OCR GCSE Gateway Additional Science – new course

About this course

This is the new Additional Science course which started in september 2011. If you are following additional science this year (2011/2012), you’ll probably be following the old course. Make sure you know which!

There are two modules for each science – Biology B3 and B4, Chemistry C3 and C4 and Physics P3 and P4, leading on from the core science modules. These modules are assessed by two exam papers counting together for 75% of the total marks.

As usual, there is a controlled assessment (practical) which accounts for the remaining 25% of the total marks.

Exam dates for 2012

Module 1 – Wednesday, May 30th
Module 2 – not published yet…

Exam papers

Specimen Exam papers, specification and other resources can be found on the OCR Scienc website. There are no past papers because this is a new course.

Course content

UNIT B721
Module B3:  Living And Growing
Module C3:   Chemical Economics
Module P3:   Forces For Transport
UNIT B722
Module B4:  It’s A Green World
Module C4:  The Periodic Table
Module P4:  Radiation For Life
UNIT B723
Controlled assessment

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