KS4 Applied Science
The study of science fires pupils’ curiosity about the world and helps them to find explanations. It links practical experience with scientific ideas.
Pupils learn that science enhances knowledge and understanding in science is rooted in evidence. Pupils discover how science and technology affects industry, business and medicine and how science improves the quality of life. Pupils appreciate science worldwide and discover how it relates to their own culture.
Pupils also gain confidence to question and discuss issues that may affect their own lives, their immediate community and the world.
BTEC First qualifications were originally designed for use in colleges, schools and the workplace as an introductory level 2 course for learners wanting to study in the context of a vocational sector. This is still relevant today.
The skills learnt in studying a BTEC First will aid progression to further study and prepare learners to enter the workplace in due course. BTECs are vocationally related qualifications, where learners develop knowledge and understanding by applying their learning and skills in a work-related context. Additionally, they are popular and effective because they engage learners to take responsibility for their own learning and to develop skills that are essential for the modern-day workplace.
These skills include: team working; working from a prescribed brief; working to deadlines; presenting information effectively; and accurately completing administrative tasks and processes. BTEC Firsts motivate learners, and open doors to progression into further study and responsibility within the workplace.
