GCSE Double Award Science
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Content |
Assessment |
Weightings |
Availability |
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Biology Unit B1: |
External written |
11% |
November, |
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Cells, Living |
examination |
February and |
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Processes and |
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Summer |
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Biodiversity |
Students answer |
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compulsory structured |
From February |
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questions that include short |
2018 |
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responses, extended writing |
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and calculations. |
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There are two tiers of entry. |
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Foundation and Higher |
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Tiers: 1 hour |
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Chemistry Unit C1: Structures, Trends, Chemical Reactions, Quantitative Chemistry and Analysis |
External written examination
Students answer compulsory structured questions that include short responses, extended writing and calculations.
There are two tiers of entry.
Foundation and Higher Tiers: 1 hour |
11% |
November, February and Summer
From February 2018 |
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Physics Unit P1: Motion, Force, Moments, Energy, Density, Kinetic Theory, Radioactivity, Nuclear Fission and Fusion |
External written examination
Students answer compulsory structured questions that include short responses, extended writing and calculations.
There are two tiers of entry.
Foundation and Higher Tiers: 1 hour |
11% |
November, February and Summer
From February 2018 |
