Year 9 Options Booklet 2013 - St Marylebone School

Course Content
Science GCSE
There are a number of different Science GCSE courses available: Science; Additional Science;
Additional Applied Science; Biology; Chemistry and Physics. All students will study Science GCSE
and most students will take Additional Science in Year 11, including those students who are taking
Triple Science. There is an option to take Additional Applied Science instead and pupils will opt for
this course at the end of Year 10. All courses cover Biology, Chemistry and Physics and are taught
by specialist teachers. Pupils hoping to take Science A-levels in Year 12 MUST have Science and
Additional Science or Biology, Chemistry and Physics GCSEs.
Science GCSE (EDEXCEL 2SC01) (EBacc SUBJECT)
All students will follow this course. It has been designed to focus on Science relevant to everyday
life and will cover the following topics:
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P1
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Influences on life
Variation
Responding to change
Inter-relationships
Chemistry in our world
The Earth’s sea and atmosphere
Materials from the Earth
Acids
Obtaining and using metals
Fuels world
Universal Physics
Visible light and the Solar System
The electromagnetic spectrum
Waves and the Universe
Waves and the Earth
Generation and transmission of electricity
Energy and the future
Structure of Assessment
75% of the final GCSE grade
25% of the final GCSE grade
3 one hour tiered written examination taken in June 2014
Controlled assessment – work based on a number of tasks.
It will not be possible to repeat individual tasks but the
best mark achieved will be submitted
Pupils taking Home Economics: Child Development in Option B will follow this course over two
years and will be taking this examination together with their Child Development at the end of Year
11 in June 2015.
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