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Table 4 Biology topics for senior secondary school level

From: Science education in Indonesia: past, present, and future

Grade 10

Grade 11

Grade 12

- What is biology?

- Indonesian biodiversity

- Classification of organisms

- Characteristics and roles of viruses, archaebacteria, eubacteria, protista, fungi, plants, and invertebrates in human life

- Ecosystem, energy flow in ecosystems, biogeochemical cycles, and interactions within the ecosystem

- Environmental and climate change and waste recycling

- Structure and function of plant and animal cells

- Plant and animal tissue

- Human body system: skeleton and muscle system, circulatory system, digestive system, respiratory system, coordination system, reproductive system, and immune system

- Plant and animal growth

- Enzyme, photosynthesis, cellular respiration

- Structure and function of genetic materials (DNA, RNA, genes, and chromosomes) and protein synthesis

- Cell division (plant and animal)

- Mendelian inheritance

- Mutation

- Evolution

- Biotechnology

  1. Source: MOEC (2016b)