Energy in the GCSE Criteria, 2011

Biology: subject content

12. GCSE specifications in biology must require learners to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• energy flow through the biosphere

Chemistry: subject content

12. GCSE specifications in chemistry must require learners to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• the energy changes that take place during chemical reactions

Physics: subject content

12. GCSE specifications in physics must require learners to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• energy conservation, the efficiency of energy transfer and the associated economic and environmental implications
• the relationship between work and energy, and changes in kinetic energy and gravitational potential energy
• the generation and control of electrical power and the relationship between power, current and voltage
• the relationship between power, energy and time
• the wave equation and the transfer of energy and information by waves
• ionising radiations, including that they are emitted all the time by radioactive materials and that they can transfer energy

Further details can be found in the STEM Learning eLibrary:
GCSE Criteria for Science 2011