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Award : AS/A2 Level Exam board: Edexcel Level: 3
Please note that students applying for this course will need to have achieved a GCSE grade 'C' or above in Mathematics and GCSE grades 'BB' or above in Double Science.
Outline
of the course -
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Salters Advanced Chemistry is taught through real-life chemistry. During the course you will develop essential knowledge and understanding of the concepts of chemistry, and the skills needed for the use of these in new and changing situations.
You will also develop an understanding of the link between theory and experiment, be aware of how advances in information technology and instrumentation are used in chemistry.
Appreciate the contributions of chemistry to society and the responsible use of scientific
knowledge and evidence, sustain and develop their enjoyment of, and interest in, chemistry.
The course provides a firm foundation for those candidates progressing to chemistry, medicine
and related courses in Higher Education. It also provides knowledge, understanding and skills to
allow those candidates who do not wish to carry their study of chemistry further to make reasoned
and informed decisions about chemical issues affecting their lives.
Skills you will develop include:
Award : AS/A2 Level Exam board: Edexcel Level: 3
Please note that students applying for this course will need to have achieved a GCSE grades 'CC' or above in Double Science.
Outline of the course - Click here for the full course outline
Salters Nuffield Advanced Biology is taught through real-life biology. For example, most A-level biology courses start with cell biology or biochemistry. We don’t. We start with an account of Mark, a 15-year-old who had a stroke, and Peter, an adult who had a heart attack. We then go on from the details of their cases to look at the factors that make it more likely that any of us will suffer from a stroke or heart attack. This allows us to introduce the biochemistry of fats and carbohydrates bit by bit, as you need to know them to understand about strokes and heart diseases, rather than all at once.
In the AS year you will study four topics. Each takes about half a term, including the practical work. This
gives time to do the coursework and to revise for the exams. Topics include:
Lifestyle, health and risk, Genes and health, Voice of the genome and Plants and climate change.
Skills you will develop include:
Award: AS/A2 Level Exam board: Edexcel Level: 3
Please note that students applying for this course will need to have achieved a GCSE grade 'B' or above in Mathematics and GCSE grades 'BB' or above in Double Science.
Outline of the course - Click here for the full course outline
Physics is perhaps the most basic of the sciences as its discoveries and principles have profound implications for all the other sciences, and hence it has a major effect on our lives.
Salters Horners Advanced Physics is a context-led course placing students' learning in the environment and in situations in which physics is met in real life. The course aims to sustain and develop the enjoyment of, and interest in, physics and its application. Students will develop essential knowledge and understanding in physics and, where appropriate, the applications of physics together with an appreciation of their significance and the skills needed for the use of these in new and changing situations.
An industrial visit gives students the opportunity to look for science in action.
Skills you will develop include: