1. Applied science double award GCSE resources
Health and safety report and science in the workplace assignments
Content Resources
Health and safety COSHH
 Working safely in a CLEAPSS
scientific workplace. The HSE
three main areas are:  Five steps to risk assessment
 Hazards and risks www.creative-chemistry.org.uk
 Fire safety  Hazard symbols
 First aid  Using hazard symbols
Students also need to make www.squashedfrogs.co.uk
comparisons of health and  A cut and stick sheet for hazard symbols and some great generic science resources for
safety issues in their own KS3, KS4 and KS5
science laboratory and www.planet-science.com
scientific workplaces in  Get Clobbered, interactive health and safety game where student have to decide the
industry appropriate safety clothing for different scientists
UCL website
 Working with radioactive resources – more suitable as a teacher resource
University of Bristol
 How to do risk assessment – step by step guide
London Fire Brigade
 Fire safety and risk assessment
Firekills website
 Government fire safety website
Fire safety - an employers guide
 Information from the HSE and the Home Office
Fire Sprinkler Association
 How fire sprinklers work – including an animation
Fire Net International
 Overview of different types of fire extinguishers
St John Ambulance
 Young lifesaver plus - course for children aged 10 and over
British Red Cross
 Courses
BBC First Aid
 BBC website on first aid support and procedures
GSK website
 At work with science – lots of general information for both assignments

Science in the Workplace  SETNET – main SETNET website with links to local SETPOINTS and examples of the
 A report on the different support on offer
types of scientific www.gcseinappliedscience.com
organisations and jobs  SEMTA teacher support material
including: Planet Science
 A study of a range of  Meet your match – resource where students can search for different types of science
organisations that use careers
science  Day in the life – resource following a day in the life of 11 different scientists
 The type of science Learn Direct
used  Job profiles – vast range of job profiles
 The products and RSC careers in chemistry
services provided by www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/
the organisations Making sense of health – job profiles
 The jobs available in Science at work
the organisations  Resources from Oldham 6th Form College
 The qualifications and Get clobbered griller
skills of the  Planet science resources linked to the health and safety and science in the workplace
organisations assignments

2. GCSE work related learning assignments On the LSN website and useful for initial ideas
Developing scientific skills
Unit 1 for OCR
Content Resources
Microscopy and microbiology Biohazards risk assessment – Sheffield university
 Students need to demonstrate skills used in  A good resource but more suitable for teachers
the microbiology industry Cells and processes resources – Squashed frogs
 They need to be able to complete a risk  Includes information/resources on aseptic techniques and bacteria
assessment of the procedure and select GCSE Applied Science work-related assignments: using microorganisms
appropriate equipment safely - LSN
 They need to make observations and  Useful for initial ideas
measurements and record results GSK website – general information about bacteria
appropriately BSI website – standard procedure for microscopy and microbiology
 They need to perform calculations and assignments
analyse the results Making sense of health
 They need to evaluate and make suggested  Amazing microbes – aimed at KS1 and KS2 but is adaptable and has
improvements to the procedure some useful video clips
 Outbreak! – series of resources/lesson plans and clips for KS3 but
really good for microbiology introduction and ideas for assignments
Quantitative and qualitative chemistry Chemistry resources – www.squashedfrogs.co.uk
 Students need to demonstrate skills used in BSI website – standard procedures for qualitative and quantitative
analytical chemistry assignments
 They need to be able to complete a risk Creative chemistry
assessment of the procedure and select  General chemistry worksheets
appropriate equipment  Titration KS5 worksheets – designed for KS5, but useful student
 They need to make observations and worksheets that could be used to support the quantitative
measurements and record results chemistry assignments for the more able
appropriately  Flame tests
 They need to perform calculations and  Urine analysis
analyse the results Chemsoc - RSC
 They need to evaluate and make suggested  Classical chemistry experiments – lots of ideas for applied science
improvements to the procedure practicals
 Standard procedures for applied science GCSE
Titration images – Dartmouth college
 Pictures of titration method
Physical and electrical properties BSI website – standard procedures for physical and electrical
 Students need to demonstrate skills used to assignments
investigate the physical and electrical Institute of Physics
properties of materials  Physical properties – experimental ideas
 They need to be able to complete a risk  Electrical properties – experimental ideas
assessment of the procedure and select  Resistance of a wire practical idea – Sci-Journal
appropriate equipment  Resistance of a wire – see varying resistance
 They need to make observations and  NASA explores – ideas for tensile strength assignments
measurements and record results
appropriately
 They need to perform calculations and
analyse the results
 They need to evaluate and make suggested
improvements to the procedure

3. Science for the needs of society – externally assessed unit
The content for unit 2
Unit 2 content Resources
Organisms and health
 Organisms are interdependent and adapted BBC Human body
to their environments  Interactive activities looking at organs of the body
 Variation within species can lead to British Heart Foundation
evolutionary changes and similarities and  Good links to publications
differences between species can be BBC Health Living
measured and classified  Information on weight, nutrition, fitness, health at work, travel
 The ways in which organisms function are health and complementary medicine
related to the genes in their cells BBC GCSE Bitesize – Biology
 Chemical and electrical signals enable body Biology revision – S-cool!
systems to respond to internal and Making sense of health
external changes, in order to maintain the Biochem4Schools
body in an optimal state  Information on genetics for all age ranges
 Human health is affected by a range of NHS Direct
environmental and inherited factors, by  Interactive quizzes on health issues
the use and misuse of drugs and by medical Kids Health
treatments  Nutrition and fitness information (up to 18 years)
netdoctor.co.uk
 Do I drink too much alcohol?
 Smoking health risks
Alcohol concern
www.wrecked.co.uk
 Alcohol issues
Sex education forum – National Children’s Bureau
Smoking and your lungs – British Lung Foundation
Radio one – one life
 The site has areas to find out about drugs & alcohol, addiction,
healthy mind, healthy body
Wired for health
Drug scope
ww.trashed.co.uk
 Drugs information
GCSE Applied Science – Soil Association
Channel 4 interactive genetics game
 Students take the role as a genetics councillor
Exams tutor website
 List of websites relating to biology topics
Channel 4 clip bank
 Subscription site with lots of science clips for all different topics
Chemical and material behaviour Creative chemistry
 Chemical change takes place by the Channel 4 learning - science bank
rearrangement of atoms in substances  Generic teaching resources including activities for all sciences
 There are patterns in the chemical www.reviseguys.com
reactions between substances  Useful links
 New materials are made from natural  Revision material designed for AQA Core – but will cover the same
resources by chemical reactions content from the QCA programme of study
 The properties of a material determine its Web elements
uses  Uses of copper
Uses of polymers – BBC GCSE Bitesize
Energy, electricity and radiations Beneficial uses of radioactivity – Nuclear Energy Institute
 In their study of science, the following Uses of radioactivity - student presentations

4. should be covered: Energy and the environment – The Campaign for Political Ecology
 Energy transfers can be measured and  Too dry for students but has lots of information and data for
their efficiency calculated, which is teaching
important in considering the economic BBC news - wireless communication
costs and environmental effects of Waves for communication – Crocodile clips subscription package
energy use Renewable energy uses in Europe – National Statistics online
 Electrical power is readily transferred National grid
and controlled, and can be used in a  Uses of electricity during the 2006 world cup
range of different situations
 Radiations, including ionising
radiations, can transfer energy
 Radiations in the form of waves can be
used for communication
Environment, Earth and Universe National Environment Research Council
 In their study of science, the following  Good resource of many aspects of environmental issues
should be covered: NASA solar system
 The effects of human activity on the Hubble telescope
environment can be assessed using Food Standards Agency
living and non-living indicators
 The surface and the atmosphere of
the Earth have changed since the
Earth’s origin and are changing at
present
 The solar system is part of the
universe, which has changed since its
origin and continues to show long-term
changes
Using scientific skills / science at work
Unit 3 for OCR
Content Resources
Monitoring living organisms Brewing beer handbook – better as a teacher resource
 Students need to plan to monitor a living Yeast experiments – selection of practical procedures for yeast (varying
organism over a series of lessons temperature, sugar content and pH)
 They need to make observation and Yeast and temperature – example of microorganism monitoring assignment
measurements Daphnia heart rate and caffeine – example of an animal monitoring
 They need to analyse and draw assignment
conclusions from their observations Fertilizers and radishes – example of a plant monitoring assignment
 They need to evaluate and make Circuit routine – BBC
suggested improvements to their  examples of exercises for improving aerobic fitness (monitoring
procedure humans)
BBC sports link
BBC science and nature – the human body
Making products RSC - classic chemistry practicals – 100 different chemical procedures for
 Students need to make new products making products
using different chemical reactions BBC bitesize – different types of chemical reactions
 They need to describe the types of Science pages – rates of reactions
reactions occurring and the factors
affecting the rate of reactions
 They need to be able to write word and
symbol equations for the reactions
 They need to record actual yields and
calculate theoretical and percentage
yields
 They need to consider the cost
implications of making new products and

5. the industrial uses of the products made
Machines How stuff works website – good for all mechanical and electrical information
 Students need to describe the Simple machines – www.mikids.com
different types of machines used in Machines make life easier
industry Simple machines
 They need to describe machines as
force multipliers and calculate the work
done and efficiency of the machine
Electrical / electronic devices Electronic device kits – for equipment and ideas to make electronic devices
 Students need to build and test an Electronic components – information about the different electronic
electronic/electrical device components
 They need to identify the different How a burglar alarm works – it is possible to make a simple alarm system
components of the circuit and explain
what they do
 They need to evaluate the device and
make suggested improvements to the
design