SCIENCE
Our big ideas in Science are:
See below for the Science Learning Journey from Year 7 to Year 11 and the overviews for each Learning Cycle. They explain our planned curriculum of what students are expected to learn.
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You can find our Science KS3 knowledge organisers and support with KS3 home learning here.
The key contact for this subject is Mrs K Roberts - Central Leader for Science (kelly.roberts@pcsa.theplt.org.uk)
For more information about KS4 revision and study support visit our pages on revision and Prep for Success / Easter School.
Preparing for KS4 study (GCSE and vocational qualifications in years 10 and 11)? Click here for information about the Year 9 Options Process.
To find out more about our careers provision, visit the careers webpage.
Click HERE for the Learning Cycle information for Triple Science
Year 7 Learning Cycle
Cells & Forces
Assessment focus: Cell structure, Specialised Cells, Balanced or Unbalanced Forces and Friction
Substances & Mixtures
Energy Stores & Transfers
Assessment focus: Particle model for solids, liquids and gases, Solutions and separating mixtures, Energy stores and Energy Transfers
Inheritance and Atoms, Elements and Compounds
Assessment focus: Heredity and the genome, Atoms and molecules, symbols and formulae, Comparing solubility
Electric circuits
Sound and Light
Assessment focus: Electric current, Electric Force and static electricity, Sound, Light and vision
Year 8 Learning Cycle
Tissues to Organ systems and Chemical Changes
Assessment focus: Cells, Tissues and Organ systems, The Digestive system and The Circulatory system. Forming new atoms and rearranging atoms.
Understanding Chemical Reactions and Heating and Cooling
Assessment focus: Reactions, Combustion and Conservation of Mass, Temperature and Heat, Thermal conduction and Thermal store of energy
Variation and Classification
and Electrical Energy
Assessment focus: Variation, Fossil evidence, Identifying and classifying, Resistance and Parallel circuits
Independence and Motion
Assessment focus: Food chains and food webs, Interdependence with Ecosystems, Ecosystem components
Year 9 Learning Cycle
Biodiversity and Human Impact and How we See
Assessment focus: Biodiversity, Conservation and sustainability, Seeing in colour, Reflection of light, Refraction of light.
Bioenergetics and
Health and Disease
Assessment focus: Plant nutrition and Photosynthesis and Respiration, Good Health, Bad Health, Lifestyle and Pathogens
Energy and Reactions and More about Force
Assessment focus: Exothermic and Endothermic reactions, pH scale and Neutralisation.
Reproduction
The Periodic Table
Assessment focus: Sexual Reproduction, Contraception and Sexual and Asexual Reproduction, Trends in physical properties, Atomic model and Periodic patterns
Year 10 Learning Cycle
Cell biology, Energy, Electricity and Bonding
Assessment focus: Structure and function of cells and organelles, Ionic, Covalent and Metallic bonding, Specific heat capacity and Series and Parallel circuits
Cells to organ systems, Particle model and Chemical change
Assessment focus: Types and functions of organ systems, types of reactions, electrolysis, Changes of state and temperature
Biochemistry, Nuclear physics, energy changes, mains electricity
Assessment focus:
Respiration and photosynthesis, Exo/endo thermic reactions, electricity linked to homes and businesses, particle physics
Forces, Quantitative Chemistry, Infection and Response
Assessment focus:
Contact and non contact forces, moles and chemical calculations, microbes and types of microbes and the body’s defences.
Year 11 Learning Cycle
Chemical Changes, Quantitative Chemistry, Using Resources and Homeostasis/ Response
Assessment focus: Reactivity Series, Electrolysis, Relative Masses, Balancing equations, Reflex Arc, Hormones,
Forces and Motion, Electromagnetism, Inheritance and Evolution, Acids and Alkalis
Assessment focus: Neutralisation, Soluble Salts, Finite and Infinite resources
Review of Key Concepts of Science
Assessment focus:
PPE and GCSE examinations preparations