Biology GCSE Key Dates and Information
Unit 1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Unit 2
1
2
3
4
5
6
Keeping Healthy
Coordination and control
Medicine and drugs
Adaptation for survival
Energy in biomass
Variation, reproduction
and new technology
Evolution
Cells, tissues and organs
Organisms in the
environment
Enzymes
Energy from respiration
Simple inheritance in
animals and plants
Old and new species
Biology ISA (two weeks)
MOCK EXAM UNIT 1
MOCK EXAM UNIT 2
Unit 3
1
2
3
4
Exchange of materials
Transporting materials
Homeostasis and internal
conditions
How Humans Affect the
Environment
MOCK EXAM UNIT 3
Date first
studied
Year 9
Year 9
Year 9
Year 9
Year 9
Year 9
R
A
G
G* R
A
G
G*
R
A
G
G* R
A
G
G*
Date first studied R
12th December
9th January
23rd January
A
G
G* R
A
G
G*
Year 10
Date first studied
Year 10
Year 10
Year 10
Year 10
5th September
26th September
31st October
w/c 28th
November
w/c 5th December
27th February
w/c 20th March
Examination dates and times
BL1HP
Biology unit 1 higher
tier
16th May 2017
Afternoon
BL2HP
Biology unit 2 higher
tier
9th June 2017
Morning
BL3HP
Biology unit 3 higher
tier
9th June 2017
Morning (immediately
after unit 2)