Combined Science

Exam Board: AQA

This is a combined course - you will be taught the three sciences as separate disciplines, but you will receive two GCSEs in Science as a combined award. 

Biology 

• Cell biology 
• Organisation 
• Infection and response 
• Bioenergetics 
• Homeostasis and response 
• Inheritance, variation and evolution 
• Ecology 

Chemistry 

• Atomic structure and the periodic table 
• Bonding, structure and the properties of matter 
• Quantitative chemistry 
• Chemical changes 
• Energy changes 
• The rate and extent of chemical change 
• Organic chemistry 
• Chemical analysis 
• Chemistry of the atmosphere 
• Using resources 

Physics  

• Forces 
• Energy 
• Waves 
• Electricity 
• Magnetism and electromagnetism 
• Particle model of matter 
• Atomic structure 

There are seven required practical activities for each discipline. 

Assessment

There are six papers: two biology, two chemistry and two physics. 

Each paper is 1 hour 15 minutes • Foundation and Higher Tier • 70 marks • 16.7% of GCSE