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Science

In Science we:

  • to develop pupils lively, enquiring minds so that they can increase their knowledge and understanding of natural phenomena,
  • to link the specification into all vocational subjects at The Workplace to reinforce the syllabus and make links to potential careers in these areas,
  • to allow pupils to acquire scientific skills, to learn to solve problems and to learn to make informed judgements,
  • to encourage each pupil to have an appreciation, care and concern for other pupils, animals, plants and the environment, 
  •  to ensure that all pupils receive a broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated experience of Science tailored to their baseline diagnostic assessment,
  • to educate pupils for a happy and successful life in a society being influenced by rapid scientific and technological change,
  •  to deliver the statutory requirements of the National Curriculum and prepare pupils for public examinations,
  •  to enable all pupils to achieve their maximum potential.

 

The National Curriculum in Science

The National Curriculum in Science aims to ensure that all pupils in key stage 4 continue with the process of building upon and deepening scientific knowledge and the understanding of ideas developed in earlier key stages in the subject disciplines of biology, chemistry and physics. For some students, studying the sciences in key stage 4 provides the platform for more advanced studies, establishing the basis for a wide range of careers. For others, it will be their last formal study of subjects that provide the foundations for understanding the natural world and will enhance their lives in an increasingly technological society. Science is changing our lives and is vital to the world’s future prosperity, and all students should be taught essential aspects of the knowledge, methods, processes and uses of science.

 

They should be helped to appreciate the achievements of science in showing how the complex and diverse phenomena of the natural world can be described in terms of a number of key ideas relating to the sciences which are inter-linked, and which are of universal application. These key ideas include: • the use of conceptual models and theories to make sense of the observed diversity of natural phenomena  • the assumption that every effect has one or more cause • that change is driven by interactions between different objects and systems • that many such interactions occur over a distance and over time   • that science progresses through a cycle of hypothesis, practical experimentation, observation, theory development and review • that quantitative analysis is a central element both of many theories and of scientific methods of inquiry. The sciences should be taught in ways that ensure students have the knowledge to enable them to develop curiosity about the natural world, insight into working scientifically, and appreciation of the relevance of science to their everyday lives, so that students: • develop scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding through the specific disciplines of biology, chemistry and physics; • develop understanding of the nature, processes and methods of science, through different types of scientific enquiry that help them to answer scientific questions about the world around them; • develop and learn to apply observational, practical, modelling, enquiry, problem-solving skills and mathematical skills, both in the laboratory, in the field and in other environments.

 

Year 10 - 11 Overview 2020-22

Year

Term 1

Term 2

Term 3

Term 4

Term 5

Term 6

10

B1-Cell Biology

 

Required practical: Microscopy

 

Required practical: Osmosis

 

Baseline Assessment

 

C1 - Atomic structure and  periodic table

P1 – Energy

 

Required practical: Specific heat capacity

 

B2 – Organisation

 

Required practical: food tests

 

Required practical: Enzymes

 

C2 - Bonding and structure

 

P2 -  Electricity

 

Required practical: Resistance

 

Required practical: I-V characteristics

 

B3 – Infection and response

 

C3 – Quantitative Chemistry

P3- Particle model of matter

 

Required practical:

Density

 

B4 - Bioenergetics

 

Required practical on Photosynthesis

 

C4 – Chemical changes  

 

Required practical: Making salts

 

Required practical: Electrolysis

P4 – Atomic structure

 

B5 – Homeostasis

 

Required Practical: Reflexes

 

C5 – Energy changes

 

Required practical: Temperature changes

P5 - Forces

 

Required practical: Force and extension

 

Required practical: Acceleration

 

B6 – Inheritance, variation & Evolution 

 

11

C6 – Rates of reaction

 

Required practical: Rates of reaction

 

P6- Waves

 

Required practical: Waves 

 

Required practical: Radiation and absorption

 

B7 – Ecology (14)

Required practical: Field investigations

 

C7 – Organic Chemistry

 

P7- Magnetism & Electromagnetism                                               

 

C8- Chemical Analysis

 

Required practical: Chromatography

 

 

C9 – Chemistry of the atmosphere

 

C10 – Using resources

 

 

Required practical: Water purification

 

B1 full mock paper

C1 Full mock paper

P1 Full mock paper

REVISON. Students will sit 4 more mock exams covering papers 1 & 2

 

 

 

 

Year 11 Overview 2020/21

Year

Term 1

Term 2

Term 3

Term 4

Term 5

11

B1-Cell Biology

 

Required practical: Microscopy

 

Required practical: Osmosis

 

Baseline Assessment

 

C1 - Atomic structure and  periodic table

 

P1 – Energy

 

Required practical: Specific heat capacity

 

B2 – Organisation

 

Required practical: food tests

 

Required practical: Enzymes

 

C2 - Bonding and structure

 

P2 -  Electricity

 

Required practical:

Resistance

 

Required practical: I-V characteristics

 

B3 – Infection and response

 

C3 – Quantitative Chemistry

 

P3- Particle model of matter  

 

Required practical: Density

 

B4 - Bioenergetics

 

Required practical on Photosynthesis

 

C4 – Chemical changes  

 

Required practical: Making salts

 

Required practical: Electrolysis

P4 – Atomic structure

 

B5 – Homeostasis

 

Required Practical: Reflexes

 

C5 – Energy changes

 

Required practical: Temperature changes

 

P5 - Forces

 

Required practical:

Force and extension

 

Required practical: Acceleration

 

B6 – Inheritance, variation & Evolution        

 

 

 

 

C6 – Rates of reaction

 

Required practical: Rates of reaction

 

P6- Waves  

 

Required practical: Waves 

 

Required practical: Radiation and absorption

 

B7 – Ecology  

 

Required practical: Field investigations

 

C7 – Organic Chemistry

 

P7- Magnetism & Electromagnetism

 

C8- Chemical Analysis

 

Required practical: Chromatography

 

C9 – Chemistry of the atmosphere                      

 

 

 

 

C10 – Using resources

 

Required practical: Water purification

 

B1 full mock paper

C1 Full mock paper

P1 Full mock paper

REVISON. Students will sit 4 more mock exams covering papers 1 & 2