Keystage 3 – Scheme of Work
Year 7
UNIT No. / Unit Title / Ideal teaching time (hrs)Introduction: Experiments & Investigating Science
Safety in the lab
Outline diagrams
Measuring Weight
Measuring Length
Measuring Temperature
Volume or regular & irregular objects / 4
7K / Forces & their effects
Using forces
Floating & sinking
Bending and stretching
Friction
Weight
Speed / 8
7E / Acids & alkalis
Acid or Alkali
Strength an pH
Neutralization
Using acids & alkalis / 7
7A / Cells
Microscopes
Looking at cells
Organs
Pollination
Seeds
Plant growth / 8
7I / Energy resources
What is energy
Running out of energy
Energy from the Sun
Fossil fuels
Burning fuels
Renewable energy / 9
7F / Simple chemical reactions
New materials
Rate of reaction
Burning
History of burning / 7
7C / Environment and feeding relationships
Habitat
Seasonal effects
Food chains
Adaptations
Populations / 8
7J / Electrical circuits
Circuit diagrams
Series circuits
Parallel circuits
Current / 8
7G / Particles
Solids, liquids, gases
States
Gases
Matter
Brownian motion and diffusion
Pressure / 7
7D / Variation & classification
Variation
Keys
Defining life
Classification
Animal Kingdoms / 7.5
7H / Solutions
What is a solution
Rock salt
Dissolving
Separating mixtures
Saturation / 8
7B / Reproduction
Having babies
Fertilisation
Gestation
Birth
Adolescence / 8
Year 8
UNIT No. / Unit Title / Ideal teaching time (hrs)8A / Food digestion
Energy from food
Food types
Testing food types
Digestion
The gut / 8
8I / Heating cooling
Heating
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Cooling curves / 10
8E / Atoms elements
Chemical elements
Symbols
Classifying elements
Periodic table
Making compounds / 7.5
8B / Respiration
Energy from Food
Breathing
Gas exchange
Blood
The heart
Other organisms / 9
8J / Magnets electromagnets
Magnets
Magnetic fields
Electro-magnets
Using electro-magnets / 7
8F / Compounds mixtures
Compounds
Mixtures
Separating mixtures / 8
8C / Microbes disease
Decomposers
Use microbes
Microbes & disease
Blood
Immune system / 8
8K / Light
Seeing light
Mirrors
Shadows
Refraction
Lenses
Colour / 7.5
8G / Rocks weathering
Rock types
Weathering
Erosion
Sedimentary rocks / 7.5
8D / Ecological relationships
Classification
Competition
Habitats
Population growth
Food pyramids
Feeding relationships / 9
8H / The rock cycle
Sedimentary rocks
Igneous Rocks
Metamorphic rocks / 7.5
8L / Sound and hearing
Making sounds
Sound waves
Music notes
Noise / 8.5
Year 9
UNIT No. / Unit Title / Ideal teaching time (hrs)9A / Inheritance and selection
Variations
Genes
Selective breeding
Cloning
DNA / 7.5
9J / Gravity and space
Mass and weight
Gravity
Rockets and satellites
Future of space travel / 7.5
9E / Reactions of metals and metal compounds
Uses of metals
Metal salts
Acids & Bases
Fertilisers / 7.5
9B / Fit and healthy
Health levels
Smoking
Alcohol
Muscles
Bone structure
The Heart / 8.5
9I / Energy and electricity
Energy transfer
Batteries
Series circuits
Parallel circuits
Generating electricity / 8
9F / Patterns of reactivity
Rusting
Reactivity rate
Predicting reactions
Useful reactions / 7.5
9C / Plants and photosynthesis
Photosynthesis
Leaves
Water around a plant
Carbon cycle / 7.5
9K / Speeding up
Balancing forces
Speed
Friction
Speed/Time graphs / 8
9D / Plants for food
Food cycles
Plant growth
Food pyramids / 7.5
9G / Environmental chemistry
Garden pH
Water cycle
Polluting water
Global warming / 7
9H / Using chemistry
Burning fuels
Exothermic & Endothermic reactions
Making iron
Changing mass / 7
9L / Pressure and moments
Pressure
Water pressure
Turning forces
Levers / 7.5