Additional Science GCSE
Explore the scientific world further with NEC's distance learning GCSE course in Additional Science
This distance learning course will help you gain a deeper understanding of scientific explanations and models and how they are applied to benefit the world we live in. It will also show you how scientists help us to understand ourselves as humans.
This home study course will also help you to progress to further studies of science and is a good follow-on course from GCSE Science.
NEC's Additional Science course is supplied with the textbook Twenty-First Century Science:GCSE Additional Science, published by Oxford University Press.
- You do not need laboratory access for this course.
- The deadline for enrolling on this course for examination in June 2010 has passed.
- The next available exam opportunity for this subject is 2011.
Additional Science GCSE
Helps you
acquire knowledge and understanding of scientific ideas and principles within science
Topics Include
- Homeostasis
- Chemical patterns
- Explaining motion
- Growth and development
- Chemicals of the natural environment
- Electric circuits
- Brain and mind
- Chemical synthesis
- The wave model of radiation
Entry requirements & Hours of study
- It is recommended that students have GCSE science
- You should allow 120-150 hours' study time, plus extra time for completing assignments
Specification
OCR AJ631
Coursework
This course consists of four exam papers or Assessment Units that in total account for 66.6% of the marks. Coursework (Assessment Unit 5) makes up the remaining 33.3% of your marks.
Three Assessment Units focus on a particular modules:
Assessment Unit 1: B4, C4, P4
Assessment Unit 2: B5, C5, P5
Assessment Unit 3: B6, C6, P6
Assessment Unit 4 focuses on ideas about science in context and draws on the content in the 9 course modules
Assessment Unit 5 is assessed coursework.
For full assessment details please check your specification with the relevant awarding body.
Publication date
2008
Order details
| Course | Additional Science GCSE |
| Course code | GA39 |
| Enrol by post or phone: Student Course Fee - payment in full -10% Discount |
£348.00 |
| Student Course Fee - 8 monthly instalments | £35.20 plus £87.00 deposit |
| Enrol online: -20% online discount |
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Please note
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