Science

Biology

Course Requirements

National 4 Biology (Internal assessed. No final exam)

• 3 Unit Assessments (50% threshold for pass)

• Outcome 1 practical write-up (must pass 5 out of 6 sections)

• Added Value Unit (50% threshold for pass)

National 5 Biology

• Biology exam paper made up of 2 sections (Multiple choice and extended answers) - 80%

• Biology Assignment - 20%

Higher Biology

• Biology exam paper made up of 2 sections (Multiple choice and extended answers) - 80%

• Biology Assignment - 20%

Advanced Higher Biology

• Biology exam paper made up of 2 sections (Multiple choice and extended answers) - 75%

• Biology Project - 25%

At home encourage your child to:

• Revisit classwork regularly to deepen understanding.

• Ensure all homework tasks are completed as they are designed to help consolidate what has been covered in class as well as improve exam technique.

• Complete past paper questions to help develop exam technique.

• For Advanced Higher, continually work on the Project coursework to ensure deadlines are met.

USEFUL WEBSITES

BBC Bitesize - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/secondary 

Scholar - https://scholar.hw.ac.uk/  (pupils are issued with a username and password)

SSERC - https://www.sserc.org.uk/  

Royal Society of Biology - https://www.rsb.org.uk/ 

Oronsay (N5) - http://www.oronsay.org/Nat5.htm 

Oronsay (Higher) - http://www.oronsay.org/Higher.htm 

UShare (via SQA) - https://ushare.education/Ushare/Home?topic=aecb00f8-feb6-49af-99ca-d9a84722e7d7 

BrightRed Digital Zone - https://www.brightredbooks.net/subjects/n5biology (pupils will need to sign up)

                                     - https://www.brightredbooks.net/subjects/higherbiology 

Quizlet - https://quizlet.com/latest 

Brainscape - https://www.brainscape.com/subjects/advanced-higher-biology (also for N5/Higher)

Achieve - https://achieve.hashtag-learning.co.uk/

Chemistry

Course Requirements

National 4 Chemistry (Internal assessed. No final exam)

• 3 Unit Assessments (50% threshold for pass)

• Outcome 1 practical write-up (must pass 5 out of 6 sections)

• Added Value Unit (50% threshold for pass)

National 5 Chemistry

• Chemistry exam paper made up of 2 sections (Multiple choice and extended answers) - 80%

• Chemistry Assignment - 20%

Higher Chemistry

• Chemistry exam paper made up of 2 sections (Multiple choice and extended answers) - 80%

• Chemistry Assignment - 20%

Advanced Higher Chemistry

• Chemistry exam paper made up of 2 sections (Multiple choice and extended answers) - 75%

• Chemistry Project - 25%

At home encourage your child to:

• regularly look over notes at home to reinforce what has been learnt  in class and help with understanding.

• use revision strategies such as mind maps or flashcards to help knowledge retention

• use the resources available on Google classroom

• continue to support by asking about progress with study and reminders on homework

USEFUL WEBSITES

BBC Bitesize - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/secondary 

Scholar - https://scholar.hw.ac.uk/  (pupils are issued with a username and password)

Evans2chemweb - https://evans2chemweb.co.uk/login/index.php# 

(username - hazleheadacad : password- mercury)

Achieve - https://achieve.hashtag-learning.co.uk/

Engineering Science

Course Requirements

National 5 Engineering Science

• Engineering Science exam paper - 69%

• Engineering Science Assignment - 31%

Higher Engineering Science

• Engineering Science exam paper - 69%

• Engineering Science Assignment - 31%

At home encourage your child to:

• go back over earlier work regularly 

• practise past paper questions, checking the quality of answers against those provided by the SQA.

• Familiarise themselves with the YENKA software used to complete the Assignment

USEFUL WEBSITES

Bright Red Digital Zone - https://www.brightredpublishing.co.uk/ 

Higher Engineering revision - https://studyrocket.co.uk/revision/higher-engineering-science-sqa 

Mrs Gault revision materials (N5) - https://mrs-gault.weebly.com/n5-engineering-science.html 

Mrs Gault revision materials (H) - https://mrs-gault.weebly.com/h-engineering-science.html 

N5 Laboratory Science

Course Requirements

National 5 Laboratory Science 

• The course is made up of 4 units which are all internally assessed. 

• Each unit is made up of a number of outcomes which must be passed to gain the qualification.

At home encourage your child to:

• Use the resources available on Google Classroom to consolidate knowledge

• Complete any allocated tasks / homework by the given deadline

USEFUL WEBSITES

My World of Work - https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/ 

Royal Society of Chemistry - https://edu.rsc.org/

SSERC - https://www.sserc.org.uk/  

Institute of Physics - https://www.iop.org/ 

Royal Society of Biology - https://www.rsb.org.uk/ 

Physics

Course Requirements

National 4 Physics (Internal assessed. No final exam)

• 3 Unit Assessments (50% threshold for pass)

• Outcome 1 practical write-up (must pass 5 out of 6 sections)

• Added Value Unit (50% threshold for pass)

BBC Bitesize -https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/znb39j6

Simulation - https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/filter?subjects=physics&type=html

SQA - https://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/45912.html

National 5 Physics

• Physics exam paper made up of 2 sections (Multiple choice and extended answers) - 80%

• Physics Assignment - 20%

Simulation - https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/filter?subjects=physics&type=html

Past-paper - https://mrsphysics.co.uk/n5/

BBC Bitesize -https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z6fsgk7

Scholar - https://scholar.hw.ac.uk/  (pupils are issued with a username and password)

SQA - https://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/45912.html

Achieve - https://achieve.hashtag-learning.co.uk/

Higher Physics

• Physics exam paper made up of 2 sections (Multiple choice and extended answers) - 80%

• Physics Assignment - 20%

Advanced Higher Physics

• Physics exam paper - 75%

• Physics Project - 25%

At home encourage your child to:

• go over the work after every lesson and go back over earlier work regularly

• practise past paper questions, particularly those requiring an explanation in the answer, checking the expected SQA answers.

• continue to support by asking about progress with study and reminders on homework

USEFUL WEBSITES

BBC Bitesize - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/secondary 

Scholar - https://scholar.hw.ac.uk/  (pupils are issued with a username and password)

SQA - https://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/45912.html

Past papers - FIZZICS - https://mrmackenzie.co.uk/

Achieve - https://achieve.hashtag-learning.co.uk/

Psychology

Course Requirements

Higher Psychology

• Psychology exam paper - 66.6%

• Psychology Assignment - 33.4%

At home encourage your child to

• Revisit classwork regularly to deepen understanding.

• Ensure all homework tasks are completed as they are designed to help consolidate what has been covered in class as well as improve exam technique.

• Complete past paper questions to help develop exam technique.

• Continually work on the Assignment task to ensure deadlines are met.

USEFUL WEBSITES
Scholar - https://scholar.hw.ac.uk/  (pupils are issued with a username and password)

Simply Psychology - https://www.simplypsychology.org/theories 

BrightRed Digital Zone - https://www.brightredbooks.net/subjects/higherpsychology (pupils will need to sign up)

BPS Code of Ethics (for the Assignment) - https://www.bps.org.uk/guideline/code-ethics-and-conduct 

UShare (via SQA) - https://ushare.education/Ushare/Home?topic=a10fe829-1a80-498b-b404-224f1305151b 

Quizlet - https://quizlet.com/latest 

Brainscape - https://www.brainscape.com/subjects/higher-psychology