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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, spec