GCSE Combined Science

Exam Board: AQA

GCSE Combined Science (Trilogy) is a double GCSE taken by the majority of students. It builds on the Key Stage 3 curriculum and covers the National Curriculum Programme of Study for Science at Key Stage 4. It encourages students to explore, explain, theorise, and model in science and develops a critical approach to scientific evidence.

Assessment

This is a linear qualification. In order to achieve the award, students must complete all assessments at the end of the course and in the same series. The Combined Science GCSE is examined by six 1 hour 15 min written exams, each of which is worth 16.7%. There are two exams on each subject Biology, Chemistry and Physics. There are 21 required practical’s that are delivered throughout the course. There will be questions relating to these practical’s on the written exam papers.

Enrichment Opportunities

Visits to University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University, Science Enrichment and STEM weeks, external visits to Science Museum and Disneyland Paris.

Year 10

Terms 1 and 2

Biology –Bioenergetics;

Chemistry – Atomic structure and the periodic table; Bonding, structure, and the properties of matter, Chemical changes;

Physics – Energy

Terms 3 and 4

Biology – Cell Biology, Organisation;

Chemistry – Quantitative chemistry;

Physics – Particle model of matter

Terms 5 and 6

Biology – Infection and response;

Chemistry – Energy changes;

Physics – Electricity, Atomic structure

Year 11

Terms 1 and 2

Biology –Coordination and control;

Chemistry – The rate and extent of chemical change, Organic chemistry

Physics – Forces

Terms 3 and 4

Biology –Inheritance, variation and evolution, Ecology

Chemistry – Chemical Analysis

Physics – Waves, Magnetism, and electromagnetism