School Exam Subjects

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SCHOOL EXAM SUBJECTS

Free resources on this website (or linked from the index here) cover all aspects of learning. However we get many enquiries about "school exams" so this page will serve to link together a lot of related information and resources, from "examination boards" to specific resources to help with various subjects.

Examination Boards:

EDEXCEL

AQA

OCR

CIE
University of Cambridge

SQA [Scotland]

CCEA [N.I.]

WJEC [Wales]

Information for
Private Candidates:

EDEXCEL
see also here

AQA

OCR

CIE [*no* US/UK
private candidates]

SQA contacts

CCEA contacts

WJEC contacts

"Home Education"
Exam Centres:

Exams Together Ltd.

Edexcel Registered
Centres

(also designated
"for private candidates")

NB: It is essential always to read the selected-Exam-Board syllabus for any chosen subject, to ensure that the correct material is studied.

CHEMISTRY

Doc Brown's Chemistry Clinic

KS4-GCSE-IGCSE CHEMISTRY,
Earth Science and Radioactivity
REVISION NOTES
(~ US grades 8-10)

Wonderful site. Subdivides syllabus by exam board requirements. Authored by Dr. Phil Brown, (Full Graduate of the Royal Institute of Chemistry, GRIC, London), visitor comments here.

CHEMISTRY

Creative Chemistry

GCSE CHEMISTRY,
for double and single award exams,
includes free worksheets
(personal/educational use only)

Excellent range of chemistry worksheets (sample here). Site authored by Nigel Saunders, D. Phil in biochemistry at the University of York. Powerpoint presentations included and lots more - eg see jigsaw here, game here and molecules here.

AQA

GCSE Double Science

Past Question Papers and Mark Schemes

Substantial range of Questions and Answers.

AQA

new GCSE Sciences

New Syllabus starting September 2006

for examination dates and free launch meetings see the AQA page

FRENCH

Freeway

GCSE FRENCH
Over 700 free self-test worksheets
(verbs and vocabulary)

All worksheets test English-French and French-English. Extensive vocabulary content subdivided by themes.
Most A-Level French vocabulary covered also.

MATHS

Freeway

MATHS to GCSE LEVEL
Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2,
Key Stage 3, GCSE

Includes learning to add, learning to subtract, learning times tables, learning simple division, learning about fractions, + links to full Primary [Years 1-6], 7, 8, 9, and GCSE material on line.
Note copyright restrictions (variable dependent on resource).

DESIGN TECHNOLOGY

Technology Student

DESIGN TECHNOLOGY
Note copyright restrictions (foot of page).

Very comprehensive illustrated site including resistant materials (joints, hinges etc.), equipment and processes, gears and pulleys, mechanisms, structures, PCB work and a great deal more.

KS3 SCIENCE

Doc Brown's Chemistry Clinic

KEY STAGE 3 SCIENCE QUIZZES,
BIOLOGY, PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY

Very easy to follow, with instant indication of whether individual answer correct. Authored by Dr. Phil Brown, (Full Graduate of the Royal Institute of Chemistry, GRIC, London).

PHYSICS

Colegio Franklin Delano Roosevelt

LEARN PHYSICS TODAY,
Well-structured introduction to Physics.
Quizzes follow each of 15 sections.

Very fast-paced (a lot of information to absorb). Good Maths skills will probably make progress quicker. Resource created by students at Colegio Franklin D. Roosevelt in Lima, Peru.

BIOLOGY

Estrella Mountain Community College, Avondale, Arizona

"ONLINE BIOLOGY BOOK",
59 Chapters, beautifully laid-out,
packed full of clear and detailed illustrations.

Awesome resource. Goes well beyond GCSE Level but everything is clearly and logically explained.
Ideal reference source or for actual study.

This page is under construction! we will be adding other high-quality resources in due course. You'll see from the very-specific nature of the links that those above are all in their own way quite exceptional, and we are aiming to identify fairly complete-package resources, particularly for the benefit of homeschooling parents without funds to buy textbooks (in the UK at least, there appears to be no Government support whatsoever for the financial costs of textbooks or exams, available to parents who teach their children at home).

The above resources are also intended to be useful for children / teenagers in schools, both for learning and revision purposes.

In other areas of the site here we have links to a great many other educational resources - stretching across virtually every academic field - in our Index to free educational resources worldwide, the "Potted Learning" pages + "Timelines & Inventions".