Bow School

Science

Science

Science at Bow produces inquisitive and enquiring students who will always go ‘to great lengths to finds the answers.

WHAT ARE THE BIG IDEAS IN science?

HOW ARE THESE DEVELOPED?

WHAT TOPICS ARE USED TO EXPLORE THESE IDEAS?

 

Autumn

Spring

Summer

Year 7

Elements, atoms, compounds & mixtures.

Energy and power

 

Cells, tissues and organ systems- breathing, circulatory, digestive and skeletal

Chemical reactions

Forces

 

Reproduction, variation, plant biology and reproduction

 

 

Year 8

Photosynthesis, breathing, respiration and circulatory system

Periodic table and reactivity

 

Light & Sound 

Ecology

Interdependence, Disease & microbes

Earth science

Electricity &

Electromagnetism

Year 9

Atomic structure

History of the atom

Periodic table

Bonding- Ionic & Covalent

 Cell structure.

Transport in cells.

Enzymes in digestion.

 

 

Energy stores & transfer.

Electrical appliances and power

Bonding- metallic

Properties of matter.

Chemical changes

Blood & circulation.

Non communicable diseases

 Density and change of state. Gas pressure Radioactivity

 

Year 10

Infection and Response

Bioenergetics

 Energy Changes

 The rate and extent of chemical change

Atomic Structure

 Homeostasis and response

 Inheritance and variation

Forces

 Chemistry of the atmosphere

Year 11

Waves

 Magnetism and electromagnetism

 Ecology

Quantitative Chemistry

 Organic Chemistry

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