Sixth Form Course Booklet 2013 - Bromsgrove School

Students will be provided with a series of learning opportunities including demonstrations, individual and group
experiments and open-ended investigations. They will complete formal write-ups of practical work and will collaborate
with other sciences and IBDP schools when completing a Group 4 Project.
For more information contact Dr M Thompson
Biology, chemistry and physics share a common assessment pattern
HL
SL
External Assessment (4½ hours) 76% (3 hours) 76%
Paper 1 (1 hour) 20% (¾ hour) 20%
Paper 2 (2¼ hours) 36% (1¼ hours) 32%
Paper 3 (1¼ hours) 20% (1 hour) 24%
Internal Assessment
Investigations based on the five
subject criteria and the group 4
project. 24%
Investigations based on the five
subject criteria and the group 4
project. 24%
Environmental Systems and Societies, SL
This course presents a lively and stimulating series of integrated lessons, full of case studies, practical activities and a
field course to allow students to fully understand the often complex and controversial issues which underpin the
interaction between people and their immediate and far-reaching environment.
The course follows a system based approach in which scientific methodology and investigative research are coupled
with a development of the understanding of the influence of socio-economic and political actions on local and global
environmental issues. With material integrated to include international and historical perspectives, students will be
encouraged to think critically and make connections to other subjects and to both topical global and local
environmental issues. As such it is a complete course with its own distinctive philosophy and will be supported by high
quality teaching materials. It presents the key concepts with a structured approach and encourages the learning of
wider synoptic and evaluative skills. The IBDP Environmental Systems and Societies course is therefore about turning
students into mature and effective environmental ‘thinkers’ armed with the knowledge, understanding and skills to
analyse, evaluate and synthesise solutions to new situations in the often controversial environmental arena.
Assessment takes the form of external written examinations (80%) and internal assessment of practical work (20%).
The students will complete the Group 4 project along with Biology, Chemistry and Physics students.
Internal Assessment: Practical work 20% (30 hours): Pl - planning, DCP – data collection and processing, DEC
– discussion evaluation and conclusion, PS – personal skills. Topic tests, regular file reviews, field course
handbook, mock written examinations.
External Assessment: two written examinations
Paper 1: Short answer and data response (1 hour) 30%
Paper 2: Case study and two structured essay questions (from a choice of 4) (2 hours) 50%
For more information contact Dr A R Johns
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