GCSE Separate Sciences
Why do we teach this course?
The option to study triple science provides the opportunity for those students interested in pursuing a future in medicine or a scientific specific career a more detailed understanding for the material world. Scientific understanding is changing our lives and is vital to the world’s future prosperity. All students should learn essential aspects of the knowledge, methods, processes and uses of science. They should gain appreciation of how the complex and diverse phenomena of the natural world can be described in terms of a small number of key ideas that relate to the sciences and that are both inter-linked and of universal application.
Why I should study Triple Science
The three GCSE Science qualifications enable students to:
● develop scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding through the specific disciplines of Biology, Chemistry and Physics
● develop understanding of the nature, processes and methods of science, through different types of scientific enquiries that help them to answer scientific questions about the world around them
● develop and learn to apply observational, practical, modelling, enquiry and problem-solving skills in the laboratory, in the field and in other learning environments
● develop their ability to evaluate claims based on science through critical analysis of the methodology, evidence and conclusions, both qualitatively and quantitatively.
Students should study the sciences in ways that help them to develop curiosity about the natural world, that give them an insight into how science works and that enable them to appreciate its relevance to their everyday lives. The scope and nature of the study should be broad, coherent, practical and satisfying. It should encourage students to be inspired, motivated and challenged by the subject and its achievements.
What does the course involve?
We use the Edexcel Exam Board. The course contains six exam papers:
Biology Paper 1 (marked out of 100)
Chemistry Paper 1 (marked out of 100)
Physics Paper 1 (marked out of 100)
Biology Paper 2 (marked out of 100)
Chemistry Paper 2 (marked out of 100)
Physics Paper 2 (marked out of 100)
The exams are marked separately out of 100, the scores are then added together to give a final mark out of 200, the total then reflects a separate GCSE for each discipline.
FUTURE PROSPECTS
All jobs consider Separate Sciences highly desirable qualifications.
NEXT STEPS
For some students, studying the sciences in key stage 4 provides the platform for more advanced studies, establishing the basis for a wide range of careers.
A Level / AS Level Biology, Chemistry and Physics, as well as access to a range of BTECH options at level 3.
Study Links:
BBC bitesize triple Biology revision
BBC bitesize triple Chemistry revision
BBC bitesize triple Physics revision
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