AS90715

  This achievement standard involves the description of applications of biotechnological techniques to meet human needs and demands. ** Achievement Criteria **
 * Achievement Standard**
 * ** Subject Reference ** |||||||||| Biology 3.6 ||
 * ** Title ** |||||||||| Describe applications of biotechnological techniques ||
 * ** Level ** |||| 3 || ** Credits ** || 3 |||| ** Assessment ** || Internal ||
 * ** Subfield ** |||||||||||||| Science ||
 * ** Domain ** |||||||||||||| Biology ||
 * ** Registration date ** |||| 1 November 2005 |||| ** Date version published ** |||| 1 November 2005 ||
 * ** Achievement ** || ** Achievement with Merit ** || ** Achievement with Excellence ** ||
 *  · Describe applications of biotechnological techniques to meet human needs and demands. ||  · Explain applications of biotechnological techniques to meet human needs and demands. ||  · Discuss applications of biotechnological techniques to meet human needs and demands. ||

**Explanatory Notes**
1 This achievement standard is derived from // Biology in the New Zealand Curriculum //, Learning Media, Ministry of Education, 1994, p. 28, achievement objective 8.3 (b). 2 // Techniques // must be relevant to the application and may include: PCR, ligation, use of restriction enzymes, gel electrophoresis, DNA sequencing, DNA chips, tissue culture. Techniques will be considered in the context of a relevant application. 3 // Applications // will be selected from: gene cloning, transgenesis, DNA profiling, genome analysis, stem cell research, xenotransplantation. Applications are to be considered in the context of meeting human needs or demands. 4 Terms  · // Describe //requires the student to define, use annotated diagrams, give characteristics of, or an account of.  · // Explain //requires the student to provide a reason as to how or why something occurs.  · // Discuss //requires the student to show understanding by linking biological ideas. It may involve students in justifying, relating, evaluating, comparing and contrasting, and analysing.  

**Quality Assurance**
1 Providers and Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority before they can register credits from assessment against achievement standards.  2 Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against achievement standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those achievement standards.  
 * <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 1cm; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; tab-stops: 1.0cm; text-indent: -1cm;">Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference || <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 1cm; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; tab-stops: 1.0cm; text-indent: -1cm;">0226 ||