GCSE Science is Changing.ppt

GCSE Science is Changing GCSE Environmental and Land-based Science Continuity from:GCSE Rural and Agricultural ScienceGNVQ Land and Environment Taught as ‘stand-alone’ qualification, or as an Additional Applied Science (after/alongside GCSE Science) Assessment Content units Candidates study 3 units: Unit 3 – Management of the Natural Environment And 2 others chosen from: Unit 1 – Plant cultivation Unit 2 – Amenity horticulture Unit 4 – Care of animals Unit 5 – Livestock husbandry Vocational links Computer-based tests Each comprises: Objective questions – 10 marks Short answer questions – 12 marks Data analysis question(s) – 6 marks More extended writing – 8 marks Each test carries 36 marks, in 45 minutes, set in two tiers - Foundation and Higher Testing arrangements Test is delivered to the Centre electronically Provided to candidates using Centre’s network Candidates answer on screen (NOT on line) Competed test returned electronically to OCR Marked by OCR examiners Available in January and June sessions Unit 3 examined in June 2007 Coursework portfolio Practical Skills – 12.4% Work-related report – 14.7% Investigative project – 22.9% Coursework portfolio, saved electronically Able to include a wide variety of digital evidence (text, pictures, video, sound, computer graphics, power-points etc.) Can be accessed easily by the teacher and the student No paper! Practical skills Marks for 3 skills are submitted from each of the 3 units studied (candidates may attempt as many as they like) Each skill marked out of 3 – total of 27 Video or photographic evidence from at least 5 of these – stored electronically within the portfolio Examples of practical skills Work-related report Report written in the context of one of the chosen units Related to a particular workplace – the running of an enterprise Stored electronically Assessment under 4 headings Information sources – 8 marks Description of workplace – 8 marks Scientific knowledge and skills – 8 marks Qualit