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GCSE Science

Required Practicals

A collection of interactive simulations designed to
support the teaching of GCSE required practicals for
AQA , Edexcel, OCR, WJEC & WJEC Eduqas.

Biology Practicals:
• Decay of milk
• Effect of antibiotics on bacterial growth
• Field work • Food tests
• Microscopy - 3D simulation
• Osmosis in potato chips
• pH and enzyme activity
• Photosynthesis
• Plant responses to light
• Reaction time
• Respiration Rates

Chemistry Practicals:
Microscopy 3D Simulation
• Acid-alkali titration
• Combustion of alcohols
• Displacement reactions
• Electrolysis

• Identifyi ng ions
• Making salts
• Neutralisation
• Rates of reaction
• Separation techniques
• Temperature changes in reactions

Physics Practicals: Investigating Neutralisation

• Density
• Electrical circuits and resistance
• Force and acceleration
• Force and extension
• Moments
• Radioactive decay model
• Reflection and refraction
• Specific heat capacity of a metal / of water
• Terminal speed
• Thermal insulation
• Thermal radiation and absorption Investigating Speed of Sound in a Metal Bar
• Wave speed in water / on a string / in a metal

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