Guest Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 What happened to the Physics, Chemistry and Biology that we used to do in my day......... no where seems to do that anymore I have seperate Physics, Biology and Chemistry lessons, with seperate specilist teachers too. But thats only because im doing "triple award" Fred, yours sounds exactly like my DD2's Science. She did Core last year (counts as one GCSE) and is doing more Science this year. I don't know what the proper name is. She has 3 different teachers for the 3 different subjects. She is also resitting Chemistry on Friday afternoon this week - so I think it must be the same as yours. A 45 minute written paper - Chemistry Unit 1 Tier H. As she got an A for core Science last year, I'm not sure I understand why she is retaking a module. Maybe she's going for an A*? I feel really ashamed that I don't really know what or why she's taking this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 That's interesting. I'm doing a completely different course to you then Fred, first of all you have 6 multiple choice exams which are 30mins each and this counts as a single GCSE. To do double science you do 3 written exams on top of the original multiple choice exams and this earns you the GCSE. To do triple science in total you have 6 multiple choice exams and 6 written exams. This is why we started our GCSE science last year, because it takes ages to do! Other people who didn't do accelarated now have classes after school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 It seems that I get one GSCE for each (chemistry, Physics and biology) so thats 3 GSCE's in total Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Devon is in year 10, & I remember there were 3 options for her. 1 - Do the 3 split sciences,this counts as 3 GCSE's 2 - Accelerated science,as Liz describes above 3 - Combined (Think it was actually called something else though) science She is doind accelerated,so had her first module of 5 this week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 It seems that I get one GSCE for each (chemistry, Physics and biology) so thats 3 GSCE's in total That will stand you in good stead if you want to apply to medical school, or study one of the sciences at degree level Fred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 Phew, exam over! it was eaisyish, so I think I did well. Nearly all the questions were about recycling and protecting the enviroment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Good. You can relax a bit over the weekend now Fred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Phew, exam over! it was eaisyish, so I think I did well. Nearly all the questions were about recycling and protecting the enviroment! It definitely was the same exam as DD2 then! Well done Fred! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 We seem to have had a week of exams this week as well. Son did his Spanish oral on Weds, daughter's doing core science this year (she's year 10) and has just had some module results back. She did rather well She should be doing Applied science and Astronomy next year, at least that was the plan before we decided to move . Good luck to all of you doing exams........... don't forget to revise, it's dead boring and a pain to actually buckle down and do it, but it's amazing the effect it has on your results, and better still, saves you having to resit and do the whole lot again . We're off to son's school next week for parent consultation evening and mock GCSE results. Eeeek. He didn't revise at all I don't think, despite me bullying, bribing and begging him to. I'm pretty pessimistic about the results Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
