Our curriculum is structured to provide students with holistic understanding of the subject matter laying emphasis on learning concepts; high level thinking, learning the scientific process and using experimental design procedures, inquiry focusing on problem based learning process.
The topics covered in the Biology section are general, but the depth of coverage will be assessed early on for individualized learning. Major topics covered include:
Cells
This section covers:
Introduction to cells, basic cell structures
Cell types (prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells); Plant and Animal cells
Cell’s structure and function
Emergent property of Unicellular and Multicellular Life, etc.
Reproduction and Cell Division
This section covers:
Different types of reproduction, sexual and asexual
Reproduction in plants and in animals
Fertilization
Cell division and development etc.
Genetics
This section covers:
Molecular Genetics and Hereditary
DNA structure and replication
Transcription and Translation
Applications in biotechnology
Exploration of DNA and its role in storing and inheritance of genetic information
Conceptual Exploration from the large scale organization of ecosystems, to systems that cycle matter, and smaller systems in organisms that arrange matter through genetic instructions, etc.
Metabolism
This section covers:
Introduction to metabolism covering respiration and photosynthesis
Anabolic and Catabolic reactions
Enzymes Kinetics: structure and function
Factors that affect enzyme activity
Production of Energy and transport
Passive and Active Transport
Osmosis, Diffusion and Tonicity, etc.
Ecology
Learning will lay emphasis on:
Interdependency between biotic and abiotic factors on earth
Dynamics of Matter and Energy flow through the Ecosystems, focusing on the carbon cycle and its flow through the processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration, etc.