Triple/Separate Science (KS4)
*This course will be discontinued. The last cohort to study this course is cohort 2017 (students taking their final GCSE examinations in 2017)
Exam Board:
AQA
Qualification:
Triple Science GCSE (3 GCSEs)
Assessment:
Coursework 25%
Examination 75%
Outline of course content:
This course will allow natural progression to science A-Levels. Careers which require scientific qualifications include medicine, veterinary science, environmental and conservation work, sports science, and food science. The types of skills developed during this course will include the ability to plan your own individual science investigation, selecting appropriate apparatus to use, and controlling key variables; to collect accurate data; to analyse and evaluate the data obtained, and the method used.
For cohort 2018, the following course will be available, which commenced in September 2015:
Triple/Separate Science GCSE
Assessment:
Examination 100%
This course consists of a GCSE in each of Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. All will be examined at the end of Year 11 and the course comprises 100% exam material with no coursework. The examinations will include questions on twenty-four key practicals that students will have studied in normal science lessons. Therefore, excellent attendance throughout the year is imperative so that these key practicals are not missed and the examination score is not compromised.
Exam Board:
AQA
Qualification:
GCSE Biology, GCSE Chemistry, GCSE Physics
Assessment:
Examination 100%
Outline of course content:
- GCSE Biology:
- cell biology
- organisation
- infection and response
- Bioenergetics
- homeostasis and response
- inheritance, variation and evolution
- Ecology
- GCSE Chemistry:
- atomic structure and the periodic table
- bonding, structure and the properties of matter
- quantitative chemistry
- chemical changes
- energy changes
- the rate and extent of chemical change
- organic chemistry
- chemical analysis
- chemistry of the atmosphere
- using resources
- GCSE Physics:
- forces
- energy
- waves
- electricity
- magnetism and electromagnetism
- particle model of matter
- atomic structure
- space physics
Outline of course structure:
- to plan your own individual science investigation, selecting appropriate apparatus to use and controlling key variables
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to collect accurate and valid data
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to analyse and evaluate the data obtained and the method used