A2 Biology for AQA: Revised and updated support for the new 2008 AQA Biology GCE specification. - Softcover

Hirst, Keith; Jones, Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 000726822X ISBN 13: 9780007268221

Publisher: Collins Educational, 2009

Synopsis

Collins A2 Biology for AQA is the ideal resource to support you through the 2008 AQA GCE course. It has been developed with the help of AQA examiners to ensure a perfect match to the 2008 specification and provides everything you need to succeed in your exam.

This book covers AQA Biology A2 units:
Unit 4 - Populations and Environment
Unit 5 - Control in Cells and in Organisms

The book includes the following features:

· How Science Works feature boxes and assignments

· Real world science in context at the start of every chapter

· Questions throughout the text, with answers provided in the back of the book

· Key fact summaries throughout the text

· Stretch and challenge boxes to push the most able students

· Exam-style questions at the end of every chapter

· Practice synoptic questions

The website includes the following additional support material:

· Mark schemes for exam-style questions from the book

· Sample student answers to exam-style questions at 2 levels with examiner comments to show students how to achieve a higher grade

· Guidance for PSAs to help students to achieve the best grades in their practical assessments

· Mathematical and examination technique guidance to ensure that students know how to best prepare for and handle their exams.

Also available from Collins: AS Biology for AQA, covering AQA Biology AS units:
Unit 1 - Biology and Disease
Unit 2 - The Variety of Living Organisms

About this title

Review:

Reviews of previous edition:

“I found this book to be really helpful. It starts each topic with interesting,real life situations and explains the work clearly. Good diagrams and photos too. The key facts summaries are really useful and the questions (with answers at the back!) check that you understand.”

“I think this book is great. Being an A2 Biology student I have found the book to be the most helpful and very informative. It has all the relevant information and the sections are clear and it is very easy to find things as it is well set out. The pictures are clear with diagrams well labelled. The book is very colourful so makes you choose that one. The most important part for me is the key points after sections which is most helpful along with the questions throughout. Overall the book is very easy to understand, colourful and a great help.”

Book Description:

Revised and updated support for the new 2008 AQA Biology GCE specification.

About this edition

• Publisher: Collins Educational
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 000726822X
• ISBN 13: 9780007268221
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Higginbottom Lesley