GCSE Science/Contents
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This General Science book is aimed at GCSE students rather than university students.
Contents |
[edit] Contents by Topic
[edit] Biology
- Cells
- Plants
- Photosynthesis and Plant Respiration
- Digestion
- Breathing and Respiration
- The heart and circulation
- The menstrual cycle
- Disease
- DNA, Inheritance, Selection, Evolution and Competition
- Environment
- Plant Sensitivity and Transport
- The Nervous System
- Ecology
[edit] Chemistry
- Atoms and Bonding
- The Periodic Table
- Equations and Formulae
- Acids & Bases, Salts and Electrolysis
- Rates of Reaction
- Chemistry Calculations
- Organic Chemistry
[edit] Physics
[edit] Contents by Modules
The GCSE exam can be modular or combined. It is sensible however to divide the subject into modules despite the exam system used. Although this page is set out using the English system, students from other nations will still find much of the material relevant.
[edit] Modules usually studied in year 10
[edit] AQA
- Humans as Organisms
- Maintenance of Life
- Metals
- Earth Materials
- Energy
- Electricity
[edit] OCR
[edit] Edexcel
[edit] Modules usually studied in year 11
[edit] AQA
- Environment
- Inheritance and selection
- Waves and Radiation
- Structures and Bonding
- Forces
- Patterns of chemical change
[edit] Edexcel
[edit] Coursework
[edit] Common coursework experiments
- GCSE Science/Osmosis in potato slices coursework
- GCSE Science/Temperature dependence of enzymes coursework
- GCSE Science/Stretch of an elastic band coursework
- GCSE Science/Voltage/current characteristics of a bulb coursework
- GCSE Science/Rates of reaction coursework
- Carbon dioxide production of yeast as affected by temperature
