This complete bundle contains all nine DP Biology unit planners for Theme A: Unity and Diversity. Designed for a combined SL/HL classroom in Year 1, Term 1. Covers the entire theme from water to conservation.

What’s inside the bundle?

9 complete unit planners – A1.1 Water, A1.2 Nucleic Acids, A2.1 Origins of Cells (HL), A2.2 Cell Structure, A2.3 Viruses (HL), A3.1 Diversity of Organisms, A3.2 Classification and Cladistics (HL), A4.1 Evolution and Speciation, A4.2 Conservation of Biodiversity.

For a free unit plan on A1.1 Water, please visit /teaching-resource/resource-13478770 .

Detailed activities – Prior knowledge elicitation, PhET molecule modelling, hydrogen bond drawing, capillary rise investigation, Miller–Urey data evaluation, vesicle formation demonstration, RNA world discussion, LUCA evidence analysis, karyogram analysis (trisomy 21, Klinefelter), genome database extraction (NCBI), dichotomous key construction, eDNA barcoding simulation, cladogram construction (cytochrome c, parsimony), extinction case study jigsaws, citizen science biodiversity survey (Simpson’s Diversity Index), EDGE programme debate.

Assessment – Formative (entry tickets, diagram peer assessment, practical write-ups, exit tickets, mini-whiteboard checks) and Summative (end-of-unit tests: MCQ + data-based + extended response).

NOS connections – Deductive reasoning (cell theory), technology expanding knowledge (microscopy, cryo-EM), testable vs non-testable hypotheses (chromosome 2 fusion), paradigm shift (traditional taxonomy to cladistics), falsification (Scrophulariaceae), evolution as pragmatic truth, splitters vs lumpers, peer review and citizen science, ethical complexity of conservation (EDGE).

ATL skills – Thinking (graph critique, parsimony calculation, cladogram reading), Social (collaborative practicals, jigsaws, EDGE debate), Communication (scientific drawing, extended writing), Self-management (spaced retrieval, independent research), Research (NCBI Genome, BOLD Systems, IUCN Red List, iNaturalist).

Cross-curricular links – TOK (shared vs personal knowledge, objectivity of measurement), Language and Learning (bilingual English–Mandarin vocabulary glossaries), CAS (potential connections: microscopy workshop, eDNA citizen science, conservation awareness display).

Differentiation – Scaffolding (diagram templates, sentence starters, structured data tables), extension (Asgard Archaea research, polyploidy investigation), bilingual support (English–Mandarin vocabulary for all units).

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