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A Level Science
Pearson Edexcel

Pearson Edexcel only — Biology A (9BN0), Biology B (9BI0), Chemistry (9CH0) and Physics (9PH0). Four qualifications that share their assessment objectives and not their papers, so the weightings hold across the sciences while Paper 3 does not — and Paper 3 is 40 per cent.

  1. AO1Knowledge
  2. AO2Application
  3. AO3Analysis
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An examination manual for a Pearson Edexcel A-level science department. The four qualifications share one set of assessment objectives and weight them the same way, which makes the differences between them easy to miss — and the biggest of those is Paper 3, worth 40 per cent and structured unlike anything in Papers 1 and 2.

Every core practical is covered, for all four sciences, because Edexcel examines them directly rather than through a separate endorsement. Answer ladders show what separates a weak response from an exceptional one, and the checklists are built to be printed and used.

Written to
Pearson Edexcel A-level Biology A (9BN0), Biology B (9BI0), Chemistry (9CH0) and Physics (9PH0)
Intended for
teachers, heads of department and SLT — not a student revision guide
Extent
34 pages · 28 sections

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PART ONE — THE QUALIFICATION

01Four qualifications, not threep4
02The objectives are constantp5
03Two Biologies, comparedp6
04Physics: two taught routesp7
05Where the mathematics isp8
06The practical endorsementp9

PART TWO — THE PAPERS

07Papers 1 and 2p11
08Paper 3 — the 40% paperp12
09Inside a Paper 3 questionp13
10Synoptic assessmentp14
11Command wordsp15

PART THREE — THE CORE PRACTICALS

12How practicals are examinedp17
13Biology A — core practicalsp18
14Biology B — core practicalsp19
15Chemistry — core practicalsp20
16Physics — core practicalsp21
17Uncertainty and validityp22

PART FOUR — EXAM TECHNIQUE

18Short answersp24
19Explain — an answer ladderp25
20Calculationsp26
21Extended responsep27
22Data and graph questionsp28

PART FIVE — MATHEMATICS, REVISION AND THE TOOLKIT

23Maths by sciencep30
24Uncertainty and significant figuresp31
25Revision that worksp32
26The exam checklistp33
27In closingp34
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