OCR’s Entry Level Certificate in Science provides an entry into the understanding of the physical, chemical and biological world. Scientific understanding is changing our lives and is vital to world’s future prosperity, and all learners should be taught essential aspects of the knowledge, methods, processes and uses of science. They should be helped to appreciate how the complex and diverse phenomena of the natural world can be described in terms of a small number of key ideas relating to the sciences which are both inter-linked and are of universal application.
The OCR Entry Level qualification will encourage learners to:

• understand the use of conceptual models and theories to make sense of the observed diversity of natural phenomena
• understand the assumption that every effect has one or more cause
• understand that change is driven by differences between different objects and systems when
they interact
• understand that many such interactions occur over a distance and over time without direct contact
• understand that science progresses through a cycle of hypothesis, practical experimentation, observation, theory development and review
• understand that quantitative analysis is a central element both of many theories and of scientific methods of inquiry
• develop scientific curiosity and knowledge and understanding through the specific disciplines of biology, chemistry and physics
• develop understanding of the nature, processes and methods of science, through different types of scientific enquiries that help them to answer scientific questions about the world around them
• develop and learn to apply observational, practical and problem-solving skills, both in the laboratory and in other learning environments
• develop their ability to question claims based on science through analysis of the methodology, evidence and conclusions, both qualitatively and quantitatively
Qualification:
OCR’s Entry Level Certificate in Science (R483)