List of GCE A2 Applied Science resources

Healthcare and medicine

• Comparing thermometers or blood pressure monitors AQA Unit 8
• Investigating thermography AQA Unit 8 and OCR Unit 16
• Investigating the Wisconsin card sorting test OCR Unit 13
• Investigating X-rays AQA Unit 8 and OCR Unit 16
• Lung function testing AQA Unit 14
• Microbiology and the pathology service AQA Unit 15
• Oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) AQA Unit 14
• Researching and planning bioassays AQA Unit 12
• Researching and planning chemical assays AQA Unit 12
• Using blood pressure monitors AQA Unit 9
• Wisconsin card sorting test correlational studies OCR Unit 13

Environmental management and agriculture

• Distribution and abundance of species OCR Unit 14 and AQA Unit 16
• Ecology and Simpsons Diversity Index OCR Unit 14 and AQA Unit 16
• Estimating environmental damage in freshwater OCR Unit 14 and AQA Unit 16
• Waste disposal, recycling and land reclamation AQA Unit 16

Chemical building blocks and useful products

• Dyes: Industrial scale up AQA Unit 13
• Enzyme technology OCR Unit 15
• Extracting and testing a natural plant dye AQA Unit 13
• Preparing and testing a synthetic dye AQA Unit 13

Construction materials

• Extracting and purifying metals OCR Unit 12
• Metals OCR Unit 11
• Impact testing OCR Unit 11

Scientific investigations

• Scientific investigations: Getting started AQA Unit 7 and OCR Unit 8
• Scientific investigations: Reporting AQA Unit 7 and OCR Unit 8

Energy

• Cells and batteries OCR Unit 12

Science at work

• Physics of performance effects AQA Unit 10