Year 11 IGCSE Science Syllabus
Syllabus Code
Topics
Assessment
Overview
Cambridge IGCSE Biology
Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry
0610
0620
• What is inside cells and how are they adapted?
• Food and digestive system
• Heart and blood
• Respiration and breathing
• Nervous and hormonal systems
• Kidney and getting rid of waste
• Photosynthesis, plant transport and plant sensitivity
• Human and plant reproduction
• How characteristics are passed on from parent to child
• Genetic engineering
• Selective Breeding and Natural Selection
• Characteristics of different groups of organisms
• Ecosystems
• Pollution and protecting the environment
• The particulate nature of matter
• Experimental techniques
• Atoms, elements and compounds
• Stoichiometry
• Electricity and chemistry
• Chemical energetics
• Chemical reactions
• Acids, bases and salts
• The Periodic Table
• Metals
• Air and water
• Sulfur
• Carbonates
• Organic chemistry
Cambridge IGCSE Physics
0625
• General physics
• Thermal physics
• Properties of waves, including light and sound
• Electricity and magnetism
• Atomic physics
All pupils take:
Paper 1: 45 minutes
Multiple choice question paper
Weighted at 30% of total available marks
and either:
Paper 2 1 hour 15 minutes
Core theory paper
Weighted at 50% of total available marks
or:
Paper 3 1 hour 15 minutes
Extended theory paper
Weighted at 50% of total available marks
and:
Paper 6 1 hour
Alternative to Practical
Weighted at 20% of total available marks
Syllabus
CIE IGCSE\PHYSICS-2015-syllabus.pdf
CIE IGCSE\128334-2015-syllabus.pdf
CIE IGCSE\128340-2015-syllabus.pdf
CIE IGCSE\PHYSICS-2015-syllabus-update.pdf