Description
Tutor:
Filippo Campione
1) IGCSE Physical Science: Content Overview
Cambridge IGCSE Physical Science enables learners to:
- increase their understanding of the technological world
- take an informed interest in scientific matters
- recognise the usefulness (and limitations) of scientific method, and how to apply this to other disciplines and in everyday life
- develop relevant attitudes, such as a concern for accuracy and precision, objectivity, integrity, enquiry, initiative and inventiveness
- develop an interest in, and care for, the environment
- better understand the influence and limitations placed on scientific study by society, economy, technology, ethics, the community and the environment
- develop an understanding of the scientific skills essential for both further study and everyday life.
Physical Science Aims:
The aims describe the purposes of a course based on this syllabus.You can deliver some of the aims using suitable local, international or historical examples and applications, or through collaborative experimental work.
The aims are to:
- provide an enjoyable and worthwhile educational experience for all learners, whether or not they go on to study science beyond this level
- enable learners to acquire sufficient knowledge and understanding to:
- become confident citizens in a technological world and develop an informed interest in scientific matters
- be suitably prepared for studies beyond Cambridge IGCSE
- allow learners to recognise that science is evidence-based and understand the usefulness, and the limitations, of scientific method
- develop skills that:
- are relevant to the study and practice of science
- are useful in everyday life
- encourage a systematic approach to problem-solving
- encourage efficient and safe practice
- encourage effective communication through the language of science
- develop attitudes relevant to science such as:
- concern for accuracy and precision
- objectivity
- integrity
- enquiry
- initiative
- inventiveness
- enable learners to appreciate that:
- science is subject to social, economic, technological, ethical and cultural influences and limitations
- the applications of science may be both beneficial and detrimental to the individual, the community and the environment.
2) Syllabus Outline:
The subject content is divided into two sections: Chemistry (C1–C12) and Physics (P1–P5). Candidates must study both sections.
Chemistry
The particulate nature of matter
Experimental techniques
Atoms, elements and compounds
Stoichiometry
Electricity and chemistry
Energy changes in chemical reactions
Acids, bases and salts
The Periodic Table
Metals
Air and water
Carbonates
Organic chemistry
Physics
General physics
Thermal physics
Properties of waves, including light and sound
Electricity and magnetism
Atomic physics
3) Assessment Outline:
Core candidates take:
- Paper 1: Multiple Choice (45 minutes)
- Paper 3: Theory – Extended response (75 minutes)
- Paper 5: Practical test or Paper 6: Alternative to practical (75 minutes/60 minutes)
Extended candidates take:
- Paper 2: Multiple Choice (45 minutes)
- Paper 4: Theory – Extended response (75 minutes)
- Paper 5: Practical test or Paper 6: Alternative to practical (75 minutes/60 minutes)
For more information check out the: IGCSE Physical Science Guide
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