A Level Biology - Franklin College

Essential Bridging Work

A Level Biology

Please complete the below work in preparation for your start at Franklin this September. This should be completed in time for enrolment, work can be in a written or electronic format.

Any questions please contact our admissions department – [email protected]

Topic / Context Completing the bridging tasks will ensure that you are on your way to becoming a successful A level Biology student. The tasks relate to just some of the skills you will need:

• Keeping organised

• Ensuring your knowledge and understanding is continually being addressed and assessed

• Being able to work independently

Task Visit the following webpage and download the document entitled ‘A Level Biology

Bridging Work 2020’. Follow the instructions to complete the work.

You will need to click on ‘download’ in the top right corner of the pop-up to download

the document.

https://padlet.com/lubermensche/sciencebridge password = bridging

TASK 1 – ORGANISATION

It is essential that you are organized for every lesson, your notes & booklets organized

in a sectioned folder.

It is also essential that you come to each lesson with a full set of stationery and

calculator.

Our expectation is that you complete your own work related to the following

instructions. PLEASE DO NOT PLAGARISE.

TASK 2 – RECAPPING GCSE KNOWLEDGE

Using this link: https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/biology-revision/igcse-cie/

You will read, revise and make your own summary notes on the topics 2, 4 & 5.

You will then answer the 5 exam questions to check your understanding.

TASK 3 - READING ACTIVITY & MAKING SUMMARY NOTES

You will access the online magazine the Big Picture https://issuu.com/wellcome-

trust/docs/wtdv030918

You will open the downloadable resource: The Cell. You will read pages 4 & 5 and make

summary notes (maximum 3 pages)

Resources HYPERLINKS – stated above

Presentation Complete the instructions. If you are unable to print them you can handwrite them.

Tasks 2 – Your summary notes MUST BE HANDWRITTEN.

Task 3 can be handwritten or a printed out electronic copy.

PLEASE DO NOT PLAGARISE.

NAME: ………………………………………..

A-level Biology is a big step up from GCSE.

To help you succeed on this challenging A level course it is vital that you are

organised and have an excellent understanding of the concepts you

covered at GCSE and will study in greater depth over the first year of A-level

Biology.

You will need to complete Tasks 1, 2 & 3 in time for enrolment.

YEAR 12 BIOLOGY BRIDGING TASK ✓ ✓ ✓

TASK 1

Organisation

A file, with dividers or clear sections for Year 1

modules

Stationary

Calculator

TASK 2

Recapping

GCSE knowledge

using

PHYSICS & MATHS

TUTOR WEBSITE

TOPIC 2

Organisation of the

organism

Summary notes

TOPIC 4

Biological molecules Summary notes

TOPIC 3

Enzymes Summary notes

EXAM QUESTIONS

related topics 2, 4 & 5 Completed

TASK 3

Reading activity &

making notes

Notes (max 3 pages) Completed

PLEASE PRINT THIS PAGE AND PLACE IN THE FRONT OF YOUR BIOLOGY FOLDER

Information

We follow the OCR A GCE Biology specification

If you want to have a look at it, open this link

https://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/171736-specification-accredited-a-level-gce-biology-a-h420.pdf

BRIDGING TASK 1 – ORGANISATION

Being organised from the beginning will enable you to be a successful

student.

So, for your first lesson at Franklin College (& actually for every lesson!!) please

ensure you have the following equipment:

Ring binder/large lever arch file with dividers

Pens

Pencil

Ruler

Rubber

Sharpener

Highlighters

Calculator

Introduction to TASK 2

A-level Biology is a big step up from GCSE.

In order to prepare for Biology A-level, it is vital that you have an excellent

understanding of the following concepts, all of which you covered at GCSE

and will study in greater depth over the first year of A-level Biology:

MODULE 2: FOUNDATIONS IN BIOLOGY

2.1.1 Cell structure

2.1.2 Biological molecules

2.1.3 Nucleotides and nucleic acids

2.1.4 Enzymes

2.1.5 Biological membranes

2.1.6 Cell division, cell diversity & cellular organisation

MODULE 3: EXCHANGE & TRANSPORT

3.1.1 Exchange surfaces

3.1.2 Transport in animals

3.1.3 Transport in plants

To ensure you have an excellent grounding in each of

these topics, please complete the following tasks.

COVER in

BRIDGING TASK 2

COVER in HWK over

October half term hols

(& partly in Bridging

task)

COVER in HWK over

Christmas hols

BRIDGING TASK 2 – RECAPPING GCSE KNOWLEDGE

1. Open this link: https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/biology-revision/igcse-cie/

2. Then for each of the Topics 2, 4 & 5, open them one at a time.

Then open the Summary Notes, carefully read them and then make your own

summary notes.

This should be completed in time for enrolment.

3. Answer the following 5 exam questions.

You may want to print off these next 4 pages.

BRIDGING TASK 2 – CHECKING YOUR UNDERSTANDING: EXAM QUESTIONS

NAME: ……………………………………..

1.

2. CIRCLE THE CORRECT ANSWER

3.

4. CIRCLE THE CORRECT ANSWER

5.

* this means this is an extended response question.

You need to write a detailed and balanced answer.

BRIDGING TASK 3 – READING ACTIVITY & MAKING SUMMARY NOTES

Once you have opened the online magazine the Big Picture(instructions in

box below) you will find a wealth of information about cell biology.

There is a variety of resources for you to access.

For this task you need to read pages 4 & 5: Beginnings and basics.

Write a summary of pages 4 & 5 (maximum 3 pages).

The Big Picture is an excellent publication from the

Wellcome Trust. Along with the magazine, the company

produces posters, videos and other resources aimed at

students studying for GCSEs and A level.

Topic 1: The Cell

Open the online magazine:

go to pages 4 & 5

https://issuu.com/wellcome-

trust/docs/wtdv030918

TED TALKS TO WATCH

A New Superweapon in the Fight Against Cancer

Available at:

https://www.ted.com/talks/paula_hammond_a_new_supe

rweapon_in_the_fight_against_cancer#t-185865

Cancer is a very clever, adaptable disease. To defeat

it, says medical researcher and educator Paula

Hammond, we need a new and powerful mode of

attack.

Why Bees are Disappearing

Available at:

https://www.ted.com/talks/marla_spivak_why_bees_a

re_disappearing

Honeybees have thrived for 50 million years,

each colony 40 to 50,000 individuals coordinated

in amazing harmony. So why, seven years ago,

did colonies start dying en-masse?

What Doctors Don’t Know About the Drugs They

Prescribe

Available at: https://www.ted.com/talks/ben_goldacre_what_doctors_do

n_t_know_about_the_drugs_they_prescribe?language=en

When a new drug gets tested, the results of the

trials should be published for the rest of the

medical world – except much of the time,

negative or inconclusive findings go unreported,

leaving doctors and researchers in the dark.

Growing new organs

Available at: https://www.ted.com/talks/anthony_atala_growing_new_or

gans

When a new drug gets tested, the results of the

trials should be published for the rest of the

medical world – except much of the time,

negative or inconclusive findings go unreported,

leaving doctors and researchers in the dark.

SCIENCE WEBSITES

LEARN GENETICS ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY PHYSICS & MATHS TUTOR

OF LONDON https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/ https://www.zsl.org/ https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/

DNA FROM THE BEGINNING BIOINTERACTIVE INTERACTIVE SIMULATIONS

http://www.dnaftb.org/ https://www.biointeractive.org/ https://phet.colorado.edu/