Disease and Bio-Security · Summer Term

Pathogens and Transmission

Classifying viruses, bacteria, protists, and fungi and their mechanisms of infection.

Key Questions

  1. 1Why are viral infections significantly harder to treat than bacterial infections?
  2. 2How do social factors like population density and global travel influence the spread of pandemics?
  3. 3How have historical developments in sanitation and hygiene changed the landscape of human mortality?

National Curriculum Attainment Targets

GCSE: Biology - Infection and ResponseGCSE: Biology - Communicable Diseases
Year: Year 11
Subject: Biology
Unit: Disease and Bio-Security
Period: Summer Term

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