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Science

Curriculum narrative

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KS4 Exam board: AQA 

KS5 Exam board: AQA Biology, AQA Chemistry and Edexcel Physics

Key Stage 3

 

Autumn Term 1

Autumn Term 2

Year 7

Skills I, Particles part 1

Particles part 2, Energy

Year 8

Skills II, Chemical reactions

Photosynthesis

Year 9

Respiration and movement

Space physics

 

Key Stage 3

 

Spring Term 1

Spring Term 2

Year 7

Cells

Reproduction

Year 8

Earth and resources

Atoms and the Periodic Table 

Year 9

Skills III

Advanced cell biology

 

Key Stage 3

 

Summer Term 1

Summer Term 2

Year 7

Forces

Ecology

Year 8

Digestion

Waves

Year 9

Advanced energy

Advanced atoms and the Periodic Table

 

Key Stage 4

 

Autumn Term 1

Autumn Term 2

Year 10

Organisation

Bonding, electricity 

Year 11

Homeostasis, forces part 1

Forces part 2, organic chemistry, chemistry of the atmosphere

 

Key Stage 4

 

Spring Term 1

Spring Term 2

Year 10

Chemical changes

Quantitative chemistry, Infection and Response, Cell division 

Year 11

Chemical analysis, Inheritance

Waves and electromagnetism

 

Key Stage 4

 

Summer Term 1

Summer Term 2

Year 10

Particle model, nuclear physics

Bioenergetics, energy changes, rates of reaction

Year 11

Using resources

 

 

Key Stage 5

 

Autumn Term 1

Autumn Term 2

Year 12

Biology

Side A

Cell structure

Side B

Biological molecules I

 

Chemistry

Side A

Atomic structure

Side B

Bonding, introduction to organic  

 

Physics

Side A

Electricity

Side B

Mechanics

Biology

Side A

Cell membrane 

Side B

Biological molecules II

 

Chemistry

Side A

Amount of substance

Side B

Alkanes, halogenalkanes 

 

Physics

Side A

Electricity

Side B

Mechanics

Year 13

Biology

Side A

Respiration, organisms, growth, survival and response

Side B

Photosynthesis

 

Chemistry

Side A

Kinetics

Side B

Carbonyl compounds

 

Physics

Circular motion and oscillations 

Biology

Side A

Genetics, gene expression 

Side B

Nervous coordination

 

Chemistry

Side A

Equilibrium constant, acids bases and buffers

Side B

Aromatic chemistry, amines

 

Physics

Gravitational fields, electric fields, capacitors