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These files are matched to the outgoing 2006 Edexcel syllabus.

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Biology

B1a - Environment

Slides: 28
Size: 6.21Mb
Last modified: 25/8/2006

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Content Covered:

Food chains, pyramids of biomass, efficiency of chains, competition, predator-prey cycles, changing species, selectiove breeding, genetic engineering, farming methods, evolution, natural selection, classification.

B1a - Genes

Slides: 21
Size: 2.60Mb
Last modified: 28/8/2006

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Content Covered:

Chrmosomes, genes, DNA, the Human Genome Project, gene therapy, sexual reproduction, clones, variation, alleles, inherited diseases, genetic variation, monohybrid inheritance.

B1b - Electrical and Chemical Signals

Slides: 26
Size: 1.45Mb
Last modified: 28/8/2006

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Content Covered:

The nervous system, the brain, neurones, synapses, voluntary and reflex responses, the eye, blood and its components, hormones, the menstrual cycle, fertility, IVF, diabetes, producing insulin.

B1b - Use, misuse and abuse

Slides: 17
Size: 0.51Mb
Last modified: 28/8/2006

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Content Covered:

Drug abuse, solvents, alcohol and tobacco, the effects of drugs, pathogens and disease, how diseases are transmitted, keeping microbes out, blood clotting, white blood cells, tuberculosis, new medecines.

B2 Topic 1 - Inside Living Cells

Slides: 13
Size: 0.93Mb
Last modified: 25/8/2007

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Content Covered:

Genes, chromosomes, DNA, making proteins, genetic engineering, fermenters, micro organisms, aerobic and anaerobic respiration, diet.

B2 Topic 2 - Divide and Develop

Slides: 21
Size: 2.48Mb
Last modified: 25/8/2007

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Content Covered:

Mitosis and meoisis, cell growth, environmental variation, plant hormones, performance-enhancing drugs, animal regeneration, stem cell research, the Hayflick Limit, cloning animals, selective breeding, gene therapy, abortion, designer babies.

B2 Topic 3 - Energy Flow

Slides: 20
Size: 4.52Mb
Last modified: 31/8/2007

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Content Covered:

Biospheres, typical plant and animal cells, photosynthesis, leaf structure, photosynthesis equations, limiting factors, active transport, the carbon cycle, the nitrogen cycle, eutrophication, the Greenhouse Effect, food production.

B2 Topic 4 - Interdependence

Slides: 19
Size: 1.95Mb
Last modified: 31/8/2007

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Content Covered:

Competition, predators and prey, adaptation, extreme environments, pollution, population, carbon dioxide emissions, global temperatures, pollution indicators, conservation, ozone.

Chemistry

C1a - Making Changes

Slides: 27
Size: 0.23Mb
Last modified: 29/8/2006

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Content Covered:

Metal ores, oxidation and reduction, making salts, uses of salts, hazard labels, thermal decomposition, collecting gases from reactions, testing for gases, common compounds.

C1a - Patterns in Properties

Slides: 34
Size: 2.60Mb
Last modified: 29/8/2006

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Content Covered:

The atom and its structure, elements, compunds, chemical reactions, balancing equations, exothermic vs endothermic, the periodic table and how it was formulated, alkali metals, transition metals, noble gases, halogens, displacement reactions of halogens, flame tests, naming compounds.

C1b - Designer Products

Slides: 12
Size: 0.49Mb
Last modified: 6/5/2007

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Content Covered:

Smart materials, designer materials, how these materials work, designing new products, nanotechnology, intelligent packaging, fermentation, the effects of alcohol, emulsions and emulsifiers.

C1b - There's one Earth

Slides: 15
Size: 0.50Mb
Last modified: 29/8/2006

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Content Covered:

The atmosphere and how it was formed, global warming, the greenhouse effect, crude oil and its fractions, fractional distillation of oil and air, combustion of fossil fuels, alternatives to fossil fuels, recycling, electrolysis of sodium chloride solution.

C2 Topic 5 - Synthesis

Slides: 33
Size: 0.22Mb
Last modified: 25/8/2007

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Content Covered:

Balancing equations, alkanes and alkenes, making ethanol, monomers and polymers, cracking, structure and properties of plastics, crude oil, hydrocarbons, saturated fats, atomic mass, formula mass, empirical formula, calculating the mass of a product, atom economy, percentage yield.

C2 Topic 6 - In Your Element

Slides: 27
Size: 0.48Mb
Last modified: 25/8/2007

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Content Covered:

The structure of the atom, mass number, isotopes, electron structure, the periodic table, bonding, electrolysis, properties of metals.

C2 Topic 7 - Chemical Structures

Slides: 23
Size: 1.38Mb
Last modified: 31/8/2007

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Content Covered:

Compounds, covalent bonding, dot and cross diagrams, the halogens, forms of carbon, metals, nanoscience, modelling atoms, homeopathy.

C2 Topic 8 - How fast? How furious?

Slides: 21
Size: 0.58Mb
Last modified: 31/8/2007

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Content Covered:

What affects the rate of reaction, graphs of rates, catalysts, enzymes, proteins, endothermic and exothermic reactions, energy level diagrams, reversible reactions, making ammonia, the Haber Process, different fertilsers, balancing ions.

Physics

P1a - Producing and Measuring Electricity

Slides: 19
Size: 0.22Mb
Last modified: 30/8/2006

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Content Covered:

AC and DC, types of batteries, basic circuits, battery capacity, induction, generators, LDRs and thermistors, calculating resistance, V-I graphs for resistor, bulb and thermistor, electrical inventions, superconductivity.

P1a - You're in Charge

Slides: 23
Size: 0.71Mb
Last modified: 28/8/2006

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Content Covered:

Renewable sources of energy and their advantages and disadvantages, future energy sources, electric motors, power calculations, cost of electricity, efficiency, house insulation, plugs, earth wires, circuit breakers.

P1b - Now you see it, now you don't

Slides: 24
Size: 1.12Mb
Last modified: 30/8/2006

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Content Covered:

Waves, transverse and longitudinal, the electromagnetic spectrum, dangers of different waves, using wave technology, scanning by absorption, emission and reflection, ultrasound, analogue vs digital, uses of digital technology, refraction, critical angle, optical fibres, wave speed calculations, eart ...more

P1b - Space and its Mysteries

Slides: 50
Size: 4.17Mb
Last modified: 1/9/2006

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Content Covered:

The solar system, stars, galaxies and the universe, weightlessness, mass and weight, gravitational field strength, free fall, conditions in space, artificial gravity, forces in spacecraft, black holes, benefits of space exploration, conditions for life, SETI, theories of the universe, red shift, the ...more

P2 Topic 09 - As fast as you can!

Slides: 23
Size: 1.58Mb
Last modified: 25/8/2007

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Content Covered:

Distance, speed, time, acceleration and their graphs, balanced and unbalanced forces, air resistance, terminal velocity, stopping a car, momentum.

P2 Topic 10 - Roller Coasters and Relativity

Slides: 19
Size: 0.48Mb
Last modified: 25/8/2007

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Content Covered:

Gravitational potential energy, kinetic energy, electrical energy, wind and hydroelectric power, work done, work and power, centripetal force, roller coasters, relativity.

P2 Topic 11 - Putting Radiation to use

Slides: 19
Size: 0.13Mb
Last modified: 31/8/2007

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Content Covered:

The structure of the atom, isotopes, radioactivity, half life, dating materials using half life, ionisation, blocking radiation, uses of radioactivity, dangers of radioactivity, background radiation, protecting the Earth from radiation.

P2 Topic 12 - The Power of the Atom

Slides: 14
Size: 0.36Mb
Last modified: 31/8/2007

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Content Covered:

Energy-mass equivalence, nuclear fission, chain reactions, nuclear power stations, disposing of radioactive waste, atomic bombs, nuclear fusion in stars, static electricity and its dangers, Van de Graaf generators.