Moving to Scottish education system

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How is sciences generally being teach in Scottish schools? Do they generally offer triple science? Or is combine more popular?
Thanks

My DCS did biology, Chemistry and physics as separate subjects at Nat 5. Friends DC also took engineering.

DC1 did physics and chemistry at higher in S5. Could have taken biology but I think timetabling 3 sciences can be tricky at some schools - those thinking about medicine etc IME tend to do chemistry and biology in S5.

Boliogy can be done as a crash higher (without sitting the Nat 5) either in S5 or S6 (the latter probably more commonly).

They are taught as separate subjects (no option to do double/triple science). So you would pick one, two or three of them. Most schools only offer 7 subjects so if you pick all three sciences plus the compulsory maths and English you will only have two further subjects left to choose. Some schools allow you to drop all sciences after S3, unlike in England where I think you have to take Science to the end of GCSEs.

DDs school have the option of taking them separately or combined as a single N5.

For my boys, taught as combined science (compulsory subject) for 3 years (blocks for each subjects) then selected individually from then on. Need to select at least one science to S4. Possible to select all 3 but that would be very unusual. School pushed broad general education. However picking up again later allowed (even in S5 without previous exam pass for very strong candidates but more likely pick up in S6).

I've never heard of a combined science Nat 5. Is that a new Nat 5?

All kids I know over several schools have taken separate Nat 5s in biology/chemistry/physics.
My DC chose 2 but their sciency friends did all 3

My DCs did all 3 as wasn’t sure which they liked best, was good move as DC1 now doing the subjedt at uni that was most likely to have dropped at Nat 5 if only doing 2

No, they don't.

Mine have the option of biology, chemistry, physics and Engineering Science from S3? Not sure what Engineering science is.

My eldest did engineering Higher when he was in S6, it's sort of a mathsy-physicsy crossover. He enjoyed it.

Agree with others that the three sciences are taught separately here. There is no nat 5 or Higher exam in "Science". Taking all three sciences for Nat 5 is unusual at unheard of at Higher in my experience, have known plenty kids get places on science heavy courses like medicine, engineering, biomedical sciences with 2 out of the 3, so biology and chemistry for medicine.

"Science" might be taught S1-S3 before specialising.

Ds' school allowed young people to do all three sciences at Nat 5 (although unusually they timetabled 8 Nat 5s as the norm - partly because they made their Nat 5 choices at the end of S2) if they wanted (although ds dropped biology).

Not sure if all three could be done for Higher in the same year.

Physics and Chemistry (along with Maths) were the most popular combination, with Higher Biology being crashed in S6.

In my experience, taking the 3 sciences at N5 and Higher is not uncommon. However, I think it depends on the school. Some seem to discourage it, especially if they are only doing 6 N5s.

There is no combined SQA Nat 5

I know...?

Sorry I meant to quote the person who said there was!!

First couple of years it’s one subject called “science” with modules in each discipline but as soon as choices are made for S3 they’re separate and individual subjects. There is no “triple” or “combined”.