Scholarship
Information from NZQA: Candidates who are successful :
• write detailed and specific answers to all (three) questions
• address all parts of each question (breadth) in great detail (depth)
• use all of the resource material to answer each question
• demonstrate their knowledge of biological concepts by making links and justifications that are not immediately apparent from the information given
• analyse and interpreted data accurately and are able to make inferences from it.
• write detailed and specific answers to all (three) questions
• address all parts of each question (breadth) in great detail (depth)
• use all of the resource material to answer each question
• demonstrate their knowledge of biological concepts by making links and justifications that are not immediately apparent from the information given
• analyse and interpreted data accurately and are able to make inferences from it.
The Bioblog below is especially for NZ Scholarship bio students. It is written by Dr Alison Campbell of Waikato University. An excellent resource!!!
Dr Alison Campbell, Waikato University.
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This is an extract from the bioblog. It explains the aswers and strategic thinking behind answering a 2012 scholarship question.
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The next link is to a very interesting article and information of the genetics of human circadian rhythms and clocks.
This is the latest on plant communication systems. It has a clip which runs for about 5 mins and is really cool!! It is a Teded lesson so you can do the questions etc if you want to!!
A 15 min talk about your clock!! |
Issues to consider
Below is a link to a webquest about the issue of people being able to take pills which enhance memory. A Cold Spring Harbour exercise for students to investigate ethical issues
If you cant seem to get full written text from a magazine or Journal try this search engine below
Picture below from National Geographic
Below is an interetsting article of how the food we consume can effect the expression of genes
Ants and the internet!!! Link
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