CCSLC Integrated Science case studies
CCSLC Integrated Science · Put your knowledge to work in context.
CCSLC Integrated Science is one of the subject examinations offered under the Caribbean Certificate of Secondary Level Competence (CCSLC), a qualification listed by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC®) among its examinations alongside CPEA, CVQ, CSEC® and CAPE®. It is designed for secondary-level candidates across the Caribbean region and is typically taken by students completing the lower secondary cycle, giving them a recognised regional certificate before they move on to CSEC®-level studies. The CCSLC Integrated Science case studies are 5 cases and about 4,280 words.
1The Fertiliser Drops Experiment: Is Marcia's Conclusion Safe?
Marcia is a Form 4 student who lives beside a pond next to a vegetable farm. She has read that fertiliser washed off fields can make pond water turn green, and she decides to test it.
881 words, about 4 min2Lionfish Culling on a North Coast Reef: When Is a Problem 'Solved'?
Since 2019 a reef conservation group on the north coast has paid fishers to spear lionfish, an invasive species from the Indo-Pacific, on a 40-hectare reef. Divers survey fixed transects every year.
819 words, about 4 min3Heat, Sweat and Salt: Two Runners After the 800 m
At a school athletics meet in August the shade temperature is 33 °C and the relative humidity is 80 %. Devan, aged 15 and 62.0 kg, runs the 800 m at 1:15 p.m.
816 words, about 4 min4Grey, Damp, Bitter Salt: Should the Family Switch to Boiling?
On the south coast a family makes sea salt in shallow clay-lined pans. They pump seawater, density about 1.025 g/cm³, into the pans and let sun and wind evaporate it.
837 words, about 4 min5The Slipway, the Winch and the Neap Tide
A fishing co-operative on the east coast has a straight concrete slipway 12 m long. The top of the slipway is 1.8 m above the point where a boat floats.
927 words, about 5 min