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Term
AOI Code
Term 1
ENV
Term 1
ATL -models
Topic(s)
Learning
Objectives
Conservation of
species and their
habitats, and of natural
resources.
Advantages and
disadvantages of
synthetic fertilizers,
pesticide problems.
Term 2
ATL
Term 2
ATL/ENV
Heat Transfer
Term 1
HF Ampere, Voltaire
and Ohm
Electricity
Space
Chemical reactions
Application of particle
model to novel
situations
To be able to construct
simple parallel and
series circuits
To carry out
independent research
towards a project on
space
To apply chemical
reactions to observed
phenomenon
Introduction to
concepts of radiation,
conduction, convection
and be able to
recognise these in a
variety of everyday
situations
To be able to use
ammeters and
voltmeters
appropriately in series
and parallel circuits.
To understand the
effect of parallel and
series circuits on
voltage and amps.
To understand the
concept of resistance
and explain uses and
applications
Key Skills/
Questions
- Able to construct a
food chain, web and
pyramid for any given
ecosystem
- Can explain the use
To apply knowledge of
circuits to everyday
scenarios eg dodgem
cars, car lights and
fairy lights
To understand that
atoms are not created
or destroyed but
change groupings to
form new substances
To predict the products
of a reaction based on
knowledge of how
chemicals react and
patterns in chemical
reactions
To understand the
environmental
problems associated
with combustion
various fuels
- Able to apply particle
theory to understand
what happens to
atoms within a
chemical reaction.
- to identify faults in
series and parallel
circuits
- use models to
explain current and
voltage, tehn make
predictions about
current and voltage
using crocodile
physics (ICT)
Assessment
- Comprehension
exercise on DDT.
- Poster on the effects
of fertilisers on the
environment.
- Written test
- Reflective comments
in log book.
- homework tasks in
unit
- Booklet on saving
energy in the home.
- reflective comments
in log book
- written test
Potential Links
Geography
Technology use of
- report on Ampere,
Ohm or Voltaire and
their impact on our
understanding of
electricity
- homework tasks in
unit
- Research use of
variable resistors in
the home.
- experiment tasks
- reflective comments
in log book
-written test
History industrial
difference between
mass and weight?
- Explain, using forces,
how planets can orbit
the sun and how
satellites orbit planets.
- Explain what causes
seasons
- Know the names of
the planets in the
Solar system.
- Recall the uses of
artificial satellites.
- order objects in the
universe according to
size.
- Explain day and night
and the seasons
- Analyse data relating
to the solar system.
- Project on Earth and
Beyond.
- Written Test
- Reflective comments
in log book.
Geography use of
Geography burning
- practical exercise
- homework tasks in
unit
- 1 page research
project on
environmental
problems of burning
fossil fuels
- reflective comments
in log book
- written test
materials to insulate
and conduct heat
revolution
Technology sensors
and control
satellites for
monitoring weather
etc.
Astrodome in school
fossil fuels
environmental impact
Science
Term 2
HSE links to smoking
Respiration and Breathing
To be able to explain the
difference between breathing
and respiration.
Structure of the thorax and
mechanism of breathing.
Function of ciliated
epithelium and goblet cells.
Function of alveoli
To know the respiration
products and how to test for
them.
To understand the
importance of respiration in
giving energy to the body
To know the applications of
anaerobic respiration and the
problems it causes to the
human body
Term 3
ATL application of theories
Magnetism
To know that magnets have
poles and that like poles
repel and opposite poles
attract
To know how to make an
electromagnet.
To know the applications of
magnets and electromagnets
To know what the magnetic
field looks like around
different types of magnet and
know how to discover this
field using plotting
compasses and / or iron
filings
Term 3
HSE
Microbes and Health
To know that there are
different types of microbes
To understand how bacteria
and viruses reproduce.
To be able to explain how
microbes are spread
To know how antibiotics work
to destroy bacteria
To know that microbes are
responsible for decay and
recycling nutrients and can
be useful in fermentation,
food industry, medicine,
sewage, composting etc
Term 4
ATL application of theories
Sound, light and colour
To know that light travels in
straight lines and that light
can be reflected, absorbed or
transmitted.
To be able to demonstrate
and explain reflection,
refraction, total internal
reflection, dispersion and
diffraction.
Absorption and reflection of
colour with coloured objects
and filters.
Colour mixing and appreciate
the concept of primary and
secondary colours.
Appreciate that sound is
caused by vibrations and
relate this to pitch, frequency
and loudness
Represent sound on a CRO
Know that sound needs a
medium to travel through and
travels at different speeds in
different mediums
Understand what an echo is
and use them to measure the
speed of sound
Key Skills/
Questions
Assessment
Potential Links
PSHE smoking
PE - respiration and fitness
Technology use of
electricity and magnets
Science
Term
AOI Code
Term 5
ATL application of theories
Topic(s)
Learning
Objectives
Key Skills/
Questions
Term 5
ATL
revision
SAT
preparation
Term 6
ATL
Term 6
ATL
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Potential Links