OCR GCSE (9-1) Biology B 'Twenty First Century Science' (J257) revision

Free interactive Biology (Twenty First Century Science) revision for OCR GCSE, matched to the OCR GCSE (9-1) Biology B 'Twenty First Century Science' (J257) specification.

Past papers for this specification

OCR GCSE Biology (Twenty First Century Science) past papers 88 official documents · 2018-2025

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What the specification covers

B1 You and your genes

B2 Keeping healthy

B3 Living together — food and ecosystems

B4 Using food and controlling growth

B5 The human body — staying alive

B6 Life on Earth — past, present and future

B7 Ideas about Science (assessed in EVERY paper, functionally identical to Combined Science's BCP7)

B8 Practical skills (8 Practical Activity Groups — no additional taught content, functionally identical to Combined Science's BCP8 but with 3 extra PAGs)

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