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Every specification is based on the National Curriculum but for each specification the content is split into different topics and may be approached in a variety of ways. If you are going to look for an on-line specification make sure you know the exam board and specification number. If in doubt check with your science teacher.
Most of the documents are in a file format called PDF. This is short for portable document format and when you save the files they will have a ".pdf" extension. These documents have the advantage that they can be read (and printed) on many different types of operating systems such as PC/Windows, Mac, etc., with the freely available Adobe Acrobat program.
Many of these files are large, between 500 and 1000 kB. If you are using a dial up modem then a file of 500kB size will take two or three minutes to download. It is best to save the file directly to disk rather than open it in a browser window. (The easiest way to do this is to right click a link and choose to "Save As..".) By saving the file to your disk you will still be able to open it when you are off-line.
Don't try and print an entire specification, many of the pages will be of little use to you as a student.
New GCSE Sciences - portal for all the new specifications.
OCR GCSE Science Website
Portal for the new specifications.
Details of the course produced by The University of York and the Nuffield Curriculum Centre.
GCSE Science - Science, Additional Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics.
GCSE Science portal for the 360Science courses
QCA develops the National Curriculum and exam assessment structure.
Specifies the Curriculum for all subjects from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 4.
The various Science GCSE specifications produced by the five exam boards are designed to cover the requirements of the National Curriculum.