Welcome to Science

Why do we learn science?

At Evelyn Grace Academy, we intend to make our students love the world of science whilst being able to explain phenomena in the world around them and interrogate information they will be exposed to both in life and through the media.

Head of Department

Director of Science

Ms E Agboola

Our approach

Knowledge-rich

At EGA, we ensure our curriculum is rich in the knowledge that students need to understand before tackling skills. New knowledge is broken down when it is introduced to students using a process we call ‘chunk, chew, check’. New information is made real for students by linking it to real life, and analogies and images are used to make abstract ideas more concrete. Practicals are used to exemplify the knowledge learnt, with students being taught the knowledge before practicing the skill in the practical. This ‘heads on, hands on’ approach supports students to understand the practical. Knowledge retention is enhanced with regular knowledge quizzing (weekly in year 11, fortnightly in years 7-10). Retention is also checked using daily ‘do now’ tasks. Using what they learn in science, students will be able to interrogate data and make informed judgements about, and explain phenomena in, the world around them. They will be able to explain how the stars exist, what causes disease, as well as criticise misconceptions in the media, such as the anti-vax movement. By studying science, our students become safer and able to understand more about the world, making them cleverer and kinder individuals.

Vocabulary-rich

Science is renowned for being vocabulary rich. Our students are explicitly taught new key words every lesson using meanings, analogies, dual coding, and practice. Command words are explicitly taught, and we model and practice how to interpret them using exam questions, independent learning tasks and homework practice with every student. To support academic reading, we use our ‘science in the media’ extended reading tasks in class and for homework in KS3. In KS4 we regularly use excerpts from news articles and science books to broaden our science understanding through literature. When reading in class, we use ‘control the game’ which gives us the opportunity to teach subject specific vocabulary.

Progression Planning

Our curriculum is sequenced to cover the big ideas of science, interleaving prior learning and new learning to ensure knowledge is retained by our students over time. For example, the concept of cells is introduced in year 7 (in our fertile question ‘What are all living things made of?’) and then built on to a GCSE level in year 9 (‘How do cells transport substances?’) before being utilised extensively when looking at more complicated concepts such as cell division, organisation, respiration, photosynthesis, reproduction and genetics in years 9, 10 and 11. Every new concept is built on the foundations of prior learning and constant links are made between the new content and the prior knowledge. We do this using quizzing and explicit teaching to support our students with retrieving their knowledge and growing schema in their minds.

Fertile Questions

At EGA, we teach using fertile questions to enthuse our students about the big ideas of science. These fertile questions stimulate our students’ curiosity, aid with understanding context links, and develop their independent learning. These questions help our students to place this concept of science into the world around them, making it relevant and allowing it to add to the schema they form. Our fertile questions may:

Make links to prior learning e.g. ‘How is our blood like a plant?’
Set out the problem that is going to be answer e.g. ‘How can lifestyle affect health?’
Tackle a common misconception e.g. ‘Do your hormones cause you to lose control?’
Inspire e.g. ‘How do Chemists make their millions?’
Answer a phenomenon they may have seen but not understood e.g. ‘Why does freezing water make it float?’

These questions require developed responses from each lesson, which will help students to answer the fertile question.

Mastery

Our students need to master the skills and concepts they acquire in science to retain the knowledge effectively over time. We know that regular quizzing on current and past content supports our students. Every lesson in science includes quizzing in the ‘do now’, checking for understanding, or plenary. Many lessons even use quizzing in all three. This helps our students practice their new knowledge, or check their prior knowledge, in a low-stakes environment, and allows our teachers to assess their class and ensure that they can intervene where necessary. We use Seneca, an online quizzing programme, to continue this practice at home with weekly Seneca homework. Content is interleaved over time with new content being pinned onto prior knowledge. In KS3 every new fertile question begins with a review lesson that addresses how the content fits with prior learning. In KS3 and KS4 regular do now quizzes check prior learning from earlier fertile questions and give the opportunity to regularly retrieve that learning to secure it over time. Our interleaved knowledge has been mapped across both key stages. Even skills are interleaved over time with a skills and a maths map. Every fertile question has at least one mastery quiz, an entire lesson that allows students time in class to practice and review their new knowledge. Growth tasks, after these quizzes, support students to push their knowledge further. Formal assessments are always followed by review in class where common misconceptions are tackled, and difficult concepts are re-taught before further practice is completed.

Enrichment

We also offer a very broad and varied programme of enrichment so that students may explore and develop their talents and character beyond the classroom. We work with many organisations giving students the opportunity to understand the world of medicine (Hospital Heroes), understand how industry can impact our lives (JP Morgan Schools Challenge) and tackle the environmental crisis (Big Ideas Challenge). Our students are given the opportunity to dissect organs, take blood, hatch chicks from eggs and design and make a product that will solve an environmental crisis in the world before pitching it to business leaders. Our students who participate in these extracurriculars love the challenges they face and have fun in the world of science. In addition to our enrichment programme, we have pledged to introduce our students to scientists in the world from different specialisms, gender, countries, and ethnicities. So far, we have hosted a webinar with lots of scientists for year 7 and even given our GCSE students the opportunity to grill a scientist from CERN. Future planned events will include meeting women in technology and further webinars with scientists from around the country. This programme is designed to increase aspiration and support our students to consider careers and opportunities in the world of science.

Year 7

Autumn 1	Autumn 2
B1.1 Cells - What are all living things made of? What are the parts of the cell? How are cells specialised to do different jobs? How do microscopes work? How are cells organised into organisms? C1.1 Particle Model - What’s in the water? How are the particles in a solid, liquid and gas different? What happens to the particles of a solid as it melts into a liquid, or a liquid as it evaporates into a gas? Why is the rate of diffusion faster in a gas than a liquid?	P1.1 Forces - How do rocket scientists make rockets escape the Earth’s gravitational pull? What is the difference between balanced and unbalanced forces? How can forces change the shape, direction, or speed of an object? How can different surfaces affect friction? What is density? B1.2 Reproduction - How do living things reproduce? How do things reproduce by sexual and asexual reproduction? What changes take place during puberty? How does the menstrual cycle prepare the female body for pregnancy? How does a sperm and egg develop into a baby? How is a plant adapted for reproduction and how can they reproduce?

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

B1.1 Cells - What are all living things made of? What are the parts of the cell? How are cells specialised to do different jobs? How do microscopes work? How are cells organised into organisms?

C1.1 Particle Model - What’s in the water? How are the particles in a solid, liquid and gas different? What happens to the particles of a solid as it melts into a liquid, or a liquid as it evaporates into a gas? Why is the rate of diffusion faster in a gas than a liquid?

P1.1 Forces - How do rocket scientists make rockets escape the Earth’s gravitational pull? What is the difference between balanced and unbalanced forces? How can forces change the shape, direction, or speed of an object? How can different surfaces affect friction? What is density?

B1.2 Reproduction - How do living things reproduce? How do things reproduce by sexual and asexual reproduction? What changes take place during puberty? How does the menstrual cycle prepare the female body for pregnancy? How does a sperm and egg develop into a baby? How is a plant adapted for reproduction and how can they reproduce?

Spring 1	Spring 2
C1.2 Elements, Atoms and Compounds - What are chemicals made of? Why is the chemical formula of a substance more useful that the name? What is an element and what do we use them for? Why are the properties of a compound different from the properties of its elements? How are the properties of metals different from non-metals? P1.2 Gravity - What’s in the sky? How are mass and weight different? How does gravity work? What are the similarities and differences in the planets of our solar system? What are the types of satellites?	B1.3 Interdependence - How are all living things connected? What are the parts of an ecosystem? What does a food web show? What happens if two organisms have the same ecological niche? What are the biotic and abiotic factors that can affect an ecosystem?

Spring 1

Spring 2

C1.2 Elements, Atoms and Compounds - What are chemicals made of? Why is the chemical formula of a substance more useful that the name? What is an element and what do we use them for? Why are the properties of a compound different from the properties of its elements? How are the properties of metals different from non-metals?

P1.2 Gravity - What’s in the sky? How are mass and weight different? How does gravity work? What are the similarities and differences in the planets of our solar system? What are the types of satellites?

B1.3 Interdependence - How are all living things connected? What are the parts of an ecosystem? What does a food web show? What happens if two organisms have the same ecological niche? What are the biotic and abiotic factors that can affect an ecosystem?

Summer 1	Summer 2
C1.3 Mixtures – How can we separate substances? How is a mixture different to a pure substance? How can melting and boiling be used to separate substances? How is distillation different to evaporation when separating a salt solution? What is chromatography used to separate? What is the difference between solutes and solvents? How can you separate an insoluble substance from water? P1.3 Energy - How is energy transferred? Can energy be created or destroyed? Are particles needed for energy transfer? Why are energy resources important? What happens to wasted energy? How is thermal energy different to temperature? How can we explain thermal energy transfer using particles? P1.4 Electric Circuits, Current and PD – How does current flow? What happens to current in a circuit? What is potential difference and how do we measure it? How do current and potential difference vary between series and parallel circuits?	Biology Revision – Cells, Reproduction, and Interdependence Chemistry Revision – Particle model, Elements, atoms and compounds, Reactions, and Acids and alkalis. Physics Revision – Forces, Gravity, Energy and Electric Circuits

Summer 1

Summer 2

C1.3 Mixtures – How can we separate substances? How is a mixture different to a pure substance? How can melting and boiling be used to separate substances? How is distillation different to evaporation when separating a salt solution? What is chromatography used to separate? What is the difference between solutes and solvents? How can you separate an insoluble substance from water?

P1.3 Energy - How is energy transferred? Can energy be created or destroyed? Are particles needed for energy transfer? Why are energy resources important? What happens to wasted energy? How is thermal energy different to temperature? How can we explain thermal energy transfer using particles?

P1.4 Electric Circuits, Current and PD – How does current flow? What happens to current in a circuit? What is potential difference and how do we measure it? How do current and potential difference vary between series and parallel circuits?

Biology Revision – Cells, Reproduction, and Interdependence

Chemistry Revision – Particle model, Elements, atoms and compounds, Reactions, and Acids and alkalis.

Physics Revision – Forces, Gravity, Energy and Electric Circuits

Homework
Seneca online homework Half-termly home learning booklet

Homework

Seneca online homework

Half-termly home learning booklet

To Stretch Myself
Answer the fertile questions in depth Investigate science in the news Complete the Year 7 Science Mastery booklet

To Stretch Myself

Answer the fertile questions in depth

Investigate science in the news

Complete the Year 7 Science Mastery booklet

Exam Board
AQA

All Year 7 subjects Next Year 7 Subject - History

Year 8

Autumn 1	Autumn 2
B2.1 Tissues and Organs – How does your body play sport? How does the human breathing system enable the exchange of gases? What are the functions of the human skeleton? How do muscles work to bring about movement? How do drugs, alcohol and smoking affect the body? C2.1 Acids and Alkalis - Which is better, an acid or an alkali? What is the difference between acids and alkalis? How can we determine the pH of a solution? What happens when we react acids and alkalis with each other? How can we use acids and alkalis to make salts? P2.1 Movement and Pressure – If push comes to shove, are we under pressure? How do speed cameras calculate the speed of a car? How can we show a journey using a graph? How does work transfer energy? How can the pressure of a gas be changed? Why does the pressure increase as you dive deeper in the sea?	B2.2 Respiration and Photosynthesis – How do all living things survive? How do organisms get access their energy from their food? How is anaerobic respiration different to aerobic respiration? Why do plants do photosynthesis? How is a leaf well adapted to carry out photosynthesis?

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

B2.1 Tissues and Organs – How does your body play sport? How does the human breathing system enable the exchange of gases? What are the functions of the human skeleton? How do muscles work to bring about movement? How do drugs, alcohol and smoking affect the body?

C2.1 Acids and Alkalis - Which is better, an acid or an alkali? What is the difference between acids and alkalis? How can we determine the pH of a solution? What happens when we react acids and alkalis with each other? How can we use acids and alkalis to make salts?

P2.1 Movement and Pressure – If push comes to shove, are we under pressure? How do speed cameras calculate the speed of a car? How can we show a journey using a graph? How does work transfer energy? How can the pressure of a gas be changed? Why does the pressure increase as you dive deeper in the sea?

B2.2 Respiration and Photosynthesis – How do all living things survive? How do organisms get access their energy from their food? How is anaerobic respiration different to aerobic respiration? Why do plants do photosynthesis? How is a leaf well adapted to carry out photosynthesis?

Spring 1	Spring 2
C2.2 Changing Substances – How do substances react? How can we tell if there is a chemical reaction? How can we represent chemical changes? What happens when something burns? What happens when we react metals with acids? What happens when we react metals with water? P2.2 Magnetism – How can you turn a magnet on and off? What are magnets and magnetic fields? How can we make and electromagnet and change its strength? How are electromagnets useful? B2.3 Life Diversity - What was Darwin’s big theory? Why is everybody not exactly the same? What are the different types of variation within a species? How can farmers selectively breed crops and animals? How do adaptations pass from parent to child?	C2.3 Earth Systems – What’s under our feet and over our heads? What is the Earth made of? How can volcanoes and rivers help to make rocks? How is water cycled on the Earth? How has the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere changed over time? What is the problem with carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? P1.4 Electric Circuits, Current and PD – How does current flow? What happens to current in a circuit? What is potential difference and how do we measure it? How do current and potential difference vary between series and parallel circuits? P2.3 Electric Circuits, Resistance – What causes a bulb to light up? What is resistance and how is it different in conductors and insulators? How is resistance linked to current and pd? How is resistance measured?

Spring 1

Spring 2

C2.2 Changing Substances – How do substances react? How can we tell if there is a chemical reaction? How can we represent chemical changes? What happens when something burns? What happens when we react metals with acids? What happens when we react metals with water?

P2.2 Magnetism – How can you turn a magnet on and off? What are magnets and magnetic fields? How can we make and electromagnet and change its strength? How are electromagnets useful?

B2.3 Life Diversity - What was Darwin’s big theory? Why is everybody not exactly the same? What are the different types of variation within a species? How can farmers selectively breed crops and animals? How do adaptations pass from parent to child?

C2.3 Earth Systems – What’s under our feet and over our heads? What is the Earth made of? How can volcanoes and rivers help to make rocks? How is water cycled on the Earth? How has the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere changed over time? What is the problem with carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

P1.4 Electric Circuits, Current and PD – How does current flow? What happens to current in a circuit? What is potential difference and how do we measure it? How do current and potential difference vary between series and parallel circuits?

P2.3 Electric Circuits, Resistance – What causes a bulb to light up? What is resistance and how is it different in conductors and insulators? How is resistance linked to current and pd? How is resistance measured?

Summer 1	Summer 2
B2.4 Nutrition - How can we have a healthy lifestyle? Why do we need to eat? How and why do we test food for nutrients? What are the consequences of an unhealthy diet? Why do we need to digest our food? Is there anything that helps digestion?	P2.4 Light – How is a camera like an eye? How does light travel? What happens when light reflects off an object? What happens when light travels from one medium into another? Biology Revision – Life Diversity, Tissues and Organs, Respiration and Photosynthesis Chemistry Revision – Earth Systems, Acids and Alkalis, Changing Substances Physics Revision – Movement and Pressure, Magnetism, Electric Circuits and Light

Summer 1

Summer 2

B2.4 Nutrition - How can we have a healthy lifestyle? Why do we need to eat? How and why do we test food for nutrients? What are the consequences of an unhealthy diet? Why do we need to digest our food? Is there anything that helps digestion?

P2.4 Light – How is a camera like an eye? How does light travel? What happens when light reflects off an object? What happens when light travels from one medium into another?

Biology Revision – Life Diversity, Tissues and Organs, Respiration and Photosynthesis

Chemistry Revision – Earth Systems, Acids and Alkalis, Changing Substances

Physics Revision – Movement and Pressure, Magnetism, Electric Circuits and Light

Homework
Seneca online homework Bi-weekly knowledge quizzes Half-termly home learning booklet

Homework

Seneca online homework

Bi-weekly knowledge quizzes

Half-termly home learning booklet

To Stretch Myself
Answer the fertile questions in depth Investigate science in the news Complete the Year 8 Science Mastery Booklet

To Stretch Myself

Answer the fertile questions in depth

Investigate science in the news

Complete the Year 8 Science Mastery Booklet

Exam Board
AQA

All Year 8 subjects Next Year 8 Subject - History

Year 9

Autumn 1	Autumn 2
B3.1 Growth and Differentiation - How do cells transport substances? How are eukaryotic & prokaryotic cells different? What affects the rate of diffusion? How does osmosis differ from diffusion and how is the rate affected? What is the importance of active transport? B3.1 Growth and Differentiation - How can stem cells be used in human development? What is the role of mitosis in the cell cycle? How are plant clones created? How can stem cells be used to treat different medical conditions? C3.1 Periodic Table – Can you put the trend in the periodic table? What is the structure of an atom? How are isotopes different? How did scientists prove the structure of atoms? How are electrons arranged? How was the periodic table made up? What are the trends of group 1- the alkali metals in the periodic table? What are the trends of group 7- the halogens? How can we explain the trends in groups 1 and 7? How do transition elements differ from group 1- the alkali metals?	P3.1 Acceleration - How far can physics take us? How do vectors and scalars differ? How do we calculate the resultant force of 2 forces acting on an object? How can we use diagrams to resolve forces? How does Newton’s First Law affect movement? How do forces link to Newton’s Third Law? What do the gradients of velocity and distance-time graphs mean? What does a change in velocity mean? B3.2 Human Interaction - How has life on earth changed and how do we know? What are the impacts of the human population explosion? What are the impacts of land and water pollution? What are the impacts of air pollution? What are the impacts of deforestation and peat destruction? How is our planet heating up? What are the impacts of climate change on biodiversity? How can we maintain biodiversity? What are the benefits and risks of selective breeding? How can we improve our food chains? How can we sustainably produce food? Why is our food not secure? How can we convert food chains into pyramids of biomass? How is biomass transferred?

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

B3.1 Growth and Differentiation - How do cells transport substances? How are eukaryotic & prokaryotic cells different? What affects the rate of diffusion? How does osmosis differ from diffusion and how is the rate affected? What is the importance of active transport?

B3.1 Growth and Differentiation - How can stem cells be used in human development? What is the role of mitosis in the cell cycle? How are plant clones created? How can stem cells be used to treat different medical conditions?

C3.1 Periodic Table – Can you put the trend in the periodic table? What is the structure of an atom? How are isotopes different? How did scientists prove the structure of atoms? How are electrons arranged? How was the periodic table made up? What are the trends of group 1- the alkali metals in the periodic table? What are the trends of group 7- the halogens? How can we explain the trends in groups 1 and 7? How do transition elements differ from group 1- the alkali metals?

P3.1 Acceleration - How far can physics take us? How do vectors and scalars differ? How do we calculate the resultant force of 2 forces acting on an object? How can we use diagrams to resolve forces? How does Newton’s First Law affect movement? How do forces link to Newton’s Third Law? What do the gradients of velocity and distance-time graphs mean? What does a change in velocity mean?

B3.2 Human Interaction - How has life on earth changed and how do we know? What are the impacts of the human population explosion? What are the impacts of land and water pollution? What are the impacts of air pollution? What are the impacts of deforestation and peat destruction? How is our planet heating up? What are the impacts of climate change on biodiversity? How can we maintain biodiversity? What are the benefits and risks of selective breeding? How can we improve our food chains? How can we sustainably produce food? Why is our food not secure? How can we convert food chains into pyramids of biomass? How is biomass transferred?

Spring 1	Spring 2
C2.3 Introduction to Quantitative Chemistry – How many atoms are there in the world? What happens in chemical reactions? How can we show conservation of mass? How are reaction equations balanced? How can we calculate the relative formula mass? How can we measure the number of atoms in a substance? What is ‘the mole’ and how can it be calculated? How can the concentration be calculated? How can we make soluble salts? P3.2 Heating - How does heat move? How does the thickness of a material affect its rate of energy transfer by conduction? What happens to the temperature of an object if it absorbs more radiation than it emits? How is the temperature of the Earth affected by the balance of radiation that has been absorbed or emitted? How can we reduce the rate of energy transfers from our home? P3.2 Heating – Can you take the pressure? What is the relationship of pressure and the area of a surface? How does pressure change under the sea or at altitude? How can we predict whether and object will float or sink?	B3.3 Genetics – What code is the meaning of life? What are the main differences between sexual and asexual reproduction? What advantages and disadvantages of reproduction by both methods? Why does the research of the entire genetic material of humans, matter? How is protein synthesis controlled by DNA? How are genes expressed and mutated? How are characteristic inherited from our parents? How are family trees used to show inheritance? How are disorders inherited? What are the concerns in screening for genetic disorders? What are the benefits and risks of genetic engineering? What is the usefulness of cloning? What are the benefits and risks of adult cell cloning? What are the considerations needed to make informed choices about genetic technologies?

Spring 1

Spring 2

C2.3 Introduction to Quantitative Chemistry – How many atoms are there in the world? What happens in chemical reactions? How can we show conservation of mass? How are reaction equations balanced? How can we calculate the relative formula mass? How can we measure the number of atoms in a substance? What is ‘the mole’ and how can it be calculated? How can the concentration be calculated? How can we make soluble salts?

P3.2 Heating - How does heat move? How does the thickness of a material affect its rate of energy transfer by conduction? What happens to the temperature of an object if it absorbs more radiation than it emits? How is the temperature of the Earth affected by the balance of radiation that has been absorbed or emitted? How can we reduce the rate of energy transfers from our home?

P3.2 Heating – Can you take the pressure? What is the relationship of pressure and the area of a surface? How does pressure change under the sea or at altitude? How can we predict whether and object will float or sink?

B3.3 Genetics – What code is the meaning of life? What are the main differences between sexual and asexual reproduction? What advantages and disadvantages of reproduction by both methods? Why does the research of the entire genetic material of humans, matter? How is protein synthesis controlled by DNA? How are genes expressed and mutated? How are characteristic inherited from our parents? How are family trees used to show inheritance? How are disorders inherited? What are the concerns in screening for genetic disorders? What are the benefits and risks of genetic engineering? What is the usefulness of cloning? What are the benefits and risks of adult cell cloning? What are the considerations needed to make informed choices about genetic technologies?

Summer 1	Summer 2
C3.3 Using resources - Are we stealing from our children? Can we continue to make smart phones? Is water safe to drink? How do we extract metals from ores? What are Life Cycle Assessments? Can we Reduce, reuse, and recycle? P3.3 Sound and Waves - How is a slinky like an x ray? How do the waves of light and sound differ? What are the properties of waves and how can they be changed? How are sound waves transmitted? How do seismic waves spread out of earthquakes? How can ultrasound be used in medicine?	P3.4 Electricity in the home - How do I use my electrical devices at home? How do we use an oscilloscope to measure frequency and peak potential difference of alternating current? What is the purpose of the casing, cable, and the different coloured wires in a plug? How do we use electrical power and potential difference to work out the correct fuse to use in an appliance? How is the flow of charge energy transfer and potential difference related? How do we use calculations to determine the efficiency of one appliance over the other?

Summer 1

Summer 2

C3.3 Using resources - Are we stealing from our children? Can we continue to make smart phones? Is water safe to drink? How do we extract metals from ores? What are Life Cycle Assessments? Can we Reduce, reuse, and recycle?

P3.3 Sound and Waves - How is a slinky like an x ray? How do the waves of light and sound differ? What are the properties of waves and how can they be changed? How are sound waves transmitted? How do seismic waves spread out of earthquakes? How can ultrasound be used in medicine?

P3.4 Electricity in the home - How do I use my electrical devices at home? How do we use an oscilloscope to measure frequency and peak potential difference of alternating current? What is the purpose of the casing, cable, and the different coloured wires in a plug? How do we use electrical power and potential difference to work out the correct fuse to use in an appliance? How is the flow of charge energy transfer and potential difference related? How do we use calculations to determine the efficiency of one appliance over the other?

Homework
Seneca online homework Bi-weekly knowledge quizzes Half-termly home learning booklet

Homework

Seneca online homework

Bi-weekly knowledge quizzes

Half-termly home learning booklet

To Stretch Myself
Answer the fertile questions in depth Investigate science in the news

To Stretch Myself

Answer the fertile questions in depth

Investigate science in the news

Exam Board
AQA

All Year 9 subjects Next Year 9 Subject - History

Year 10

Autumn 1	Autumn 2
B3 Organisation and the digestive system – How is our body like a tube map? How are organs formed from tissues? What are the main features of the human digestive system? What is the structure of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids? How are enzymes involved in metabolism? What factors affect enzyme action? How does the digestive system work? What is the role of hydrochloric acid and bile in digestion? How can we test for the different food groups? B4 Organising animals and plants - How is our blood like a plant? What is the function the components of the blood? What is the role of blood vessels in the circulatory system? How are heart problems solved? How can artificial devices help the heart? How are gases exchanged in lungs? What are the main tissues and organs in plants? How are substances transported in plants? How is water lost from plants? What factors affect water loss from plants? C3.3 Using resources - Are we stealing from our children? Can we continue to make smart phones? Is water safe to drink? How do we extract metals from ores? What are Life Cycle Assessments? Can we Reduce, reuse, and recycle? P3.4 Electricity in the home - How do I use my electrical devices at home? How do we use an oscilloscope to measure frequency and peak potential difference of alternating current? What is the purpose of the casing, cable, and the different coloured wires in a plug? How do we use electrical power and potential difference to work out the correct fuse to use in an appliance? How is the flow of charge energy transfer and potential difference related? How do we use calculations to determine the efficiency of one appliance over the other?	B9 Respiration – Is oxygen essential for life? How does respiration occur? How does exercise affect the body? What happens if we overdo it? How can microbes be useful? B10 The human nervous system - How is our body like a circuit? What are the control systems for homeostasis? What is the structure and function of the human nervous system? How does a reflex action work? TRP: How do scientists know the structure of the brain? TRP: How does the parts of the eye interact to make us see? TRP: What is the role of new technologies in short & long sightedness? C3 Structure and bonding – How does bonding affect structure and properties? How do metals and non-metals form ions. How do metals bond to non-metals to form ionic compounds? What are the properties of ionic compounds? How do non-metals bond to each other to form covalent compounds? What are the properties of covalent compounds? How are the atoms in metals arranged and bonded to each other? Why are metals hard, malleable, and good conductors? C7 Energy changes – How much energy is in a reaction? How is energy transfer from reactions described? How can we use the energy transfers from reactions? How do we represent a chemical reaction in terms of energy diagrams? How do we use bond energies of breaking and making bonds to calculate overall energy? TRP: How can we investigate the voltage produced by simple cells using different metals? TRP: How can hydrogen be used to power vehicles?

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

B3 Organisation and the digestive system – How is our body like a tube map? How are organs formed from tissues? What are the main features of the human digestive system? What is the structure of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids? How are enzymes involved in metabolism? What factors affect enzyme action? How does the digestive system work? What is the role of hydrochloric acid and bile in digestion? How can we test for the different food groups?

B4 Organising animals and plants - How is our blood like a plant? What is the function the components of the blood? What is the role of blood vessels in the circulatory system? How are heart problems solved? How can artificial devices help the heart? How are gases exchanged in lungs? What are the main tissues and organs in plants? How are substances transported in plants? How is water lost from plants? What factors affect water loss from plants?

C3.3 Using resources - Are we stealing from our children? Can we continue to make smart phones? Is water safe to drink? How do we extract metals from ores? What are Life Cycle Assessments? Can we Reduce, reuse, and recycle?

P3.4 Electricity in the home - How do I use my electrical devices at home? How do we use an oscilloscope to measure frequency and peak potential difference of alternating current? What is the purpose of the casing, cable, and the different coloured wires in a plug? How do we use electrical power and potential difference to work out the correct fuse to use in an appliance? How is the flow of charge energy transfer and potential difference related? How do we use calculations to determine the efficiency of one appliance over the other?

B9 Respiration – Is oxygen essential for life? How does respiration occur? How does exercise affect the body? What happens if we overdo it? How can microbes be useful?

B10 The human nervous system - How is our body like a circuit? What are the control systems for homeostasis? What is the structure and function of the human nervous system? How does a reflex action work?

TRP: How do scientists know the structure of the brain?

TRP: How does the parts of the eye interact to make us see?

TRP: What is the role of new technologies in short & long sightedness?

C3 Structure and bonding – How does bonding affect structure and properties? How do metals and non-metals form ions. How do metals bond to non-metals to form ionic compounds? What are the properties of ionic compounds? How do non-metals bond to each other to form covalent compounds? What are the properties of covalent compounds? How are the atoms in metals arranged and bonded to each other? Why are metals hard, malleable, and good conductors?

C7 Energy changes – How much energy is in a reaction? How is energy transfer from reactions described? How can we use the energy transfers from reactions? How do we represent a chemical reaction in terms of energy diagrams? How do we use bond energies of breaking and making bonds to calculate overall energy?

TRP: How can we investigate the voltage produced by simple cells using different metals?

TRP: How can hydrogen be used to power vehicles?

Spring 1	Spring 2
B4 Organising animals and plants - How are plants organised? What are the main tissues and organs in plants? How are substances transported in plants? How is water lost from plants? What factors affect water loss from plants? B8 Photosynthesis - How can we make more food on earth? How are leaves adapted for photosynthesis? What are the limiting factors of photosynthesis? How do plants use the glucose made from photosynthesis? How can farmers maximise photosynthesis? B17 Organising an ecosystem - What is the circle of life? How are predators and prey interconnected? What are the cycles of life – ions and water? What are the cycles of life – carbon? How do things decay? P8 Forces in balance – What can forces accomplish? How do vectors and scalars differ? What forces exist between objects when they interact? How do we calculate the resultant force of 2 forces acting on an object? How can we change the moment of a force? How can we use levers and gears to increase the moment of a force? What do we mean by centre of mass? How do we calculate anticlockwise and clockwise moments? How do we use the parallelogram of forces to calculate resultant force? How can we use diagrams to resolve forces? P10 Forces and Motion - How are forces used in the real world? How does force affect acceleration and what is inertia? How does weight affect the terminal velocity of a body? How is stopping distance affected by braking force? How can we investigate the momentum of colliding objects that move apart? How can we apply the law of conservation to momentum to colliding objects? How does the impact force depend on the impact time? How can we work out if a car involved in an accident was speeding? How does an elastic material change when forces are added to it? C5 Chemical Changes – Can you make a metal? How can we rank the reactivity of metals using their reactions with water or acids? How do we represent loss or gain of electrons in chemical equations? How can we extract metals from earth materials? C6 Electrolysis - How can electricity produce metals? How can we separate ionic compounds? How can we half-equations to represent what happens during electrolysis? How do we extraction aluminium from bauxite? How can we electrolyse aqueous solutions? C14 The Earth’s resources - Are we stealing from our children? Can we continue to make smart phones? Is water safe to drink? How do we extract metals from ores? What are Life Cycle Assessments? Can we Reduce, reuse, and recycle?	P1 Energy – Can energy really be saved? How is energy transferred from one energy store to another? How do energy stores change in a closed system? How is work and energy related? What is gravitational potential energy and how is it calculated How can we calculate kinetic & elastic stores? What happens to wasted energy? How do we determine the efficiency of the energy transferred in a system? How is the usefulness of appliances rated? How is energy related to power? How much energy is required to raise the temperature of a 1kg block of metal by 1°C? P3 Energy resources – How can we power the Earth? What fuels are used to generate electricity in order to meet our energy demands? How are tides and waves used to generate electricity? How can we use energy resources from the Earth and the sun to generate electricity? How can we evaluate the use of different energy resources? Which economically viable energy resources are needed to meet future energy needs? C5 Chemical Changes – Are acids basic? How do we make salts from metals? What salts are made when different acids react with different bases? How can we make a salt from an insoluble base? How can we make a salt from acids and alkalis? How can we make a salt from acids and carbonates? How can we measure acidity? What is the difference between strong and weak acids? C12 Chemical Analysis – What’s in the medicine? How can we tell if something is pure? How can we test purity using chromatography? How can we test for gases?

Spring 1

Spring 2

B4 Organising animals and plants - How are plants organised? What are the main tissues and organs in plants? How are substances transported in plants? How is water lost from plants? What factors affect water loss from plants?

B8 Photosynthesis - How can we make more food on earth? How are leaves adapted for photosynthesis? What are the limiting factors of photosynthesis? How do plants use the glucose made from photosynthesis? How can farmers maximise photosynthesis?

B17 Organising an ecosystem - What is the circle of life? How are predators and prey interconnected? What are the cycles of life – ions and water? What are the cycles of life – carbon? How do things decay?

P8 Forces in balance – What can forces accomplish? How do vectors and scalars differ? What forces exist between objects when they interact? How do we calculate the resultant force of 2 forces acting on an object? How can we change the moment of a force? How can we use levers and gears to increase the moment of a force? What do we mean by centre of mass? How do we calculate anticlockwise and clockwise moments? How do we use the parallelogram of forces to calculate resultant force? How can we use diagrams to resolve forces?

P10 Forces and Motion - How are forces used in the real world? How does force affect acceleration and what is inertia? How does weight affect the terminal velocity of a body? How is stopping distance affected by braking force? How can we investigate the momentum of colliding objects that move apart? How can we apply the law of conservation to momentum to colliding objects? How does the impact force depend on the impact time? How can we work out if a car involved in an accident was speeding? How does an elastic material change when forces are added to it?

C5 Chemical Changes – Can you make a metal? How can we rank the reactivity of metals using their reactions with water or acids? How do we represent loss or gain of electrons in chemical equations? How can we extract metals from earth materials?

C6 Electrolysis - How can electricity produce metals? How can we separate ionic compounds? How can we half-equations to represent what happens during electrolysis? How do we extraction aluminium from bauxite? How can we electrolyse aqueous solutions?

C14 The Earth’s resources - Are we stealing from our children? Can we continue to make smart phones? Is water safe to drink? How do we extract metals from ores? What are Life Cycle Assessments? Can we Reduce, reuse, and recycle?

P1 Energy – Can energy really be saved? How is energy transferred from one energy store to another? How do energy stores change in a closed system? How is work and energy related? What is gravitational potential energy and how is it calculated How can we calculate kinetic & elastic stores? What happens to wasted energy? How do we determine the efficiency of the energy transferred in a system? How is the usefulness of appliances rated? How is energy related to power? How much energy is required to raise the temperature of a 1kg block of metal by 1°C?

P3 Energy resources – How can we power the Earth? What fuels are used to generate electricity in order to meet our energy demands? How are tides and waves used to generate electricity? How can we use energy resources from the Earth and the sun to generate electricity? How can we evaluate the use of different energy resources? Which economically viable energy resources are needed to meet future energy needs?

C5 Chemical Changes – Are acids basic? How do we make salts from metals? What salts are made when different acids react with different bases? How can we make a salt from an insoluble base? How can we make a salt from acids and alkalis? How can we make a salt from acids and carbonates? How can we measure acidity? What is the difference between strong and weak acids?

C12 Chemical Analysis – What’s in the medicine? How can we tell if something is pure? How can we test purity using chromatography? How can we test for gases?

Summer 1	Summer 2
B5 Communicable diseases - How and why can you get sick? What makes us healthy? How do pathogens cause disease? How can bacteria be grown? TRP: How can we prevent bacterial growth? How can we prevent infections? How can we prevent bacterial growth? What are the viral and bacterial diseases in animals and plants? How are the diseases caused by fungi and protists different? What are the human defences against pathogens? TRP: What are the symptoms of mineral deficiencies and how are plant diseases detected? TRP: What are plant defences against pathogens and herbivores? B6 Preventing and treating disease - How can we save a life? How do vaccinations protect us against disease? What is the role of antibiotics and painkillers? How do scientists look for new drugs? TRP: How are monoclonal antibodies produced and used? TRP: What are the advantages and disadvantages of using monoclonal antibodies? P4 Electric circuits - How do I charge my iPhone? What forces exist between insulators that are rubbed together? How can we calculate the size of an electric current in a circuit? What happens when we reverse the potential difference across a resistor? What happens to the resistance of a light dependent resistor when light intensity increases? What happens to the resistance of a temperature dependent resistor when temperature increases? How does the arrangement the resistors in series affect the total resistance? How does the arrangement the resistors in parallel affect the total resistance? How does the arrangement of components and the length of a wire? affect resistance? P15 Electromagnetism - How are electricity and magnetism linked? How strong is a magnet? How can magnets be made using electricity? How are electromagnets used? How can magnets and current move things? TRP: How can magnets and movement create electricity? TRP: How does an alternating current generator work? TRP: How do transformers work? TRP: How are transformers used? P7 Radioactivity - Is radioactivity always bad? What type of radiation is emitted by radioactive sources? What is the history behind the accepted nuclear model? What particles are emitted from the nucleus of a radioactive isotope? What are the properties of alpha, beta, and gamma radiation? How is activity used to calculate the half-life and age? TRP: How is nuclear radiation used in medicine? TRP: How can we control nuclear fission chain reactions? TRP: Why can’t we use the energy from nuclear fusion to generate electricity? TRP: How do we deal with nuclear waste?	C3 Structure and bonding – How does bonding affect structure and properties? What are the properties of covalent compounds? How do diamond and graphite differ from small molecules? What are the applications of fullerenes and graphene? TRP: What are nanoparticles? TRP: What are the uses and risks of nanoscience? C9 Crude oil and fuels – When is gold black? What are the names and formulae for the most abundant hydrocarbons (alkanes) of crude oil? How can we separate the mixture of hydrocarbons in crude oil? What are the products of burning hydrocarbon fuels? Why is it useful to be able to crack larger useless alkanes to produce alkenes? C10 Organic reactions - How organic is your Chemistry? TRP: How do alkenes react? TRP: How to represent alcohols, carboxylic acids, and esters using displayed formulae? TRP: What are the reactions and uses of alcohols? TRP: How to use carboxylic acids to make esters?

Summer 1

Summer 2

B5 Communicable diseases - How and why can you get sick? What makes us healthy? How do pathogens cause disease? How can bacteria be grown?

TRP: How can we prevent bacterial growth? How can we prevent infections? How can we prevent bacterial growth? What are the viral and bacterial diseases in animals and plants? How are the diseases caused by fungi and protists different? What are the human defences against pathogens?

TRP: What are the symptoms of mineral deficiencies and how are plant diseases detected?

TRP: What are plant defences against pathogens and herbivores?

B6 Preventing and treating disease - How can we save a life? How do vaccinations protect us against disease? What is the role of antibiotics and painkillers? How do scientists look for new drugs?

TRP: How are monoclonal antibodies produced and used?

TRP: What are the advantages and disadvantages of using monoclonal antibodies?

P4 Electric circuits - How do I charge my iPhone? What forces exist between insulators that are rubbed together? How can we calculate the size of an electric current in a circuit? What happens when we reverse the potential difference across a resistor? What happens to the resistance of a light dependent resistor when light intensity increases? What happens to the resistance of a temperature dependent resistor when temperature increases? How does the arrangement the resistors in series affect the total resistance? How does the arrangement the resistors in parallel affect the total resistance? How does the arrangement of components and the length of a wire? affect resistance?

P15 Electromagnetism - How are electricity and magnetism linked? How strong is a magnet? How can magnets be made using electricity? How are electromagnets used? How can magnets and current move things?

TRP: How can magnets and movement create electricity?

TRP: How does an alternating current generator work?

TRP: How do transformers work?

TRP: How are transformers used?

P7 Radioactivity - Is radioactivity always bad? What type of radiation is emitted by radioactive sources? What is the history behind the accepted nuclear model? What particles are emitted from the nucleus of a radioactive isotope? What are the properties of alpha, beta, and gamma radiation? How is activity used to calculate the half-life and age?

TRP: How is nuclear radiation used in medicine?

TRP: How can we control nuclear fission chain reactions?

TRP: Why can’t we use the energy from nuclear fusion to generate electricity?

TRP: How do we deal with nuclear waste?

C3 Structure and bonding – How does bonding affect structure and properties? What are the properties of covalent compounds? How do diamond and graphite differ from small molecules? What are the applications of fullerenes and graphene?

TRP: What are nanoparticles?

TRP: What are the uses and risks of nanoscience?

C9 Crude oil and fuels – When is gold black? What are the names and formulae for the most abundant hydrocarbons (alkanes) of crude oil? How can we separate the mixture of hydrocarbons in crude oil? What are the products of burning hydrocarbon fuels? Why is it useful to be able to crack larger useless alkanes to produce alkenes?

C10 Organic reactions - How organic is your Chemistry? TRP: How do alkenes react?

TRP: How to represent alcohols, carboxylic acids, and esters using displayed formulae?

TRP: What are the reactions and uses of alcohols?

TRP: How to use carboxylic acids to make esters?

Homework
Seneca online homework Half-termly home learning booklet

Homework

Seneca online homework

Half-termly home learning booklet

To Stretch Myself
Answer the fertile questions in depth Investigate science in the news Complete the Year 10 Science Mastery booklet Use the AQA specification to check my understanding Watch video lessons on YouTube Write exam questions for myself Read New Scientist magazine to find out about new discoveries in science

To Stretch Myself

Answer the fertile questions in depth

Investigate science in the news

Complete the Year 10 Science Mastery booklet

Use the AQA specification to check my understanding

Watch video lessons on YouTube

Write exam questions for myself

Read New Scientist magazine to find out about new discoveries in science

Exam Board
AQA

All Year 10 subjects Next Year 10 Subject - History

Year 11

Combined Science

Autumn 1	Autumn 2
B3.3 Genetics – What code is the meaning of life? What are the main differences between sexual and asexual reproduction? What advantages and disadvantages of reproduction by both methods? Why does the research of the entire genetic material of humans, matter? How is protein synthesis controlled by DNA? How are genes expressed and mutated? How are characteristic inherited from our parents? How are family trees used to show inheritance? How are disorders inherited? What are the concerns in screening for genetic disorders? B14 Variation and evolution - Is genetic engineering better than evolution? Why are we all different including identical twins? How does evolution occur by natural selection? What are the benefits and risks of selective breeding? What are the benefits and risks of genetic engineering? C7 Energy changes – How much energy is in a reaction? How is energy transfer from reactions described? How can we use the energy transfers from reactions? How do we represent a chemical reaction in terms of energy diagrams? How do we use bond energies of breaking and making bonds to calculate overall energy? C8 Rates and equilibrium - How do Chemists make their millions? How do we calculate the rate of a chemical reaction? How do we explain the surface area using the collision theory? How can we explain the temperature using the collision theory? How can we explain the concentration and pressure using the collision theory? Why are catalysts important in industry? How do we represent reversible reactions? What happens to the energy transferred in reversible reactions? How can the conditions of an equilibrium mixture be changed? What is the impact of changing concentration and pressure at equilibrium? Why are catalysts important in industry? P9 Motion - How far can Physics take us? What do the gradients of speed and distance-time graphs mean? What does a change in velocity mean? What do the gradients of velocity-time graphs mean? How do we analyse motion graphs? P10 Forces and Motion - How are forces used in the real world? How does force affect acceleration and what is inertia? How does weight affect the terminal velocity of a body? How is stopping distance affected by braking force? How can we investigate the momentum of colliding objects that move apart? How does an elastic material change when forces are added to it?	B16 Adaptations, interdependence, and competition – How are all living things interconnected? What is the relationship between communities and ecosystems? What factors affect communities? How can we measure distribution an abundance of organisms in the natural environment? Why do animals compete? How do plants compete? How are organisms adapted for survival? How are animals adapted to survive? How are animals adapted to survive? B11 Hormonal coordination – Do our hormones cause us to lose control? How do hormones control us? How is blood glucose controlled? How can we treat diabetes? What is negative feedback? What hormones are involved in human reproduction? What hormones are involved in the menstrual cycle? How can we control fertility? How can we treat infertility? C6 Electrolysis - How can electricity produce metals? How can we separate ionic compounds? How can we half-equations to represent what happens during electrolysis? How do we extract aluminium from bauxite? How can we electrolyse aqueous solutions? C9 Crude oil and fuels – When is gold black? What are the names and formulae for the most abundant hydrocarbons (alkanes) of crude oil? How can we separate the mixture of hydrocarbons in crude oil? What are the products of burning hydrocarbon fuels? Why is it useful to be able to crack larger useless alkanes to produce alkenes? C12 Chemical Analysis – What’s in the medicine? How can we tell if something is pure? How can we test purity using chromatography? How can we test for gases? P12 Waves - How is a slinky like an x ray? What are waves? How can you measure the properties of waves? What happens to waves at boundaries? How are sound waves different to light? How are sound waves detected? P13 Electromagnetic Waves - How can waves be used in medicine? What links the electromagnetic spectrum? What are the uses of the ems? How can we communicate using waves? How can the ems be dangerous? How are x-rays helpful and dangerous?

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

B3.3 Genetics – What code is the meaning of life? What are the main differences between sexual and asexual reproduction? What advantages and disadvantages of reproduction by both methods? Why does the research of the entire genetic material of humans, matter? How is protein synthesis controlled by DNA? How are genes expressed and mutated? How are characteristic inherited from our parents? How are family trees used to show inheritance? How are disorders inherited? What are the concerns in screening for genetic disorders?

B14 Variation and evolution - Is genetic engineering better than evolution? Why are we all different including identical twins? How does evolution occur by natural selection? What are the benefits and risks of selective breeding? What are the benefits and risks of genetic engineering?

C7 Energy changes – How much energy is in a reaction? How is energy transfer from reactions described? How can we use the energy transfers from reactions? How do we represent a chemical reaction in terms of energy diagrams? How do we use bond energies of breaking and making bonds to calculate overall energy?

C8 Rates and equilibrium - How do Chemists make their millions? How do we calculate the rate of a chemical reaction? How do we explain the surface area using the collision theory? How can we explain the temperature using the collision theory? How can we explain the concentration and pressure using the collision theory? Why are catalysts important in industry? How do we represent reversible reactions? What happens to the energy transferred in reversible reactions? How can the conditions of an equilibrium mixture be changed? What is the impact of changing concentration and pressure at equilibrium? Why are catalysts important in industry?

P9 Motion - How far can Physics take us? What do the gradients of speed and distance-time graphs mean? What does a change in velocity mean? What do the gradients of velocity-time graphs mean? How do we analyse motion graphs?

P10 Forces and Motion - How are forces used in the real world? How does force affect acceleration and what is inertia? How does weight affect the terminal velocity of a body? How is stopping distance affected by braking force? How can we investigate the momentum of colliding objects that move apart? How does an elastic material change when forces are added to it?

B16 Adaptations, interdependence, and competition – How are all living things interconnected? What is the relationship between communities and ecosystems? What factors affect communities? How can we measure distribution an abundance of organisms in the natural environment? Why do animals compete? How do plants compete? How are organisms adapted for survival? How are animals adapted to survive? How are animals adapted to survive?

B11 Hormonal coordination – Do our hormones cause us to lose control? How do hormones control us? How is blood glucose controlled? How can we treat diabetes? What is negative feedback? What hormones are involved in human reproduction? What hormones are involved in the menstrual cycle? How can we control fertility? How can we treat infertility?

C6 Electrolysis - How can electricity produce metals? How can we separate ionic compounds? How can we half-equations to represent what happens during electrolysis? How do we extract aluminium from bauxite? How can we electrolyse aqueous solutions?

C9 Crude oil and fuels – When is gold black? What are the names and formulae for the most abundant hydrocarbons (alkanes) of crude oil? How can we separate the mixture of hydrocarbons in crude oil? What are the products of burning hydrocarbon fuels? Why is it useful to be able to crack larger useless alkanes to produce alkenes?

C12 Chemical Analysis – What’s in the medicine? How can we tell if something is pure? How can we test purity using chromatography? How can we test for gases?

P12 Waves - How is a slinky like an x ray? What are waves? How can you measure the properties of waves? What happens to waves at boundaries? How are sound waves different to light? How are sound waves detected?

P13 Electromagnetic Waves - How can waves be used in medicine? What links the electromagnetic spectrum? What are the uses of the ems? How can we communicate using waves? How can the ems be dangerous? How are x-rays helpful and dangerous?

Spring 1	Spring 2
B15 Genetics and evolution - How has life on earth changed and how do we know? How do new species evolve? How do fossils provide evidence for the origins of the Earth? How do fossils provide evidence for extinction? How can catastrophic events and environmental change cause extinction? How can we classify organisms using new technologies? How do scientists use new technologies and evolutionary trees to classify organisms? C13 The Earth’s atmosphere - How are we choking the earth? How has our atmosphere changed? Is global warming happening? How can we stop climate change? Should we ban the car? C14 The Earth’s resources - Are we stealing from our children? Can we continue to make smart phones? Is water safe to drink? How do we extract metals from ores? What are Life Cycle Assessments? Can we Reduce, reuse, and recycle? P15 Electromagnetism - How are electricity and magnetism linked? How strong is a magnet? How can magnets be made using electricity? How are electromagnets used? How can magnets and current move things?	B17 Organising an ecosystem - What is the circle of life? How are predators and prey interconnected? What are the cycles of life – ions and water? What are the cycles of life – carbon? How do things decay? B18 Biodiversity and ecosystems – How can we save the planet? What are the impacts of the human population explosion? What are the impacts of land and water pollution? What are the impacts of air pollution? What are the impacts of deforestation and peat destruction? How is our planet heating up? What are the impacts of climate change on biodiversity? How can we maintain biodiversity?

Spring 1

Spring 2

B15 Genetics and evolution - How has life on earth changed and how do we know? How do new species evolve? How do fossils provide evidence for the origins of the Earth? How do fossils provide evidence for extinction? How can catastrophic events and environmental change cause extinction? How can we classify organisms using new technologies? How do scientists use new technologies and evolutionary trees to classify organisms?

C13 The Earth’s atmosphere - How are we choking the earth? How has our atmosphere changed? Is global warming happening? How can we stop climate change? Should we ban the car?

C14 The Earth’s resources - Are we stealing from our children? Can we continue to make smart phones? Is water safe to drink? How do we extract metals from ores? What are Life Cycle Assessments? Can we Reduce, reuse, and recycle?

P15 Electromagnetism - How are electricity and magnetism linked? How strong is a magnet? How can magnets be made using electricity? How are electromagnets used? How can magnets and current move things?

B17 Organising an ecosystem - What is the circle of life? How are predators and prey interconnected? What are the cycles of life – ions and water? What are the cycles of life – carbon? How do things decay?

B18 Biodiversity and ecosystems – How can we save the planet? What are the impacts of the human population explosion? What are the impacts of land and water pollution? What are the impacts of air pollution? What are the impacts of deforestation and peat destruction? How is our planet heating up? What are the impacts of climate change on biodiversity? How can we maintain biodiversity?

Summer 1	Summer 2
Biology Revision Chemistry Revision Physics Revision	Biology Revision Chemistry Revision Physics Revision

Summer 1

Summer 2

Biology Revision

Chemistry Revision

Physics Revision

Biology Revision

Chemistry Revision

Physics Revision

Homework
Seneca online homework Half-termly home learning booklet

Homework

Seneca online homework

Half-termly home learning booklet

To Stretch Myself
Answer the fertile questions in depth Investigate science in the news Complete the Year 11 Science Mastery booklet Use the AQA specification to check my understanding

To Stretch Myself

Answer the fertile questions in depth

Investigate science in the news

Complete the Year 11 Science Mastery booklet

Use the AQA specification to check my understanding

Exam Board
AQA

Triple Science

Autumn 1	Autumn 2
B3.3 Genetics – What code is the meaning of life? What are the main differences between sexual and asexual reproduction? What advantages and disadvantages of reproduction by both methods? Why does the research of the entire genetic material of humans, matter? How is protein synthesis controlled by DNA? How are genes expressed and mutated? How are characteristic inherited from our parents? How are family trees used to show inheritance? How are disorders inherited? What are the concerns in screening for genetic disorders? B14 Variation and evolution - Is genetic engineering better than evolution? Why are we all different including identical twins? How does evolution occur by natural selection? What are the benefits and risks of selective breeding? What are the benefits and risks of genetic engineering? TRP: What is the usefulness of cloning? TRP: What are the benefits and risks of adult cell cloning? TRP: What is the consideration needed to make informed choices about genetic technologies? C7 Energy changes – How much energy is in a reaction? How is energy transfer from reactions described? How can we use the energy transfers from reactions? How do we represent a chemical reaction in terms of energy diagrams? How do we use bond energies of breaking and making bonds to calculate overall energy? TRP: How can we investigate the voltage produced by simple cells using different metals? TRP: How can hydrogen be used to power vehicles? C8 Rates and equilibrium - How do Chemists make their millions? How do we calculate the rate of a chemical reaction? How do we explain the surface area using the collision theory? How can we explain the temperature using the collision theory? How can we explain the concentration and pressure using the collision theory? Why are catalysts important in industry? How do we represent reversible reactions? What happens to the energy transferred in reversible reactions? How can the conditions of an equilibrium mixture be changed? What is the impact of changing concentration and pressure at equilibrium? Why are catalysts important in industry? C4 Chemical Calculations - Can we ever know how many atoms there are in the world? TRP: Why is the atom economy of an industrial process important? TRP: How is the mass of a solute and volume of a solvent related to concentration? TRP: How are titrations used to determine the endpoint of a neutralisation reaction? TRP: How can we use titration calculations to determine an unknown mass of solute or unknown concentrations? TRP: How can we calculate volumes of gases from mass and relative formula mass? TRP: How can we calculate volumes of gases from a balanced equation and given volume? P9 Motion - How far can Physics take us? What do the gradients of speed and distance-time graphs mean? What does a change in velocity mean? What do the gradients of velocity-time graphs mean? How do we analyse motion graphs? P10 Forces and Motion - How are forces used in the real world? How does force affect acceleration and what is inertia? How does weight affect the terminal velocity of a body? How is stopping distance affected by braking force? How can we investigate the momentum of colliding objects that move apart? TRP: How can we apply the law of conservation to momentum to colliding objects? TRP: How does the impact force depend on the impact time? TRP: How can we work out if a car involved in an accident was speeding? How does an elastic material change when forces are added to it? P11 Forces and Pressure - Can you take the pressure? TRP: Why does a scalpel need to be really sharp? TRP: How does pressure work in liquids? TRP: How does pressure work in the atmosphere? TRP: Why do things float?	B16 Adaptations, interdependence, and competition – How are all living things interconnected? What is the relationship between communities and ecosystems? What factors affect communities? How can we measure distribution an abundance of organisms in the natural environment? Why do animals compete? How do plants compete? How are organisms adapted for survival? How are animals adapted to survive? How are animals adapted to survive? B11 Hormonal coordination – Do our hormones cause us to lose control? How do hormones control us? How is blood glucose controlled? How can we treat diabetes? What is negative feedback? What hormones are involved in human reproduction? What hormones are involved in the menstrual cycle? How can we control fertility? How can we treat infertility? TRP: How do plants respond to hormones? TRP: How can we use plant hormones? C6 Electrolysis - How can electricity produce metals? How can we separate ionic compounds? How can we half-equations to represent what happens during electrolysis? How do we extract aluminium from bauxite? How can we electrolyse aqueous solutions? C9 Crude oil and fuels – When is gold black? What are the names and formulae for the most abundant hydrocarbons (alkanes) of crude oil? How can we separate the mixture of hydrocarbons in crude oil? What are the products of burning hydrocarbon fuels? Why is it useful to be able to crack larger useless alkanes to produce alkenes? C12 Chemical Analysis – What’s in the medicine? How can we tell if something is pure? How can we test purity using chromatography? How can we test for gases? TRP: What ions make fireworks? TRP: How can instruments be used to test substances? C10 Organic reactions - How organic is your Chemistry? TRP: How do alkenes react? TRP: How to represent alcohols, carboxylic acids, and esters using displayed formulae? TRP: What are the reactions and uses of alcohols? TRP: How to use carboxylic acids to make esters? C11 Polymers - Are all polymers synthetic? TRP: How do monomers form polymers? TRP: How do carboxylic acids and alcohols form polyesters? TRP: How are natural polymers formed? TRP: How are monomers combined to make the polymer, DNA? P12 Waves - How is a slinky like an x ray? What are waves? How can you measure the properties of waves? What happens to waves at boundaries? How are sound waves different to light? How are sound waves detected? TRP: How is ultrasound used? TRP: What causes earthquakes? P13 Electromagnetic Waves - How can waves be used in medicine? What links the electromagnetic spectrum? What are the uses of the ems? How can we communicate using waves? How can the ems be dangerous? How are x-rays helpful and dangerous? P16 Space - Is Earth the centre of the universe? TRP: What is the current theory about the formation of the Solar System? TRP: What will eventually happen to our Sun? TRP: How do planets & satellites stay in their orbits? TRP: Why do scientists think that the universe is expanding? TRP: What evidence exists that shows how the universe began?

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

B3.3 Genetics – What code is the meaning of life? What are the main differences between sexual and asexual reproduction? What advantages and disadvantages of reproduction by both methods? Why does the research of the entire genetic material of humans, matter? How is protein synthesis controlled by DNA? How are genes expressed and mutated? How are characteristic inherited from our parents? How are family trees used to show inheritance? How are disorders inherited? What are the concerns in screening for genetic disorders?

B14 Variation and evolution - Is genetic engineering better than evolution? Why are we all different including identical twins? How does evolution occur by natural selection? What are the benefits and risks of selective breeding? What are the benefits and risks of genetic engineering? TRP: What is the usefulness of cloning? TRP: What are the benefits and risks of adult cell cloning? TRP: What is the consideration needed to make informed choices about genetic technologies?

C7 Energy changes – How much energy is in a reaction? How is energy transfer from reactions described? How can we use the energy transfers from reactions? How do we represent a chemical reaction in terms of energy diagrams? How do we use bond energies of breaking and making bonds to calculate overall energy? TRP: How can we investigate the voltage produced by simple cells using different metals? TRP: How can hydrogen be used to power vehicles?

C8 Rates and equilibrium - How do Chemists make their millions? How do we calculate the rate of a chemical reaction? How do we explain the surface area using the collision theory? How can we explain the temperature using the collision theory? How can we explain the concentration and pressure using the collision theory? Why are catalysts important in industry? How do we represent reversible reactions? What happens to the energy transferred in reversible reactions? How can the conditions of an equilibrium mixture be changed? What is the impact of changing concentration and pressure at equilibrium? Why are catalysts important in industry?

C4 Chemical Calculations - Can we ever know how many atoms there are in the world?

TRP: Why is the atom economy of an industrial process important?

TRP: How is the mass of a solute and volume of a solvent related to concentration?

TRP: How are titrations used to determine the endpoint of a neutralisation reaction?

TRP: How can we use titration calculations to determine an unknown mass of solute or unknown concentrations? TRP: How can we calculate volumes of gases from mass and relative formula mass?

TRP: How can we calculate volumes of gases from a balanced equation and given volume?

P9 Motion - How far can Physics take us? What do the gradients of speed and distance-time graphs mean? What does a change in velocity mean? What do the gradients of velocity-time graphs mean? How do we analyse motion graphs?

P10 Forces and Motion - How are forces used in the real world? How does force affect acceleration and what is inertia? How does weight affect the terminal velocity of a body? How is stopping distance affected by braking force? How can we investigate the momentum of colliding objects that move apart?

TRP: How can we apply the law of conservation to momentum to colliding objects? TRP: How does the impact force depend on the impact time?

TRP: How can we work out if a car involved in an accident was speeding? How does an elastic material change when forces are added to it?

P11 Forces and Pressure - Can you take the pressure?

TRP: Why does a scalpel need to be really sharp?

TRP: How does pressure work in liquids?

TRP: How does pressure work in the atmosphere?

TRP: Why do things float?

B16 Adaptations, interdependence, and competition – How are all living things interconnected? What is the relationship between communities and ecosystems? What factors affect communities? How can we measure distribution an abundance of organisms in the natural environment? Why do animals compete? How do plants compete? How are organisms adapted for survival? How are animals adapted to survive? How are animals adapted to survive?

B11 Hormonal coordination – Do our hormones cause us to lose control? How do hormones control us? How is blood glucose controlled? How can we treat diabetes? What is negative feedback? What hormones are involved in human reproduction? What hormones are involved in the menstrual cycle? How can we control fertility? How can we treat infertility?

TRP: How do plants respond to hormones?

TRP: How can we use plant hormones?

C6 Electrolysis - How can electricity produce metals? How can we separate ionic compounds? How can we half-equations to represent what happens during electrolysis? How do we extract aluminium from bauxite? How can we electrolyse aqueous solutions?

C9 Crude oil and fuels – When is gold black? What are the names and formulae for the most abundant hydrocarbons (alkanes) of crude oil? How can we separate the mixture of hydrocarbons in crude oil? What are the products of burning hydrocarbon fuels? Why is it useful to be able to crack larger useless alkanes to produce alkenes?

C12 Chemical Analysis – What’s in the medicine? How can we tell if something is pure? How can we test purity using chromatography? How can we test for gases? TRP: What ions make fireworks? TRP: How can instruments be used to test substances?

C10 Organic reactions - How organic is your Chemistry?

TRP: How do alkenes react?

TRP: How to represent alcohols, carboxylic acids, and esters using displayed formulae?

TRP: What are the reactions and uses of alcohols?

TRP: How to use carboxylic acids to make esters?

C11 Polymers - Are all polymers synthetic?

TRP: How do monomers form polymers?

TRP: How do carboxylic acids and alcohols form polyesters?

TRP: How are natural polymers formed?

TRP: How are monomers combined to make the polymer, DNA?

P12 Waves - How is a slinky like an x ray? What are waves? How can you measure the properties of waves? What happens to waves at boundaries? How are sound waves different to light? How are sound waves detected?

TRP: How is ultrasound used?

TRP: What causes earthquakes?

P13 Electromagnetic Waves - How can waves be used in medicine? What links the electromagnetic spectrum? What are the uses of the ems? How can we communicate using waves? How can the ems be dangerous? How are x-rays helpful and dangerous?

P16 Space - Is Earth the centre of the universe?

TRP: What is the current theory about the formation of the Solar System?

TRP: What will eventually happen to our Sun?

TRP: How do planets & satellites stay in their orbits?

TRP: Why do scientists think that the universe is expanding? TRP: What evidence exists that shows how the universe began?

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B15 Genetics and evolution - How has life on earth changed and how do we know? TRP: How did Mendel discover genetics? TRP: What evidence is there of Darwin theories of evolution? TRP: Why did was Darwin’s ideas only gradually accepted? How do new species evolve? How do fossils provide evidence for the origins of the Earth? How do fossils provide evidence for extinction? How can catastrophic events and environmental change cause extinction? TRP: How does the mutation of bacteria lead to antibiotic resistance? How can we classify organisms using new technologies? How do scientists use new technologies and evolutionary trees to classify organisms? B12 Homeostasis in action - How do we put homeostasis in action? TRP: How do we control body temperature? TRP: How do we excrete? TRP: How do kidneys work? TRP: How can we treat kidney problems? TRP: What are the issues with kidney transplants? C13 The Earth’s atmosphere - How are we choking the earth? How has our atmosphere changed? Is global warming happening? How can we stop climate change? Should we ban the car? C14 The Earth’s resources - Are we stealing from our children? Can we continue to make smart phones? Is water safe to drink? How do we extract metals from ores? What are Life Cycle Assessments? Can we Reduce, reuse, and recycle? C15 Using our resources - How can we make an iPhone and feed the world? TRP: What is rust? TRP: How useful are alloys? TRP: How useful are polymers? TRP: How do you build a building? TRP: How can we feed the world? TRP: How can we feed the world? TRP: How can we feed the world? TRP: How can we feed the world? P15 Electromagnetism - How are electricity and magnetism linked? How strong is a magnet? How can magnets be made using electricity? How are electromagnets used? How can magnets and current move things? TRP: How can magnets and movement create electricity? TRP: How does an alternating current generator work? TRP: How do transformers work? TRP: How are transformers used? P14 Light - How do prisms and lenses change light? TRP: How does light reflect? TRP: How does light refract? TRP: What causes colour? TRP: How do lenses work? TRP: How are lenses used? P14 Light - How do prisms and lenses change light? TRP: How does light reflect? TRP: How does light refract? TRP: What causes colour? TRP: How do lenses work? TRP: How are lenses used?	B17 Organising an ecosystem - What is the circle of life? How are predators and prey interconnected? What are the cycles of life – ions and water? What are the cycles of life – carbon? How do things decay? B18 Biodiversity and ecosystems – How can we save the planet? What are the impacts of the human population explosion? What are the impacts of land and water pollution? What are the impacts of air pollution? What are the impacts of deforestation and peat destruction? How is our planet heating up? What are the impacts of climate change on biodiversity? How can we maintain biodiversity? TRP: How can we convert food chains into pyramids of biomass? TRP: How is biomass transferred? TRP: Why is our food not secure? TRP: How can we improve our food chains? TRP: How can we sustainably produce food?

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B15 Genetics and evolution - How has life on earth changed and how do we know?

TRP: How did Mendel discover genetics?

TRP: What evidence is there of Darwin theories of evolution?

TRP: Why did was Darwin’s ideas only gradually accepted? How do new species evolve? How do fossils provide evidence for the origins of the Earth? How do fossils provide evidence for extinction? How can catastrophic events and environmental change cause extinction?

TRP: How does the mutation of bacteria lead to antibiotic resistance? How can we classify organisms using new technologies? How do scientists use new technologies and evolutionary trees to classify organisms?

B12 Homeostasis in action - How do we put homeostasis in action?

TRP: How do we control body temperature?

TRP: How do we excrete?

TRP: How do kidneys work?

TRP: How can we treat kidney problems?

TRP: What are the issues with kidney transplants?

C13 The Earth’s atmosphere - How are we choking the earth? How has our atmosphere changed? Is global warming happening? How can we stop climate change? Should we ban the car?

C14 The Earth’s resources - Are we stealing from our children? Can we continue to make smart phones? Is water safe to drink? How do we extract metals from ores? What are Life Cycle Assessments? Can we Reduce, reuse, and recycle?

C15 Using our resources - How can we make an iPhone and feed the world?

TRP: What is rust?

TRP: How useful are alloys?

TRP: How useful are polymers?

TRP: How do you build a building?

TRP: How can we feed the world?

P15 Electromagnetism - How are electricity and magnetism linked? How strong is a magnet? How can magnets be made using electricity? How are electromagnets used? How can magnets and current move things?

TRP: How can magnets and movement create electricity?

TRP: How does an alternating current generator work?

TRP: How do transformers work?

TRP: How are transformers used?

P14 Light - How do prisms and lenses change light?

TRP: How does light reflect?

TRP: How does light refract?

TRP: What causes colour?

TRP: How do lenses work?

TRP: How are lenses used?

P14 Light - How do prisms and lenses change light?

TRP: How does light reflect?

TRP: How does light refract?

TRP: What causes colour?

TRP: How do lenses work?

TRP: How are lenses used?

B17 Organising an ecosystem - What is the circle of life? How are predators and prey interconnected? What are the cycles of life – ions and water? What are the cycles of life – carbon? How do things decay?

B18 Biodiversity and ecosystems – How can we save the planet? What are the impacts of the human population explosion? What are the impacts of land and water pollution? What are the impacts of air pollution? What are the impacts of deforestation and peat destruction? How is our planet heating up? What are the impacts of climate change on biodiversity? How can we maintain biodiversity?

TRP: How can we convert food chains into pyramids of biomass?

TRP: How is biomass transferred?

TRP: Why is our food not secure?

TRP: How can we improve our food chains?

TRP: How can we sustainably produce food?

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Homework
Seneca online homework Half-termly home learning booklet

Homework

Seneca online homework

Half-termly home learning booklet

To Stretch Myself
Answer the fertile questions in depth Investigate science in the news Complete the Year 11 Science Mastery booklet Use the AQA specification to check my understanding Write exam questions for myself Read Natural Scientist magazine to find out about new discoveries in science

To Stretch Myself

Answer the fertile questions in depth

Investigate science in the news

Complete the Year 11 Science Mastery booklet

Use the AQA specification to check my understanding

Write exam questions for myself

Read Natural Scientist magazine to find out about new discoveries in science

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