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Science GCSE

This course will help you recognise the impact of science and technology on everyday life.

It will help you to make informed decisions about the issues and questions that involve science and improve your understanding of scientific ideas.

This distance learning course is based around a full-colour text book, Twenty-First Century Science: GCSE Science Higher, published by OUP and supplied as part of the course.

Please note:

  • The deadline for enrolling on this course for examination in June 2010 has passed.
  • The next available exam opportunity for this subject is 2011.

Science GCSE

Helps you

  • take informed personal decisions about things that involve science, such as health, pollution and use of energy resources
  • read and understand the essential points of media reports about matters that involve science
  • reflect critically on the information included in, and (often more importantly) omitted from, such reports
  • take part confidently in discussions with others about issues involving science.

Topics include

  • You and your genes
  • Air quality
  • The Earth and the universe
  • Keeping healthy
  • Material choices
  • Radiation and life
  • Life on Earth
  • Food matters
  • Radioactive materials

Entry requriements & Hours of study

  • No previous knowledge is required for this course.
  • You should allow 120-150 hours' study time, plus extra time for completing assignments

Specification

OCR J630

Assignments & Coursework

There are 4 exam papers that account for 66.6% of the total marks. Coursework (Assessment Unit 5) makes up the remaining 33.3% of your marks and is split into 6 tasks.
There are 9 NEC marked assignments.

ISBN

978 1 84308 480 8

Publication date

2006

Order details

CourseScience GCSE
Course code GA38
Enrol by post or phone:
Student Course Fee - payment in full 		£334.00
Student Course Fee - 8 monthly instalments £33.84 plus £84.00 deposit
Enrol online:
-10% Web Discount

Please note

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