Science

What will I study?

In Year 7, you will study the following topics;

• Safety project
• Scientific Key Skills
• Substances and Properties
• Cells, Inheritance and Organ Systems
• Forces and Motion
• Sound, Light and Waves
• Variation, Adaptation and Evolution
• Designing Materials
• Health and Disease

In Year 8, you will study the following topics;

• Solubility
• Chemical Changes
• Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions
• Heating and Cooling
• Changes in an Organisms Life
• Classification
• Earth’s Resources
• Moving by Forces, Light and How we see
• Health, Lifestyle and Biochemistry
• Reproduction
• Air Pollution and Evaporation
• Earth and Sun

In Year 9, you will study the following topics;

• Air Pollution and Evaporation
• Water cycle and Carbon cycle
• Heating and Cooling
• Interdependence of Organisms
• More about Forces
• Simple circuits and More about circuits
• Energy and Reactions
• Health and Infectious Disease
• Acids and Alkalis
• Weathering and Erosion
• Biodiversity and Human impacts
• Adaptations and Evolution
• Waves
• Floating and Sinking
• The Periodic Table

What skills will I develop?

Year 7:

• Disciplinary literacy, Good laboratory practice, Observational skills, Communication skills, Enquiry skills by identifying variables, Solving problems and Analysing results

Year 8:

• Disciplinary literacy, Good laboratory practice, Observational skills, Communication skills, Enquiry skills by identifying variables, Solving problems and Analysing results

Year 9:

• Disciplinary literacy, Good laboratory practice, Observational skills, Communication skills, Enquiry skills by identifying variables, Solving problems and Analysing results

 

What will I study?

Year 10:

Biology - Transport in Cells, Disease, Transport Systems, The Digestive System, Bioenergetics, Defence against disease, The Nervous System (TRIPLE ONLY - Advanced Ecology)

Chemistry - Reactivity of Metals, Bonding, The Periodic Table, Quantitative Chemistry, Acids & Bases, Energy Changes

Physics - Particle Model of Matter, Electrical Circuits, Radioactivity, Forces in Action, Energy Transfers

Year 11:

Biology - Homeostasis and response, Inheritance, Genetics and Evolution, Ecology

Chemistry – Rate and Extent of Chemical Reactions, Organic Chemistry, Chemical Analysis, Chemistry of the Atmosphere and Using Resources

Physics - Forces and Motion, Waves, Electromagnetism, Space (triple only)

What skills will I develop?

Year 10:

• Maths Skills (Handling data, plotting and interpreting graphs)
• Investigative skills including:
  • devising and investigating testable questions
  • identifying and controlling variables
  • analysing, interpreting and evaluating data.
  • using specialist equipment to take measurements
  • handling and manipulating equipment with confidence and fluency
  • recognising hazards and planning how to minimise risk.

Year 11:

• Maths Skills (Handling data, plotting and interpreting graphs)
• Investigative skills including:
  • devising and investigating testable questions
  • identifying and controlling variables
  • analysing, interpreting and evaluating data.
  • using specialist equipment to take measurements
  • handling and manipulating equipment with confidence and fluency
  • recognising hazards and planning how to minimise risk.

How will I be assessed?

Year 10:

• 3 tracking assessments
• Marking and feedback points each half term

Year 11:

• Marking and feedback points each half term
• Mock exams in November and February

What will I study?

Year 12:

A level Biology – Biological molecules, Cells, Organisms exchange substances with their environment, Genetic information, variation and relationships between organisms

A level Chemistry – Atomic structure, Amounts of Substance, Bonding, Energetics, Kinetics, Equilibria, Redox, Periodicity, Group 2, Group 7, Organic Chemistry, Alkanes, Alkenes, Halogenoalkanes, Alcohols, Organic Analysis

A level Physics – Particles and Radiation, Electromagnetic Radiation, Quantum Phenomena, Mechanics, Materials, Waves, Electricity

BTEC Forensics: Students will study the core principles and application of Science used in Forensic analysis. They will learn about the forensic investigation procedures in practice and how to conduct and the role of personnel involved in a forensic fire investigation.

Year 13:

A level Biology-  Energy Transfers in and between organisms, Organisms respond to changes in the internal and external environments, Genetics, populations, evolution and ecosystems, The control of gene expression.

A level Chemistry – Thermodynamics, Rate equations, gaseous equilibria, Electrode Potentials, Acids and bases, Period 3, Transition Metals, Optical Isomerism, Aldehydes and Ketones, Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives, Aromatic Chemistry, Amines, Polymers, Biological molecules, NMR Spectroscopy, Chromatography

A level Physics – Further Mechanics, Fields and their Consequences, Radiation, Thermal Physics, Medical Physics/ Astrophysics

BTEC Forensics: Students will study the development of Science investigation skills, practical scientific procedures and techniques and environmental forensics.

What skills will I develop?

Year 12:

A Level Sciences – Essential knowledge and understanding of different areas of the subject, Deep understanding of scientific methods, develop competence in a variety of practical, mathematical and problem solving skills, understanding how society makes decisions about scientific issues and how scientists contribute.

Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of scientific ideas, processes, techniques and procedures

• Apply knowledge and understanding of scientific ideas, processes, techniques and procedures:
• in a theoretical context
• in a practical context
• when handling qualitative data
•  when handling quantitative data
• Analyse, interpret and evaluate scientific information, ideas and evidence, including in relation

to issues, to:

• make judgements and reach conclusions
• develop and refine practical design and procedures.

BTEC Forensics:

1. To preserve, process and analyse a crime scene.
2. Communication skills- how to produce written reports detailing aims, methods, results and conclusions.
3. Good laboratory practice – conducting a variety of experiments to ensure the validity of the evidence is maintained.

Year 13:

A Level Sciences – Essential knowledge and understanding of different areas of the subject, Deep understanding of scientific methods, develop competence in a variety of practical, mathematical and problem solving skills, understanding how society makes decisions about scientific issues and how scientists contribute.

Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of scientific ideas, processes, techniques and procedures

• Apply knowledge and understanding of scientific ideas, processes, techniques and procedures:
• in a theoretical context
• in a practical context
• when handling qualitative data
• when handling quantitative data
• Analyse, interpret and evaluate scientific information, ideas and evidence, including in relation

to issues, to:

• make judgements and reach conclusions
• develop and refine practical design and procedures.

BTEC Forensics:

1. To research and present the stages and processes of taphonomy and entomology
2. Communication skills - how to produce written reports detailing aims, methods, results and conclusions.
3. Good laboratory practice – conducting a variety of experiments to ensure the validity of the evidence is maintained.

How will I be assessed?

Year 12:

Biology- 3 tracking assessments and marking and feedback tasks each half term.

Chemistry- 3 tracking assessments and marking and feedback tasks each half term.

Physics- 3 tracking assessments and marking and feedback tasks each half term.

BTEC Forensics: Unit 1 will be an external exam that will be sat in January. Unit 4 and Unit 10 are coursework based.

Year 13:

Biology-  Mock exams in November and February and marking and feedback tasks each half term.

Chemistry-  Mock exams in November and February and marking and feedback tasks each half term.

Physics-  Mock exams in November and February and marking and feedback tasks each half term.

BTEC Forensics: Unit 3 will be an external exam that will be sat in January. Unit 2 and Unit 9 are coursework based.