Advanced Higher Biology
The Advanced Higher Biology course contains the following units:
Unit 1 - Cells and Proteins
1 Laboratory Techniques for biologists
2 Proteins
Unit 2 - Organisms and Evolution
1 Field Techniques for biologists
2 Organisms
Unit 3 - Investigative Biology
1 Scientific Principles and Process
2 Experimentation
3 Critical evaluation of biological research
To gain the award of the AH Biology Course, you must pass all units and the course assessment.
Course assessment structure
Component 1 - question paper worth 90 marks.
Component 2 - project worth 30 marks.
Total marks 120 marks.
Component 1 - Question paper
The question paper will have 90 marks composed of two Sections.
Section 1 will contain objective questions and will have 25 marks.
Section 2 will contain restricted and extended response questions and will have 65 marks.
Marks will be distributed approximately proportionately across the Units (2:2:1)
The majority of the marks will be awarded for applying knowledge and understanding.
The other marks will be awarded for applying scientific inquiry and problem solving skills.
This question paper will be set and marked by SQA.
You will complete this in 2 hours and 30 minutes.
Component 2 - Project
The purpose of the project is to allow you to carry out an in-depth investigation of a biology topic and produce a project-report. Prior to starting this assessment, you should have started a biology investigation as part of the Investigative Biology Unit. In this Unit, you are required to plan and carry out a biology investigation. You should keep a record of your work as this may form the basis of your project-report.
The majority of the marks will be awarded for applying scientific inquiry skills.
The other marks will be awarded for applying related knowledge and understanding.
For support materials, please click on the links below:
AH Unit 1 hwk (Word doc, 1 MB)(opens new window)
AH Unit 2 hwk (Word doc, 7 MB)(opens new window)
Project report candidate guide (Word doc, 31 KB)(opens new window)
Unit 1 Lab techniques (Word doc, 350 KB)(opens new window)
Unit 1 Proteins (Word doc, 1 MB)(opens new window)
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