KEY STAGE 3 SCIENCE 2014+ YEAR TWO PROGRAMME OF STUDY

KS3 Science 2014+ Year Two Programme of Study

Core Textbooks

Activate 2 : Hulme, Locke and Reynolds; Oxford University Press 2013 978-0-19-839257-6

Activate 3 : Hulme, Locke and Reynolds; Oxford University Press 2013 978-0-19-839258-3

Key Websites

http://www.sciencebob.com/index.php

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/science/

http://www.scifun.org

http://www.physics.org/marvinandmilo.asp

http://www.footprints-science.co.uk/

You will be directed to these at appropriate times throughout the course. However, feel free to investigate any of them at any time; there is a wealth of
information to help you here!

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Overview of Year Two

Book Unit Topic

Activate 2 10 Ecology and How Science Works
Activate 2 11 Our Planet
Activate 2 and 3 12 Energy Work and Power
Activate 2 and 3 13 Inheritance and Genetic Technology
Activate 2 and 3 14 Metals and Chemistry Revision
Activate 2 and 3 15 Forces and Motion/ Space 2
Activate 3 16 Fighting Disease and Biotechnology
Activate 2 and 3 17 Atomic World (Chemistry)
Activate 3 18 Wave (Physics)

At the start of each section of the text book there is a summary page. This describes what you should already know. You might find it useful to review these
sections to refresh your memory.

For each section answer the “in text” questions and do the activities suggested. These are designed to help you think about the topic. Answer the questions
at the end of the topic as these will help you prepare for the assessment.

Keep a glossary of key words and terms and use the chapter summaries to generate revision notes or mind maps. This help you revise for the final course
assessment. Keep your revision material safe.

Experiments and Activities are described in the book, and links to practical activities on the Internet are given where necessary.

Advice/Safety gives additional information on carrying out the practical or obtaining materials for them. Advice also includes information about resources
you need to collect in advance for use later on. Make sure that parents/tutors help and supervise where appropriate.

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Unit Ten: Ecology (Activate 2) / How Science Works (Activate 1)

Reading Key Ideas / Section to Read Experiments / Activities Advice / Safety In text /
Summary
Questions
HSW Review Activate 1 p2-11 if you Plan an experiment to study effect of a fertiliser on the Cress seeds are REVIEW
Activate need growth of plants. suitable along with a Activate 1
1 help small bag of compost P 2-11
Set this experiment up to run over 1-2 weeks. and pots.
How Science Works 1 DO NOT DO
Ask questions and develop a line of Think about a prediction …….the seedlings that receive QUESTIONS
enquiry based on observations of more fertiliser will……………….. I think this is because A fertiliser like Baby
the real world, alongside prior Bio is ideal. Add
knowledge and experience. 0/1/2/3/4/5
Decide on the range of fertilizer concentrations. How many
different concentrations will you test? drops to about
Make predictions using scientific 100ml (small cup)
knowledge and understanding. and use this as a
Dependent variables: what will you measure? Height of watering solutions.
Seedlings/mass?
These are your
Select, plan and carry out the most
appropriate types of scientific Independent
How many seedlings will you plant in each group? This will variables.
enquiries to test predictions,
determine reliability.
including identifying independent,
dependent and control variables,
where appropriate. What will you control??Make a list of all the variables you
will control
Use appropriate techniques,
apparatus, and materials during How will you record your results?
fieldwork and laboratory work,
paying attention to health and CONTINUE TO STUDY THIS TOPIC WILL WAITING FOR

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Reading Key Ideas / Section to Read
safety
How Science Works 2
Make and record observations and
measurements.
Apply mathematical concepts and
calculate results.
Present observations and data
using appropriate methods,
including tables and graphs.
Interpret observations and data,
including identifying patterns and
using observations, measurements
and data to draw conclusions.
Present reasoned explanations,
including explaining data in relation
to predictions and hypotheses.
Evaluate data, showing awareness
of potential sources of random and
systematic error.
Evaluate the reliability of methods
and suggest possible
improvements.
Experiments / Activities Advice / Safety In text /
Summary
Questions
SEEDLINGS TO GROW. TRY TO FINISH UP TO 2.3.
Allow your seedling to grow for a week or so. Ensure they REVIEW
are watered regularly with their fertiliser solutions. Activate 1
P 2-11
Make and record your observations and measurements.
DO NOT DO
Calculate mean values from your results and present them QUESTIONS
graphically.
Remember the independent variable goes on the x axis.
Prepare a report which can be e-mailed to your tutor for
feedback.
In your report outline your methods and explain how you
ensured your experiment was reliable.
Include your graph and explain what it means. Did your
findings match your prediction? Can you explain
unexpected results?
Evaluate your experiment. How reliable was your data?
How could you improve your experiment?
What further questions could you investigate?
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Reading Key Ideas / Section to Read Experiments / Activities Advice / Safety In text /
Summary
Questions

Identify further questions arising

from their results.
B 2.1 Photosynthesis
Plants making carbohydrates in
their leaves by photosynthesis and
gaining mineral nutrients and water
from the soil via their roots.
Activate
2 Reactants in, and products of,
photosynthesis, and a word
summary for photosynthesis
Glucose made by photosynthesis is stored in plants as Iodine solution is p 22-23
starch available from
pharmacies.
See how to test a leaf for starch at:
Footprints Science: Starch in Leaves Care with iodine. It
stains the skin.
Cut a potato into 2, drop on iodine. If it turns from orange
Parental supervision
to black starch is present. Try other fruits/vegetables.

B 2.2 Leaves
The adaptations of leaves for
photosynthesis.
The role of leaf stomata in gas
exchange in plants.
The role of leaf stomata in gas
exchange in plants.
Paint both sides of a variety of leaves with clear nail vanish. Clear nail vanish p 24-25
Leave to dry. If you remove the layer of dried vanish Tweezers
carefully you may see “donut shapes” under a hand lens or
microscope. These are the impressions of stomata. What is
Parental supervision
different about the top and bottom of the leaf?
Or
Vaseline
Add Vaseline to the top or bottom of several leaves. Use
paperclips to hang them to a “washing line”. Which dry out
quicker? Why?

B 2.3 Plant minerals Can you use this spread to add information and explanation p 26-27
to your report on The effect of fertilisers on the growth of
cress?
B 2.4 Chemosynthesis Find out about volcanic vents. See if you can find a movie p 28-29
clip of one.

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Reading Key Ideas / Section to Read Experiments / Activities Advice / Safety In text /
Summary
Questions
B 2.5 Aerobic respiration REVIEW : REVISE REVIEW p 30-31
Aerobic respiration in living Remember ALL living things respire. Plants respire for DO NOT DO
organisms, including the energy as well as animals. QUESTIONS
breakdown of organic molecules to
enable all the other chemical
processes necessary for life
Word summary for aerobic
respiration.
B 2.6 Anaerobic Respiration REVIEW : REVISE REVIEW p 32-33
The process of anaerobic DO NOT DO
respiration in humans and micro- QUESTIONS
organisms, including fermentation,
and a word summary for anaerobic
respiration
The differences between aerobic
and anaerobic respiration in terms
of the reactants, the products
formed and the implications for the
organism.
B 2.7 Food chains and webs Collect pictures of plants and animals to make a display of p 34-35
The interdependence of organisms food chains. Label the food chains to show which organisms
in an ecosystem, including food are a) producers or consumers, b) herbivores, carnivores or
webs and insect pollinated crops omnivores, c) predators or prey.
See if you can turn the food chain you made into a food
web by adding some more organisms.
B2.8 Disruption to food chains and See if you can turn the food chain you made into a food p 36-37
web web by adding some more organisms.

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Reading Key Ideas / Section to Read Experiments / Activities Advice / Safety In text /
Summary
Questions
Show organisms affect, and are
affected by, their environment,
including the accumulation of toxic
materials.
B2.9 Ecosystems Consider your garden or an outdoor space nearby. Parental supervision p 38-39
Try to identify the organisms you find there. Research the
organisms you identify. What does it eat? Who eats it? Try
to construct a food web for this habitat.
B 3.1 Competition and Adaptation Make an ‘Adaptations for a Habitat’ poster p 42-43
B 3.2 Adapting to change Make a list of how your garden habitat would change with p 44-45
the seasons.
Revise and Review Revise using BBC Bitesize Key Stage 3 Science p 40-41

Use page 40 to make summary note.s and answer

questions1-6 on page 41

Questions 1 and 2 p 57 p 57
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Unit Eleven: Our Planet (Activate 2)
Reading Key Ideas / Section to Read
Activate 2 C4.1 The Earth and its
atmosphere
The structure of the Earth the
composition of the Earth
C4.2 Sedimentary Rocks
C4.3 Igneous and metamorphic
rocks
Experiments / Activities Advice / Safety In text /
Summary
Questions
Studying rocks: Collect any different p104-105
Collect some rocks from your garden or a beach. rocks.
Use a hand lens to examine the surface of the rock. Hand lens
Is your rock made up of grains or interlocking crystals? Iron nail (care)
What do they look like (size/colour…or the grains/are the Parental guidance
crystals all the same or are there different types?)
Scratch the rock with a steel nail.
Record your observations in the table below
Rock sample Structure Hardness Diagram
Do a Google search for pictures of “sedimentary rocks”. Are Parental guidance p 106-107
any of the rocks in your collection sedimentary?
You could ask your parent to help you make sedimentary
rocks by using
http://www.earthlearningidea.com/PDF/Make_your_own_ro
ck.pdf
Do a Google search for pictures of “igneous rocks” and p 108-109
“metamorphic “rocks . Are any of the rocks in your collection
igneous or metamorphic?
Look up Rock watch. Are there any events/museums in your
area (uk only)
http://www.rockwatch.org.uk/index.html
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Reading Key Ideas / Section to Read
C 4.4 The Rock Cycle
The rock cycle and the
formation of igneous,
sedimentary and metamorphic
rocks
C 2.4 Lessons from fossils
Activate 3
Experiments / Activities Advice / Safety In text /
Summary
Questions
Complete the activity at:: p 110-111
Footprints Science: The Rock Cycle
Look up Rock watch. Are there any events/museums in your p 78-79
area with fossil collections? (uk only)
http://www.rockwatch.org.uk/index.html

C2.5 The oldest primate
Activate 2 C 4.5 The Carbon Cycle
The composition of the
atmosphere
Make a poster about Archicebus outlining the scientific p 80-81
importance of it discovery.
Read the page at: p 113-114
BBC Bitesize: Combustion of Fuels

C 4.6 Climate Change Watch this animation on the greenhouse effect and global p 115-116
The production of carbon warming.
dioxide by human activity and
the impact on climate.
C 4.7 Recycling How much does your family recycle in a week? p 116-117
Earth as a source of limited
resources and the efficacy of
recycling
Activate 3
Extension C 1.5 Cars : pros and cons Complete maths challenge on p 70 of activate 3. p 62-63
C1.6 New fuels p 64-65

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Reading Key Ideas / Section to Read Experiments / Activities Advice / Safety In text /
Summary
Questions
C 1.7 Cleaning up exhausts Explain how catalytic converters make exhaust fumes less P 66-67
harmful
C1.8 Hybrid electric cars p68-69
Use p 118 to create a revision mind map Activate 2
ASSIGNMENT ELEVEN Answer questions 1-6 on page 119 (activate 2) p 118-119
Revise using BBC Bitesize Key Stage 3 Science

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Unit Twelve: Energy Work and Power (Activate 2 and 3)

Reading Key Ideas / Section to Experiments / Activities Advice / Safety In text /
Read Summary
Questions
Activate 2 P 2.1 Food and fuels Try to work out how many kilojoules of energy you consumed Use food labels. p140-141
Comparing energy values today.
of different foods (from
labels) (kJ)
P 2.2 Energy adds up Goggle “infrared photos” and find out where humans lose p 142-143
Comparing amounts of most of their heat energy.
energy transferred (J, kJ,
kW hour)
P 2.3 Energy and Take three bowls. Fill one with hot water (from tap, not from a A strip thermometer or p144-145
temperature kettle), one with cold water and one with warm water. Place an alcohol thermometer
Heating and thermal one hand in hot and one in cold water for about 30 seconds. are safest.
equilibrium: temperature Now put BOTH hands in warm water. What do you notice? Take great care if
difference between two thermometer contains
objects leading to energy If you have a thermometer, you can try this activity. Put some mercury. Only use this
transfer from the hotter hot water from a kettle (parental supervision) into a cup (or under parental
to the cooler one, through better a cleaned tin can) and record the temperature every supervision
contact (conduction) or minute for 10 minutes. Then put a lid on the cup and repeat. If you can find a metal
radiation; such transfers Plot a graph of time (x axis) vs temperature (y axis). This is a tin can (CARE with sharp
tending to reduce the cooling curve. What is the effect of insulating the cup? edges) this will give
temperature difference: better results.
use of insulators
Look at the animation activity at:
Footprints Science: Heat

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Reading Key Ideas / Section to Experiments / Activities Advice / Safety In text /

Read Summary
Questions
P 2.4 Energy transfer: Test the conductivity of different materials. Put a metal spoon Take care you do not p146-147
particles and a wooden spoon into a hot drink, which one gets hot? burn yourself with hot
Put hot water into a glass, a plastic mug and a china mug, water.
which one gets hot?
Make some Marvin and Milo convection snakes
P 2.5 Energy transfer: Repeat the experiment in P 2.3. This time firstly wrap your tin If you can find a metal p 148-149
radiation can (metal camping cup) in aluminium foil and then in black tin can (CARE with sharp
paper. Use a lid with a hole for your thermometer. Plot your edges) this will give
cooling curves on the same graph as before. Can you explain better results
your results in terms of radiation?
P 2.6 Energy Resources Look at the Energy.gov: Wind Turbine Animation. p 150-151
Fuels and energy Look at the Footprints Science Power Station animation.
resources. Have a look at the nuclear power station animations here.

P 2.7 Energy and Power Look up some infra-red pictures of houses. p 152-153
With your parents’ permission, ask to look at their latest
Domestic fuel bills, fuel energy bill. Ask them to show you how to read the meter. See
use and costs if you can calculate how much gas and electricity you have
Comparing power ratings used since the latest bill.
of appliances in watts (W,
kW)
P2.8 Work ,energy and Look for examples of levers in your home. p 154-155
machines
Simple machines give Read the information: Dynamic Science: Levers. Click
bigger force but at the “exercises” at the bottom of this page, and complete these 3
expense of smaller questions.
movement (and vice

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Reading Key Ideas / Section to Experiments / Activities Advice / Safety In text /

Read Summary
Questions
versa): product of force
and displacement
unchanged

P 1.6 Your planet P 112-113

ACTIVATE
3 Revise using p 156 to create a mind map or revision notes for
this topic.
ASSIGNMENT TWELVE Answer questions 1-9 page 157 Activate 2

Revise using BBC Btesize Key Stage 3 Science

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Unit Thirteen: Inheritance and Genetic Technology (Activate 2 and 3)

Reading Key Ideas / Section to Read Experiments / Activities Advice / In text /
Safety Summary
Questions
Activate 2 B3.3 Variation Look at a photo of your family. Make a list of the similarities of p 46-47
Differences between species people in the photograph.
B3.4 Continuous and discontinuous Investigate the range of variation in the length of 50 leaves from p 48-49
The variation between individuals the same tree in your garden. Sort the data into small groups
within a species being continuous or and draw a histogram like on page 49.
discontinuous, to include
measurement and graphical
representation of variation
B3.5 Inheritance Complete the Footprints Science DNA Activity. p 50-51
Heredity as the process by which
genetic information is transmitted
from one generation to the next
Activate 3
B 3.6 Natural selection Find a photograph of the fossil Archaeopteryx. Which of it’s p 52-53
The variation between species and features are like a bird and which are like a reptile.
between individuals of the same
species means some organisms
compete more successfully, which can
drive natural selection
B 3.7 Extinction Why did the dinosaurs become extinct? What theories do p 54-55
scientists have to explain this? Look at the Footprints Science
Fossils animation.
B 1.1 Genetics p 4-5

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Reading Key Ideas / Section to Read Experiments / Activities Advice / In text /

Safety Summary
Questions
B 1.2 Inherited Disorders p 6-7

B 1.3 Selective Breeding
B 1.4 Genetic Engineering
Collect pictures of 4 different breeds of working dogs from the p 8-9
internet.
Make a list of the characteristics they have in common.
Make a list of the features that are different in each breed.
What features make each dog suitable for their job?
Complete the activity on p10. p 10-11

B 1.5 Cloning See if you can make a cutting of a geranium plant using the P 12-13
instructions in the activity on p50. If you can get 1 tiny piece of
duckweed, leave it in a glass of water for about 10 days, watch it
every day.
Look at the Footprints Science sheep cloning animation.

B2.5 DNA Make a model of DNA from sweets p 30-31

A simple model of chromosomes, http://nobel.scas.bcit.ca/resource/dna/dna_sweets.htm
genes and DNA in heredity, including
the part played by Watson, Crick,
Wilkins and Franklin in the
development of the DNA modela
simple model of chromosomes, genes
and DNA in heredity, including the
part played by Watson, Crick, Wilkins
and Franklin in the development of
the DNA model

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Reading Key Ideas / Section to Read Experiments / Activities Advice / In text /

Safety Summary
Questions
B2.6 Charles Darwin Produce a poster about this famous scientist . P 50-51

B 2.7 Preventing Extinction p 52-53

The importance of maintaining
biodiversity and the use of gene banks
to preserve hereditary material.

Revise using BBC Bitesize Key Stage 3 Science.

Use Activate 2 : p 56 to write revision notes and answer
ASSIGNMENT THIRTEEN questions 3-6 p 57
Use Activate 3 : p 36 to write revision note and answer question
2 p37

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Unit Fourteen: Metal Chemistry (Activate 2 and 3)

Reading Key Ideas / Section to Read Experiments / Activities Advice / Safety In text /
Summary
Questions
Activate C 3.1 Acids and metals. Prepare a mind map about metals to revise what you already p86-87
2 Reactions of acids with metals to know. Use pages 60-61 of Activate 2.
produce a salt plus hydrogen. Watch the reactions of different metals with acid:
magnesium and calcium:
Watch the reactions of calcium, copper and zinc with
hydrochloric acid: zinc and calcium.

C 3.2 Metals & Oxygen Watch magnesium burning in air here. p88-89

C 3.3 Metals & Water Watch the reactions of different metals with water: p 90-91
Sodium, lithium, and potassium.
Watch this ‘Braniac’ video about alkali metals.
C 3.4 Metal Displacement Watch the displacement of silver from silver nitrate. p 92-93
reactions
Combustion, thermal Watch the thermite reaction here.
decomposition, oxidation and
displacement reactions.
C 3.5 Extracting Metals p 94-95
The order of metals and carbon
in the reactivity series
C 3.1 Break-in! Revision of separation techniques p 84-85
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Reading Key Ideas / Section to Read
C 3.2 Smelly problem
C 3.3 Message in a bottle
C 3.4 Blood alcohol
C 3.5 Body
C 3.6 Clues in the carpet
C 3.7 A week a court
Revise and Review
Experiments / Activities Advice / Safety In text /
Summary
Questions
Revision of indicators p 86-87
Revision of chromatography p 88-89
Extension of chromatography p 90-91
Rusting 5 nails p 92-93
Set up an experiment.
1) Iron nail in air
2) Iron nail in water
3) Iron nail in boiled water (less air)
4) Iron nail in salt water
5) Iron nail covered with vasolene in water
Make observations
After a week. Under what conditions do nails rust?
p 94-95
p 96-97
Revise using BBC Bitesize Key Stage 3 Science p 102-103
Copy the table on p 102 Activate 2. Activate 2
Take notes on the other key points
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Unit Fifteen: Forces and Motion/Space (Activate 2 and 3)
Reading Key Ideas / Section to Read
Activate P 3.1 Speed
2 Speed and the quantitative relationship
between average speed, distance and
time (speed = distance ÷ time)
P 3.2 Motion Graphs
the representation of a journey on a
distance-time graph
P 3.3 Pressures in gases
P 3.4 Pressure in liquids
P 3.5 Pressure on Solids
P 3.6 Turning Forces
Change depending on direction of force
and its size.
Experiments / Activities Advice / Safety In text /
Summary
Questions
Complete the activity on p121 p120-121
Have a look at the animation at
Footprints Science: Forces.
Complete the activity on p123. Use your HSW skills to record p122-123
your results.
Watch the tutorial video at the bottom of the page at
BBC Bitesize: Describing Motion.
Read the information at p124-125
BBC Bitesize: Forces – Pressure.
Carry out the Marvin and Milo experiments at: p126-127
Penny Rocket, Alka-Seltzer Rocket, and Hovercrafty.
Make a balloon rocket at Science Bob.
Try the collapsing can experiment at Scifun.
p128-129
Read the information: BBC Bitesize: Forces – Moments. p130-131
Read the information: Dynamic Science: Levers. Click
“exercises” at the bottom of this page, and complete these 3
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questions.
Activate P 1.5 Your Sports p132-133
3 P 2.1 Discovering the universe Do you know who professor Brian Cox is? p134-135
You might like to watch his talk on the universe (about 50
minutes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u9YmpCg9bY
P 2.2 Discovering the Universe 2 If you live near The National Space Centre it may be possible p136-137
to visit. Otherwise you can visit the site.
http://www.spacecentre.co.uk

P 2.3 The Big Bang Here is a 5 minute presentation by Stephen Hawkings p138-139

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs-yWMuBNr4
P 2.4 Spacecraft and Satellites A short film (5 minutes) explaining how satellites work p140-141

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4gGalZV8TM
P 2.5 Mission to the Moon The Apollo 11 moon landing p142-143

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRwKUScppvQ
P 3.1 Detecting planets Revising light and lenses….do you have access to a p 136-137
telescope?
P 3.2 Detecting alien life http://www.seti.org p 138-139

Find out about the organisation SETI

P 3.3 Detecting position Find out about GPS P 140-141

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Reading Key Ideas / Section to Read Experiments / Activities Advice / Safety In text /
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Questions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n0T992ccik
Revise and Review Activate 2 pages 170 use key points and answer questions 1- P
8
Assignment 15 Activate 3 pages 134 use key points (first 5) and answer
questions 1, 2, 3 and 4.

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Unit Sixteen: Fighting Disease and Biotechnology (Activate 3)

Reading Key Ideas / Section to Read Experiments / Activities Advice / In text /
Safety Summary
Questions
Activate 3 B 2.1 Vaccines 1 Watch p22-23
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMMwF3xiwik
B 2.2 Vaccines 2 Do you have a record of your vaccinations. p 24-25

B 2.3 Antibiotics 1 p 26-27

B 2.4 Antibiotics 2 p 28-29
B 1.6 Biotechnology 1 Use yeast to make some bread. Easy to find a p 14-15
recipe.
B 1.7 Biotechnology 2 p 16-17
B 1.8 Enzymes in Industry Stain some scrap pieces of fabric with coffee or berry juice. p 18-19
The importance of bacteria in the Soak stained fabric in Put a
human digestive system 1) Warm water teaspoon of
2) A solution of biological washing powder(warm water) powder in a
cup.
3) A solution of non-biological washing powder(warm
water) Care of skin
irritation.
Which removes the stains most effectively.
B 3.1 Microscopy If you have a microscope use it to look at fibres p 38-39
B 3.2 Fingerprinting Use an inkpad to create sets of fingerprints. p 40-41
B 3.3 DNA Fingerprinting p 42-43
B 3.4 Blood Typing Do you know your blood group? p 44-45
B 3.5 Time of death p 46-47

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Reading Key Ideas / Section to Read Experiments / Activities Advice / In text /

Safety Summary
Questions
B 3.6 Pathology Do the case study on page 50. p 48-49

Revise and Review Use pages 36 and 50 to review the key points and answer
Assignment 16 questions 3-5 (p 37) and 1-6 (p51)

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Unit Seventeen: Atomic World (Chemistry)

Reading Key Ideas / Section to Read Experiments / Activities Advice / Safety In text /
Summary
Questions
C 2.1 Evidence for atoms
C .2 Looking into atoms http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5oqg_LiXuY
C 2.3 Discovering the Periodic Table These a bit of fun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1TfPDlA1xE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuQ0Um4Wcz0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UodJcejqscQ
C 3.6 Ceramics How many different ceramic materials can you find in your p 96-97
Properties of ceramics, polymers and home.
composites (qualitative).
C3.7 Polymers Slime: this is a polymer made from polyvinyl alcohol (pva) PVA glue p 98-99
glue Borax (chemist)
http://www.sciencebob.com/experiments/polymer.php This is irritant so
care with eyes.
C 3.8 Composites Try these activities about building a lifeboat. p 98-99
http://rnli.org/safetyandeducation/teachersandyouthleader
s/resources/Pages/BigBangFair/BigBang.aspx
C 1.1 Nanoparticles Watch Steven Fry’s Introduction to Nanotechnology P 53-55
On You tube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70ba1DByUmM
C 1.2 Using Nanoparticles P 56-57

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C 1.3 Nanoparticles in medicine P 58-59
C 1.4 Nanoparticle safety P 60-61
Revise and Review Use Activate 2 page 102 and Activate 3 pages 70 and 82 to
Assignment 17 create a revision map for this topic

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Unit Eighteen: Wave World/Physics (Activate 3)

Reading Key Ideas / Section to Read Experiments / Activities Advice / In text /
Safety Summary
Questions
Activate 3 P 1.1 Your phone Listen to this song on Youtube p 102-103
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjOGNVH3D4Y&feature=kp
P 1.2 Your house p104-105

P1.3 Your hospital- intensive care p106-107

P1.4 Your hospital- seeing inside p108-109

P 2.6 Radioactivity 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oUagoF_viQ
p 126-127
P 2.7 Radioactivity 2
p 128-129
Activate 3 P 2.8 Electromagnetism 1
The magnetic effect of a current,
electromagnets, D.C. motors
(principles only). p 130-131
P 2.9 Electromagnetism 2 This twenty minute video helps you understand communication

P 3.4 Detecting messages
P 3.5 Detecting particles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofz17EeJTDA p 132-133
Find out about radio waves.
p 142-143
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al7sFP4C2TY
Find out about the Large Hadron Collider

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KEY STAGE 3 SCIENCE 2014+ YEAR TWO PROGRAMME OF STUDY

Reading Key Ideas / Section to Read Experiments / Activities Advice / In text /

Safety Summary
Questions
p 144-145
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UodJcejqscQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw3KuNgD-jE
Revise and Review Use p 114 / p134 and 146 to write out the key points from this
Assignment 18 topic.

Final Test

Now that you have completed all the assignments for your Key Stage 3 course it is time to take the Final Test. Your test can be found in the very last module
on Canvas. This module will be automatically unlocked once all your assignments have been marked.

Please complete the Final Test and submit it on Canvas as you would do for an assignment. Your Final Test will be marked by your Tutor and you will be
supplied with a Final Report.

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