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It summarizes amendment details and sets out qualification structure across three units: Electricity, Energy and Waves; Forces, Space and Radioactivity; and an untiered Practical Assessment. The document defines aims, objectives, progression expectations, equality and fair access principles, assessment objectives with weightings, and key guidance for entries, grading and reporting.","GCSE  \nWJEC GCSE in PHYSICS  \nAPPROVED BY QUALIFICATIONS WALES  \nSPECIFICATION  \nTeaching from 2016  \nFor award from 2018  \nVersion 2 March 2019  \nThis Qualifications Wales regulated qualification  \nis not available to centres in England.  \nSUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS  \n\n| Version | Description | Page number |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 2 | 'Making entries' section has been amended to clarify resit rules, carry forward of Practical Assessment (NEA) marks and the terminal rule. | 39 |\n\nWJEC GCSE in PHYSICS  \nFor teaching from 2016  \nFor award from 2018  \nThis specification meets the GCSE Qualification Principles which set out the requirements for all new or revised GCSE specifications developed to be taught in Wales from September 2016.  \nPage  \nSummary of assessment 2  \n1. Introduction 3  \n1.1 Aims and objectives 3  \n1.2 Prior learning and progression 4  \n1.3 Equality and fair access 4  \n1.4 Welsh Baccalaureate 5  \n1.5 Welsh perspective 5  \n2. Subject content 6  \n2.1 Unit 1 7  \n2.2 Unit 2 24  \n2.3 Unit 3 37  \n3. Assessment 38  \n3.1 Assessment objectives and weightings 38  \n4. Technical information 39  \n4.1 Making entries 39  \n4.2 Grading, awarding and reporting 40  \nAppendix A 41  \nAppendix B 43  \nGCSE PHYSICS (Wales)  \nSUMMARY OF ASSESSMENT  \nThere are two tiers of entry for this qualification:  \nHigher Tier – Grades A* -D  \nFoundation Tier – Grades C-G  \nThis GCSE qualification in Physics offers assessment at foundation and higher tier. In most cases, we would expect candidates to be assessed within the same tier. Exceptionally, it may be appropriate to enter some candidates for a combination of higher and foundation tier  \nunits.  \n\n| Unit 1: ELECTRICITY, ENERGY and WAVES\u003Cbr>Written examination: 1 hour 45 minutes\u003Cbr>45% of qualification 80 marks |\n| --- |\n| A mix of short answer questions, structured questions, extended writing and data response questions with some set in a practical context. A tiered assessment. |\n| Unit 2: FORCES, SPACE and RADIOACTIVITY\u003Cbr>Written examination: 1 hour 45 minutes\u003Cbr>45% of qualification 80 marks |\n| A mix of short answer questions, structured questions, extended writing and data response questions with some set in a practical context. A tiered assessment. |\n| Unit 3 : PRACTICAL ASSESSMENT\u003Cbr>10% of qualification 30 marks |\n| Practical assessment that will be carried out in centres, but will be externally marked by WJEC. It will take place in the first half of the spring term (January – February) . It is recommended that this should be in the final year of study. An untiered assessment. |\n\nThis unitised qualification will be available in the summer series each year. It will be awarded for the first time in Summer 2018.  \nQualification Number listed on The Register: 601/8235/0 Qualifications Wales Approval Number listed on QiW: C00/0780/0  \nGCSE PHYSICS  \n1 INTRODUCTION  \n1.1 Aims and objectives  \nThis WJEC GCSE Physics specification provides a broad, coherent, satisfying and worthwhile course of study. It encourages learners to develop confidence in, and a positive attitude towards, science and to recognise its importance in their own lives and to society.  \nStudying GCSE Physics provides the foundations for understanding the material world. Scientific understanding is changing our lives and is vital to the world’s future prosperity, and all learners should be taught essential aspects of the knowledge, methods, processes and uses of science. 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These key ideas include:  \n• the use of conceptual models and theories to make sense of the observed diversity of natural phenomena  \n• the assumption that every effect has one or more cause  \n• that change is driven by differences between different objects and systems when they interact  \n• that many such interactions occur over ","cbCaimTQOR8HOlPA","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimTQOR8HOlPA","pdf",739641,1,45,"English","en",105,"# Summary of assessment\n# 1 Introduction\n## 1.1 Aims and objectives\n## 1.2 Prior learning and progression\n## 1.3 Equality and fair access\n## 1.4 Welsh Baccalaureate\n## 1.5 Welsh perspective\n# 2 Subject content\n## 2.1 Unit 1\n## 2.2 Unit 2\n## 2.3 Unit 3\n# 3 Assessment\n## 3.1 Assessment objectives and weightings\n# 4 Technical information\n## 4.1 Making entries\n## 4.2 Grading, awarding and reporting\n# Appendix A\n# Appendix B","[{\"question\":\"What are the three units in the WJEC GCSE Physics specification?\",\"answer\":\"The specification contains Unit 1 (Electricity, Energy and Waves), Unit 2 (Forces, Space and Radioactivity), and Unit 3 (Practical Assessment). 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