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Performance band descriptions for Biology
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The typical performance in this band:
Band 6
- demonstrates an extensive knowledge and understanding of scientific concepts in Biology, including complex and abstract ideas
- communicates scientific understanding succinctly, logically, and consistently using correct and precise scientific terms and application of nomenclature in a variety of formats and wide range of contexts
- designs and plans investigations to obtain accurate, reliable, valid and relevant primary and secondary data, evaluating risks, mitigating where applicable, and making modifications in response to new evidence
- selects, processes, and interprets accurate, reliable, valid, and relevant qualitative and quantitative, primary or secondary data, and represents it using a range of scientific formats to derive trends, show patterns and relationships, explain phenomena, and make predictions
- designs solutions to scientific problems, questions, or hypotheses using selected accurate, reliable, valid, and relevant primary and secondary data, and scientific evidence, by applying processes, modelling and formats
- applies knowledge and information to unfamiliar situations to propose comprehensive solutions or explanations for scientific issues or scenarios in Biology
Band 5
- demonstrates thorough knowledge and understanding of scientific concepts in Biology, including complex and abstract ideas
- communicates scientific understanding, logically, and effectively using correct scientific terms and application of nomenclature in a variety of formats and wide range of contexts
- designs and plans investigations to obtain accurate, reliable, valid and relevant primary and secondary data, evaluating risks, mitigating where applicable, and making some modifications in response to new evidence
- selects, processes, and interprets accurate, reliable, valid, and relevant qualitative and quantitative, primary or secondary data, and represents it using a range of scientific formats to derive trends, show patterns and relationships
- designs solutions to scientific problems, questions, or hypotheses using selected accurate, reliable, and valid primary and secondary data, and scientific evidence, by applying processes, and formats
- applies knowledge and information to unfamiliar situations to propose explanations for scientific issues or scenarios in Biology
Band 4
- demonstrates sound knowledge and understanding of scientific concepts in Biology
- communicates scientific understanding effectively using scientific terms and application of nomenclature
- designs and plans investigations to obtain primary and secondary data and evaluates risks
- processes and interprets primary and secondary data, and represents it using a range of scientific formats
- identifies scientific problems, questions, or hypotheses and applies processes, and formats to primary or secondary data
- applies knowledge and information relevant to scientific issues or scenarios in Biology
Band 3
- demonstrates basic knowledge and understanding of scientific concepts in Biology
- communicates scientific understanding using basic scientific terms and application of nomenclature
- implements scientific processes to obtain primary and secondary data and identifies risks
- processes primary or secondary data, and represents it using scientific formats
- responds to scientific problems, questions, or hypotheses
- recalls scientific knowledge and information in Biology
Band 2
- demonstrates limited knowledge and understanding of scientific concepts in Biology
- communicates scientific understanding using limited scientific terms
- partially outlines investigations to obtain data and information
- provides simple descriptions of scientific phenomena
- recalls basic scientific knowledge and information in Biology.