Physical Science (0652)

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.

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.