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AQA Science - Syllabus B (4462)

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About this course

This specification covers the same content as Science A, but instead of the short multiple choice tests for each module there are three 45 minute written papers with structured questions, plus the normal centre-assessed units based on practical work.

Practical Assessments - centre-based exams (25%)

These are also known as Investigative Skills Assignments - ISAs. They consist of a 45 minute written paper with questions based on the student's own data, collected in class practicals, plus additional data supplied. More than one ISA can be taken from the set supplied by AQA from Biology, Chemistry and Physics, with the best one submitted for marking. They are externally set and internally assessed. The overall mark also includes a holistic assessment by the teacher on general practical and safety skills (Practical Skills Assessment - PSA).

Modules - externally assessed (75%)

Biology 1a - Human Biology [summary.pdf]
11.1 How do human bodies respond to changes inside them and to their environment?
11.2 What can we do to keep our bodies healthy?
11.3 How do we use/abuse medical and recreational drugs?
11.4 What causes infectious diseases and how can our bodies defend themselves against them?

Biology 1b - Evolution and Environment [summary.pdf]
11.5 What determines where particular species live and how many of them there are?
11.6 Why are individuals of the same species different from each other? What new methods do we have for producing plants and animals with the characteristics we prefer?
11.7 Why have some species of plants and animals died out? How do new species of plants and animals develop?
11.8 How do humans affect the environment?

Chemistry 1a - Products from Rocks [summary.pdf]
12.1 How do rocks provide building materials?
12.2 How do rocks provide metals and how are metals used?
12.3 How do we get fuels from crude oil?

Chemistry 1b - Oils, Earth and Atmosphere [summary.pdf]
12.4 How are polymers and ethanol made from oil?
12.5 How can plant oils be used?
12.6 What are the changes in the Earth and its atmosphere?

Physics 1a - Energy and Electricity [summary.pdf]
13.1 How is heat (thermal energy) transferred and what factors affect the rate at which heat is transferred?
13.2 What is meant by the efficient use of energy? Why are electrical devices so useful?
13.4 How should we generate the electricity we need?

Physics 1b - Radiation and the Universe [summary.pdf]
13.5 What are the uses and hazards of the waves that form the electromagnetic spectrum?
13.6 What are the uses and dangers of emissions from radioactive substances?
13.7 What do we know about the origins of the Universe and how it continues to change?

Exam dates for 2009/10

There is one paper for each of Biology 1, Chemistry 1 and Physics 1, (25% each) available in January and June. The centre-assessed unit (25%) is similar to Science A and can be taken at any time.

Biology 1: Jan 14 & June 9
Chemistry 1: Jan 18 & June 16
Physics 1: Jan 20 & June 24

Exam Papers

Biology 1
June /08: Foundation & Mark Scheme | Higher & Mark Scheme
Jan /08: Foundation & Mark Scheme
June /07: Foundation & Mark Scheme | Higher & Mark Scheme
Jan /07: Foundation & Mark Scheme | Higher & Mark Scheme

Chemistry 1
June /08: Foundation & Mark Scheme | Higher & Mark Scheme
Jan /08: Foundation & Mark Scheme | Higher & Mark Scheme
June /07: Foundation & Mark Scheme | Higher & Mark Scheme
Jan /07: Foundation & Mark Scheme | Higher & Mark Scheme

Physics 1
June /08: Foundation & Mark Scheme | Higher & Mark Scheme
Jan /08: Foundation & Mark Scheme | Higher & Mark Scheme
June /07: Foundation & Mark Scheme | Higher & Mark Scheme
Jan /07: Foundation & Mark Scheme | Higher & Mark Scheme

For ISA past exam papers see the AQA website
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