INTRODUCTION:
The course introduces you to content about water and organic molecules such as carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and nucleic acids and their significance in organisms. Their physical and chemical properties, and their functions as constituent parts of an organism’s body are also included.Understanding what structures make up some animals and plants (ANATOMY), how these structures function (PHYSIOLOGY) and how organisms can be manipulated to benefit life as a whole in BIOTECHNOLOGY and GENETIC ENGINEERING . You will be required to acquire biological concepts, facts and principles within selected important broad headings that are cited here. How the organisms immune system is designed or organised to deal with infections and diseases in IMMUNOLOGY
will also be included.
The course addresses aerobic and anaerobic respiration with a special focus on ATP in living cells, glycolysis and Krebs cycle. It also covers transport systems i.e. the circulatory and lymphatic systems (lymph nodes and vessels), immunity (passive and active) as a way in which the body deals with disease causing agents, infectious diseases and the environment; water as a constituent part of an organism’s body, its physical and chemical properties, organic molecules _ carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and nucleic acids and their significance in living organisms or systems. Biotechnology as harnessing life processes or microorganisms to produce commodities or deliver services; looking at characteristics and the role of microbes in food processing such as cheese and yogurt making, medicine, agriculture, sewage treatment, single cell protein(SCP) and mining, genetic engineering, bio-gas production is also incorporated.
- Teacher: Nkoja Khechane
- Teacher: Puleng Mapuru