Separate Sciences Option

What topics will I study?

Separate Sciences: there will be three separate GCSE certificates awarded in Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Biology > Structure and function of living organisms > Energy flow and material cycles > Interactions and interdependencies > Genetics and evolution Chemistry > Atoms, elements and compounds > Chemical reactions > Energetics > Acids and alkalis > The periodic table > Earth science > Organic chemistry Physics > Energy > Motion and forces > Waves > Electricity and electromagnetism > Matter > Space physics

What kind of class activities will there be?

> > > > > Practical investigations Discussions Using scientific concepts to predict and explain the world around us Watching demonstrations and videos Calculations

What kind of homework assignments will there be?

These will include research, writing up practical investigations, revising for short tests, calculations and applying the scientific concepts you have learned.

What are the most interesting parts of the course?

We cover the understanding of some of the science behind the issues being discussed in the newspapers and on TV. Understanding better how our bodies and the chemicals and appliances that we use work. Appreciating how the use of a few scientific models can be used to explain and predict an enormous range of events in the universe. Producing your topical project about a scientific issue and carrying out a scientific investigation. Why would separate award science be a useful course for me? It would make you a more scientifically literate person and the skills you acquire would be useful in a wide range of occupations. Appropriate grades achieved at the end of this course will qualify you to progress to AS and A level Biology, Chemistry, and/or Physics.