Science department information for parents- Yr 7
Pupils will be taught the following topics as below:
Term 1
Safety in lab
Planning and obtaining evidence
Graphs - Which axis/plotting graphs
Cells
What are living things made of?
Using the microscope
What are cells like?
What do cells do?
Tissues and organs
How are new cells made?
Reproduction
How does life start?
How does fertilisation happen?
What happens after fertilisation?
The menstrual cycle
Pregnancy
What do newborn babies need?
How do humans change as they grow?
• First assessment
Term 2
Acids and alkalis
What are acids and alkalis?
How can we identify acids and alkalis?
How strong are acids and alkalis?
Acids and alkalis in everyday situations
What happens when acids react with alkalis?
Simple chemical reaction
What is a chemical?
How do acids react with metals?
How do acids react with carbonates?
What happens during burning?
What’s in a fuel?
What’s in air?
Energy resources
Why are fuels useful?
Using energy sources in science experiment
What are fossil fuels?
What are renewable energy resources?
How do living things use energy?
Using energy
• Second assessment
Term 3
Completion of one full investigation
Electrical circuits
How do electrical circuits work?
What happens in a circuit?
Fault finding Cells, batteries and electrical currents
Parallel circuits
Electricity at home
Forces and their effects
Where do we come across forces?
Why do things float?
Using density
How do forces balance?
Forces and their effects
Investigating forces
• Third assessment
Term 4
The solar system and beyond
Where and what is earth?
What causes the year and seasons?
Where does the moon fit in?
What does the solar system consist of?
Stars Is there life anywhere else?
What is beyond the solar system?
Particle model of solids, liquids and gases
How are theories created?
How do solids liquids and gases behave?
Differences between solids, liquids and gases
The particle model of solids liquids and gases
Does the particle model explain anything else?
• Fourth assessment
Term 5
Solutions
How can we tell when a liquid is a mixture?
How much salt is in this rock?
What happens to the solute during dissolving?
How do we get the solvent back from a mixture?
Using chromatography to separate mixtures
What affect dissolving?
Environment and feeding relationships
Adapting to the environment
Adapting to daily changes in the environment
Adapting to yearly changes in the environment
Predators and prey Food chains and food webs
• Fifth assessment
Term 6
Variation and classification
Variation
What causes variation?
How can we describe living things?
How can we sort living things into groups?
Why do scientists classify living things?
How do scientists classify animals?
Second full investigation
• Sixth assessment
End of Term
