woodchurch science

try these as part of your revision. just hit the start session button and define the terms.

this link goes straight to the aqa page for science modular tests commencing in 2006. all the answer sheets and mark schemes are available too. can be slow during the day (aqa very busy) but definitely works, just tried it 7pm.

state schools could teach the theory of intelligent design in science lessons, the church of england’s new head of education has suggested. the rev jan ainsworth, who is responsible for more than 4,600 schools, said intelligent design - which argues that living species are too complex to have evolved through natural selection and must therefore be the product of a guiding “designer” such as God - could form part of discussions in science lessons.

keith wood, executive director of the national secular society, said:

“intelligent design is nothing to do with science and therefore nothing to do with the history of science. We challenge the church of england to keep religion out of science lessons and unless it does so its educational reputation will be tarnished with the stigma of fundamentalism.”

stephen cox, executive secretary of the royal society, said:

“the theory of evolution is supported by the weight of scientific evidence. the theory of intelligent design is not. the royal society supports questioning and debate in science lessons, as long as it is not designed to undermine young people’s confidence in the value of scientific evidence.”

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it is difficult to recommend a better website for the topic of evolution than this one. it is in effect the one-stop site dealing with such questions as what is evolution and how does it work?, how does evolution affect my life?, what is the evidence for evolution?, what is the history of evolutionary theory? there are also faqs and lesson plans (for teachers). the section headed evolution 101 is a good place for gcse students to start.

here’s a link to a practice paper before your chemistry (C1a) test on wednesday. don’t forget to choose the correct level higher or foundation.
here’s C1b and here are the links to the other subjects (physics P1a and P1b and biology B1a and B1b)

answers are given at the end of each pdf file.