What extra science do students study compared to a 2-science GCSE course?
Awarding bodies are free to select the additional content for these courses and therefore the content varies widely. Full details are available on their websites (see below). Here are some examples: Biology: Micro-organisms (AQA, OCR Gateway, WJEC), Biotechnology (Edexcel, OCR C21st, WJEC), behaviour (Edexcel), Transport in plants & animals (AQA, WJEC) Human physiology (OCR C21st). Chemistry: Analysis (most), Chemical production (Edexcel, OCR Gateway, WJEC), Energy changes (AQA, OCR C21st), organic (OCR C21st, WJEC) Physics: Electromagnetic induction (AQA, WJEC) Motion (AQA, WJEC), Particle and Nuclear Physics (Edexcel, WJEC), Astronomy (AQA, OCR C21st), Satellite technology (OCR Gateway), Medical Physics (Edexcel), Electronics (OCR Gateway) What ways are there of timetabling the study of Triple Science? Most schools and colleges run the three separate subjects in parallel through year 10 and 11. This can be partially combined with a course leading to a single or two science GCSEs beca
