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GCSE The Sciences

Mae disgrifiad y cymhwyster yn Saesneg yn unig, gan ei fod wedi ei gymryd o fanyleb Saesneg CBAC.

The Sciences (Double Award) asks learners to research and evaluate scientific information, including how the media shapes public views, to write balanced answers on ethical and environmental issues, and to write up two scientific enquiries alone under high control using precise terminology. Its numeracy demand is high across six examinations and Unit 7: equations with SI units, chemical calculations, percentages, significant figures, graphs and gradients, sampling, probability in genetics and decay, and payback costs, with standard form, rearranging equations and y = mx + c at higher tier. The single biggest thing Key Stage 3 should build is fluent, well set out calculation from practical data: correct units, substitution into equations, means and graphs, explained in precise scientific language.

Corff dyfarnu
CBAC
Lefel
Level 1 and Level 2
Addysgu gyntaf
Medi 2026
Faint o waith llythrennedd
Canolig
Faint o waith rhifedd
Uchel
Manyleb
Agor y fanyleb
Sut mae'r cymhwyster hwn yn cael ei asesu
  • Unit 1: Biology, Basis of Life: Written examination (tiered), 1 hour 15 minutes, 56 marks, 14.3%
  • Unit 2: Chemistry, Chemical Substances and How They Behave: Written examination (tiered), 1 hour 15 minutes, 56 marks, 14.3%
  • Unit 3: Physics, Forces, Motion and the Universe: Written examination (tiered), 1 hour 15 minutes, 56 marks, 14.3%
  • Unit 4: Biology, Continuity of Life: Written examination (tiered), 1 hour 15 minutes, 64 marks, 15.7%
  • Unit 5: Chemistry, Chemical Bonding, Reactions and Resources: Written examination (tiered), 1 hour 15 minutes, 64 marks, 15.7%
  • Unit 6: Physics, Waves, Electricity and Energy: Written examination (tiered), 1 hour 15 minutes, 64 marks, 15.7%
  • Unit 7: Scientific Enquiry: Two enquiries from a choice of three, each a practical task (1 hour) and a written task (1 hour), 28 marks each (56 marks), externally marked by WJEC, 10%

Sgiliau sy'n defnyddio Prawfddarllen, golygu a gwella

  1. Writing up scientific enquiries independently

    Asesu: Mewn gwaith cwrs (asesiad di-arholiad)

    In each of the two Unit 7 enquiries, Task 2 (22 of 28 marks) is written alone under high control, using the learner's Task 1 results to analyse, conclude and evaluate. Appendix B expects learners to communicate the scientific rationale for investigations and methods (page 75).

    Llythrennedd: Cynllunio a threfnu ar gyfer gwahanol ddibenion, cynulleidfaoedd a chyd-destunau, Prawfddarllen, golygu a gwella

    Paratoi disgyblion

    Blwyddyn 7
    After separating salt from rock salt, pupils write the method as numbered steps and check that a partner could follow it without help.
    Blwyddyn 8
    Pupils write a conclusion and evaluation for an investigation into how ramp height affects a trolley's speed, using a frame of result, scientific explanation and improvement.
    Blwyddyn 9
    Pupils complete an independent, timed write-up of an osmosis practical they carried out in small groups, then redraft the evaluation after teacher feedback.
    Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd

    Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 7, page 64

    “Learners must work independently in high controlled conditions.”
    Cam cynnydd 3

    • Rwy'n gallu defnyddio ac addasu gwahanol strwythurau yn fy ngwaith ysgrifennu, e.e. adroddiad ar ddigwyddiad, ymchwiliad neu arbrawf.

    • Rwy'n gallu ystyried ffyrdd gwahanol o gynllunio, drafftio a chyflwyno fy ngwaith yn briodol.

    • Rwy’n gallu myfyrio ar safon fy mynegiant, ei olygu a'i ailddrafftio i wella'r ansawdd, a defnyddio ystod o strategaethau i sicrhau mwy o eglurder.

    Cam cynnydd 4

    • Rwy'n gallu addasu fy arddull ysgrifennu, gan ddewis a defnyddio'r strwythurau gorau ar gyfer gwahanol gyd-destunau a dibenion, e.e. i ddisgrifio, esbonio, darbwyllo, trafod yn llwyddiannus.

    • Rwy’n gallu dewis a defnyddio strategaethau priodol er mwyn cynllunio a datblygu fy ngwaith ysgrifennu at wahanol ddibenion ac ar gyfer gwahanol gynulleidfaoedd.

    • Rwy'n gallu gwella gwaith ysgrifennu drwy adolygu annibynnol ac ailddrafftio.

    Cam cynnydd 5

    • Rwy'n gallu ysgrifennu darnau estynedig sy'n cynnwys tystiolaeth a gwybodaeth fanwl at wahanol ddibenion ac ar gyfer gwahanol gynulleidfaoedd o fewn gwahanol ddisgyblaethau a rhyngddyn nhw.

    • Rwy'n gallu trefnu gwaith ysgrifennu ar ffurf briodol, gan sicrhau bod y cynnwys yn cael ei nodi o fewn a rhwng paragraffau neu adrannau, a chan ddatblygu a chynnal syniadau'n gydlynus.

    • Rwy'n gallu gwella cynnwys, strwythur a chywirdeb fy ngwaith ysgrifennu drwy fyfyrio'n feirniadol, adolygu a golygu, gan ymateb yn adeiladol i adborth.

Da gwybod

Cysylltiadau â chymwysterau eraill

The Appendix D mathematics overlaps closely with GCSE Mathematics and Numeracy, the scientific enquiry demands match GCSE Integrated Science, and the climate and sampling work overlaps with Geography.

Ffynhonnell: WJEC GCSE The Sciences (Double Award) specification, teaching from 2026, for award from 2028, © WJEC CBAC Ltd 2025.