Applied Sciences

Course summary

Year 1: All students will study one examined and one coursework unit. The examined content will cover animal and plant cells, tissues, atomic structure and bonding, chemical and physical properties of substances related to their uses, waves, and their application in communications. Students will also produce a portfolio of work covering a range of chemical techniques including colorimetry, chromatography, and titration. Year 2: All students will complete an externally examined unit where they will study how to conduct a scientific investigation including planning, carrying out, recording, interpreting, drawing conclusions, and evaluating. These skills will be taught across the following topics: enzymes and diffusion, plants and the environment, fuels and energy, and electrical circuits. They will also produce a portfolio of work focussed on three body systems: musculoskeletal, lymphatic, and digestive looking at their structure and function as well as the implications of what happens when the systems fail to work properly and the available treatments.