Science: Key Stage 3 Based on the Exploring Science Scheme of Learning Term 1 & 2 Term 3 & 4 Term 5 & 6 Year 7 Cells, Tissues & Organs Particles Forces & Motion Reproduction Chemical Reactions Chemical Reaction Energy Year 8 8E Combustion 8F Periodic Table 8A Food & Nutrition 8B Plants & their Reproduction 8I Fluids 8J Light 8G Metals & Their Uses 8C Breathing & Respiration 8D Unicellular Organisms 8H Rocks 8K Energy Transfers 8L Earth & Space Key Stage 4 Current year 9 terms 1 & 2 based on the Exploring Science Scheme of Learning, Terms 3 6 are based on the new AQA Trilogy Science specification Term 1 & 2 Term 3 & 4 Term 5 & 6 Year 9 9B Plant Growth 9I Forces & Motion 9F Reactivity 9H Chemistry Transition 9J Light 9D Biology Transition 9L Physics Transition Atomic Structure Cells and Organisation Conservation and Dissipation of Energy Cells and Organisation The Periodic Table Energy Transfer by Heating Energy Resources Year 10 Disease and Bioenergetics Chemical Bonding & Calculations Electricity in the Home Molecules and Matter Biological Responses Chemical Reactions & Energy Changes Radioactivity Forces in Balance Ecology Rates & Equilibrium Motion Force and Motion
Year 11 Genetics & Reproduction Analysis & The Earth s Resources Wave Properties Electromagnetic Waves Chemistry Revision Electromagnetism Revision Chemistry Revision Physics Revision Current year 10 AQA Trilogy Combined Science specification Term 1 & 2 Term 3 & 4 Term 5 & 6 Year 10 Disease & Bioenergetics Atomic Structure & the Periodic Table Conservation and Dissipation of Energy Energy Transfer by Heating Energy Resources Biological Responses Chemical Bonding & Calculations Electric Fields Electricity in the Home Forces in Balance Year 11 Genetics & Reproduction Rates & Equilibrium Motion Force and Motion Wave Properties Analysis & The Earth s Resources Electromagnetic Waves Electromagnetism Ecology Chemical Reactions & Energy Changes Molecules and Matter Radioactivity Chemistry Revision Physics Revision
Current year 11 GCSE Science Exam board AQA Science A 1a 1b 1a Year 10 (Core Science) B1.1 Keeping healthy B1.2 Nerves & hormones B1.3 The use & abuse of drugs B1.4 Interdependence & adaptation B1.5 Energy & biomass in food chains B1.6 Waste materials from plants & animals B1.7 Genetic variation & its control B1.8 Evolution C1.1 The fundamental ideas in chemistry C1.2 Limestone & building materials C1.3 Metals & their uses 1b C1.4. Crude oils & fuels C1.5 Other useful substances form crude oil C1.6 Plant oils & their uses C1.7 Changes in the Earth & its atmosphere 1a P1.1 Heat energy transfer P1.1 Energy & efficiency P1.3 The usefulness of electrical appliances 1b P1.4 Methods we use to generate electricity P1.5 Waves & the universe Controlled Assessment ISA controlled assessment Year 11 (Additional Science) 2a B2.1 Cells & simple transport B2.2 Tissues, organs & organ systems B2.3 Photosynthesis B2.4 Organisms & their environment B2.5 Proteins their functions & uses 2b B2.6 Anaerobic & aerobic respiration B2.7 Cell division & inheritance B2.8 Speciation 2a C2.1 Structure & bonding C2.2 Structure, properties & uses of substances C2.3 Atomic structure & quantitative chemistry 2b C2.4 Rates of reaction C2.5 Exothermic & endothermic reactions C2.6 Acids, bases & salts C2.7 Electrolysis 2a P2.1 Forces & their effects P2.2 Kinetic energy of objects P2.3 Currents in electrical circuits 2b P2.4 Mains electricity P2.5 Radioactive substances P2.6 Nuclear fission & fusion Controlled Assessment ISA controlled assessment
Science: Key Stage 5 GCE Biology A: OCR Module 1 Development of practical skills in biology Module 2 Foundation in biology Module 3 Exchange and transport Module 4 Biodiversity, evolution & disease Year 12 1.1.1 Planning 1.1.2 Implementing 1.1.3 Analysis 1.1.4 Evaluation 2.1.1 Cell structure 2.1.2 Biological molecules 2.1.3 Nucleotides & nucleic acids 2.1.4. Enzymes 2.1.5 Biological membranes 2.1.6 Cell division, cell diversity & cellular organisation 3.1.1 Exchange surfaces 3.1.2 Transport in animals 3.1.3 Transport in plants 4.1.1 Communicable diseases, disease prevention & the immune system 4.2.1 Biodiversity 4.2.2 Classification & evolution Year 13 Module 5 communication, homeostasis and energy Module 6 Genetics, evolution and ecosystems 5.1.1 Communication & homeostasis 5.1.2 Excretion as an example of homeostatic control 5.1.3 Neuronal communication 5.1.4 Hormonal communication 5.1.5 Plant and animal responses 5.2.1 Photosynthesis 5.2.2 Respiration 6.1.1 Cellular control 6.1.2 Patterns of inheritance 6.1.3 Manipulating genomes 6.2.1 Cloning and biotechnology 6.3.1 Ecosystems 6.3.2 Populations and sustainability GCE Chemistry - Exam Board: AQA 3.1 Physical Chemistry 3.2 Inorganic Chemistry 3.3 Organic Chemistry 3.1.1 Atomic Structure 3.3.1 Introduction to Organic Chemistry 3.1.2 Amount of Substance 3.3.2 Alkanes 3.1.3 Bonding 3.2.1 Periodicity 3.3.3 Haloalkanes Year 12 3.1.4 Energetics 3.2.2 Group 2 Elements 3.3.4 Alkenes 3.1.5 Kinetics 3.2.3 Group 7 Elements 3.3.5 Alcohols 3.1.6 Equilibria 3.3.6 Organic Analysis 3.1.7 Oxidation and Reduction
Year 13 3.1.8 Thermodynamics 3.1.9 Rate Equations 3.1.10 Equilibrium Constant 3.1.11 Electrochemical Cells 3.1.12 Acids & Bases 3.2.4 Period 3 elements & their oxides 3.2.5 Transition Metals 3.2.6 Ions in Aqueous Solutions 3.3.7 Optical Isomerism 3.3.8 Aldehydes & Ketones 3.3.9 Carboxylic Acids & Derivatives 3.3.10 Aromatic Chemistry 3.3.11 Amines 3.3.12 Polymers 3.3.13 Amino Acids, Proteins & DNA 3.3.14 Organic Synthesis 3.3.15 NMR Spectroscopy 3.3.16 Chromatography GCE Physics AQA Year 12 Year 13 3.1 Measurements & 3.2 Particles and their errors radiation 3.1.1 Use of SI units and 3.2.1 Particles their prefixes 3.2.2 Electromagnetic 3.1.2 Limitation of radiation and quantum physical measurements phenomena 3.1.3 Estimation of physical quantities 3.6 Further mechanics and 3.7 Fields and their thermal physics consequences 3.6.1 Periodic motion 3.6.2 Thermal physics 3.7.1 Fields 3.7.2 Gravitational fields 3.7.3 Electric fields 3.7.4 Capacitance 3.7.5 Magnetic fields 3.3 Waves 3.4 Mechanics and materials 3.4.1 Force, energy and momentum 3.4.2 Materials 3.3.1 Progressive and stationary waves 3.3.2 Refraction, diffraction and interference 3.5 electricity 3.5.1 Current electricity 3.8 Nuclear physics 3.9 Astrophysics 3.8.1 Radioactivity 3.9.1 Telescopes 3.9.2 Classification of stars 3.9.3 Cosmology 3.10 Medical physics 3.11 Engineering physics 3.12 Turning points in physics 3.13 Electronics
3.10.1 Physics of the eye 3.10.2 Physics of the ear 3.10.3 Biological measurement 3.10.4 Non-ionising imaging 3.10.5 X-ray imaging 3.10.6 Radionuclide imaging and therapy 3.11.1 Rotational dynamics 3.11.2 Thermodynamics and engines 3.12.1 The discovery of the electron 3.12.2 Wave-particle duality 3.13.1 Discrete semiconductor devices 3.13.2 Analogue and digital signals 3.13.3 Analogue signal processing 3.13.4 Operational amplifier in 3.13.5 Digital signal processing 3.13.6 Data communication systems