Scholar is an extremely useful tool for revision of Higher and Advanced Higher Biology. The attached documents explain how parents can get invoved in the children’s education and support them through the Scholar program. Just hit the link below for more information.
Starting your revision? Why not visit our study skills page and make life easier for yourself
If studying doesn’t come naturally and you don’t know where to start and you always seem to study the wrong areas take a look at this useful document or chat with anyone in the Biology Department. Click on the link below.
Teacher Resource
The link below is a presentation on how to see past all CfE paperwork and actually plan lessons for the new outcomes. The presentation is really good and I hope it helps us to think about how we should be planning for the future. It is a lesson plan for parts of the body.
For students who haven’t performed as well as they would have liked in the S3 exam there is problem solving materials available on the S.G page to aid your home revision. A basic powerpoint is available and past papers.
This video celebrates 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin and his lifes work. Worth a watch.
There will be revision classes for Standard Grade,Higher and Advanced Higher Biology available during the Easter study school. They will run on:
S.G Biology – Monday 6th 9.30-12.30 (room S5)
Higher - Monday 6th 9.30-12.30 (room S4)
Advanced Higher- Monday 6th 1.30-3.30 (room S5) This will include investigation final draft!
This is an excellent opportunity to ask for help in problem areas and get valuable exam practice.
Please have the 2008 past paper completed for the first week at the new school. The marking scheme is also available for guidance. However, try the paper without notes etc.. first. Just click on the usual link and the past paper is easy to find. Also Andrew could you please get your investigation draft in!
It is an exciting time to be studying or involved in Biology as the celebrations of Darwin’s 200th birthday in February 2009 begin. As Darwin studied Medicine in Edinburgh in 1852 there are numerous events planned in the city to mark the anniversary. I would urge all students with an interest in Biology to get along to some the events that cater for all ages and let the Broughton staff know what you experienced. There are trips planned for the department’s students amd I’ll keep you posted on the blog and in class.
Check out the site below for some events.
http://www.darwin200.org/darwins-britain/edinburgh.html
Also if you get a chance have a look at the new BBC program with David Attenborough here is a link to the program on iplayer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00hd5mf/Charles_Darwin_and_the_Tree_of_Life/
Could all students in the Intermediate 2 class please make sure they have their homework completed for after the Christmas holidays. You can find it on the Int 2 page on the bar above. Thanks to all the students who have completed and handed in assignments already. If you don’t have Windows follow the instructions below or ask Mr McMaster for a paper copy. Have a good Christmas!
When you are using this blog each link below is to a Zip file containing Microsoft Word / Excel / Powerpoint documents. Once downloaded, you must extract the documents from each file using a suitable extraction tool – a free programme called 7-zip is available at www.7-zip.org. (Windows XP includes this functionality as standard.)Note:
If you don’t have Microsoft Word / Excel / Powerpoint, free viewers are available for download on the Microsoft website, www.microsoft.com.
Hope these revision aids help with your revision for prelims/final exams. If you have any questions or any ideas to make the site better please leave a comment or speak to Mr McMaster.
