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GCSE Combined Science

AQA 8464. 96 topics, 97 lessons.

Biology Paper 1

Biology Paper 1 topics
TopicSpecificationLessonsTry
Cells: structure, types and specialisation4.1.1.1, 4.1.1.2, 4.1.1.3, 4.1.1.42Try a lesson
Microscopy and magnification4.1.1.51
Chromosomes, mitosis and stem cells4.1.2.1, 4.1.2.2, 4.1.2.31
Diffusion, osmosis and active transport4.1.3.1, 4.1.3.2, 4.1.3.31
Cells, tissues, organs and organ systems4.2.11
Digestion, enzymes, the heart and blood4.2.2.1, 4.2.2.2, 4.2.2.3, 4.2.2.41
Health, lifestyle and cancer4.2.2.5, 4.2.2.6, 4.2.2.71
Plant tissues and transport4.2.3.1, 4.2.3.21
Pathogens: viral, bacterial and fungal diseases4.3.1.1, 4.3.1.2, 4.3.1.3, 4.3.1.41
Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics4.3.1.5, 4.3.1.6, 4.3.1.7, 4.3.1.81
Discovering and testing drugs4.3.1.91
Photosynthesis and its rate4.4.1.1, 4.4.1.2, 4.4.1.31
Respiration, exercise and metabolism4.4.2.1, 4.4.2.2, 4.4.2.31
Higher: limiting factors and oxygen debt4.4.1.2, 4.4.2.21

Biology Paper 2

Biology Paper 2 topics
TopicSpecificationLessonsTry
Homeostasis4.5.11
The nervous system and reflexes4.5.21
Hormones, blood glucose and contraception4.5.3.1, 4.5.3.2, 4.5.3.3, 4.5.3.41
Higher: infertility treatment and negative feedback4.5.3.5, 4.5.3.61
Higher: glucagon and the menstrual cycle hormones4.5.3.2, 4.5.3.31
Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance4.6.1.1, 4.6.1.2, 4.6.1.3, 4.6.1.41
Inherited disorders and sex determination4.6.1.5, 4.6.1.61
Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering4.6.2.1, 4.6.2.2, 4.6.2.3, 4.6.2.41
Fossils, extinction and resistant bacteria4.6.3.1, 4.6.3.2, 4.6.3.3, 4.6.3.41
Classifying living organisms4.6.41
Higher: full genetic crosses and genetic engineering4.6.1.4, 4.6.2.41
Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations4.7.1.1, 4.7.1.2, 4.7.1.3, 4.7.1.41
Food chains, sampling and material cycles4.7.2.1, 4.7.2.21
Biodiversity, waste and land use4.7.3.1, 4.7.3.2, 4.7.3.3, 4.7.3.41
Global warming and protecting biodiversity4.7.3.5, 4.7.3.61

Chemistry Paper 1

Chemistry Paper 1 topics
TopicSpecificationLessonsTry
Atoms, compounds, mixtures and the atomic model5.1.1.1, 5.1.1.2, 5.1.1.3, 5.1.1.41
Atomic size, relative mass and electron structure5.1.1.5, 5.1.1.6, 5.1.1.71
The periodic table, metals and noble gases5.1.2.1, 5.1.2.2, 5.1.2.3, 5.1.2.41
Group 1 and Group 75.1.2.5, 5.1.2.61
Higher: ionic equations and half equations5.1.1.11
Ionic and covalent bonding5.2.1.1, 5.2.1.2, 5.2.1.3, 5.2.1.41
Metallic bonding5.2.1.51
States of matter and properties of substances5.2.2.1, 5.2.2.2, 5.2.2.3, 5.2.2.41
Polymers, giant structures, metals and alloys5.2.2.5, 5.2.2.6, 5.2.2.7, 5.2.2.81
Diamond, graphite, graphene and fullerenes5.2.3.1, 5.2.3.2, 5.2.3.31
Higher: limits of the particle model5.2.2.11
Conservation of mass and relative formula mass5.3.1.1, 5.3.1.2, 5.3.1.3, 5.3.1.41
Concentration of solutions5.3.2.51
Higher: moles and balancing with moles5.3.2.1, 5.3.2.2, 5.3.2.31
Higher: limiting reactants5.3.2.41
Higher: explaining concentration5.3.2.51
Reactivity, extraction and reduction5.4.1.1, 5.4.1.2, 5.4.1.31
Acids, salts and pH5.4.2.1, 5.4.2.2, 5.4.2.3, 5.4.2.41
Electrolysis5.4.3.1, 5.4.3.2, 5.4.3.3, 5.4.3.41
Higher: redox, strong and weak acids, electrode half equations5.4.1.4, 5.4.2.5, 5.4.3.51
Higher: redox in acid reactions and electrolysis5.4.2.1, 5.4.3.11
Exothermic and endothermic reactions, reaction profiles5.5.1.1, 5.5.1.21
Higher: bond energy calculations5.5.1.31

Chemistry Paper 2

Chemistry Paper 2 topics
TopicSpecificationLessonsTry
Rates of reaction, collisions and catalysts5.6.1.1, 5.6.1.2, 5.6.1.3, 5.6.1.41
Reversible reactions and equilibrium5.6.2.1, 5.6.2.2, 5.6.2.31
Higher: equilibrium, concentration and temperature5.6.2.4, 5.6.2.5, 5.6.2.61
Higher: equilibrium and pressure5.6.2.71
Higher: tangents and rates in mol/s5.6.1.11
Crude oil, alkanes, cracking and alkenes5.7.1.1, 5.7.1.2, 5.7.1.3, 5.7.1.41
Purity, formulations and chromatography5.8.1.1, 5.8.1.2, 5.8.1.31
Tests for gases5.8.2.1, 5.8.2.2, 5.8.2.3, 5.8.2.41
The atmosphere, then and now5.9.1.1, 5.9.1.2, 5.9.1.3, 5.9.1.41
Greenhouse gases, climate change and carbon footprints5.9.2.1, 5.9.2.2, 5.9.2.3, 5.9.2.41
Atmospheric pollutants5.9.3.1, 5.9.3.21
Resources, potable water and waste water5.10.1.1, 5.10.1.2, 5.10.1.31
Life cycle assessment and recycling5.10.2.1, 5.10.2.21
Higher: phytomining and bioleaching5.10.1.41

Physics Paper 1

Physics Paper 1 topics
TopicSpecificationLessonsTry
Energy stores, changes and power6.1.1.1, 6.1.1.2, 6.1.1.3, 6.1.1.41
Energy transfers and efficiency6.1.2.1, 6.1.2.21
National and global energy resources6.1.31
Higher: improving efficiency6.1.2.21
Circuit symbols, charge, current and resistance6.2.1.1, 6.2.1.2, 6.2.1.3, 6.2.1.41
Series and parallel circuits6.2.21
Direct and alternating p.d., and mains electricity6.2.3.1, 6.2.3.21
Electrical power, appliances and the National Grid6.2.4.1, 6.2.4.2, 6.2.4.31
Density and changes of state6.3.1.1, 6.3.1.21
Internal energy, specific heat capacity and latent heat6.3.2.1, 6.3.2.2, 6.3.2.31Try a lesson
Particle motion in gases6.3.3.11
Atoms, isotopes and the model of the atom6.4.1.1, 6.4.1.2, 6.4.1.31
Radioactive decay, nuclear equations and half-life6.4.2.1, 6.4.2.2, 6.4.2.3, 6.4.2.41
Higher: net decline after several half-lives6.4.2.31

Physics Paper 2

Physics Paper 2 topics
TopicSpecificationLessonsTry
Scalars, vectors, forces and resultants6.5.1.1, 6.5.1.2, 6.5.1.3, 6.5.1.41
Work done and energy transfer6.5.21
Forces and elasticity6.5.31
Distance, speed, velocity and distance-time graphs6.5.4.1.1, 6.5.4.1.2, 6.5.4.1.3, 6.5.4.1.41
Acceleration and Newton's laws6.5.4.1.5, 6.5.4.2.1, 6.5.4.2.2, 6.5.4.2.31
Stopping distance and reaction time6.5.4.3.1, 6.5.4.3.2, 6.5.4.3.3, 6.5.4.3.41
Higher: momentum and its conservation6.5.5.1, 6.5.5.21
Higher: resolving forces, circular motion and tangents6.5.1.4, 6.5.4.1.3, 6.5.4.1.41
Higher: velocity-time areas and inertia6.5.4.1.5, 6.5.4.2.1, 6.5.4.2.21
Higher: estimating braking forces6.5.4.3.41
Transverse and longitudinal waves6.6.1.1, 6.6.1.21
Electromagnetic waves, refraction and uses6.6.2.1, 6.6.2.2, 6.6.2.3, 6.6.2.41
Higher: wavefronts, radio waves and why each band suits its use6.6.2.2, 6.6.2.3, 6.6.2.41
Magnets and magnetic fields6.7.1.1, 6.7.1.21
Electromagnetism6.7.2.11
Higher: Fleming's left-hand rule and electric motors6.7.2.2, 6.7.2.31

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