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AQA
- Course outlines
- Core science syllabus A
- Core science syllabus B
- Additional science
- Additional applied science
Edexcel
- Course outlines
- Core science
- Additional science
- Separate sciences
- BTEC
- iGCSE
OCR 21st Century Science
- Course outlines
- Core science
- Additional science
- Additional applied science
OCR - Gateway Science
- Core Content
- Additional content

WJEC
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What to buy

All you need are the relevant text books and revise guides. Many students don't buy their own text books and rely on revise guides; I suggest this is a false economy!

Text Books: Some exam boards recommend books, some don't. Here's the information that I've found out:

AQA
AQA have done a deal with the publisher Nelson Thorne who have produced materials designed around the particular AQA syllabuses. That doesn't mean that other publishers aren't producing relevant products, but you might as well get the ones they recommend. Here's the list with ISBN numbers:

Core Science
J. Breithaupt et. al. (2006) AQA Science – GCSE Science, Nelson Thornes. ISBN 0-7487-9634-7
Revision Guide: Specification A 0-7487-8309-0
Revision Guide: Specification B 0-7487-8310-6

Additional Science
Text Book: 0-7487-9638-0
Revision Guide: 0-7487-8311-3

Year 11 Additional Science J. Breithaupt et. al. (2006) AQA Science – GCSE Additional Science, Nelson Thornes. ISBN 0-7487-9638-X

Triple Science

A. Fullick (2006) AQA Science – GCSE Biology, Nelson Thornes. ISBN 0-7487-9641-X P. Fullick (2006) AQA Science – GCSE Chemistry, Nelson Thornes. ISBN 0-7487-9644-4
Breithaupt (2006) AQA Science – GCSE Physics, Nelson Thornes. ISBN 0-7487-9647-9

You may be able to get revision guides at a reduced price from school.

Edexcel

Edexcel don't appear to have done a special deal with a particular publisher, but they do endorse many products. Those from Hodder Murray are mentioned, so here are the details of their products:

Core Science
Text Book: 0 340 90729 0
Foundation homework book: 0 340 91489 0
Higher homework book: 0 340 91490 4

Additional Science
Text Book: 0 340 90730 4
Foundation Homework book for internal assessment: 0 340 91492 0
Foundation Homeworkbook for external assessment: 0 340 91494 7
Higher Homework book for internal assessment: 0 340 91491 2
Higher Homework book for external assessment: 0 340 91493 9

Biology Text Book: 0 340 90731 2
Chemistry Text Book: 0 340 914858
Physics Text Book: 0 340 91484 X

OCR

OCR say that they don't recommend particular text books, but point out relevant publishers:

For the Gateway Science syllabuses Collins and Heinemann
For the Twenty First Century Science syllabuses Oxford University Press