1.1 Introduction to Biology

• Meaning of Biology
• Application of Biology in everyday life
• Fields of study in Biology
• Career opportunities related to Biology

• explain the application of Biology in everyday life
• relate fields of study in Biology to career opportunities
• illustrate the careers related to fields of study in Biology
• appreciate the importance of Biology in everyday life

“How does Biology affect decisions people make every day?”

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1. What Biology is for
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   The study of living things, and the everyday decisions it informs.
2. Fields of Biology and careers
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   The branches of the subject, and what people who study them actually do.
3. Biology in Kenyan daily life
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   How biological knowledge sits behind health, food, water and environmental decisions at home and in the community.
4. How biologists investigate
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Observation, questions, evidence and honest recording - the habits that turn noticing into Biology.
5. Career routes in Kenya
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Certificate, diploma, degree and enterprise routes into biology-based work, and why the choice matters now.
6. Why Biology matters
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   A closing case for the subject: responsibility for living things, including ourselves, and the inquiry question answered.