GCSE Level 1/ Level 2 GCSE Double Award Science

Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by CCEA. Classified as a GCSE (A* to G).

Qualification Level

Level 1/Level 2

Awarding Body

CCEA

Syllabus Units

6 Units

Guided Hours

Flexible

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Course Syllabus & Study Modules

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In this unit, students learn about cells, photosynthesis, nutrition and health,enzymes, breathing and respiration, the nervous system and hormones, andecological relationships. Students begin by investigating the cell and its importanceas the fundamental building block of life, and develop their understanding of the keyprocesses that occur in plants and animals. Finally, they carry out fieldwork in anatural ecosystem to observe living specimens and explore how organisms areadapted to their environment.

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In this unit, students focus on osmosis and plant transport, the circulatory system,reproduction, fertility and contraception, genome, chromosomes, genes and DNA,cell division and genetics, variation and selection, microorganisms, defencemechanisms and cancer. Students develop their understanding of the processesinvolved in maintaining all life and investigate problems that arise due to genetic orenvironmental causes. Students also explore the issues associated withnon-communicable diseases, such as heart attacks, strokes and cancer.

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In this unit, students investigate motion, including its graphical treatment, forces andapplications such as moments and pressure. Students study energy, power and heattransfer, along with density and kinetic theory to explain density. They investigateatomic and nuclear physics, including radioactivity, fission and fusion.

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In this unit, students study waves and reflection and refraction of light, includinglenses. They investigate current and domestic electricity, which is then extended tomagnetism and electromagnetism. Students investigate the Earth, the Solar Systemand the Universe and also the life cycle of stars. At the end of this unit, studentslearn about the Big Bang and evidence for this theory.

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Units 1 and 2 in each discipline prescribe a number of practical tasks that studentsmust carry out during the course. This unit has two parts: Booklet A and Booklet B.We set and mark both booklets.Booklet A is a practical skills assessment. It assesses students’ ability to plan and
carry out three practical tasks based on but not identical to the prescribed practicalslisted in this specification.Booklet B is a written, externally assessed examination taken during the final year ofstudy. It assesses students’ knowledge and understanding of practical science. Itconsists of questions about planning and carrying out any of the prescribed practicaltasks, together with more general questions about any practical situation that arisesin Units B1, B2, C1, C2
in this specification.

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In this unit, students cover atomic structure, bonding, structures, nanoparticles,symbols, formulae and equations, the Periodic Table, quantitative chemistry, acids,bases and salts, and chemical analysis. Students begin to develop understanding thatall chemical elements are made up of atoms that consist of subatomic particles andthey use the arrangement of the electrons to explain what happens when elementsreact. They explain ionic, covalent and metallic bonding and describe the propertiesof the structures that form. They use this knowledge and understanding to writeformulae and balanced symbol equations, and explain the reactions of acids andalkalis.