Sai Kung Sung Tsun Catholic School (Secondary Section) New Senior Secondary Mastering Biology Teaching Plan

n (S4 S6)
S4: 6 lessons per cycle; S5 5 lessons per cycle; S6 4 lessons per cycle P.1

2012 2013 S4 Biology Teaching Syllabus & Assessment Scheme

Text

Section

book

Time

Text

allocation

book

Section

allocation

(No. of periods)

Bk

Ch 1 Studying biology

Time
(No. of

Bk 1A

Ch 1 Studying biology

Bk 1A

Ch 5 Food and humans

1A
Ch 1
(6)

1.1 What is biology?

1.2 The characteristics of

organisms
1.3 How do scientists study

Ch 5

5.1 Humans as heterotrophs

(13)

5.2 The food requirements of

biology?
1.4 Why should we study

humans
1

biology?
1.5 Major biological

Bk 1A

discoveries and

Ch 6

inventions

(11)

1.6 An outline of this book

Bk

Ch 2 The cell as the basic

1A

unit of life

(13)

2.4 Levels of body

5.4 Balanced diet

Ch 6 Nutrition in humans
6.1 The process of human

nutrition
6.2 The human digestive

6.3 Ingestion of food

2

2.3 The basic structure of a cell

system

Ch 2 2.1 Chemicals of Life

2.2 Discovery of cells

5.3 Food tests

6.4 Movement of food along

1.5

the alimentary canal

6.5 Digestion of food

1.5

6.6 Absorption of digested

1.5

organization

food

2.5 Using a light microscope

2.6 Prokaryotic and eukaryotic

6.7 Assimilation of absorbed

1.5

food

cells

6.8 Egestion

Bk

Ch 3 Movement of

1A

substances across cell

Text

membrane

book

Section

1
Time
allocation

Ch 3 3.1 Cell membrane

(No. of

(11)

periods)

3.2 Movement of substances

across membranes

Bk
1A
Ch 4
(8)

First Term Examination 6 17/12/2012

Christmas & New Year Holiday 24/12/2012 1/1/2013

Ch 4 Enzymes and
metabolism

Bk 1B

Ch 7 Transport in humans

4.1 Metabolism

Ch 7

7.1 The human breathing system

4.2 Properties and actions of

(11)

7.2 Gas exchange in the air sac

7.3 Transport of respiratory gases

7.4 Ventilation

enzymes
4.3 Factors affecting the rate of

enzymatic reactions
4.4 Applications of enzymes

Bk 1B
2

Ch 8

Ch 8 Gas exchange in humans

8.1 The transport system

Sai Kung Sung Tsun Catholic School (Secondary Section) New Senior Secondary Mastering Biology Teaching Plan (S4 S6)
S4: 6 lessons per cycle; S5 5 lessons per cycle; S6 4 lessons per cycle P.2

Text

Section

book

Time

Text

allocation

book

Section

allocation

(No. of periods)

Bk

periods)

Bk 1A
8.2 The blood

16.8 Comparison between

8.3 The blood vessels

hormonal and nervous

8.4 The heart

coordination

8.5 Blood circulation

Bk 2

Ch 17 Movement in humans

8.6 Exchange of materials between

Ch 17

17.1 The human skeleton

8.7 Lymphatic system

(10)
1

Bk 1B Ch 9 Nutrition and gas

exchange in plants
9.1 Nutrition in plants
9.2 Gas exchange in plants

5
5

Bk 1B Ch 10 Transpiration, transport
and support in plant
Ch 10 10.1 Transpiration
(10)

10.2 Transport in flowering plants

10.3 Support in plants

Uniform Test 15-26/3/2013

Bk 2

Ch 15 Detecting the
environment

Ch 15 15.1 Irritability
(15)

15.2 Detecting light by the eye

2
5

15.3 Detecting light by plants

15.4 Detecting sound by the ear

Easter Holiday 27/3 6/4/2013

Bk 2

Ch 16 Coordination in humans

Ch 16 16.1 The human nervous system

(11)

16.2 Transmission of nerve

2
1

impulses between neurones

16.3 The brain

16.4 The spinal cord

16.5 Reflex action and voluntary

action
16.6 Differences between reflex

actions and voluntary actions

16.7 The human endocrine system

17.2 Joints

17.3 Muscles

17.4 Movement of the body

Lunar New Year 8-16/2/2013

(10)

Ch 1 Studying biology

blood and body cells

Ch 9

(No. of

Ch 1 Studying biology

1A
(13)

Time

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S4: 6 lessons per cycle; S5 5 lessons per cycle; S6 4 lessons per cycle P.3

Ch 2
Text

Section

book

Time

body temperature

(9)

allocation

(5)

Ch 18 Homeostasis

2.4 The thermoregulatory

3

homeostasis
18.2 Regulation of blood

2.3 Other mechanisms of

regulation

periods)

Ch 18 18.1 The concept of

body temperature

(No. of

Bk 2

2.2 The role of skin

centre
Bk E1

E1 Ch 3 Regulation of gas

content in blood

glucose level

#E1

Bk E1 E1 Ch 1 Regulation of water

Ch 3

gas content in blood

(10)

3.2 Control of breathing

3.3 Control of heartbeat

3.4 Effects of exercise on

content
E1
Ch 1
(10)

1.1 Importance of regulating

water content
1.2 The human urinary system

breathing and cardiac

1.3 Functioning of a nephron

output

1.4 The role of the kidneys

1.5 The dialysis machine

Final Examination 3-17/6/2013

Bk E1 E1 Ch 2 Regulation of body
2.1 Importance of regulating

Bk E1

E1 Ch 4 Hormonal control
of reproductive cycle

#E1

4.1 Hormonal control of the

Ch 4

menstrual cycle

(7)

temperature
E1

3.1 Importance of regulating

4.2 Use of hormones

4
2

#Extra lesson during summer vacation (Total: 12

hours)

F.4 BIOLOGY ASSESSMENT

Term Result (100%) = Term Examination Result (50%) + Test Average (50%)
Test Average (100%) = Tests & Quizzes (50%) + Assignments (40%) + Attitude (10%)
1st Term result (50%) + 2nd Term result (50%) = Annual result (100%)