Course programmes are designed to meet the criteria of the specification as such they:
- Incorporate the specification content, apparatus and techniques skills as well as covering some of the mathematical skills that students must complete.
- Contribute to students’ requirement to Working Scientifically
- Help to deliver a rich practical experience for students that goes above and beyond the practical.
Example Timetable
Sample Day Programme: Fieldwork Practicals
Morning
10:00 Arrival and welcome: Introduction to the centre.
10:15 Classroom Introduction
11:00 First practical of the day will be an ecological investigation using Random Sampling and Quadrats
Afternoon
12:30 Lunch
13:00 Second practical of the day will be an ecological investigation using a belt transect to investigate how an environment changes over a set distance.
15:00 Investigation write up
16:00 Depart centre.
How this course fulfills the specification
Specification Links
WJEC Biology
1.6 Ecosystems, Nutrient Cycles and Human Impact on the Environment
2.1 Classification and Biodiversity
Specified Practical Work:
Investigation into factors affecting the distribution and abundance of a species.
WJEC Applied Science (Single Award)
1.3.2 World of Life
Specified Practical Work:
Investigation into factors affecting the distribution and abundance of a species.
WJEC Applied Science (Double Award)
2.1.2 World of Life
Specified Practical Work:
Investigation into factors affecting the distribution and abundance of a species.
WJEC Science (Double Award)
4.1 Classification and Biodiversity
Specified Practical Work:
Investigation into factors affecting the distribution and abundance of a species.
Added value of this course
- Develop personal skills
- Have fun
- Be inspired by a passion for the subject
- Build friendships