1. Introducing Grade 10 Life Sciences

PLEASE BE AWARE: THERE IS A SLIDE (AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST OF SLIDE CONTENTS) THAT IS TELLING YOU OF CHANGES MADE TO THE SYLLABUS FOR 2022. PLEASE KEEP CHECKING THIS SLIDE FOR DETAILS IN EACH SECTION THAT YOU STUDY. A copy of that slide is shown at the bottom of this page.

Please find attached the Year Plan. It shows the sections that need to be covered each week throughout the year, as well as the assessments for each term.  It also gives an idea of what will be tested in each assessment. It is included here so that you can keep a constant check on how you are progressing. It tells you which sections you are supposed to be studying each week, and so you will be able to see if you are ahead, or if you need to catch up.

With the Year Plan to guide you, you have all the equipment you need to keep up with your studies in this subject - even if there are any days on which you might be absent from school. (Please keep referring to this Year Plan throughout the year so as to keep yourself in the context of the "big picture".) You have the Study Guide and the Apollo Slides for information, the Work Book for questions (and their answers on the slides) for consolidation, and your Q & A section of the Study Guide to check your knowledge with Questions (and Answers) from past Exam Papers.

As the slides are set out, the answers to your WorkBook questions are immediately available to you. Do not fall into the trap of simply copying these into your answer-book. That system is for Losers! Do the questions properly, and then mark them properly. They are there for you to consolidate each section properly.

If you do everything correctly, you will enjoy the subject, and will do well in it.

PLEASE BE AWARE: THERE IS A SLIDE (AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST OF SLIDE CONTENTS) THAT IS TELLING YOU OF CHANGES MADE TO THE SYLLABUS FOR 2022. PLEASE KEEP CHECKING THIS SLIDE FOR DETAILS IN EACH SECTION THAT YOU STUDY.

The following is a copy made directly from that slide:

 

Only for 2022 must you remove the following sections from your syllabus:

Page 2: Remove the Use of Fertilisers.

Page 17: Remove the entire green block on Cancer.

Pages 26 and 27: Ignore Both Pages (26 and 27) entirely.

Page 32: Ignore the whole of Page 32.

Page 35: Cross out that small section (near the top) under the heading of Guttation.

Page 37: Cross out that small section (near the top) under the heading of Wilting.

Page 44: Ignore the whole of Page 44.

Page 45: Ignore the bottom section on Osteoporosis.

Page 46: Ignore the whole of Page 46.

Page 50: Ignore the whole of Page 50.

Page 51: Ignore the bottom half of Page 51, from Diseases of the Heart and Circulatory System.

Page 52: Ignore the whole of Page 52.

Page 55 to 59: Do not study the details of the different biomes - only be aware of page 56 here.

Page 72: Ignore the top section on Ecotourism.

Page 78: Ignore the whole of Page 78.

Page 79: Only ignore the block on the right-hand side, showing the Timeline of Significant Events in the History of the Earth.

Page 88: Ignore the whole of Page 88.