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Advanced Higher Biology Programmes

FSC programmes are fixed length courses with clearly stated outcomes and links to SQA National Qualification/Course Arrangement requirements.

Specific programmes have been developed for those studying Advanced Higher Biology to enable teachers to quickly and easily book a fieldtrip, safe in the knowledge that it will be directly related to work taught in the classroom and will contribute to achieving SQA Arrangement requirements.

Three day programme:
Environmental Biology

This three day programme is designed to meet the needs of the Environmental Biology module, and will cover many of the fieldwork techniques that students will need to master for their examination.

  • Biological sampling methods
  • Data collection using a range of fieldwork techniques
  • Analysis and presentation of data
  • Investigations into soils, hydroseral succession, freshwater pollution, exotic species and conservation

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Five day programme:
Environmental Biology

This five day programme is designed to meet the needs of designed to meet the needs of the Environmental Biology module. This longer programme covers the same content as the three day programme, but enables students to gain further experience in fieldwork and to experience a wider range of habitats and organisms.

  • Biological sampling methods
  • Data collection using a range of fieldwork techniques
  • Analysis and presentation of data
  • Investigations into freshwater pollution, succession of a hydrosere, grassland grazing and exotic species

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Three day programme:
Biology Investigations

This three day course is designed to meet the needs of the ‘Biological Investigation’ module, this short course covers the planning and collection of information through survey work that students have to master for their examination.

  • Biological fieldwork techniques
  • Project planning techniques
  • Completion of a personal project

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Five day programme:
Investigations in Environmental Biology

This five day course is designed to meet the needs of both the ‘Environmental Biology’ and ‘Biology Investigation’ modules of the Advanced Higher syllabus.

  • Biological fieldwork techniques and sampling
  • Project planning techniques
  • Investigations into freshwater pollution, succession of a hydrosere
  • Visit to an organic farming and conservation project
  • Small mammal identification
  • Completion of a personal fieldwork project

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Small Groups?

Do you want to give your students the benefit of residential biology fieldwork, but you haven’t the number of students to make it viable to do it yourself?

Find out more about joining other Scottish schools on a Three Day Advanced higher programme in the autumn term.