying Level 3 Biology, students learn to make more informed decisions about biological issues such as use of 1080 to eradicate possums, genetically modified plants and animals, as well as human evolution and rise of new species.
Qualification: L3 Biology
Entry Requirement: L2 Biology
Course Description: L3 Biology (Practical and Written course)
This course leads to: UE (University entrance)
Vocational Pathways: Health Care worker, Horticulture/landscaping, ecological sustainability (recycling etc.), farming, zoologist, botanist, forensic scientist, nurse, doctor, dietician, nutritionist, biology teacher.
Special Costs: $25 Workbooks
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
Total Credits Available: 18 credits.
Externally Assessed Credits: 5 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 13 credits.
External
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Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 18
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.