Further Additional Science – Edexcel –2SF01
Course Outline
The Further Additional Science course consists of extension units in Biology, Chemistry and Physics.
Essentially students will be covering a greater breadth and depth of science than if they followed
the traditional Science and Additional Science route through GCSE.
The objectives of the course are for students to further appreciate and understand How Science
Works. To develop students’ understanding of higher level Biology, Chemistry and Physics, to
develop students’ questioning, analytical and evaluative approach to scientific problems and issues.
To bridge the gap between GCSE and GCE level Science courses. This route through the GCSE
Science course will enable students to attain 3 Science GCSEs, instead of the normal 2 GCSEs.
Skills that will be developed will be the ability to plan investigations and to analyse, interpret and
evaluate data; the ability to critically evaluate Science in the news and to appreciate the processes
that scientists go through in order to collect eviden