Maynooth Post Primary School
Maynooth Post Primary School is a community of students, staff and parents. We aim to create a warm and caring learning
environment in which all students can achieve their full potential. We value the unique contribution of each individual in an
atmosphere of tolerance, partnership and shared respect.

Biology

Biology is the science of life and living things. It forms a knowledge base for hundreds of careers ranging from Oceanography and Ecology to Medicine and Biotechnology.

Unit 1. – The Study of Life

Food: Food types and food tests
Ecology: Study of an ecosystem.

Unit 2. – The Cell

Cell S-tructure: Cell division, Genetics, Enzymes, Photosynthesis, Respiration.

Unit 3. – The Organism
The Flowering Plant: Structure, nutrition & transport responses and sexual and asexual reproduction.
The Human Body: Heart & blood, digestion, breathing, nervous system, eye and ear, skeleton, hormones, defence system and reproduction.
Microbiology: Bacteria, fungi and viruses.

 
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