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GCSE Core Science Revision

On this page you will find all the unit 1 videos for your Core Science GCSE, or for the first units of your Separate Science course. You may be sitting either Route 1 or Route 2 if you are doing Core Science. Check with your teacher if you are not sure.

B1

Keeping Healthy (A1)

Nutrients in Food & Balanced Diets

Defense against Disease and Vaccination

MMR Vaccine and Ignaz Semmelweis

Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance

Culturing Microorganisms

Nerves and Hormones (A1)

The Nervous System Including Reflexes

Keeping Steady Conditions in the Body

Hormones in the Menstrual Cycle

Hormones for Controlling Fertility

Function of Auxin in Plants

The Use and Abuse of Drugs (A1)

Developing new drugs for medicine

Recreational Drugs and Associated Dangers

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Exam

Energy and Biomass in Food Chains (A2)

Energy in Food Chains and Pyramids of Biomass

Interdependence and Adaptation (A2)

Competition and Adaptation

Factors Affecting the Distribution of Living Things

Waste Materials from Plants and Animals (A2)

The Process of Decay

The Carbon Cycle its Importance.

Genetic Variation and Control (A2)

Variation in Living Things

Sexual vs Asexual Reproduction

Tissue Culture, Embryo Transplants and Adult Cell Fusion

Gene Transfer and GM Crops

Evolution (A2)

Darwin's Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection

Darwin vs Lamarck

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B1
Practice
Exams
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units
for the A2
Exam

C1

Fundamentals (A1)

Labelling and Drawing Atoms

Covalent Bonding

Balancing Equations

Limestone and Building Materials (A1)

Limestone Properties and Features Including Limestone Cycle Equations

Metals and their uses (A1)

Extraction of Metals form Ores

Extraction of Copper Including Phytomining and Bioleaching

Iron, Steels and Other Alloys

Transition Metals - Uses and Properties

Crude Oil and Fuels (A1)

Key Features of the Periodic Table

Fractions in Crude oil and their Properties

Burning Hydrocarbons

An Evaluation of Biofuels

Cracking and the Test for Unsaturated Hydrocarbons

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Useful Substances from Crude Oil (A2)

Monomers, Polymers and Polymerisation

Production of Ethanol

Plant Oils and their uses (A2)

Saturated and Unsaturarted Fats

Earth and Atmosphere (A2)

Structure of the Earth and Plate Tectonics

How the Atmosphere Changed Over Time

The Miller-Urey Experiment

Fractional Distillation of Air

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C1
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Exams
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units
for the A2
Exam

P1

Transfer of Energy (A1)

Heat Transfer by Infrared - Emission and Absorption

Heat Transfer by Conduction, Linked to Kinetic Theory

Explanation of How Convection Works in Gases and Liquids

Factors Affecting the Rate of Evaporation and Condensation

Energy and Efficiency (A1)

Factors Affecting Heat Loss

Specific Heat Capacity and Energy Transfer Calculation

Calculating Efficiency

The Usefulness of Electrical Appliances (A1)

Transferring Electrical Energy - Calculating Costs

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A1
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Exams
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Generating Electricity (A2)

Methods to Generate Electricity

Alternative Energy Sources, Pros and Cons

Pumped Storage and Meeting High Demand for Energy

The National Grid and Distribution of Electricity

Waves - Communications and The Universe (A2)

Transverse and Longitudinal Waves, Calculating Wave Velocity

Electromagnetic Spectrum - Granny helps with her X Box

Reflection of Light and Construction of Ray Diagrams

Refraction and What Causes Waves to Change Direction

Diffraction and the Causes of the Spreading of Waves

The Link Between Amplitude and Volume, Frequency and Pitch

The Doppler Effect and How Red-Shift and CMBR are Linked to the Big Bang

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P1
Practice
Exams
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A2
Practice
Exams
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