• Question: can you help me im want to take triple science

    Asked by dangerrmouse to Adam, Joanna, Louise S, Louise W, Marcus on 13 Nov 2012.
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      Joanna Giles answered on 13 Nov 2012:

      That’s great! I wish I had done tripe science, but I only did double (and regretted it).
      If you want to do triple science I think you just need to work hard and enjoy it.
      If there are any after school science clubs, maybe you could join them?
      What helped me during my GCSEs was revising a little bit extra at home using the BBC GCSE bitesize website – you can revise and do quizzes to see how well you’re getting on right from home:

      http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/

      Good luck!

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      Louise Stanley answered on 13 Nov 2012:

      I think doing triple science will be really worth while. I think that you will find that there will be lots of overlap between biology, chemisty and physics and will give you an excellent insight into how they all integrate together. Jo has given you a really useful link but remember don’t be afraid to ask your teachers questions. I am sure they don’t bite! I think asking questions is one of the best ways to learn as it makes you think harder about the subject. I hope it goes well for you. Do you know what you want to do yet?

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      Adam Paige answered on 13 Nov 2012:

      GCSE were structured a bit differently when I did them so we didnt have triple (or double) science. I took chemistry and physics but dropped biology because my school advised against it. I ended up working in and teaching biological and biomedical science.

      You need to choose to give you the best options for your studies and career afterwards. If you enjoy science and think you would like a job in science then the triple science course may be very good. If you are still very unsure you could keep your options more open in your GCSEs. But remember that science teaches you lots of useful skills in addition to the actual science subject. It teaches written and oral communication skills, maths, analysing data, how to research information, group working skills, organisation. So even if you eventually choose a job in a different subject you will still have a lot of very useful skills from having studied science.

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      Louise Walkin answered on 13 Nov 2012:

      That’s fab! I also wish I had done triple but my school only offered double award so that was the most I could do. We had homework club at my school which was basically science club when we got to work on our coursework and do any extra experiments.
      The GCSE bitesize website was good but it didn’t fit in with my syllabus so I watched all of the programmes and used the website but it didn’t really help me much. You teachers will make sure you get given all of the right material and you can use bitesize to just explain things you don’t understand. Good luck with it all! 🙂

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