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Hi all, so you’ve completed the Unit 4 VCE Biology exam for 2012. What did you think of the paper? What was hard? What was easy? How do you think you went? Let us know your thoughts and comments below (please keep them clean – all comments are moderated anyway!)…cheers

Hi all, Congratulations on finishing the Unit 3 VCE Biology exam for 2012. What did you think of the paper? What was hard? What was easy? How do you think you went? Let us know your thoughts and comments below (please keep them clean – all comments are moderated anyway!)…cheers

Hi all, With the Unit 3 exams and the GAT around the corner I thought it would be timely to remind you all of some key resources that you can find on the VCAA website to help you with your VCE exam preparation. 1. VCAA exam timetable – duh…no kidding…of course you can find when [...]

Hi all, so you’ve completed the Unit 4 VCE Biology exam for 2011. What did you think of the paper? What was hard? What was easy? How do you think you went? Let us know your thoughts and comments below (please keep them clean!)…cheers

Hi all, Congratulations on finishing the Unit 3 VCE Biology exam for 2011. What did you think of the paper? What was hard? What was easy? How do you think you went? Let us know your thoughts and comments below (please keep them clean!)…cheers

This is a guest post from former VCE student Olivia Anderson for VCE Biology. If you want to contribute your own VCE resources check out the guidelines here. Thanks Olivia! AOS 2: Change Over Time Adaptations: a feature of an organism that helps it to survive- that is, live long enough to produce viable offspring. [...]

This is a guest post from former VCE student Olivia Anderson for VCE Biology. If you want to contribute your own VCE resources check out the guidelines here. Thanks Olivia! Allele: a variation of a gene Anaphase: the phase of cell division where the chromosomes more to the poles of the new cells Aneuploidy: an [...]

Hi all, By now, you should have finished the Unit 4 VCE Biology exam for 2010. What did you think of the paper? What was hard? What was easy? How do you think you went? Let us know your thoughts and comments below (please keep them clean!)…cheers

This is a guest post from VCE student Katryna Induni for VCE Biology Unit 4 – Thanks Katryna! If you want to write a guest post on this blog, check out the information here. Genes in Action Genes are made of DNA that contains information in coded form When genes are active, instructions are decoded [...]

This is a guest post from VCE student Katryna Induni for VCE Biology Unit 4 – Thanks Katryna! If you want to write a guest post on this blog, check out the information here. DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid Make up genes Double helix Subunits: nucleotides Each nucleotide has a sugar (deoxyribose), a phosphate part and a [...]

Hi all, By now, you should have finished the Unit 3 VCE Biology exam for 2010. What did you think of the paper? What was hard? What was easy? How do you think you went? Let us know your thoughts and comments below (please keep them clean!)…cheers

Hi all I know many of you are starting to get prepared for the upcoming VCE exams. Well done for being proactive in your approach to get on top of your study! One of the most important ways to help your vce exam preparation along is to learn from the insights of teachers with vce [...]

Hi all, By now, you should have finished the Unit 4 VCE Biology exam for 2009. What did you think of the paper? What was hard? What was easy? How do you think you went? Let me know your thoughts and comments below (please keep them clean!)…cheers

Hi all, By now, you should have finished the Unit 3 VCE Biology exam for 2009. What did you think of the paper? What was hard? What was easy? How do you think you went? Let me know your thoughts and comments below (please keep them clean!)…cheers

CONTROLLING AND REGULATING BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAYS – Unit 3 Biology notes. By Emma Roache. Hint – use SAC 1 for Outcome 2 as revision Enzymes- a specific protein that acts as a catalyst to increase that rate of a particular chemical reaction in living organisms -    enzymes are protein catalysts -    They increase that rate of [...]

Hi all, The next podcast interview for the VCE help radio program will be with leading biology teacher and fellow podcaster Andrew Douch, who produces some high quality biology podcasts for VCE students. Later this week (the last week of term – woohoo) I will be recording the interview and as per usual…I need the  [...]

As part of our ongoing research we are always finding new subject specific resources including those for VCE biology. Below is a handful of some resources that may help, each with a small critique so you know what is at each website. VCAA website – Biology This page takes you to the VCAA site. It [...]

By Emma Roache (VCE graduate 2006) ‘We’ve created this problem. Multi-drug resistance is a man made problem. By developing as many antibiotics as we have, we’ve essentially accelerated an evolutionary process…’ (Microbiologist- Mr. Barry Kreiswirth) Due to human societal failures the evolution of drug-resistant strains of the tubercle bacillus has occurred all around the world. [...]