17
Jun
 2026
Assignments for Senior Phase Biology All Events
Event Start: 09:00
Event Finish: 16:00
This course aims to support teachers delivering senior phase Biology assignments. This will include sessions aligned to the N5, Higher and Higher Human course specifications. In addition, many of the practical sessions will be applicable for AH Biology projects and, of course, provide ideas that can be utilised at various points throughout BGE and Senior phase courses to enhance curriculum delivery. The course will take place at SSERC in Dunfermline over two days.
  
For each session, we will explore different independent variables and methodologies to facilitate the range of experiments outlined by the SQA per class.
 
The topics include:
  • ·     Various low-cost enzyme investigations suitable for large-scale assignment work across a faculty
  • ·     Photosynthesis
  • ·     Fermentation
  • ·     Fertilisers
  • ·     Cell division and the mitotic index
  • ·     Plant investigations using CO2 probes
  • ·     Saccharomyces spheres
 
The programme is jam-packed with lots of new ideas that are simple to carry out and keep things as low cost as possible.

Course Dates:  17th-18th June 2026

Closing Date: 15th May 2026

Course Leader

Johnathan Doran

01383 626070

Accommodation

Overnight accommodation between day 1 and 2 can be provided on a dinner, bed and breakfast basis at a local hotel. Please refer to the cost tab for the residential course fees  

Location

The course will be held at SSERC in Dunfermline. Our SSERC buildings are at 2 Pitreavie Court, Dunfermline, KY11 8UU. SSERC is a short (5-10 minutes) walk from Rosyth railway station and close to the end of the A823(M) spur off Junction 2 of the M90 motorway. Car journey times (approximately): Edinburgh – 30 min; Glasgow – 60 min; Aberdeen – 2.5 hours; Inverness – 3 hours.

 

Course fee payable to SSERC (Residential, with accommodation) – £255
Course fee payable to SSERC (Non-Residential, no accommodation) – £125

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the course, participants will be able to:  

  • Demonstrate an enhanced portfolio of ideas for practical work across senior phase biology courses 
  • Use a wider variety of teaching strategies to promote learning in science including demonstrations and scientific enquiry 
  • Exemplify the importance of contemporary science and its applications in the context of the curriculum  
  • Network with fellow professionals and explore mechanisms for ongoing support 
  • Understand the range of opportunities within the wider STEM engagement portfolio which SSERC offers
  • Evaluate their own professional learning and its impact on learners

The programme will include investigations with: 

  • Pectinase
  • Fertilisers and plant growth
  • Mitotic index in root structures
  • Fermentation
  • Trypsin
  • Saccharomyces spheres
  • CO2 probes and plant types/environmental factors
  • Photosynthesis
  • Invertase

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South Pitreavie Business Park,
Dunfermline,
KY11 8UU

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