Science at GCSE into the Twenty First Century

Science at GCSE into the Twenty First Century

Why study science? • What choices are on offer at school/college? • What choices are there after GCSE? • More help to make our choice?

Why study science at GCSE? • It’s natural to be curious about the physical world, and how things work • Studying science develops important skills • Everyone has to make decisions in life that involve science • More and more jobs use science

Science at <school/college> • Twenty First Century Science courses • Trialled by schools in England and Wales since 2003 • Course developers with outstanding track records (University of York and Nuffield Curriculum Centre) • Approved as preparation for further study, by Institute of Biology, Institute of Physics and Royal Society of Chemistry

What choices are on offer? Entry Level or GCSE Science GCSE Additional Applied Science Entry Level and GCSE Additional Applied Science GCSE Science and or GCSE Additional Science GCSE Biology, Chemistry & Physics

GCSE Science Essential course for all students including future scientists • Making sense of science in our everyday lives • Learning how science works • Coursework is worth 33.3% of marks: • case study • practical data analysis

Entry Level • Supports students developing science skills • Very relevant to science in everyday life • Build up marks during the course • Can lead to GCSE Science

GCSE Additional Science • Concentrates on knowledge and skills needed for further study in the sciences • Coursework is an investigation worth 33.3% of marks

GCSE Additional Applied Science Science related to the work-place • practical, problem-solving approach • Three larger modules: • <module 1> • <module 2> • <module 3> • 50% of marks from coursework

Separate Sciences • Extending knowledge and understanding • For those with a very keen interest in science • Leads tothree Awards • GCSE Biology • GCSE Chemistry • GCSE Physics • Coursework worth 33.3% of marks

What happens post-16?

More help on course choice? • Think about these questions: • What do you like about science? • What do you want to do after GCSEs? • How would you rather learn? • How would you rather earn your marks – exams or coursework? • Talk to your teacher • Look at the website <school and/or C21 sites>

<Other suggestions for slides> • When will the exams be? • What are the coursework dates? • What can we do to help (e.g. collect media reports of science-related stories) • What resources will our son/daughter be given? • Can we buy any other resources, e.g. revision books?

Science at GCSE into the Twenty First Century

Science at GCSE into the Twenty First Century

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Chapter 33 – Into the Twenty-First Century

INFORMATION ETHICS IN THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY

TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY TANK CLEANING

Twenty-First Century Psychotherapies

Business Ethics In The Twenty-First Century

Redefining Writing in the Twenty-first Century:

QCD in the Twenty-First Century

The West at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century

First Century Morals in the Twenty First Century

Marketing in the Twenty-first Century

INFORMATION ETHICS IN THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY

GEOGRAPHIC ISSUES of the Twenty-first Century

ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

TO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, 1989-

Twenty-First Century Psychotherapies

MENTORING STRATEGIES For the Twenty-First Century

Chapter 33: into the twenty-first century

Making Psychology The Science Of The Twenty-First Century: Overcoming The Critics

The Twenty-First Century Student

Chapter 33 – Into the Twenty-First Century