Science

Outline of Course:

Content:

The course is divided up into 12 modules, each of which covers a particular area of Science. The titles of the Modules are:

• Inheritance and Selection
• Fit and healthy
• Plants and Photosynthesis
• Plants for food
• Reactions of metals and metal compounds
• Patterns of reactivity
• Environmental chemistry
• Using chemistry
• Energy and electricity
• Gravity and space
• Speeding up
• Pressure and Moments

Activities:

• Note taking, carrying out and watching experiments (with the emphasis heavily on the side of the students carrying out their own experiments wherever possible).
• The teaching of Science theory
• Use of relevant videotapes. Investigations

Skills:

• Drawing diagrams
• Making and recording observations and measurements
• Using equipment accurately and safely
• Drawing conclusions from their results and observations
• Carrying out simple mathematical calculations
• Drawing charts and graphs carefully and accurately

Homework Activities:

• Writing up experiments
• Answering questions
• Researching topics
• Reading the textbook in preparation for lessons
• Revising the work for tests etc

Assessment:

• By end of module tests (these are short answer tests of about 40 ? 45 minutes duration)
• Practical assessment, to look at their ability to make predictions, plan experiments, carry them out, record data end draw conclusions
• Level assessed Tasks
• End of year SAT tests
• Homework tasks

Parental Contribution:

• Provide support and encouragement particularly in the area of homework tasks
• Provide resources over and above that which the school can afford to supply by way of textbooks etc. e.g. Science encyclopaedias for Christmas/birthday etc.
• Avoiding taking family holidays between Easter and the end of the Summer term will be of great benefit to the students

Useful resources and equipment:

• Good pen, pencil, ruler, rubber, coloured pencils, pencil sharpener (and a pencil case to keep them in)
• A calculator is a fairly cheap but very useful extra (but only if the pupil con do the Maths without it first!)
• Books as above. In particular we recommend that the students purchase a revision guide which is aimed exclusively at the material and content which will be examined in the SATs. The guide can be ordered through school.

Other relevant information.

In June the whole year group start the first Year 10 Module to provide a clear learning focus for the summer term and to relieve pressure on time in years 10 and 11.