Welcome to the GCSE
Pages
For their GCSE studies in Year 10 and Year 11, students are
taught separately for Biology, Chemistry and Physics.
Student work from our GCSE students can be found here.
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An Internet-based set of questions on the
industrial use of enzymes |
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Revision notes, a quiz and web links for Module
3 (Chemical Patterns) are available now! |
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Revision notes, quizzes and web links for Module
9 (Chemicals & the Earth) |
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An Internet-based set of questions on the extraction
and uses of metals. |
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Information about the GCSE Course
The GCSE course students at Nether Stowe follow is a modular
course from the exam board EDEXCEL.
The marks awarded for the course are divided as follows:
- Module tests (12 tests) - 30%
- Coursework - 20%
- Final examination - 50%
Module tests take place on designated days through Years
10 & 11. They consist of 24 multiple-choice questions
each. There are 4 Chemistry modules, 4 Biology modules and
Physics modules:
Biology modules |
Chemistry modules |
Physics
modules |
1. The human body, action and control |
3. Chemical patterns |
5. Energy & Electricity |
2. Inheritance & survival |
4. Chemistry in action |
6. Waves,
atoms &
space |
7. Food production & the environment |
9. Chemicals & the earth |
11. Movement
& change |
8. Health & exercise |
10. Understanding chemical reactions |
12. Energy,
force & communication |
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suitability of their content, the content of external
web-sites may change. Nether Stowe School accepts no responsibility
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