GCSE Integrated Science
Mae disgrifiad y cymhwyster yn Saesneg yn unig, gan ei fod wedi ei gymryd o fanyleb Saesneg CBAC.
Integrated Science (Single Award) encourages learners to use digital tools but names very little explicit digital work: an optional pH probe and modelling the spread of disease, with assessment by written examination and a supervised practical enquiry. Its digital value lies in the data work behind scientific enquiry: recording, graphing and evaluating primary and secondary data, and judging reliable sources on health and climate. The single biggest thing KS3 should build is routine use of Excel to record, graph and question practical results.
- Corff dyfarnu
- CBAC
- Lefel
- Level 1 and Level 2
- Addysgu gyntaf
- Medi 2026
- Faint o waith digidol
- Isel
- Manyleb
- Agor y fanyleb
Sut mae'r cymhwyster hwn yn cael ei asesu
- Unit 1: Living on Earth: Written examination (tiered), 1 hour 30 minutes, 72 marks, includes pre-release Resource Folder, 45%
- Unit 2: Science in a Changing World: Written examination (tiered), 1 hour 30 minutes, 72 marks, 45%
- Unit 3: Scientific Enquiry: One enquiry from a choice of two: practical task (1 hour) and written task (1 hour), 28 marks, externally marked by WJEC, 10%
Sgiliau sy'n defnyddio Gwerthuso a gwella cynnwys digidol
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Finding, evaluating and referencing secondary data and online sources
Learners gather and present secondary data while evaluating it, and should know that reliable sources matter for health decisions. The specification also warns that climate change is often over-simplified, and Unit 1 uses a pre-release Resource Folder of secondary information.
DCF: Cyrchu, chwilio a chynllunio cynnwys digidol, Hawliau digidol, trwyddedu a pherchenogaeth, Gwerthuso a gwella cynnwys digidol
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils compare an NHS web page on healthy eating with a website selling a diet supplement and list the clues that show which is more reliable.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils search for UK vaccination rate data using refined keywords, record the source and date of each figure in a reference list, and rate each source's reliability.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils take a climate change claim from social media, trace the original data with advanced search, and write a short referenced verdict on whether the claim is over-simplified.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r FCD
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 1, Section 1.1.2c, page 15; Section 2, SE6, page 9
“that staying informed of health risks from reliable sources is crucial for making informed decisions about health and well-being.”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu dechrau cyfeirnodi ffynonellau a ddefnyddir yn fy ngwaith, ac ystyried a yw’r cynnwys yn ddibynadwy.
Rwy'n gallu addasu geiriau allweddol a thechnegau chwilio er mwyn dod o hyd i wybodaeth berthnasol.
Rwy'n gallu cyfeirio at ffynonellau wrth ymchwilio ac esbonio pwysigrwydd gwneud hynny, e.e. creu rhestrau syml ar gyfer cyfeirnodi ffynonellau digidol a ffynonellau all-lein.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu gwerthuso dibynadwyedd ffynonellau gwybodaeth gan gyfiawnhau fy marn a’m rhesymau dros ddewisiadau, a chyfeirnodi gwaith gan ddefnyddio dulliau priodol.
Rwy'n gallu chwilio amrywiaeth o ffynonellau gan ddefnyddio technegau chwilio perthnasol a mwy cymhleth.
Cam cynnydd 5
Rwy'n gallu chwilio’n effeithlon am wybodaeth ar gyfer fy ngwaith digidol a gwerthuso dibynadwyedd ffynonellau gwybodaeth, gan gyfiawnhau fy marn a’m rhesymau dros fy newisiadau, ac rwy'n gallu cyfeirnodi gwaith gan ddefnyddio dulliau priodol.
Rwy'n gallu ystyried manteision a chyfyngiadau dulliau a ffynonellau gwybodaeth digidol a’r canlyniadau rwy’n eu cynhyrchu ac yna defnyddio’r canlyniadau hyn fel sail i feirniadu ansawdd fy ngwaith digidol yn y dyfodol.
Rwy'n gallu cyfeirio’n briodol at ffynonellau o wybodaeth a ddefnyddir yn fy ngwaith digidol.
Da gwybod
- Digital probes are optional: learners should 'use a pH probe or universal indicator to find the pH of a solution' (Unit 1, Section 1.1.2c, page 15).
- The Unit 3 written task is supervised: 'Learners must work independently in high controlled conditions' (page 33). The specification does not say whether this task is handwritten or completed on screen.
- Detailed Unit 3 rules sit outside the specification: 'The Assessment Arrangement Pack for Unit 3 will include all detailed information relating to this assessment' (page 35).
- Pre-release preparation cannot be taken into the Unit 1 examination: 'candidates will be given a ‘clean’ copy of the pre-release Resource Folder along with the examination question paper' (page 11).
- Digital visits and on-screen contact with scientists are learning experiences that 'will not be directly assessed' (page 34).
Cysylltiadau â chymwysterau eraill
Graph skills in Appendix D overlap with Mathematics, and the climate change and carbon footprint data work overlaps with Geography.
Ffynhonnell: WJEC GCSE Integrated Science (Single Award) specification, teaching from 2026, for award from 2028, © WJEC CBAC Ltd 2025.