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Cambridge AS & A Level Biology

PSPractical skills

Practical skills in Cambridge AS & A Level Biology: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
Syllabus section104 practice questions4 lessons

Overview

Not a content section of the syllabus: our grouping of the practical assessment section (Papers 3 and 5) and the Mathematical requirements.

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Lessons

  • Carrying out practical investigations: variables, results, graphs and errors

    45 min

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  • Planning investigations and evaluating data

    45 min

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  • Descriptive statistics: standard deviation, standard error and error bars

    40 min

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  • Biological drawing and microscope measurement in the practical papers

    40 min

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Sample question

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Practical skills: sample question

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How should plant cell walls be drawn in a high-power drawing of adjacent cells?

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