Jon Scott, Gus Cameron, Anne Goodenough, Dawn Hawkins, Jenny Koenig, Martin Luck, and others
Life and its Exploration: Foundational Principles
Topic 1: Exploring the science of life
Topic 2: The emergence of life on Earth
Topic 3: Defining Life
Topic 4: Evolutionary processes
Topic 5: The diversity, organisation, and classification of life
Quantitative
Toolkits
Quantitative Toolkit 1: Understanding data
Quantitative Toolkit 2: Size and scale
Quantitative Toolkit 3: Describing data
Quantitative Toolkit 4: Ratio and proportion
Quantitative Toolkit 5: Understanding samples
Quantitative Toolkit 6: Designing
experiments
Quantitative Toolkit 7: Assessing patterns
Quantitative Toolkit 8: Formulae and equations
Quantitative Toolkit 9: Rates of change
Module 1 LIFE AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL
1. Building blocks: molecules and macromolecules
2. Energy: powering biochemical
processes
3. Information: genes and genomes
4. Mendelian genetics
5. Reading the genome: gene expression and protein synthesis
6. Proteins and proteomes
7. Metabolism: energy capture and release from food
8. Molecular tools and techniques
Module 2 LIFE AT THE CELLULAR
LEVEL
9. Characteristics of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
10. Cell division in prokaryotes and eukaryotes
11. Microbial diversity
12. The growth, measurement, and visualisation of cells
13. Microbes in life: harnessing their power
14. Microbes as agents of infectious
disease
15. Viruses
Module 3 THE HUMAN ORGANISM: TISSUES, ORGANS, AND SYSTEMS
16. Physiology overview
17. Communication and control 1: introducing the nervous and endocrine systems
18. Communication and control 2: sensory systems
19. Communication and control 3:
controlling organ systems
20. Muscle and movement
21. Cardiovascular system
22. Respiratory system
23. Exercise physiology
24. Renal system
25. Digestive system
26. Reproductive system
27. Immune system
Module 4 ORGANISMAL DIVERSITY: STRUCTURE, ADAPTATION, AND
SURVIVAL
28. The structure of living organisms
29. Body plans
30. Interaction with the external environment
31. Movement, locomotion, and migration
32. Defence against predation and invasion
33. Reproduction and development
Module 5 ORGANISMS IN THEIR
ENVIRONMENTS
34. Fundamental concepts: ecology, evolution, species, and speciation
35. Genes: evolutionary change in alleles, genotypes, and phenotypes
36. Populations: quantifying demographics and modelling change
37. Communities: species interactions and biodiversity
metrics
38. Ecosystems: abiotic interactions and environmental processes
39. Challenges: key threats to ecosystems
40. Solutions: managing, conserving, and restoring ecosystems
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Jon Scott is Emeritus Professor of Bioscience Education at the University of Leicester, UK.
Gus Cameron is Reader in Biomedical Science Education, School of Biochemistry at the University of Bristol, UK.
Anne Goodenough is Professor in Applied Ecology at the University of
Gloucestershire, UK.
Dawn Hawkins is Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences at Anglia Ruskin University.
Jenny Koenig is Assistant Professor in Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences at the University of Nottingham, UK.
Martin Luck is Emeritus Professor of Physiological Education at the University of Nottingham, UK.
Despo Papachristodoulou is Reader of Medical Education at King's College London, UK.
Alison Snape is Reader in Bioscience Education at King's College London, UK.
Kay
Yeoman is Professor of Science Communication, School of Biological Sciences at the University of East Anglia, UK.
Mark Goodwin is Associate Professor in the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology at the University of Leicester, UK.
