COMBINED SCIENCE
Miss Egan-Smith Head Of Chemistry
GCSE
This course is designed to give students the tools and concepts they need to be able to construct a scientific approach to solving problems. They will learn the fundamental aspects of all three Sciences, ultimately being awarded two GCSE grades in the subject, but will not go into as much detail as a separate GCSE in Biology, Chemistry and Physics.
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COURSE CONTENT The teaching of GCSE Science will begin in Year 9 and the following topics will be covered between Year 9 and Year 11:
BIOLOGY 1. Cell Biology 2. Organisation 3. Infection and Response 4, Homeostasis and Response 5. Inheritance, variation and evolution 6. Ecology
CHEMISTRY 8. Atomic structure and the periodic table 9. Bonding, structure and the properties of matter 10. Quantitative chemistry 11. Chemical changes 12. Energy changes 13. The rate and extent of chemical change 14. Organic chemistry 15. Chemical analysis 16. Chemistry of the atmosphere 17. Using resources
PHYSICS 18. Energy 19. Electricity 20. Particle model of matter 21. Atomic structure 22. Forces 23. Waves 24. Magnetism and electromagnetism
ASSESSMENT YEAR 10 Students will be assessed via regular topic tests and will sit an internal examination at the end of Year 10 that will assess knowledge and understanding from these topics. YEAR 11 There are six externally assessed papers: two Biology, two Chemistry and two Physics. Each of the papers will assess knowledge and understanding from distinct topic areas, as well as the core practicals covered in each subject. Each paper is 1hr 15min and constitutes 16.7% of the total GCSE.
