Science Curriculum
Curriculum Overview
Year 7
What can you expect from Science in Year 7?
Science enables students to confidently interact with their world, using Powerful Knowledge to improve and enrich their lives and the lives of others. The Powerful Knowledge curriculum precisely focusses on the knowledge that students need to do well in the subject.
In year 7 we will revisit some of the topics you have studied at junior school in more depth. We will also study a range of new topics and learn to use key ideas to explain the phenomenon that we observe.
Topics that you will study are:
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Intro to my Lab Particles Separating mixtures Movement Cells Energy Costs Earth Structure Space Electricity |
Variation Forces Human Reproduction Sound Speed Interdependence Plant Reproduction Metals and Non-metals Acids and Alkalis |
We recommend that you get a revision guide early on and use it to enhance what is learned in lesson.
This link will take you to our recommended revision guide -
https://amzn.eu/d/5IHVekA
Year 8
Science enables students to confidently interact with their world, using Powerful Knowledge to improve and enrich their lives and the lives of others. The Powerful Knowledge curriculum precisely focusses on the knowledge that students need to do well in the subject.
In year 8 we will consolidate our scientific understanding by looking at how different scientific phenomenon link together and influence each other. We will practice and perfect our practical skills and use our scientific understanding to explain our observations in detail.
Topics that you will study are:
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Pressure Elements, Compounds and the Periodic Table Elements Respiration Digestion Magnetism and electromagnets Work |
Heating and cooling Chemical Energy Types of Reaction Photosynthesis Light Climate Earth Resources Evolution Inheritance |
We recommend that you get a revision guide early on and use it to enhance what is learned in lesson.
This link will take you to our recommended revision guide - https://tinyurl.com/mrmmee9p
Year 9, 10, 11 (Separated Sciences)
What can you expect from Separate Sciences?
Science enables students to confidently interact with their world, using Powerful Knowledge to improve and enrich their lives and the lives of others. The Powerful Knowledge curriculum precisely focusses on the knowledge that students need to do well in the subject.
The Separate Sciences is for our most able students and will enable them to gain three GCSEs (Biology, Chemistry and Physics) rather that the standard two. We spread our curriculum across three years.
Topics that you will study are:
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Cell biology Organisation Infection and response Bioenergetics Homeostasis and response Inheritance, variation and evolution Ecology |
Atomic structure and the periodic table Bonding, structure and the properties of matter Quantitative chemistry Chemical changes Energy changes The rate and extent of chemical change Organic chemistry Chemical analysis Chemistry of the atmosphere |
Energy Electricity Particle model of matter Atomic structure Forces Waves Magnetism and electromagnetism Space physics |
We recommend that you get a revision guide through Weduc, early on and use it to enhance what is learned in lesson or by using the links below.
Biology: https://amzn.eu/d/fBDhnIw
Physics: https://amzn.eu/d/7BkfI0k
Chemistry: https://amzn.eu/d/1siNJnM
Year 9, 10, 11 (Combined Sciences)
What can you expect from Combined Science?
Science enables students to confidently interact with their world, using Powerful Knowledge to improve and enrich their lives and the lives of others. The Powerful Knowledge curriculum precisely focusses on the knowledge that students need to do well in the subject.
Combined Science is the route that most students will follow during their time in GCSE Science. We spread our curriculum across three years.
In following Combined Science, you will gain two GCSEs in ‘Combined Science’.
Topics that you will study are:
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Cell biology Organisation Infection and response Bioenergetics Homeostasis and response Inheritance, variation and evolution Ecology |
Atomic structure and the periodic table Bonding, structure and the properties of matter Quantitative chemistry Chemical changes Energy changes The rate and extent of chemical change Organic chemistry Chemical analysis Chemistry of the atmosphere |
Energy Electricity Particle model of matter Atomic structure Forces Waves Magnetism and electromagnetism |
We recommend that you get a revision guide through Weduc, early on and use it to enhance what is learned in lesson or by using the links below.
Top sets: https://amzn.eu/d/ay8r9N8
All other students: https://amzn.eu/d/f9LFzLs