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Science
Curriculum
Year
7
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Topics Covered |
Description |
| Term 1 |
Investigative Science
Making and Using
materials
Energy
Variety
of Life
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An introduction to
scientific skills, the concept of a ‘fair test’,
observing, measuring, concluding.
Materials – sorting,
making new materials, raw materials, how their physical
and chemical properties affect their function.
Energy – units of
energy, food as energy, energy requirements as related
to activity.
Variety
of Life – grouping and classifying, main groups of
living organisms, animals and plants, cells, tissues,
organs, organ systems. |
| Term 2 |
Forces
Acids and Alkalis
Rocks
Magnets
and Electricity |
Using
forces, friction, floating and sinking, moving forces,
forces in real life.
The pH scale and
indicators, strengths of acids and alkalis, common acids
and alkalis around the home, neutralization reactions.
Rock groups, minerals,
the rock cycle, erosion and weathering. Some fieldwork
may be involved in the Western Desert.
Magnets,
magnetic fields, switches, series and parallel circuits,
heat from electricity, dry cells and batteries. |
| Term 3 |
Matter
The Environment
Growing Up
Sight
and Sound
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Solids,
liquids and gases, measuring volumes and mass, changes
of state, evaporation, condensation, solidification and
melting, particles and changes of state.
Habitats, ecosystems,
weather and climate, factors affecting a food chain,
decomposers and recycling of nutrients, an introduction
to pollution.
The reproductive system,
puberty and body changes, the menstrual cycle.
Light
rays, mirrors and reflection. Sound waves, echoes. |
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Science
Curriculum
Year
8 |
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Topics Covered |
Description |
| Term 1 |
Populations
Forces
Elements
Food
and Digestion |
Classification keys,
grouping, survival of the fittest, competition, life and
death, population growth.
Balanced forces, bridging
the gap, bending and stretching, moving at speed.
Chemical elements,
compounds and mixtures, separating substances, an
introduction to symbol use in chemistry, predicting
reactions.
Different
food groups, balanced diets, teeth and the digestive
system, enzymes, absorption. |
| Term 2 |
Earth
and Space
Staying Alive
Sight
and Sound II
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The Solar System, the Sun,
the Moon, satellites, the Universe.
Breathing, air, smoking,
the blood and circulatory system, white blood cells and
immunity.
Refraction,
colour, electromagnetic waves, sound waves, the ear,
noise pollution.. |
| Term
3 |
Water
Chemical Reactions
Electrical Circuits
Plants
at Work
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The water cycle,
precipitation, cloud formations.
Iron from iron ore,
combustion reactions, bubbling, rusting, reaction rates,
catalysts.
Charges, electrons,
current, sensors.
Energy
from Photosynthesis, leaves, fertilizers, xylem and
phloem, pollination, seed dispersal. |
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Science
Curriculum
Year
9 |
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Topics Covered |
Description |
| Term 1 |
Pollution
Heat Transfer
Periodic Table, Chemical
Reactions
The
Active Body |
Food webs, pyramids of
numbers and biomass, nutrient cycles, pollution and
poison algae.
Conduction, convection
and radiation.
Symbol chemistry, writing
chemical reactions, an introduction to balancing
reactions, making salts.
Muscle
pairs, the skeleton, synovial joints. |
| Term 2 |
Colour
Forces and Moments
Pressure,
Gases and Pressure
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The colour wheel, primary
and secondary colours, addition and subtraction of
colour.
Speed and acceleration,
levers and seesaws, moment calculations.
Moving
particles, changes of state, pressure calculations,
water pressure and air pressure, air resistance. |
| Term 3 |
Variation
SATs Revision
Experimental
Science
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An introduction to DNA and
genetics, genetic diagrams, genetic modification of
organisms, cloning theory.
Post-SATs
practical skills and GCSE coursework preparation. |
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