Working Scientifically

• Cells, Microscopes, Organelle functions, Animal and plant cells, Unicellular adaptations
• Organisational hierarchy
• Human skeleton: Support and protection, Movement, Making cells
• Biomechanics
• Human reproduction: Males, Females, Menstrual cycle, Fertilisation and gestation
• Plant reproduction, Pollination and fertilisation, Seeds and fruits, Seed dispersal, Insect pollination
• Interdependence, Food webs, Importance of insects, Organisms and their environment, Toxic accumulation
• Effect of drugs

• States of matter
• Changes of state
• Dalton’s atomic model, Development of the atomic model
• Atoms, elements and compounds, Chemical symbols and formulae, Pure substances, Mixtures
• Diffusion
• Separation techniques, Filtration, Evaporation and crystallisation, distillation, Chromatography
• Identifying pure substances
• Chemical reactions, Formulae and equations, Combustion, Thermal decomposition, Oxidation, Displacement reactions
• Acids and alkalis, pH scale, Acids and metals
• Catalysts

• Energy from food
• Comparing energy costs
• Fuels
• Energy resources
• Distance-time graphs
• Relative motion
• Forces, Balanced and unbalanced forces, Forces and motion
• Sound waves, Auditory range
• Light waves, Ray model, Refraction, Convex lens, The human eye, Retina and cameras, colour
• Electric current, Potential difference and resistance, Conductor and insulators, Static electricity, Electric fields
• Conservation of mass
• Solids, liquids and gases
• Brownian motion

• The scientific method
• Scientific questions
• Successful calculations
• Charts and Graphs
• Safety when heating
• Controlling risk
• Hypotheses and Theories
• Sorting Resource Data
• Models in Science
• Line graphs and scatter graphs
• Surface Area
• Accuracy and estimates
• Means and ranges
• Pie charts