Prepare your students for QCE success with the very best revision and exam preparation support available for Queensland.

Cambridge Checkpoints QCE study guides are written by highly experienced Queensland teachers, including curriculum developers and examination review panel members, making these guides essential preparation tools for students’ summative external assessment.

The new Cambridge Checkpoints QCE study guides are the ideal companion to textbook resources and the perfect year-round study tool to guide students towards success in their QCE. They provide essential revision and exam preparation support to equip your students with the skills, knowledge and confidence they need, including:

• an overview of the entire Year 11 and Year 12 syllabus, supported by summaries and maps where relevant, as well as assessment-related activities
• a focus on understanding concepts and consolidating the key knowledge and skills required for the summative external assessment
• guidance on revision in preparation for examinations
• advice on how to approach the summative external assessment
• practice summative external assessment-type questions with worked solutions or annotated responses

All titles also include access to Cambridge Digital Checkpoints QCE to help you prepare for your exams anytime and anywhere with:

• an online, interactive and responsive version of the Checkpoints study guide;
• auto-marked multiple-choice questions and other self-marking questions;
• supporting videos.

Unit 1 Cells and multicellular organisms
Topic 1 Cells as the basis of life
Topic 2 Multicellular organisms
Unit 1 Data test (Digital only chapter)
Unit 2 Maintaining the internal environment
Topic 1 Homeostasis
Topic 2: Infectious disease
Unit 2 Sample experiment (Digital only chapter)
Unit 3 Biodiversity and the interconnectedness of life
Topic 1 Describing biodiversity
Topic 2 Ecosystem dynamics
Unit 3 Data test (Digital only chapter)
Unit 4 Heredity and continuity of life
Topic 1 DNA, genes and the continuity of life Topic 2 Continuity of life on Earth
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