• Biology

    • Syllabus
      -Cell biology
      -Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells Growth and development of cells
      -Cell metabolism
      -Transport systems
      -Transport in cells
      -Transport systems in multicellular organisms Human circulatory system
      -Transport systems in plants
      -Health, disease and the development of medicines
      -Health and disease
      -Communicable diseases
      -Treating, curing and preventing disease
      -Coordination and control
      -Nervous coordination and control in humans Hormonal coordination and control in humans
      -Homeostasis in humans
      -Photosynthesis
      -Importance of photosynthesis
      -Ecosystems
      -Levels of organisation within an ecosystem The principle of material cycling Biodiversity
      -Inheritance, variation and evolution
      -The genome and gene expression Inheritance
      -Variation and evolution
      -Selective breeding and gene technology

    Chemistry

    • Syllabus
      -Atomic structure and the Periodic Table
      -A simple model of the atom, relative atomic mass, electronic charge and isotopes The modern Periodic Table
      -Structure, bonding and the properties of matter
      -States of matter and change of state in terms of particle kinetics, energy transfers and the relative strength of chemical bonds and intermolecular forces
      -Different kinds of chemical bonds: ionic, covalent and metallic bonding Structure and bonding of carbon
      -Chemical changes
      -Chemical symbols, formulae and equations
      -Identification of common gases
      -Chemistry of acids
      -A reactivity series of metals as the tendency of a metal to form its positive ion Electrolysis of various molten ionic liquids and aqueous ionic solutions Redox reactions (reduction and oxidation)
      -Energy changes in chemistry
      -Exothermic and endothermic reactions, including reaction profiles Carbon compounds both as fuels and feedstock
      -The rate and extent of chemical change
      -Factors that influence the rate of reaction, including catalysts Reversible reactions and the concept of dynamic equilibrium
      -Chemical analysis
      -Assessing purity and separating mixtures
      -Conservation of mass and the quantitative interpretation of balanced equations Use of amount of substance in relation to masses of pure substances
      -Chemical and allied industries
      -Life cycle assessment and recycling
      -Fractional distillation of crude oil and cracking
      -Different methods of extracting and purifying metals with reference to a reactivity series with oxygen and the position of carbon within it
      -Earth and atmospheric science
      -The composition and evolution of the Earth’s atmosphere since its formation Carbon dioxide and methane as greenhouse gases
      -Common atmospheric pollutants and their sources
      -The Earth’s water resources and obtaining potable water

    Physics

    • Syllabus
      -Energy
      -Energy changes in a system, and in the ways, energy is stored before and after such changes
      -Conservation, dissipation and national and global energy sources
      -Forces
      -Forces and their interactions
      -Work done as force x distance, energy transfer
      -Forces and motion
      -Speed and velocity, speed as distance over time; acceleration; distance-time and velocity-time graphs
      -Forces, accelerations and Newton’s laws of motion
      -Safety in public transport
      -Waves in matter
      -Waves in air, fluids and solids
      -Light and electromagnetic waves
      -Frequency range of the spectrum
      -Interactions of electromagnetic radiation with matter and their applications
      -Electricity
      -Current, potential difference and resistance Series and parallel circuits
      -Domestic uses and safety
      -Energy transfers
      -Magnetism and electromagnetism
      -Permanent and induced magnetism, magnetic forces and fields Magnetic effects of currents and the motor effect
      -Particle model of matter
      -Changes of state and the particle model
      -Internal energy, energy transfers and particle motions
      -Atomic structure
      -Nuclear atom and isotopes
      -Absorption and emission of ionizing radiations and of electrons and nuclear particles