Introduction This book has been written to help you obtain the knowledge and skills required for your Cambridge IGCSE® Combined Science 0653 or Cambridge IGCSE® Co-ordinated Sciences (Double Award) 0654 course. We hope that you enjoy using it. All the Biology topics come first, then Chemistry and then Physics. However, you almost certainly won’t follow this sequence in your lessons. You will probably find that you study Biology, Chemistry and Physics alongside each other, so you will use different parts of the book in different lessons.
Core and Supplement Your teacher will tell you whether you are studying: • Cambridge IGCSE Combined Science 0653 or Cambridge IGCSE Co-ordinated Sciences (Double Award) 0654 • only the Core part of the syllabus, or the Supplement as well. Cambridge IGCSE Combined Science 0653 is a single award syllabus. This means that your final papers are the equivalent of one IGCSE subject. Cambridge IGCSE Co-ordinated Sciences 0654 is a double award syllabus. In this case, your final papers are the equivalent of two IGCSE subjects. If you study the Core only, you will be entered for Papers 1 (Multiple Choice (Core)) and 3 (Theory (Core)) and either Paper 5 (Practical Test) or 6 (Alternative to Practical). If you also study the Supplement, you may be entered for Papers 2 (Multiple Choice (Extended)) and 4 (Theory (Extended)), and either Paper 5 (Practical Test) or 6 (Alternative to Practical). There are sidebars in the margins of the coursebook to show which material relates to each syllabus and paper. If there is no sidebar, it means that everyone will study this material. Use this table to ensure that you study the right material for your syllabus and paper: Cambridge IGCSE Combined Science (0653)
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