Comprehensively meets the requirements of the new Study Design

Provides tools to scaffold learning

Our experienced author team of practising teachers have comprehensively reviewed the new Study Design to ensure Cambridge Senior Science Biology VCE reflects changes such as:

• the increased focus on practical skills and bioethical understanding
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives from knowledge, culture and history
• CRISPR-Cas9 in editing genomes / improving photosynthetic efficiencies and crop yield
• adaptions of specific types of plants (C3, C4 and CAM) 
• biofuel production
• microbiota barriers
• sympatric speciation.

The formative check-in questions and summative review questions for each section can be answered in the Interactive Textbook and teachers can choose to give students access to the suggested responses to self-assess. Teachers can view student responses and provide direct feedback in the Interactive Textbook. 

The Task Manager in the Online Teaching Suite also helps teachers to allocate work geared to a student’s progress and ability.

Focuses on what students really need to know

Teachers know what their students really need to master in order to achieve VCE success and this series has been written from the ground up to support teachers to deliver just that – exactly the skills and the knowledge required without the inessential content that can distract and overwhelm students.

Supports skills development

The Units 1&2 and Units 3&4 books each include a scientific investigations chapter to help you guide students through the skills they require to conduct an investigation, analyse scientific evidence and communicate results. A chapter on research task strategies in Units 1&2 provides guidance for planning an investigation and advice on the ethical, social, legal and economic considerations involved.

Downloadable practical activities and investigations

The Online Teaching Suite provides downloadable practicals and modifiable documents for experiments, open-ended investigations or ideas for activities that meet the requirements of the science investigation skills component of the Study Design. These practicals can be used by teachers as part of the school assessed course (SAC) work. 

Teacher Support