Biology: Western Australia
The current syllabus in Western Australia is different in content and sequence to the Australian Curriculum, however there is much overlap with the unit 2 modules; Cells as the basis of life and multicellular organisms.
These are example schedules to demonstrate the content of the meriSTEM online course as it might map to the WA curriculum.
Unit 2
| Use meriSTEM Module | Use meriSTEM Sub-topics | Australian Curriculum Biology Science Understandings | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Science Skills | |||
| Cells as the Basis of Life | 1. Microscopes and cell theory | 39, 40, 45, 46, 52 | |
| 2. Cell structure and function | 45 – 49 | ||
| 3. Cell structure and function: Photosynthesis study | 47, 49, 52, 54, 55, 59 | ||
| 4. Energy for cells | 53, 44 | ||
| 5. Proteins | 44, 49, 50, 51 | ||
| Multicellular Organisms | 1. Cell specialisation | 48, 49, 50, 54, 55, , 56, 57, 60 | |
| 2. Animal systems and cell specialisation | |||
Note. As this course was designed around the Australian Curriculum, currently the course does not include specifically:
- synthesis of biological molecules from monomers
- enzyme models (lock and key model and the induced fit model)
- analysing the rates of photosynthesis and cellular respiration based on reactants available
- adaptations of terrestrial Australian plants.