KS4 Triple Science

Head of Faculty: Ms C Miles-Wilson

Email: claire.miles-wilson@cleevepark-tkat.org

Examination Board: AQA

Aims of the Course

Triple Award Science (sometimes known as 'Separate Sciences' or 'Single Sciences') is where students study all three sciences and end up with three GCSEs.

General Description

Biology


1. Cell biology

2. Organisation

3. Infection and response

4. Bioenergetics

5. Homeostasis and response

6. Inheritance, variation and evolution

7. Ecology

8. Key ideas

Chemistry
1. Atomic structure and the periodic table

2. Bonding, structure, and the properties of matter

3. Quantitative chemistry

4. Chemical changes

5. Energy changes

6. The rate and extent of chemical change

7. Organic chemistry

8. Chemical analysis

9. Chemistry of the atmosphere

10. Using resources


Physics

1. Energy

2. Electricity

3. Particle model of matter

4. Atomic structure

5. Forces

6. Waves

7. Magnetism and electromagnetism

8. Space physics (physics only)

Assessment Details

Biology

Paper 1 - Topics 1–4: Cell biology; Organisation; Infection and response; and Bioenergetics.

  • Written exam: 1 hour 45 minutes

  • 100 marks

  • 50% of GCSE

Paper 2 - Topics 5–7: Homeostasis and response; Inheritance, variation and evolution; and Ecology.

  • Written exam: 1 hour 45 minutes

  • 100 marks

  • 50% of GCSE

Chemistry

Paper 1 - Topics 1–5: Atomic structure and the periodic table; Bonding, structure, and the properties of matter; Quantitative chemistry, Chemical changes; and Energy changes.

  • Written exam: 1 hour 45 minutes

  • 100 marks

  • 50% of GCSE

Paper 2 Topics 6–10: The rate and extent of chemical change; Organic chemistry; Chemical analysis, Chemistry of the atmosphere; and Using resources.

  • Written exam: 1 hour 45 minutes

  • 100 marks

  • 50% of GCSE

Physics

Paper 1 - Topics 1-4: Energy; Electricity; Particle model of matter; and Atomic structure.

  • Written exam: 1 hour 45 minutes

  • 100 marks

  • 50% of GCSE

Paper 2 - Topics 5-8: Forces; Waves; Magnetism and electromagnetism; and Space physics.

  • Written exam: 1 hour 45 minutes

  • 100 marks

  • 50% of GCSE