Edexcel (Pre-2011)

Biology

Environment

Populations and pyramids, evolution, characteristics and classification

Genes

DNA, reproduction and cloning, genes

Electrical and chemical signals

The nervous system, hormones

Use, misuse and abuse

Defending against infection, drugs and health

Chemistry

Patterns in properties

The periodic table, groups in the periodic table, the transition metals, forensic science

Making changes

Preparing gases and testing for them, making salts, extracting metals, chemicals in the lab and home

There’s one Earth

Fuels, useful products from air and seawater, damage to the environment

Designer products

Smart materials, nanotechnology, food and drink

Physics

Producing and measuring electricity

Producing electricity, voltage, current and resistance, advances in electrical devices

You’re in charge

Generating electricity, mains electricity, the cost of electricity

Now you see it, now you don’t

An introduction to waves, sound, ultrasound and seismic waves, the electromagnetic spectrum, sending information

Space and its mysteries

Gravity, force and weight, planets, stars and galaxies, the origins of the universe

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