OCR GCSE 21st Century Biology

About this course

Biology, like Chemistry and Physics, consists of three parts:
Modules from Core Science (B1, B2, B3) and Additional Science (B4, B5, B6) plus an extension module (B7).

I’m including on this page details of the extension modules for both old and new courses. Make sure you know which course you are taking – old or new.

Exam dates for 2012

New course: The first exams for the extension module will be summer 2013.

Old course: B7 – June 12th

Exam papers

New course: Specimen papers, specification and other resources from the new science pages on the OCR website.

Old course: Past exam papers, specification and other resources from the OCR website.

Course content

The following is the content for the extension module, which is taken after the (core) science and additional science papers.

New course

Unit B3: Using biology
Topic 1 Control systems
Topic 2 Behaviour
Topic 3 Biotechnology
Unit BCA: Biology controlled assessment

Old course

Module B7:  Further Biology
• Living organisms are interdependent
• Photosynthesis
• Heterotrophic nutrition
• New technologies
• Respiration
• Circulation
• Skeletal system.

Study resources

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