About C21 Science
Twenty First Century Science - a new curriculum for citizens and scientists.
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- Twenty First Century Science is a new suite of GCSEs offering the relevance and flexibility that today’s students require
- Tried and tested in a QCA monitored and approved Pilot scheme since September 2003
- Developed by the Nuffield Curriculum Centre and the University of York Science Education Group
- Resources available in good time for the start of the new GCSEs in September 2006
Why choose Twenty First Century Science?
- All Science GCSEs are changing in September 2006. Why not take this opportunity to introduce a choice of GCSEs that are designed to motivate and engage your students whatever their needs and aspirations?
- Exciting to teach, Twenty First Century Science has already proved highly successful at stimulating and challenging students
What are the options with Twenty First Century Science?
- Almost all students take GCSE Science
- Most also take either GCSE Additional Applied Science OR GCSE Additional Science
- For students wishing to take separate there is separate GCSE Biology, GCSE Chemistry, and GCSE Physics
- An Entry Level certification is available for students working towards GCSE
Tried and tested
- Twenty First Century Science has been piloted in over 75 schools since September 2003
- Feedback from Pilot schools has been crucial in shaping the final specifications and resources for Twenty First Century Science
- You can be confident that any teething problems of a new scheme have been ironed out during the Pilot phase, so that the course you start teaching in September 2006 will be ideally suited to the demands of your classroom
Who has created it?
Twenty First Century Science has been created by a unique partnership of the University of York Science Education Group, the Nuffield Curriculum Centre, OCR and Oxford University Press.