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This page and the links on this page are to help you make the best choice in IGCSE Science.

Use this page to find more information about the IGCSE courses themselves. You will find the main sections of each course as well as the subject specification which gives more detail about what you will learn and how you will be assessed. The assessment is the same for all three IGCSE sciences. At the bottom of the page you will find links to other wikispaces which will have mainly information on careers in the three sciences.

= IGCSE Biology =

Main sections in the course are:
 * 1) The nature and variety of living organisms: characteristics of living organisms, variety of living organisms.
 * 2) Structures and functions in living organisms: levels of organisation, cells structure, biological molecules, movement of substances in and out of cells,
 * 3) Nutrition, respiration, gas exchange, transport, excretion, coordination and response.
 * 4) Reproduction and inheritance: reproduction, inheritance.
 * 5) Ecology and the environment: organisms in the environment, feeding relationships, cycles within ecosystems, human influences on the environment.
 * 6) Use of biological resources: food production, selective breeding, genetic modification, cloning.

For more detail check the IGCSE Edexcel specification for IGCSE Biology: Biology wikis for you to look at: bioknowledgy

= IGCSE Chemistry = Main sections in the course are:
 * 1) Principles of chemistry: states of matter, atoms, atomic structure, relative formula mass and molar volumes of gases, chemical formulae and chemical equations, ionic compounds, covalent substances, metallic crystals, electrolysis.
 * 2) Chemistry of the elements: periodic table, group 1 elements, group 7 elements, oxygen and oxides, hydrogen and water, reactivity series, tests for ions and gases.
 * 3) Organic chemistry: alkanes, alkenes, ethanol.
 * 4) Physical chemistry: acids, alkalis and salts, energetics, rates of reactions, equilibria.
 * 5) Chemistry in society: extraction and uses of metals, crude oil, synthetic polymers, industrial manufacture of chemicals.

For more detail check the IGCSE Edexcel specification for IGCSE Chemistry:

Have a look at chemistryatdulwich. This wiki used by many of our IGCSE chemistry students. It has lesson notes, experiments and many other resources which we use in the IGCSE Chemistry course. = = = IGCSE Physics = Main sections in the course are: For more detail check the IGCSE Edexcel specification for physics:
 * 1) Forces and motion: units, movement and position, forces, movement, shape and momentum, astronomy.
 * 2) Electricity: units, mains electricity, energy and potential difference in circuits.
 * 3) Waves: units, properties of waves, electromagnetic spectrum, light and sound.
 * 4) Energy resources and energy transfer: units, energy transfer, work and power, energy resources and electricity generation.
 * 5) Solids, liquids and gases: units, density and pressure, change of state, ideal gas molecules.
 * 6) Magnetism and electromagnetism.
 * 7) Radioactivity and particles.

Physics wikis on IGCSE (and also IB physics):
 * Mr. Weatherell - Nothing Nerdy
 * Mr. Hughes - The World according to Hughes
 * Miss Geraghty - Physics-Geraghty
 * Miss Tsikkinis - This is physics

= Websites = For more information about the IGCSE courses you can go to the Edexcel website itself: [|Edexcel igcse]

Other useful IGCSE/GCSE websites:
 * [|gcse science]
 * [|bbc gcsebitesize]
 * [|s-cool gcse]

= Careers in the different sciences = Use the following links to get more information and ideas about careers in each Science.
 * Biology:
 * Chemistry: careers in chemistry
 * Physics: Institute of Physics: [|Careers in Physics]