Year 10 biology
Every topic for the year is below, arranged by the term it is taught. Choose a term to show only that term: each topic has a lesson video, worked questions and practice at three levels.
Autumn term
- BiologyThe nervous systemControl systems, the structure and function of the nervous system, receptors and effectors, reflex arcs, the brain, the eye and focusing, and correcting short and long sight.100 questionsLesson video
- BiologyCommunicable diseasePathogens and how they spread, bacteria, viruses, fungi and protists, preventing infection, the body’s defences, vaccination, antibiotics and painkillers, and developing new medicines.100 questionsLesson video
- BiologyMonoclonal antibodiesHow monoclonal antibodies are produced from a single clone of cells using mouse lymphocytes and tumour cells to make hybridoma cells, and how they are used in pregnancy tests, laboratory testing, research and treating diseases such as cancer, with their advantages, side effects and ethical issues.100 questionsLesson video
Spring term
- BiologyReproduction and inheritanceSexual and asexual reproduction, meiosis and gametes, DNA and the genome, genes and alleles, dominant and recessive inheritance, Punnett squares and family trees.100 questionsLesson video
- BiologyVariation and evolutionGenetic and environmental variation, natural selection, selective breeding, genetic engineering, and cloning by cuttings, tissue culture and embryo transfer.100 questionsLesson video
Summer term
- BiologyGenetics and evolutionMendel’s experiments, the evidence for evolution by natural selection, Lamarck, Wallace and Darwin, speciation, fossils, extinction, antibiotic resistance and classification.100 questionsLesson video
- BiologyPhotosynthesisThe photosynthesis equation, limiting factors and the rate of photosynthesis, how leaves are adapted, how plants use glucose, and plant disease and mineral deficiency.100 questionsLesson video