KS3 Science PERSONAL LEARNING CHECKLIST. YEAR 7 CONTENT Use this document to monitor your revision and target specific areas.

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1 KS3 Science PERSONAL LEARNING CHECKLIST YEAR 7 CONTENT Use this document to monitor your revision and target specific areas.

2 Topic Name BIOLOGY Historical ideas about living things Content Cells as the fundamental unit of living organisms, including how to observe and record cell structure using a light microscope Revision Tally (How many times have you completed a revision activity connected to this?) Other Comments Comparing plant and animal cells Cells as the fundamental unit of living organisms, including how to observe and record cell structure using a light microscope The functions of the cell wall, cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus, vacuole, mitochondria and chloroplasts The similarities and differences between animal and plant cells Describing cells The functions of the cell wall, cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus, vacuole, mitochondria and chloroplasts The similarities and differences between animal and plant cells unicellular organisms The structural adaptations of some unicellular organisms diffusion The role of diffusion in the movement of materials in and between cells Diffusion in liquids and gases driven by differences in concentration organisation in multicellular organisms Hierarchical organisation of multicellular organisms: from cells to tissues to organs to systems to organisms

3 Comparing flowering plants Knowing how pollination leads to fertilisation the changes facing pollinators how seeds are dispersed by the wind how fruits disperse seeds the male reproductive system the female reproductive system and fertility Learning about changes in puberty Learning how a foetus develops factors affecting a developing foetus Exploring a healthy diet Reproduction in plants, including flower structure, wind and insect pollination Reproduction in plants, including flower structure, wind and insect pollination, fertilisation The importance of plant reproduction through insect pollination in human food security Reproduction in plants, including seed and fruit formation and dispersal Reproduction in plants, including seed and fruit formation and dispersal, including quantitative investigation of some dispersal mechanisms Reproduction in humans (as an example of a mammal), including the structure and function of the male and female reproductive systems Reproduction in humans (as an example of a mammal), including the structure and function of the male and female reproductive systems, menstrual cycle (without details of hormones), gametes, fertilisation, gestation and birth Reproduction in humans (as an example of a mammal), including the menstrual cycle (without details of hormones) Reproduction in humans (as an example of a mammal), fertilisation, gestation and birth Reproduction in humans (as an example of a mammal), to include the effect of maternal lifestyle on the foetus through the placenta Content of a healthy human diet: carbohydrates, lipids (fats and oils), proteins, vitamins, minerals, dietary fibre and water, and why each is needed

4 Testing foods Comparing energy needs Exploring obesity and starvation deficiency diseases the human digestive system Investigating the start of digestion the roles of the digestive system Introducing enzymes Recognising the role of bacteria how we breathe Measuring breathing Evaluating gas exchange in humans Investigating Calculations of energy requirements in a healthy daily diet Comparing energy values of different foods (from labels) (kj) The consequences of imbalances in the diet including obesity, starvation and deficiency diseases The tissues and organs of the digestive system, including adaptations to function The tissues and organs of the digestive system, including adaptations to function and how the digestive system digests food (enzymes simply as biological catalysts) The tissues and organs of the digestive system, including adaptations to function How the digestive system digests food (enzymes simply as biological catalysts) The importance of bacteria in the human digestive system The mechanism of breathing to move air in and out of the lungs, using a pressure model to explain the movement of gases The mechanism of breathing to move air in and out of the lungs, including simple measurements of lung volume The structure and functions of the gas exchange system in humans, including adaptations to function The structure and functions of the gas exchange

5 diffusion system in humans, including adaptations to function Diffusion in liquids and gases driven by differences in concentration Diffusion in terms of the particle model Exploring the effects of disease and lifestyle The impact of exercise, asthma and smoking on the human gas exchange system Topic Name Chemistry Content Revision Tally (How many times have you completed a revision activity connected to this?) Other Comments Recognising materials, substances and elements Differences between atoms, elements and The concept of a pure substance water The concept of a pure substance Dissolving Mixtures, including dissolving Separating mixtures Mixtures, including dissolving Simple techniques for separating mixtures: filtration Dissolving and evaporating Mixtures, including dissolving Simple techniques for separating mixtures: evaporation Extracting salt distillation Simple techniques for separating mixtures: distillation Applying key ideas Finding out what air is made of Simple techniques for separating mixtures: distillation The composition of the atmosphere Exploring chromatography Simple techniques for separating mixtures: chromatography

6 Using chromatography Finding the best solvent Modelling mixtures and separation Finding elements and building the Periodic Table Looking at the Periodic Table of elements elements and atoms metals The identification of pure substances Simple techniques for separating mixtures: chromatography Mixtures, including dissolving Simple techniques for separating mixtures: chromatography Mixtures, including dissolving Conservation of mass, changes of state and chemical reactions Chemical symbols and formulas for elements and The principles underpinning the Mendeleev Periodic Table The Periodic Table: periods and groups; metals and non-metals Differences between atoms, elements and The properties of metals and non-metals nonmetals The properties of metals and non-metals Identifying metalloids Discovering the origin of metals The properties of metals and non-metals

7 Choosing elements for a purpose Combining elements Using models to understand chemistry what happens when an element burns Observing how elements react in different ways Identifying the special features of carbon oxidation Investigating carbonates Differences between atoms, elements and Chemical reactions as the rearrangement of atoms Representing chemical reactions using formulae and using equations Combustion Representing chemical reactions using formulae and using equations The chemical properties of metal and non-metal oxides with respect to acidity Representing chemical reactions using formulae and using equations Oxidation Conservation of mass changes of state and chemical reactions Combustion, thermal decomposition, oxidation Thermal decomposition

8 Explaining changes Topic Name Physics Discovering forces Differences between atoms, elements and Conservation of mass changes of state and chemical reactions Chemical reactions as the rearrangement of atoms Thermal decomposition, oxidation Content Forces as pushes or pulls arising from the interaction between two objects Using force arrows in diagrams Revision Tally (How many times have you completed a revision activity connected to this?) Other Comments Measuring forces Forces measured in newtons weight on other planets Gravity forces acting at a distance on Earth and in space Exploring the effects of forces Forces being needed to cause objects to stop or start moving, or to change their speed or direction of motion stretch and compression Forces associated with deforming objects Measurements of stretch or compression as force is changed Investigating Hooke s Law Forces associated with deforming objects; stretching and squashing springs Measurements of stretch or compression as force is changed Force extension linear relation; Hooke s Law as a special case Rubbing and friction forces between surfaces

9 friction Exploring the benefits of friction air and water resistance Discovering streamlining Exploring forces and motion Exploring how forces affect speed and direction speed calculations turning forces Discovering moments the application of moments Exploring energy transfers Forces: pushing things out of the way; resistance to motion of air and water Forces being needed to cause objects to stop or start moving, or to change their speed or direction Balanced and unbalanced forces Change depending on direction of force and its size Change depending on direction of force and its size Speed and the quantitative relationship between average speed, distance and time (speed = distance time) Moment as the turning effect of a force Other processes that involve energy transfer: changing motion, dropping an object, completing an electrical circuit, burning fuels Energy as a quantity that can be quantified and calculated; the total energy has the same value before and after a change

10 potential energy and kinetic energy Doing work Looking at dynamos elastic potential energy Knowing the difference between heat and temperature Thinking about fuels Investigating fuels Applying key ideas Exploring sound Describing sound Other processes that involve energy transfer: changing motion, dropping an object Work done; simple machines give bigger force but at the expense of smaller movement (and vice versa): product of force and displacement unchanged Other processes that involve energy transfer: changing motion, completing an electrical circuit Other processes that involve energy transfer: stretching a spring. Work done and energy changes on deformation Comparing the starting with the final conditions of a system and describing increases and decreases in the amounts of energy in elastic distortions Heating and thermal equilibrium: temperature difference between two objects leading to energy transfer from the hotter to the cooler one Comparing the starting with the final conditions of a system and describing increases and decreases in the amounts of energy associated with temperatures Fuels and energy resources; other processes that involve energy transfer: burning fuels, metabolism of food Fuels and energy resources; other processes that involve energy transfer: burning fuels Comparing the starting with the final conditions of a system and describing increases and decreases in the amounts of energy in chemical compositions Sound produced by vibrations of objects; sound waves are longitudinal Sound produced by vibrations of objects, in loudspeakers; detected by their effect on microphone

11 Measuring the speed of sound how sounds travels through materials Learning about the reflection and absorption of sound Hearing sounds factors affecting hearing Finding out about sounds we cannot hear diaphragm and the ear drum Frequencies of sound waves, measured in hertz (Hz) Echoes; the speed of sound in air Sound needs a medium to travel; the speed of sound in air, in water, in solids Echoes, reflection and absorption of sound Sound produced by vibrations of objects, detected by their effects on microphone diaphragm and the ear drum Waves transferring information for conversion to electrical signals by microphone Auditory range of humans and animals Auditory range of humans and animals Pressure waves transferring energy; use for cleaning and physiotherapy by ultrasound