Edexcel GCSE Science
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This is the new Edexcel ‘core’ science course.
Whether you’re following the new or the old course will depend on which year you are in and whether you are re-taking modules from last year. Make sure you know!
Details of the outgoing science courses, including Additional and Triple Science, can be found on the Edexcel website.
Course Content
Unit B1: Influences on life
Topic 1 Classification, variation and inheritance
Topic 2 Responses to a changing environment
Topic 3 Problems of, and solutions to a changing environment
Unit C1: Chemistry in our world
Topic 1 The Earth’s sea and atmosphere
Topic 2 Materials from the Earth
Topic 3 Acids
Topic 4 Obtaining and using metals
Topic 5 Fuels
Unit P1: Universal physics
Topic 1 Visible light and the Solar System
Topic 2 The electromagnetic spectrum
Topic 3 Waves and the Universe
Topic 4 Waves and the Earth
Topic 5 Generation and transmission of electricity
Topic 6 Energy and the future
Unit SCA: Science controlled assessment
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Next Exam dates:
Unit B1: 5BI1F and 5BI1H – Tue 8th Nov; Thu 1st Mar; Tue 15th May
Unit C1: 5CH1f and 5CH1H – Wed 9th Nov; Thu 1st Mar; Mon 21st May
Unit P1: 5PH1F and 5PH1H – Wed 9th Nov: Fri 2nd Mar: Thu 24th May
Resources
No specimen papers available as of October 2011.
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