This elective is also being offered as a semester elective in year 9 in 2009.
It is recommended that students have achieved a Sound achievement in Core Science.

Students will study a variety of mechanisms found in ‘normal’ functioning bodies, including:

• Homeostasis.
• Nervous controls.
• Hormonal controls.
• Students will investigate some body systems associated with homeostatic control:
• Circulation system.
• Nervous system.
• Reproduction/development.
• Muscular movement and function.

Students may also be required to participate in various physical activities to measure and study body response in certain contexts.
Physiology provides a pathway to senior Biological Science.