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2018 onwards |\n\nVersion 1.4 October 2026  \nContents  \n1 Introduction 5  \n1.1 Why choose AQA for GCSE Combined Science: Synergy 5  \n1.2 Support and resources to help you teach 6  \n2 Specification at a glance 9  \n2.1 Subject content 9  \n2.2 Assessments 9  \n3 Working scientifically 13  \n4 Subject content 19  \n4.1 Building blocks 19  \n4.2 Transport over larger distances 36  \n4.3 Interactions with the environment 49  \n4.4 Explaining change 67  \n4.5 Building blocks for understanding 86  \n4.6 Interactions over small and large distances 94  \n4.7 Movement and interactions 107  \n4.8 Guiding Spaceship Earth towards a sustainable future 137  \n4.9 Key ideas 147  \n5 Scheme of assessment 149  \n5.1 Aims and learning outcomes 149  \n5.2 Assessment objectives 150  \n5.3 Assessment weightings 151  \n6 General administration 153  \n6.1 Entries and codes 153  \n6.2 Overlaps with other qualifications 153  \n6.3 Awarding grades and reporting results 153  \n6.4 Resits and shelf life 154  \n6.5 Previous learning and prerequisites 154  \n6.6 Access to assessment: diversity and inclusion 154  \n6.7 Working with AQA for the first time 155  \n6.8 Private candidates 155  \n7 Mathematical requirements 157  \n[Visit](Visit aqa.org.uk/8465 for the most up-to-date specification)[ ](Visit aqa.org.uk/8465 for the most up-to-date specification)[aqa.org.uk/8465](Visit aqa.org.uk/8465 for the most up-to-date specification)[ for the most up-to-date specification](Visit aqa.org.uk/8465 for the most up-to-date specification), resources, support and administration 3  \n8 Practical assessment 159  \n8.1 Use of apparatus and techniques 159  \n8.2 Required practical activities 161  \n9 Appendix A: Periodic table 179  \n10 Appendix B: Physics equations 181  \nAre you using the latest version of this specification?  \n• You will always find the most up-to-date version of this specification on our website at  \n[aqa.org.uk/8465](aqa.org.uk/8465)  \n• We will write to you if there are significant changes to the specification.  \n[4](4 Visit aqa.org.uk/8465 for the most up-to-date specification)[ Visit](4 Visit aqa.org.uk/8465 for the most up-to-date specification)[ ](4 Visit aqa.org.uk/8465 for the most up-to-date specification)[aqa.org.uk/8465](4 Visit aqa.org.uk/8465 for the most up-to-date specification)[ for the most up-to-date specification](4 Visit aqa.org.uk/8465 for the most up-to-date specification), resources, support and administration  \n1 Introduction  \n1.1 Why choose AQA for GCSE Combined Science: Synergy  \nOur philosophy: science for all  \nWe believe that science has something to offer every student, and that everyone needs some level of relevant scientific understanding.  \nThat's why we have a suite of science qualifications for Key Stage 4 – so that students of all abilities and all aspirations can realise their potential.  \nTwo sections for two teachers  \nTeachers have told us that:  \n• many schools organise their curriculum drawing on the experience of two teachers  \n• science teachers tend to be more confident around either the life sciences or the physical sciences  \n• science learning is enriched when teaching draws on different areas that can be naturally linked together.  \nWe have divided the content into two main sections, which contain connections between areas of biology, physics and chemistry that sit together as part of good science.  \nLife and environmental sciences (4.1–4.4)  \n• 4.1 Building blocks: from atoms to cells, behaviour and transport on the small scale.  \n• 4.2 Transport over larger distances: systems in animals and plants and how these systems interact.  \n• 4.3 Interactions with the environment: the effects of factors in the environment on organisms, how our choices affect our health.  \n• 4.4 Explaining change: how organisms, species, living and non-living systems change overtime.  \nPhysical sciences (4.5–4.8)  \n• 4.5 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