Easy and Best Approach to Integrated Science for Senior High Schools, Questions and Answers

The Senior High School integrated science seeks to prepare students with the integrated body of scientific knowledge and raises the level of scientific literacy of the individuals with comprehensive scientific skills that enable students to function in the present technological era.

The major problem confronting students these days is how to acquire the skills to solve basic scientific problems within their immediate environment through analysis and experimentation. The 2014 May/June Senior High School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results revealed that 28.1% qualified for tertiary admissions and 72% failed. Hence, the arrival of this Easy and Better, comprehensive and precise book to meet the needs of students in search for solutions to problems of life recognizing, the interaction of science, technology and other disciplines.

The integrated Science examination consists of three (3) papers: paper 1, 2, and 3 must be taken for a total of 190 marks. The duration for sitting papers 1 and 2 is 2 hours 30 minutes. Paper 1 consists of 50 multiple choice questions, all of which should be answered within 1 hour for 50 marks. Paper 2 consists of 6 essay-type questions. Candidates are required to answer any 4 questions within 1 hour 30 minutes. Each question carry’s 20 marks. The total score is 80 marks. Paper 3 consists of 4 questions on test of practical knowledge, all of which should be answered within 2 hours for 60 marks.

This book has two sections. Section 1 is based on solved essay-type questions – all May/June and November questions from 1993 to 2014, some of them with different approaches to solving questions. To make it easy and better to help students, the whole section has been categorised under Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Environment and Agricultural Science with ICT as a bonus questions and notes. Section 2 is based on multiple choice questions – May/June questions from 2000 to 2014, with answers at the back of the book. All the questions are examination questions based on the integrated science syllabus and we are of the hope that after going through the questions, students would be well equipped and prepared to face any integrated science paper with ease. However, this book has not covered the practical test section. This part will come out soon.