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Home Education IGCSE Science Course

At Oxford Home Schooling we are delighted to announce the publication of our new IGCSE Science (Double Award) course. IGCSE Science (Double Award) is worth TWO IGCSEs.

The Course

The home education course was developed to meet the requirements of Edexcel specification 4SC0, which will be first examined in June 2011. The IGCSE Science specification includes all the Paper 1 material from the three main single science IGCSEs: Biology, Chemistry and Physics, and none of the Paper 2 material. The course does not include coursework.

Written by experienced science teachers and subject specialists, Marion Green, Michael Jones and Philip West, the course provides excellent preparation for the IGCSE Science examination.

Assessment

The IGCSE Science examination consists of 3 papers, one each for biology, chemistry and physics. Each exam lasts 2 hours. The exam is untiered.

Each paper will assess biology/chemistry/physics across all Assessment Objectives as set out in the specification. The maximum mark for each paper will be 120.

There will be a range of compulsory short-answer structured questions which gradually increase in level of difficulty to ensure accessibility for less-able students, as well as to stretch more-able students.

Students may be required to perform calculations, draw graphs and describe, explain and interpret scientific phenomena. Some of the question content will be unfamiliar to students;these questions are designed to assess data-handling skills and the ability to apply scientific principles to unfamiliar information. Questions targeted at grades A* – B will include questions designed to test knowledge, understanding and skills at a higher level, including some questions requiring longer prose answers.

Course Components

The course is supplied in 3 separate folders, one each for the Biology, Chemistry and Physics sections of the specification.

The components for each course are as follows:

Biology

This section is in 5 modules containing 23 lessons, with 7 Tutor-marked Assignments, including a substantial mock Exam.

The five modules are:

Module 1: Cells and Organisms
Module 2: Plant and Animal Physiology A
Module 3: Plant and Animal Physiology B
Module 4: Inheritance
Module 5: Ecology and Food Production

Students will need to buy the Edexcel IGCSE Biology student book as this forms an integral part of the course.

Chemistry

This section is in 6 modules containing 26 lessons, with 7 Tutor-marked Assignments including a substantial mock Exam.

The six modules are:

Module 1: Principles of Chemistry
Module 2: Chemistry of the Elements
Module 3: Organic Chemistry
Module 4: Physical Chemistry
Module 5: Chemistry in Society
Module 6: Investigative Skills

Physics

This section is in 7 modules containing 29 lessons, with 11 Tutor-marked Assignments, including a substantial mock Exam.

The seven modules are:

Module 1: Forces and Motion
Module 2: Electricity
Module 3: Waves
Module 4: Energy Resources and Energy Transfer
Module 5: Solids, Liquids and Gases
Module 6: Magnetism and Electromagnetism
Module 7: Radioactivity and Particles

Students will need to buy the Edexcel IGCSE Physics student book as this forms an integral part of the course.

Alternative Textbook

If students are happy to work without cross references to textbook pages given in the course, they may instead use the Edexcel IGCSE Science Double Award Student Guide (2011) by Cliff Curtis, Steve Woolley, and Phil Bradfield (Pearson, ISBN 9780435046774).

Internet Access

Students will also need to have access to the internet.

For further details of our brand new IGCSE Science (Double Award) course, please read the Course Introduction which may be accessed from the link to the right of this page.

Within IGCSE Home Education there are the following subjects

Supporting Texts for the Science IGCSE home education course

The Science IGCSE course is supported by the following essential texts.

For the Biology section of the course students will need

For the Chemistry section of the course students will need

For the Physics section of the course students will need

Alternative Text for the Science IGCSE course

If students are happy to work without cross references to textbook pages given in the course, they may instead use

Useful Science IGCSE links

Click to download the Science IGCSE course introduction

Click to view the Science IGCSE Syllabus