{"id":19,"date":"2017-07-25T22:22:12","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T22:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dtscience\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2021-05-25T16:45:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T16:45:01","slug":"biology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dtscience\/biology\/","title":{"rendered":"Biology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;color: #666699;font-size: 24pt\">About<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Bio stuff etc.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Prerequisites:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc\">\n<li>Math 8-10 or equivalent<\/li>\n<li>Science 8-10 or equivalent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;color: #666699;font-size: 24pt\">Courses<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Life Sciences 11 \u2013 MLFSC11<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;color: #666699;font-size: 24pt\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-314 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dtscience\/files\/2021\/05\/cdc-tLQRMO33DeI-unsplash-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"281\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Life Sciences 11 is strongly recommended for<br \/>\nstudents considering post-secondary Biology courses. This course addresses a representative sample of organisms and introduces students to a variety of biological skills and scientific processes. Students should be fluent in English as this course is vocabulary intensive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Areas of study include:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Adaptation and evolution<br \/>\n\u2022 Microbiology<br \/>\n\u2022 Plant biology<br \/>\n\u2022 Animal biology<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Anatomy and Physiology 12 \u2013 MATPH12<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-317 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dtscience\/files\/2021\/05\/national-cancer-institute-sIqWYiNLiJU-unsplash-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dtscience\/files\/2021\/05\/national-cancer-institute-sIqWYiNLiJU-unsplash-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dtscience\/files\/2021\/05\/national-cancer-institute-sIqWYiNLiJU-unsplash-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dtscience\/files\/2021\/05\/national-cancer-institute-sIqWYiNLiJU-unsplash-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dtscience\/files\/2021\/05\/national-cancer-institute-sIqWYiNLiJU-unsplash-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dtscience\/files\/2021\/05\/national-cancer-institute-sIqWYiNLiJU-unsplash-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dtscience\/files\/2021\/05\/national-cancer-institute-sIqWYiNLiJU-unsplash-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The course focus is on cells and human body function with an underlying theme of homoeostasis and control mechanisms. Concepts will be applied to the treatment of various disorders and diseases. Learning<br \/>\noutcomes are directed at scientific attitudes and critical thinking abilities. <strong>Recommended prerequisite: <\/strong><strong>Chemistry 11.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Areas of study include:<br \/>\n\u2022 Cell biology<br \/>\n\u2022 Cell processes and applications<br \/>\n\u2022 Human biology<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">AP Biology 12 &#8211; ABIO-12<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-328 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dtscience\/files\/2021\/05\/pexels-cdc-3993213-1024x1019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dtscience\/files\/2021\/05\/pexels-cdc-3993213-1024x1019.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dtscience\/files\/2021\/05\/pexels-cdc-3993213-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dtscience\/files\/2021\/05\/pexels-cdc-3993213-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dtscience\/files\/2021\/05\/pexels-cdc-3993213-768x764.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dtscience\/files\/2021\/05\/pexels-cdc-3993213-1536x1529.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dtscience\/files\/2021\/05\/pexels-cdc-3993213-2048x2038.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dtscience\/files\/2021\/05\/pexels-cdc-3993213-301x300.jpg 301w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/>This course is intended for students planning to enter Biological Sciences post-secondary. The course is designed to provide students with the conceptual framework, factual knowledge and analytical skills necessary to deal critically with this changing science. The content goes beyond the depth of Life Sciences 11 and Anatomy &amp; Physiology 12 and includes topics of biochemistry, cells, cell energetics, heredity, gene expression, natural selection and ecology.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Students <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">will prepare to write the Advanced Placement Biology <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Examination.<\/span> <strong>Chemistry 11 is a recommended<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>prerequisite course.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;color: #666699;font-size: 24pt\">Classrooms<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Room 322<\/p>\n<p>Room 3xx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Bio stuff etc. Prerequisites: Math 8-10 or equivalent Science 8-10 or equivalent Courses &nbsp; Life Sciences 11 \u2013 MLFSC11 Life Sciences 11 is strongly recommended for students considering post-secondary Biology courses. This course addresses a representative sample of organisms &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dtscience\/biology\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dtscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dtscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dtscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dtscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dtscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dtscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dtscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dtscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}