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Science Department Welcome to the St. Michael's College Science Department. This section contains information regarding the Junior Certificate Science syllabus as will in future become a resource for revision and other material relevant to the science curriculum. Assessment of Junior Certificate Science The revised Syllabus for Junior Certificate Science, which was introduced in schools in September 2003, was examined for the first time in June 2006. The previous syllabi - Science (with Local Studies) and Science (without Local Studies) - which were introduced in 1989 and examined for the first time in 1992, have remained available to candidates in a small number of schools. This facility was originally set to continue until the 2007 certificate examinations but it has been extended by the Department of Education and Science for a further year. In St. Michael's College however, we have now transferred to the revised Syllabus. The structure of the assessment of the revised Syllabus for Junior Certificate Science is significantly different to the assessment that applied in the 1989 syllabi. The assessment involves a total mark allocation of 600 at both Higher Level and Ordinary Level, and consists of three components:
Coursework A (60 marks / 10%) involves the completion of and the reporting on a course of 30 mandatory experiments / investigations. The completion of this element of the assessment is "signed-off" in schools and the claim for the marks for this component is transmitted with the Coursework B component. Coursework B (150 marks / 25%) involves the external marking of reports on either two investigations prescribed by the State Examinations Commission (from a list containing three investigations) or the report on one larger investigation of the candidate's own choice. The Terminal Written Examination (390 marks / 65%) takes the form of a completion-style booklet with three equally weighted sections (Biology, Chemistry and Physics). Each of the three sections consists of three questions. Candidates are expected to attempt all 9 questions on the examination paper and there is no choice within the paper. The claim of marks for Coursework A together with the report(s) for the Coursework B component are presented in a pro-forma booklet which is transmitted for marking with the terminal written examination paper. 2007 Ordinary Level Paper | 2007 Higher Level Paper Teachers
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