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IGCSE Biology Core

Your child's own
IGCSE Biology Core tutor

Pioneered by Stanford AI researchers and learning scientists, Aristotle is the world's first voice-based AI tutor. Built for the IGCSE Biology Core syllabus and exams.

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Fits your child's IGCSE Biology Core class

Aligned to the IGCSE syllabus

IGCSE syllabus

Every IGCSE Biology Core skill maps to a topic in the syllabus, so sessions cover what the exams test.

Your child's school

Share your teacher's syllabus, textbook, or pacing guide and sessions follow your child's actual class.

Your exam goal

Aiming for an A*? Aristotle plans review back from your child's target grade and exam date.

Exam prep

How does Aristotle help with IGCSE Biology Core exam prep?

Aristotle tracks 256 IGCSE Biology Core skills, finds the ones costing your child points, and plans review back from exam day.

Unit-by-unit review

Follows the syllabus, unit by unit.

Exam-style practice

Your child talks it through. Aristotle coaches from the step that went wrong.

Help on demand

Any time before the exam. No booking.

A parent view

See what's mastered and what's left.

Features

All the tools of a great tutor.

Talk things through, work side by side, and come back next time to a tutor who remembers where you left off.

Learn out loud

Ask questions out loud, hear explanations in Aristotle’s voice, and interrupt whenever you need to.

An interactive whiteboard

Aristotle draws steps, diagrams, and images to help you learn visually.

Practice built for you

Get practice problems tailored to the exact topics you’re struggling with.

65 subjects and counting

From middle-school math to AP exams to SAT/ACT prep. We also build custom plans matched to state standards and specific courses.

Review with ease

Revisit session summaries, session whiteboards, and uploads in one place.

Upload your own materials

Aristotle can read and navigate any PDFs and images with the learner. That includes textbooks with hundreds of pages!

Personalized tracking

We break all subjects down into granular skills, then track mistakes and mastery on each one. Parents can see the whole picture at a glance.

A tutor that knows you

Aristotle remembers every session: what you’ve covered, where you got stuck, how you like things explained. It picks up right where you left off.

The curriculum

256 IGCSE Biology Core skills, personalized to your child

Aristotle is designed to always know what to teach at exactly the right time.

Sample curriculum

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Characteristics and Classification of Living Organisms

Organisation of the Organism

Movement Into and Out of Cells

Biological Molecules

Enzymes

Plant Nutrition

Human Nutrition

Transport in Plants

Transport in Animals

Diseases and Immunity

Gas Exchange in Humans

Respiration

Excretion in Humans

Coordination and Response

Drugs

Reproduction

Inheritance

Variation and Selection

Organisms and Their Environment

Human Influences on Ecosystems

Biotechnology and Genetic Modification

IGCSE Biology Core tutoring curriculum256 skills across 21 units

Characteristics and Classification of Living Organisms

Topics: Characteristics of Living Organisms, Concept and Uses of Classification Systems, Features of Organisms.

Organisation of the Organism

Topics: Cell Structure, Size of Specimens.

Movement Into and Out of Cells

Topics: Diffusion, Osmosis, Active Transport.

Biological Molecules

Topics: Biological Molecules.

Enzymes

Topics: Enzymes.

Plant Nutrition

Topics: Photosynthesis, Leaf Structure.

Human Nutrition

Topics: Diet, Digestive System, Physical Digestion, Chemical Digestion, Absorption.

Transport in Plants

Topics: Xylem and Phloem, Water Uptake, Transpiration.

Transport in Animals

Topics: Circulatory Systems, Heart, Blood Vessels, Blood.

Diseases and Immunity

Topics: Diseases and Immunity.

Gas Exchange in Humans

Topics: Gas Exchange in Humans.

Respiration

Topics: Respiration, Aerobic Respiration, Anaerobic Respiration.

Excretion in Humans

Topics: Excretion in Humans.

Coordination and Response

Topics: Coordination and Response, Sense Organs, Hormones, Homeostasis, Tropic Responses.

Drugs

Topics: Drugs.

Reproduction

Topics: Asexual Reproduction, Sexual Reproduction, Sexual Reproduction in Plants, Sexual Reproduction in Humans, Sex Hormones in Humans, Sexually Transmitted Infections.

Inheritance

Topics: Chromosomes, Genes and Proteins, Monohybrid Inheritance.

Variation and Selection

Topics: Variation, Adaptive Features, Selection.

Organisms and Their Environment

Topics: Energy Flow, Food Chains and Food Webs, Nutrient Cycles, Populations.

Human Influences on Ecosystems

Topics: Food Supply, Habitat Destruction, Pollution, Conservation.

Biotechnology and Genetic Modification

Topics: Biotechnology and Genetic Modification, Biotechnology, Genetic Modification.

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Common questions about online IGCSE Biology Core tutoring

A few things you might wonder before getting started.

What does Aristotle's IGCSE Biology Core course cover?

Aristotle's IGCSE Biology Core course tracks 256 skills across 21 units, mapped to the IGCSE syllabus, including Characteristics and Classification of Living Organisms, Organisation of the Organism, and Movement Into and Out of Cells. Every skill is linked to the skills it builds on, so the tutor always knows which parts of IGCSE Biology Core your child has mastered and what to teach next.

Does Aristotle follow the IGCSE Biology Core syllabus?

What does a IGCSE Biology Core tutoring session look like?

Does Aristotle follow my child's IGCSE Biology Core class?

Can Aristotle help if my child is struggling with IGCSE Biology Core?

How much does IGCSE Biology Core tutoring with Aristotle cost?

How is Aristotle different from ChatGPT for IGCSE Biology Core help?

Can parents see how the tutoring is going?

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