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GCSE Science (Triple Award)

Title of qualification

GCSE Biology / Chemistry / Physics – TRIPLE AWARD

Students will be awarded three separate GCSEs. One in Biology, one in Chemistry and one in Physics.

 

Exam Board

AQA

 

What will I learn?

Biology:

  • Life processes depend on molecules whose structure is related to their function. The fundamental units of living organisms are cells, which may be part of highly adapted structure including tissues, organs and organ systems, enabling living processes to be performed effectively.
  • Living organisms may form populations of single species, communities of many species and ecosystems, interacting with each other, with the environment and with humans in many different ways.
  • Living organisms are interdependent and show adaptations to their environment.
  • Life on Earth is dependent on photosynthesis in which green plants and algae trap light from the Sun to fix carbon dioxide and combine it with hydrogen from water to make organic compounds and oxygen.
  • Organic compounds are used as fuels in cellular respiration to allow the other chemical reactions necessary for life.
  • The chemicals in ecosystems are continually cycling through the natural world.
  • The characteristics of a living organism are influenced by its genome and its interaction with the environment.
  • Evolution occurs by a process of natural selection and accounts both for biodiversity and how organisms are all related to varying degrees.

Chemistry:

  • Matter is composed of tiny particles called atoms and there are about 100 different naturally occurring types of atoms called elements.
  • Elements show periodic relationships in their chemical and physical properties. These periodic properties can be explained in terms of the atomic structure of the elements.
  • Atoms bond by either transferring electrons from one atom to another or by sharing electrons.
  • The shapes of molecules (groups of atoms bonded together) and the way giant structures are arranged is of great importance in terms of the way they behave.
  • There are barriers to reaction so reactions occur at different rates.
  • Chemical reactions take place in only three different ways: proton transfer, electron transfer, electron sharing.
  • Energy is conserved in chemical reactions so can therefore be neither created nor destroyed.

Physics:

  • The use of models, as in the particle model of matter or the wave models of light and of sound.
  • The concept of cause and effect in explaining such links as those between force and acceleration, or between changes in atomic nuclei and radioactive emissions.
  • The phenomena of ‘action at a distance’ and the related concept of the field as the key to analysing electrical, magnetic and gravitational effects.
  • That differences, for example between pressures or temperatures or electrical potentials, are the drivers of change.
  • That proportionality, for example between weight and mass of an object or between force and extension in a spring, is an important aspect of many models in science.
  • That physical laws and models are expressed in mathematical form.

 

How will this course be assessed?

  • There are six papers: two biology, two chemistry and two physics.
  • Each of the papers will assess knowledge and understanding from distinct topic areas.
  • Each paper is 1 hour 45minutes.
  • There are separate Higher / Foundation tiers
  • Each paper is worth 100 marks.
  • Each paper is worth 50% of each GCSE.

 

What skills do I need?

  • Literacy- the ability to read and write fluently.
  • Listening skills.
  • The ability to co-operate in group activities.
  • Practical skills (predicting, analysing and evaluating).
  • Numeracy skills.

 

What is next for me after this course?

Communication skills, analysis and evaluation are essential for all Post 16 subject areas and a good GCSE in Science is a requirement for many courses and jobs.  Skills and techniques developed in Science studies may be continued in a wide range of AS/A2 courses including: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, Computer Science.

Many students who study triple award science are aiming to go towards careers in medicine, veterinary and dentistry.

Are there any restrictions with this course?

Students must be tracked at a minimum of a 4- at the latest data track. There must also be an equivalent achievement in maths.

Conversations will also be had with current class teachers to confirm suitability.

 

resources:-

  1. Y10_Biology_Foundation_Paper 1 Cell Organisation 1

  2. Y10_Biology_Foundation_Paper 1 Cell Organisation 2

  3. Y10_Biology_Foundation_Paper 1 Cells Booklet

  4. Y10_Biology_Foundation_Paper 1 Cells Transportation

  5. Y10_Biology_Foundation_Paper 1 Infection and Response

  6. Y10_Biology_Higher_Paper 1 Cell structure and transport

  7. Y10_Biology_Higher_Paper 1 Infection and response

  8. Y10_Biology_Higher_Paper 1 Organisation digestion and enzymes

  9. Y10_Biology_Higher_Paper 1 Photosynthesis and Respiration

  10. Y10_Chemistry_AQA GCSE Chemistry Combined Atomic Structure and The Periodic Table Knowledge Organiser

  11. Y10_Chemistry_AQA GCSE Chemistry Combined Bonding Structure and Properties of Matter Knowledge Organiser

  12. Y10_Chemistry_AQA GCSE Chemistry Combined Chemical Changes Knowledge Organiser

  13. Y10_Chemistry_AQA GCSE Chemistry Combined Energy Changes Knowledge Organiser

  14. Y10_Chemistry_AQA GCSE Chemistry Combined Foundation Quantitative Chemistry Knowledge Organiser

  15. Y10_Chemistry_AQA GCSE Chemistry Combined Higher Quantitative Chemistry Knowledge Organiser

  16. Y10_Chemistry_AQA GCSE Chemistry Combined The Rate and Extent Of Chemical Change Knowledge Organiser

  17. Y10_Chemistry_Atomic-Structure-Perdiodic-Table-Paper-1

  18. Y10_Chemistry_Bonding--Structure-Properties-Paper-1

  19. Y10_Chemistry_Energy-Changes---Paper-1

  20. Y10_Chemistry_Homework support booklet CHEMISTRY

  21. Y10_Chemistry_Quantititive-Chemistry-Paper-1

  22. Y10_Chemistry_Rates-of-Chemical-Change---Paper-2

  23. Y10_Chemsitry_Chemical-Changes--Paper-1

  24. Y10_Chemistry_Chemistry Homework

  25. Y11_Biology_Foundation_Paper 1 Cell Organisation 1

  26. Y11_Biology_Foundation_Paper 1 Cell Organisation 2

  27. Y11_Biology_Foundation_Paper 1 Cells Booklet

  28. Y11_Biology_Foundation_Paper 1 Cells Transportation

  29. Y11_Biology_Foundation_Paper 1 Infection and Responce

  30. Y11_Biology_Foundation_Paper 2 Ecology Booklet

  31. Y11_Biology_Foundation_Paper 2 Homeostasis Booklet Part 2

  32. Y11_Biology_Foundation_Paper 2 Evolution Booklet

  33. Y11_Biology_Foundation_Paper 2 Homeostasis Booklet Part 1

  34. Y11_Chemistry_AQA GCSE Chemistry Combined Chemistry Of The Atmosphere Knowledge Organiser

  35. Y11_Chemistry_AQA GCSE Chemistry Combined Energy Changes Knowledge Organiser

  36. Y11_Chemistry_AQA GCSE Chemistry Combined Foundation Quantitative Chemistry Knowledge Organiser

  37. Y11_Chemistry_AQA GCSE Chemistry Combined Higher Quantitative Chemistry Knowledge Organiser

  38. Y11_Chemistry_AQA GCSE Chemistry Combined Organic Chemistry Knowledge Organiser

  39. Y11_Chemistry_AQA GCSE Chemistry Combined The Rate and Extent Of Chemical Change Knowledge Organiser

  40. Y11_Chemistry_AQA GCSE Chemistry Combined Using Resources Knowledge Organiser

  41. Y11_Chemistry_Chemistry Homework ANSWERS

  42. Y11_Chemistry_Chemistry Homework Paper 2 QUIZ BOOKLET ANSWERS

  43. Y11_Chemistry_Chemistry Homework Paper 2 QUIZ BOOKLET

  44. Y11_Chemistry_Chemistry Homework

  45. Y11_Chemistry_Homework support booklet CHEMISTRY PAPER 2 CMG

  46. Y11_Chemistry_Homework support booklet CHEMISTRY

  47. Y11_Chemistry_Atomic-Structure-Perdiodic-Table-Paper-1

  48. Y11_Chemistry_Bonding--Structure-Properties-Paper-1

  49. Y11_Chemistry_Chemical-Analysis---Paper-2

  50. Y11_Chemistry_Chemical-Changes--Paper-1

  51. Y11_Chemistry_CHEMISTRY Retrieval grids combined science AQA

  52. Y11_Chemistry_Chemistry-of-the-Atmosphere---Paper-2

  53. Y11_Chemistry_Energy-Changes---Paper-1

  54. Y11_Chemistry_Organic-Chemistry---Paper-2

  55. Y11_Chemistry_Quantititive-Chemistry-Paper-1

  56. Y11_Chemistry_Rates-of-Chemical-Change---Paper-2

  57. Y11_Chemistry_Using-our-Resources-(GCSE-CHEMISTRY-ONLY)---Paper-2-TES

  58. Y11_Chemistry_Using-Resources---Paper-2

  59. Y11_Physics_Retrieval grids combined Science AQA

  60. Y11_Physics_Revision on electricity in the home

  61. Y11_Biology_Foundation_Paper 2 Inhertiance Booklet

  62. Y11_Biology_Higher_Paper 1 Cell structure and transport

  63. Y11_Biology_Higher_Paper 1 Infection and response

  64. Y11_Biology_Higher_Paper 1 Organisation digestion and enzymes

  65. Y11_Biology_Higher_Paper 1 Photosynthesis and Respiration

  66. Y11_Biology_Higher_Paper 2 Ecology and biodiversity

  67. Y11_Biology_Higher_Paper 2 Homeostasis and response

  68. Y11_Biology_Higher_Paper 2 Inheritance variation and evolution

  69. Y11_Biology paper 1 revision tasks

  70. Y11_Chemistry_AQA GCSE Chemistry Combined Atomic Structure and The Periodic Table Knowledge Organiser

  71. Y11_Chemistry_AQA GCSE Chemistry Combined Bonding Structure and Properties of Matter Knowledge Organiser

  72. Y11_Chemistry_AQA GCSE Chemistry Combined Chemical Analysis Knowledge Organiser

  73. Y11_Chemistry_AQA GCSE Chemistry Combined Chemical Changes Knowledge Organiser

  74. Science_Website links