The Hollyfield School & Sixth Form Centre

Science Textbooks

Posted by: Kerry Bryan on 09-11-2018

Science Department textbooks

There are a number of different textbooks that we use in the science department for the different courses that we offer, below you will find details of the textbooks we use for each different course. All students will have access to a digital version of the book that they can access online, however, if you would prefer to have paper copies of any of the textbooks, the ISBN numbers are included in the information below.

Year 7

Students follow the Activate Science course and use the textbook called Activate 1

These books will be available online on Kerboodle

Activate: 11-14 (Key Stage 3): Activate 1 Student Book

ISBN: 978-0-19-839256-9

Year 8

Students follow the Activate Science course and use the textbook called Activate 2

These books will be available online on Kerboodle

Activate: 11-14 (Key Stage 3): Activate 2 Student Book

ISBN: 978-0-19-839257-6

Year 9

Students in Year 9 will start their GCSE Science course and therefore will use the same textbooks as Year 10 and Year 11. All Students will start with the content of the COMBINED Science course and may continue to study SEPARATE Science in Year 11

Year 10 and Year 11

There are 2 courses that we offer for GCSE science, SEPARATE Science and COMBINED science. All textbooks are published by Pearson and are available for purchase on their website if you wish to have a paper copy of the book.

These are the books for the SEPARATE Science course

These books will be available online on Active Teach

Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Biology Student Book thumbnail Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Chemistry Student Book thumbnail Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Physics Student Book thumbnail

Biology: ISBN 9781292120201

Chemistry: ISBN 9781292120218

Physics: ISBN 9781292120225

This is the book for the COMBINED Science course

This book will be available online on Active Teach

Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Combined Science Student Book thumbnail

ISBN 9781292120195

Year 12 and Year 13

Biology: Biology students use the textbook endorsed by the exam board, OCR

These books will be available online on Kerboodle

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ISBN: 9780198351924

Chemistry: Chemistry students use the textbook endorsed by the exam board, OCR

These books will be available online on Kerboodle

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ISBN: 9780198351979

Physics: Physics students use the textbook endorsed by the exam board, AQA

These books will be available online on Kerboodle

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ISBN-13: 978-0-19-835187-0