All pupils will study a common course in Year 10 following on from the Biology, Chemistry & Physics modules taught in Year 9. The topics students will cover across all 3 years are listed below.
Results from Year 9 and 10 exams will lead to students being promoted to do the triple/separate science pathway or remain on the Combined Science course for a double award (1SC0).
All pathways are 100% linear and exam based. All students will sit 2 exams in each discipline. For Triple these are 1hr 45 mins and for Combined they are 1hr 10 mins.
Biology (1BI0/1H and 1BI0/2H)
Overarching concepts in biology
Cells and control
Genetics
Natural selection and genetic modification
Health, disease and the development of medicines
Plant structures and their functions
Animal coordination, control and homeostasis
Exchange and transport in animals
Ecosystems and material cycles
Chemistry (1CH0/1H and 1CH0/2H)
Formulae, equations and hazards
Overarching concepts in chemistry: atomic structure, the periodic table, ionic bonding, covalent bonding, types of substance, calculations involving masses
States of matter
Methods of separating and purifying substances
Acids
Obtaining and using metals
Electrolytic processes
Reversible reactions and equilibria
Transition metals, alloys and corrosion
Quantitative analysis
Dynamic equilibria and calculations involving volumes of gases
Chemical cells and fuel cells
Groups 1, 7 and 0
Rates of reaction
Fuels
Heat energy changes in chemical reactions
Earth and atmospheric science
Hydrocarbons
Polymers
Alcohols and carboxylic acids
Bulk and surface properties of matter including nanoparticles
Physics (1PH0/1H and 1PH0/2H)
Overarching concepts of physics: motion, forces and conservation of energy
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