Biology in Focus Year 11 Student Book Updated

Built upon teacher advice, Biology in Focus Year 11 is a new digital teaching and learning solution designed to create confident and successful HSC Biology students.

Biology in Focus meets the complete requirements of the 2017 NSW NESA Stage 6 Biology syllabus in intent, content and sequence and is now supported with even more digital support and resources.

This new edition prepares HSC Biology students for their final exams with scaffolded exam-style questions written by experienced examiners and teachers and extensive revision resources available for all chapters on Nelson MindTap.

This product includes Nelson MindTap. NMT products are not for individual use, they are for adoption, class set or book hire. Nelson MindTap is teacher-led courseware and requires an active course for access. This is a student activation code that can only be used to access a Nelson MindTap course as part of a school’s adoption. Please contact your learning consultant to discuss purchasing options.

Features:

• Scaffolded exam practice is included in every chapter, with questions ranging from Band 3-6, to ensure every student is prepared for their HSC exams.
• Working scientifically skills embedded in investigations and depth study suggestions are provided at the end of each module.
• A wide range of?activities and investigations?throughout, as well as a dedicated chapters in each student book, will help students develop and practise the Working Scientifically Skills.
• Exam question analysis videos unpack HSC exam-style questions to empower students with a deeper understanding of how to approach and answer complex exam questions.
• Contains a dedicated chapter on how to approach and carry out the Depth Study

About the Authors

Glenda Chidrawi (B.Sc. Hons, H Dip Ed (PG)) has been involved in Biology education for 30 years. With an honours degree in Molecular Biology, she has taught and lectured biology in both South Africa and Australia (Brigidine College 2000-2014 and Knox Grammar School 2015-2016). Glenda has co-authored Senior Biology textbooks, including the Biology Options – Communication which is part of an award-winning series. Glenda has also co-authored the Biology in Focus Preliminary and Biology in Focus HSC text books and the Student Resource CDs and Teachers’ Resource CDs that support these publications. Glenda’s writing experience includes articles published in educational journals and she has written for the AIS and current NSW QTP Science Program “Teaching the Stage 6 Syllabus”. More recently, Glenda co-authored the Nelson iScience10 text book for the NSW Australian syllabus. Glenda is a familiar figure at Educational conferences in Australia and she has also been a member of the ISTAA Review and assessment panel for accreditation of teachers through the NSW Institute of Teachers.

Margaret Robson has been a Science teacher with the NSW Department of Education for the last 37 years, teaching both Biology and Chemistry. She is currently Head Teacher of Science at Brisbane Water Secondary College. Margaret was one of the co-authors of the very successful Biology in Focus, HSC text. Her work for this text included writing for the Student Resource CD and the Teacher Resource CD. Margaret has been a HSC marker for Biology since 1996, including 9 years as a Senior Marker. She has also served as a member of the committee responsible for preparing the Catholic Trial paper in Biology for the last 7 years.