Home Economics GCSE

Home Economics
Exam Board & Specification

OCR Home Economics: Food & Nutrition J431

http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/gcsefor2009/home_economics_food_and_nutrition/index.html

Specification:
http://www.ocr.org.uk/Data/publications/key_documents/GCSE_Home_Ec_Food_Spec.pdf

Where can I go with this qualification?

You can go straight to the workplace in the catering industry or carry on to 3rd level education. This is also a useful course for developing life skills for the future.

This course should encourage you to be inspired and motivated by following a broad, coherent, satisfying and worthwhile course of study.

The specification provides opportunities to:

plan and carry out investigations
analyse issues and problems
identify, gather and record relevant information and evidence
analyse and evaluate evidence
make reasoned judgements and present conclusions
use ICT

The specification focuses on food and nutrition issues in relation to:

nutrition
diet and health
consumer choice
the properties of food
storage, preparation and coming of food
food hygiene and safety
What will I study?

Unit B001: Food and Nutrition Short Tasks
30% of the total GCSE marks 60 marks (20 marks per task)
7 hours per task
(1 hour planning, 4-5 hours execution and 1 hour evaluation).
Candidates submit three short tasks chosen from a list of titles provided by OCR.
Two of the short tasks will assess the following skills:
planning, practical work and evaluation.
The third task will assess investigation skills.
The three tasks should demonstrate different practical skills and knowledge.
This unit is internally assessed and externally moderated.
Unit B002: Food Study Task
30% of the total GCSE marks 60 marks
22 hours.
Candidates submit one food study task chosen from a list of themes provided by OCR.
The food study task will assess the following skills:
research, selecting and justifying choices, planning, practical work and evaluation.
This unit is internally assessed and externally moderated.
Unit B003: Principles of Food and Nutrition
40% of the total GCSE marks 1 hr 30 mins written paper 80 marks
Candidates are required to answer five compulsory questions, including short answers and free-response formats.
Questions will cover all aspects of the specification content.
This unit is externally assessed.
How will I be assessed?

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