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OCR Gateway Science B (J640)

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About this course
Exam dates
Exam papers

About this course

This course, normally taken during year 10, is assessed by two exam papers plus a practical task and report.

There are six modules: biology (B1, B2), chemistry (C1, C2) and physics (P1, P2) arranged in Units as follows:

Unit 1 - modules B1, C1, P1: 1 hour paper, 33.33%
Unit 2 - modules B2, C2, P2: 1 hour paper, 33.33%
Unit 3 - 'Can-Do' tasks and report on Science in the News, 33.33%

Each 1 hour paper contains sections for Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Each can be assessed in January or Summer.

Link to the course specification.

Modules

B1: Understanding Ourselves

a Fit for Life
b What’s for Lunch?
c Keeping Healthy
d Keeping in Touch
e Drugs and You
f Staying in Balance
g Gene Control
h Who am I?

C1: Carbon Chemistry

a Cooking
b Food Additives
c Smells
d Making Crude Oil Usefu
e Making Polymers
f Designer Polymers
g Using Carbon Fuels
h Energy

P1: Energy for the Home

a Heating Houses
b Keeping Homes Warm
c How Insulation Works
d Cooking with Waves
e Infra-red Signals
f Wireless Signals
g Light
h Stable Earth

B2:Understanding Our Environment

a Ecology in our School Ground
b Grouping Organisms
c The Food Factory
d Complete or Die
e Adapt to Fit
f Survival of the Fittest
g Population out of Control?
h Sustainability

C2: Rocks and Metals

a Paints and Pigments
b Construction Materials
c Does the Earth Move?
d Metals and Alloys
e Cars for Scrap
f Clean Air
g Faster or Slower (1)
h Faster or Slower (2)

P2: Living for the Future

a Collecting Energy from the Sun
b Power Station 1
c Power Station 2
d Nuclear Radiations
e Our Magnetic Field
f Exploring Our Solar System
g Threats to Earth
h The Big Bang

Exam dates for 2009/10

Unit 1 (B621): January 14 and May 28
Unit 2: (B622): January 18 and June 16

Exam papers

OCR have changed the links to individual papers again, so here's their page for Exam papers

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