GCSE Science Equivalency 

This GCSE Equivalency Exam has been benchmarked the current Edexcel (IGCSE) Science (Single Award) specification and follows the UK National Curriculum.

This provides the best fit for UK primary teacher trainees with a single award (9-1) (un-tiered -includes foundation and higher) GCSE Combined Science Equivalency award.

This single 2-hour GCSE Equivalency Exam effectively covers the assessment objectives of the Edexcel IGCSE specification. There is No direct assessment of science practical work. This exam provides an excellent foundation to teach the primary science curriculum.

Topics Covered:

Biology

• Keeping healthy

• Nerves and hormones

• Control in plants

• The use and abuse of drugs

• Interdependence and adaptation

• Environmental change

• Energy in biomass

• Waste materials from plants and animals

• Genetic variation and its control

• Reproduction

• Evolution

Chemistry

• The fundamental ideas in chemistry

• Limestone and building materials

• Metals and their uses

• Alloys

• Crude oil and fuels

• Hydrocarbon fuels

• Obtaining useful substances from crude oil

• Polymers and Ethanol

• Plant oils and their uses

• Changes in the Earth and its atmosphere

Physics

• Energy transfer

• Energy and efficiency

• Usefulness of electrical appliances

• Methods of generating electricity

• Waves and communications

• Electromagnetic radiation

• Providing evidence that the Universe is expanding

This GCSE Biology Equivalency Exam consists of only a single benchmarked paper. In addition, there is no coursework component. Therefore, the Biology IGCSE is the better option for equivalency students, studying remotely for a Biology GCSE Equivalency test.

The GCSE Biology Equivalency Exam is a single 2-hour exam benchmarked against the Edexcel IGCSE Biology Specification. Questions in the exam may come from any topic across this specification (including all points in bold)

Topics Covered:

·  Keeping healthy

·  Nerves and hormones

·  The use and abuse of drugs

·  Interdependence and adaptation

·  Genetic variation, its control and evolution

·  Cells and simple cell transport

·  Proteins – their functions and uses

·  Cell division and inheritance

·  Gaseous exchange – Aerobic and anaerobic respiration

·  Transport systems in plants and animals

·  Homeostasis

·  Humans and their environment