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Separate Sciences: Core, Academic Breadth
Subject
GCSE Biology, GCSE Chemistry and GCSE Physics. (Formerly known as Triple
Science)
This will only be available to students who opted to study triple science at the end of
Year 8 and have already been studying the course throughout Year 9.
Subject group
Science
Exam Board
Course
Description
AQA
This course takes a logical and coherent journey through a series of scientific topics.
Students will achieve a GCSE in each of: Biology, Chemistry and Physics at the end of
the course. The biology topics studied during GCSE Biology are cell biology, cell
organisation, infection and response, bioenergetics, homeostasis and response,
inheritance, variation and evolution and ecology. The chemistry topics are 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
and using resources. The physics topics are forces, energy, waves, electricity,
magnetism and electromagnetism, particle model of matter, atomic structure and space
physics.
The examinations will be 6 papers (2 Biology, 2 Chemistry and 2 Physics) and each
paper will be 1hr 45 mins long. There will be foundation and higher tiers for all
exams.
There are two papers each worth 50% for each subject.
GCSE Science will have a 9 point scoring system. The students will receive three Grades
from 3 - 9 (one for each of Biology, Chemistry and Physics), for example, 9, 9, 8.
Examination
Information
Grade
Controlled
Assessment
Information
Students will not have a controlled assessment. However, students will need to carry
out a series of required practicals as part of the course. The techniques involved in
these experiments may be examined as part of the 1hr 45 minute exams.
Careers
Information
Many students at RMS go on to study Science at college and go on to careers involving
Science. Some examples of careers which require a good scientific background are
medicine, teaching, research, electrician, engineer, environmental scientist and
computer scientist.
Further
details
https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/biology
https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/chemistry
https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/physics
Staff Contact
Mrs J Robinson
Assistant Headteacher and Head of Science
