South Chingford Foundation School

Science

GCSE Science is being offered as Combined Science 9-1 to all students.  Students can then get two GCSEs from this qualification.   

COMBINED SCIENCE 9-1       Exam Board:  AQA    Course Code:  8464

This qualification is linear, which means that students will sit all their exams at the end of the course.

Assessment:  There are six papers:-  two biology, two chemistry and two physics.  Each of the papers will assess knowledge and understanding from the distinct topic areas indicated below.  Questions will be either multiple choice, structured, closed short answer, and open response.

 

Subject Content

Assessment

BIOLOGY

1

Cell biology

Paper 1

-   Written exam:  1 hour 45 mins

-   Foundation and Higher Tier

 

-   100 marks

-   16.7% of GCSE

2

Organisation

3

Infection and response

4

Bioenergetics

5

Homeostasis and response

Paper 2

-   Written exam:  1 hour 45 mins

-  Foundation and Higher Tier

 

-   100 marks

- 16.7% of GCSE

6

Inheritance, variation and evolution

7

Ecology

CHEMISTRY

8

Atomic structure and the periodic table

Paper 1

-   Written exam:  1 hour 45 mins

-   Foundation and Higher Tier

 

 

-   100 marks

- 16.7% of GCSE

9

Bonding, structure and the properties of matter

10

Quantitative chemistry

11

Chemical changes

12

Energy changes

13

The rate and extent of chemical change

Paper 2

-   Written exam:  1 hour 45 mins

-  Foundation and Higher Tier

 

-   100 marks

- 16.7% of GCSE

14

Organic chemistry

15

Chemical analysis

16

Chemistry and the atmosphere

17

Using resources

PHYSICS

18

Energy

Paper 1

-   Written exam:  1 hour 15 mins

-   Foundation and Higher Tier

 

 

-   100 marks

- 16.7% of GCSE

19

Electricity

20

Particle model of matter

21

Atomic structure

22

Forces

 

Paper 2

-   Written exam:  1 hour 15 mins

-   Foundation and Higher Tier

 

 

-   100 marks

- 16.7% of GCSE

23

Waves

24

Magnetism and electromagnetism

                25

Space Physics