Welcome to the BioNinja VCE Website!

Welcome to the BioNinja VCE website – your one-stop resource for everything related to VCE Biology!

This website is designed specifically for the current VCE Biology study design (2022 – 2026)

  • Unit 1 and 2 content is taught in Year 11 (optional) and is assessed internally by the school
  • Unit 3 and 4 content is taught in Year 12 and is assessed via SACs (5 x 10%) and an exam (50%)
  • Certain key science skills and interdisciplinary content are embedded across all units of study
  • Each unit of study should involve a minimum of 50 hours of scheduled classroom instruction
  • Only the Year 12 content (Units 3 and 4 + core skills) contributes to the VCAA derived study score


All resources on this site are free to use and share (with appropriate attribution). Please remember:

  • This website is still under development (so new features may be periodically added over time)
  • This site was optimised for a computer monitor – formatting may look funky on other devices


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Unit 1:  How do organisms regulate their functions?



Area of Study 1:  How do cells function?

Area of Study 2:  How do plant and animal systems function?

Unit 2:  How does inheritance impact diversity?



Area of Study 1:  How is inheritance explained?

Area of Study 2:  How do inherited adaptations impact on diversity?

Unit 3:  How do cells maintain life?



Area of Study 1:  What is the role of nucleic acids and proteins in maintaining life?

Area of Study 2:  How are biochemical pathways regulated?

Unit 4:  How does life change and respond to challenges?



Area of Study 1:  How do organisms respond to pathogens?

Area of Study 2:  How are species related over time?