S1-3

butterfly-404731_640Students at PL study all three Sciences in S1 to S3. In S1 and S2 this is a combined science course which consists of topics from each of the three sciences. The “biology” topics in S1 and S2 are currently:

S1

  • Cells & Microbes
  • Ecology

S2

  • Healthy Body
  • Genetics & Reproduction

In S3 students have a combination of ‘Core’ and ‘Option’ science topics. All students complete the core topics with the option topics offered as part of the whole-school S3 programme. The biology topics in S3 are currently:

Core

  • What lives, what dies…why?
  • Is Tissue Engineering the Medicine of the future?

Option

  • The Human Body
  • Forensic Science (combined with Chemistry & Physics)