Biology IGCSE

Exam Board

EDEXCEL

SYLLABUS SUMMARY

General topic areas are: 1. The nature and variety of living organisms. 2. Structures and functions in living organisms (includes common animal and plant physiology topics). 3. Reproduction and inheritance. 4. Ecology and the environment. 5. Use of biological resources.

SKILLS SUMMARY

Edexcel have introduced many transferrable skills into the curriculum, to encourage high performance learning eg. self evaluation, initiative, self direction, critical thinking, problem solving and reasoning. Both papers have a mixture of different question styles, including multiple-choice questions, short-answer questions, calculations and extended open-response questions.

HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED

Paper 1: 61.1% of total IGCSE, 110 marks, assessment based on core content (not in bold), 2 hours.

Paper 2: 38.9% of total IGCSE, 70 marks, assessment based on core and extended content in bold, 1 hour 15 mins.

TEXT BOOKS AND/OR OTHER

RESOURCES (INCLUDING HYPERLINK TO EXAM BOARD)

Edexcel International GCSE (9-1) Biology, Student Book ISBN 9780435185084

https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/ edexcel-international-gcses-and-edexcel-certificates/ international-gcse-biology-2017.html