BIOLOGY

                 Hello & Welcome to the Malapoa College Year 13 BIology Moodle Page 2025. 

This page contains  Biology notes, videos, and different types of assessments and their instructions. There are 5 strands altogether to finish this year for the Biology Vanuatu University Entrance Certificate course and the 5 strands are outlined in the table below; 

                     

Vanuatu National University Entrance Certificate Biology Strands 2025

STRANDS

SUB-STRANDS

IA

WEIGHT

 

1] CELLULAR BIOLOGY

 

 

A] DNA REPLICATION

B] PROTEIN SYNTHESIS

 

 

 

 

2] GENETICS

 

 

A] GENE CONCEPT

B] METABOLIC PATHWAY, GENETIC & SEX LINKAGE

C] GENE-GENE INTERACTION

D] BIOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATION

E] CONTEMPORARY BIOTECHNOLOGY ISSUE.

 

TASK 1- Research and report on a contemporary biotechnology application and issues.

 

 

10%

 

3] ORGANISM LEVEL BIOLOGY

 

 

A] ECOLOGICAL NICHE

B] OREINTATION & NAVIGATION

C] TIMING RESPONSES

D] INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION

E] INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION

 

TASK 2- Investigation into an ecological niche.

 

 

15%

 

4] ENVIROMENTAL BIOLOGY

 

 

 A] CLIMATE CHANGE

 B] CONSERVATION

 

 

 

TASK 3- Designing a model based on climate change and renewable source of energy.

 

 

15%

 

5] VARIATION AND EVALUTION

 

 

A] VARIATION

B] NATURAL SELECTION

C] GENE POOL & ALLELE FREQUENCY

D] SPECIATION

E] PATTERNS OF EVOLUTION

 

 
 
As seen from the table above there will be 3 internal assessments this year; 
1] Research 10%
2] Investigative research 15% 
3] Model presentation 15% 
                                   ----------
                                    40% 
External Exam :           60%
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                                  100 % 
Teachers teaching year 13 Biology this year: 1] Mrs. Anna Vira Yaviong (Coordinator) 
                                                                       2] Mrs Beikake Aru 
Thank you and we look forward to working with all students enrolled in this course this year 2025. All the best!
 
 "Our world is built on biology and once we begin to understand it, it then becomes a technology." ~ Richard Dawkins.