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Year 7 Science Topics: Living Systems The Particulate Nature of Matter Forces and Motion

The document outlines the science topics that will be covered in Years 7 and 8. In Year 7, Term 1 topics include the particulate nature of matter, forces and motion, and living systems. Term 2 covers diet and health, atoms and compounds, and energy. Term 3 focuses on chemical reactions, electricity and electromagnetism. Year 8 Term 1 topics are photosynthesis and respiration, acids and alkalis, and levers and pressure. Term 2 includes reproduction and growth, materials and chemistry, and waves. Term 3 covers ecosystems, the Earth and atmosphere, and space.

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Year 7 Science Topics: Living Systems The Particulate Nature of Matter Forces and Motion

The document outlines the science topics that will be covered in Years 7 and 8. In Year 7, Term 1 topics include the particulate nature of matter, forces and motion, and living systems. Term 2 covers diet and health, atoms and compounds, and energy. Term 3 focuses on chemical reactions, electricity and electromagnetism. Year 8 Term 1 topics are photosynthesis and respiration, acids and alkalis, and levers and pressure. Term 2 includes reproduction and growth, materials and chemistry, and waves. Term 3 covers ecosystems, the Earth and atmosphere, and space.

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YEAR 7 SCIENCE TOPICS

The particulate nature of


Forces and motion
Living systems matter
How to describe the motion of
Living processes, cells in How all matter is made of
Term 1 objects using calculations and
plants and animals, unicellular particles, states of matter,
graphs, what a force is,
organisms and the role of solutions and several
different types of force and
skeleton and muscles. techniques for separating
their effects on objects
mixtures

Diet and health Atoms, elements and Energy


compounds
Nutrients, food groups and a Types of energy, energy
balanced diet, the human Atoms, elements and the transfers, conservation of
Term 2
digestive system, diseases Periodic Table, combining energy, energy resources used
caused by not having a elements to form compounds, to generate electricity, using
balanced diet and the use and naming compounds and electricity in the UK and
misuse of drugs. chemical formulae. worldwide.

Chemical reactions
Electricity and electromagnetism
Metals and non-metals and their oxides,
Term 3 Static electricity, circuits, current and potential
reactivity series and displacement reactions,
difference, resistance, magnets, the Earth’s
exothermic and endothermic reactions,
magnetic fields and electromagnets.
combustion, decomposition and reduction.
YEAR 8 SCIENCE TOPICS

BIOLOGY CHEMISTRY PHYSICS

Photosynthesis and
Acids and alkalis Levers, pressure and
respiration
moments
Everyday acids and alkalis,
Photosynthesis, the structure of
Term 1 indicators, the pH scale, Levers as simple machines,
a plant, fertilisers, aerobic and
neutralisation reactions moments of forces, the
anaerobic respiration, the
involving metals, hydroxides principle of moments, pressure
human respiratory and
and carbonates. in gases and liquids.
circulatory systems.

Reproduction and growth Materials and everyday


Waves
chemistry
Sexual and asexual
Wave properties, behaviour of
reproduction, pollination and Chemistry of respiration and
Term 2 light and sound (speeds,
plant reproduction, the human photosynthesis, polymers,
reflection and refraction), the
reproductive systems, ceramics, composite materials,
ear and hearing, the eye and
fertilisation, adolescence and hydrocarbons, medicines and
sight.
pregnancy. cooking food.

Ecosystems The Earth and atmosphere


Space
Describing the factors and The structure of the Earth,
The structure of our Solar
components of an ecosystem, formation of sedimentary,
System and its place within the
Term 3 feeding relationships with food igneous and metamorphic
Universe, using models to
chains and webs, pyramids of rocks, weathering and erosion,
explain day and night, seasons,
number and biomass, biofuels and the effect of
phases of the Moon and
fieldwork and environmental carbon dioxide levels on the
eclipses.
problems. atmosphere.

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