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WHY CHOOSE THIS SYLLABUS? 

Cambridge IGCSE Combined 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.

 

ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW

All candidates take three papers.

 

Candidates who have studied the Core subject content, or who are expected to achieve a grade D or below, should be entered for Paper 1, Paper 3 and either Paper 5 or Paper 6. These candidates will be eligible for grades C to G.

 

Candidates who have studied the Extended subject content (Core and Supplement), and who are expected to achieve a grade C or above, should be entered for Paper 2, Paper 4 and either Paper 5 or Paper 6. These candidates will be eligible for grades A* to G.

 

DETAILS OF THE ASSESSMENT

Core assessment

Paper 1 Multiple Choice (Core)

- 45 minutes, 40 marks

- Forty compulsory multiple-choice items of the four-option type. This paper tests assessment objectives AO1 and AO2.

 

Paper 3 Theory (Core)

- 1 hour 15 minutes, 80 marks

- Short-answer and structured questions testing assessment objectives AO1 and AO2.

 

Extended assessment

Paper 2 Multiple Choice (Extended)

- 45 minutes, 40 marks

- Forty compulsory multiple-choice items of the four-option type. This paper tests assessment objectives AO1 and AO2.

 

Paper 4 Theory (Extended)

- 1 hour 15 minutes, 80 marks

- Short-answer and structured questions testing assessment objectives AO1 and AO2.

 

SUBJECT CONTENT

Biology

• B1 Characteristics of living organisms
• B2 Cells
• B3 Biological molecules
• B4 Enzymes
• B5 Plant nutrition
• B6 Animal nutrition
• B7 Transport
• B8 Gas exchange and respiration
• B9 Coordination and response
• B10 Reproduction
• B11 Organisms and their environment
• B12 Human influences on ecosystems

 

Chemistry

• C1 The particulate nature of matter
• C2 Experimental techniques
• C3 Atoms, elements and compounds
• C4 Stoichiometry
• C5 Electricity and chemistry
• C6 Energy changes in chemical reactions
• C7 Chemical reactions
• C8 Acids, bases and salts
• C9 The Periodic Table
• C10 Metals
• C11 Air and water
• C12 Organic chemistry

 

Physics

• P1 Motion
• P2 Work, energy and power
• P3 Thermal physics
• P4 Properties of waves, including light and sound
• P5 Electrical quantities
• P6 Electric circuits

 

SOURCE 

www.cambridgeinternational.org