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Pearson Edexcel GCSE Combined Science 1SC0
Edexcel Combined Science resources
Free teaching and practice material for Pearson Edexcel GCSE Combined Science (1SC0), organised by tier and topic and published as downloadable PDFs. The physics topics are live now: one learning book per physics topic at Foundation and Higher.
These are independent resources aligned to the Pearson Edexcel GCSE Combined Science (1SC0) specification and are not produced, approved, endorsed by or affiliated with Pearson Education Limited or Edexcel.
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What can I download?
You can download 13 physics learning books per tier, one for every physics topic in Edexcel Combined Science, 26 PDFs in all. Each book teaches the topic from scratch and ends with an assessment and model answers. Biology and chemistry are not in the library yet.
Foundation tier
The Foundation physics route taught from scratch in 86 lessons, with worked examples, practice questions and a topic assessment in every book, and the Higher-only statements left out.
Higher tier
The full Higher physics route in 101 lessons, including 15 lessons on Higher-only content such as momentum, the motor effect, F = BIl, induced potential difference and how a transformer works.
Independent and original
Everything here is independently written around the Edexcel 1SC0 content. Nothing reproduces Pearson question papers, mark schemes or specification text, so these books sit alongside official past papers without overlap.
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Taking separate Physics?
Triple science students sit Edexcel GCSE Physics (1PH0), which adds Astronomy, Static Electricity and other physics-only content. It has its own learning books and exam practice workbooks.
| Topic | Paper | Foundation book | Higher book |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Key Concepts of Physics | Papers 5 and 6 | 4 lessons | 4 lessons |
| 2 Motion and Forces | Paper 5 | 10 lessons | 13 lessons |
| 3 Conservation of Energy | Paper 5 | 8 lessons | 8 lessons |
| 4 Waves | Paper 5 | 6 lessons | 8 lessons |
| 5 Light and the Electromagnetic Spectrum | Paper 5 | 5 lessons | 7 lessons |
| 6 Radioactivity | Paper 5 | 9 lessons | 9 lessons |
| 8 Energy: Forces Doing Work | Paper 6 | 7 lessons | 7 lessons |
| 9 Forces and their Effects | Paper 6 | 3 lessons | 6 lessons |
| 10 Electricity and Circuits | Paper 6 | 10 lessons | 10 lessons |
| 12 Magnetism and the Motor Effect | Paper 6 | 5 lessons | 7 lessons |
| 13 Electromagnetic Induction | Paper 6 | 4 lessons | 7 lessons |
| 14 Particle Model | Paper 6 | 9 lessons | 9 lessons |
| 15 Forces and Matter | Paper 6 | 6 lessons | 6 lessons |
Physics Paper 5 covers topics 1 to 6 and Physics Paper 6 covers topic 1 again plus topics 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14 and 15. Each is 1 hour 10 minutes, 60 marks and 16.67% of the qualification. Topics 7 and 11 are in GCSE Physics only.
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