GCSE Science Required Practicals Master Pack | AQA Combined + Separate | 28 Activities

A complete AQA GCSE Science resource covering all 28 required practicals across Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Includes the 21 Combined Science: Trilogy practicals plus all seven additional Separate Science activities.

Designed for Years 10 and 11, this comprehensive pack supports practical lessons, exam preparation, revision, homework and independent learning. Each practical includes a structured method, results and analysis activities, and original exam-style questions.

What is included?

Student Practical Workbook (88 pages): Three pages per practical covering equipment, aims, methods, variables, safety, results tables, graphs or drawings, calculations, conclusions, evaluation and exam-style questions.

Teacher Answers and Guidance (31 pages): Expected results, worked calculations, scientific explanations, marking points and practical-specific extended-response guidance.

Complete Master Pack (118 pages): All student resources and teacher guidance combined into one PDF.

Editable Technician Checklist (15 pages): Equipment and preparation checklists covering all 28 practicals.

Editable Teacher Risk Assessment Review (29 pages): Practical-specific hazards, suggested controls and fields for local review and approval.

Complete practical coverage

BIOLOGY - 10 PRACTICALS

1. Microscopy and cell drawings
2. Antibiotics and bacterial growth (Separate only)
3. Osmosis in plant tissue
4. Food tests
5. Amylase and pH
6. Photosynthesis and light intensity
7. Human reaction times
8. Seedlings and tropisms (Separate only)
9. Sampling plant populations
10. Milk decay and temperature (Separate only)

CHEMISTRY - 8 PRACTICALS

1. Preparing a soluble salt
2. Acid-alkali titration (Separate only)
3. Electrolysis of solutions
4. Temperature changes in reactions
5. Reaction rates - gas and turbidity
6. Paper chromatography
7. Testing for ions (Separate only)
8. Water analysis and purification

PHYSICS - 10 PRACTICALS

1. Specific heat capacity
2. Thermal insulation (Separate only)
3. Resistance and wire length
4. Current-voltage characteristics
5. Density of solids and liquids
6. Force and extension
7. Force, mass and acceleration
8. Wave speed in water and solids
9. Reflection and refraction (Separate only)
10. Infrared radiation and surfaces

Separate Science-only activities are clearly identified in the workbook.