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Biology for Advanced Level Secondary Schools
Preface
This textbook, Biology for Advanced Secondary Schools, is written specifically for
Form Five Biology students in the United Republic of Tanzania. The book is prepared
in accordance with the 2023 Biology Syllabus for Advanced Secondary Education,
FOR ONLINE READING ONLY
Form V-VI, issued by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. It is a revised
edition of Biology for Advanced Level Secondary Schools Student’s Book Form Five
that was published in 2019 in accordance with the 2009 syllabus issued by the then
Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MoEVT).
The book consists of seven chapters, which are: Cytology, Principles of classification,
Comparative studies of natural groups of organisms, Coordination and irritability,
Nutrition, Gas exchange and respiration, and Regulation. In addition to the content,
each chapter contains activities, tasks, illustrations, exercises and revision exercise.
You are encouraged to do all activities and attempt all questions in the exercises. Your
advised to do a project work in any theme from the covered chapters of this book.
You are also required to prepare a portfolio for keeping records of different activities
performed in different lessons. This will enhance your understanding, and development
of the intended competences for this level.
Additional learning resources are available at TIE e-Library https://ol.tie.go.tz or
ol.tie.go.tz.
Tanzania Institute of Education
Form Five Student’s Book
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