Core Knowledge

Bonding

• Bonding (Ionic, Covalent, Metallic)
• Polymers
• Properties of metals and alloys

Electricity

• Current, potential difference & resistance
• Resistors
• Series and parallel circuits
• Energy transfers
• Everyday energy and the national grid

Organisation

• Digestive system
• Heart & blood vessels
• Non-communicable disease
• Plant tissues and organs

Energy change

• Energy transfer during an exothermic and endothermic reactions
• Reaction profiles
• Energy change of reactions (bond energy calculations)

Particle model of matter

• Density
• Changes of state
• Internal energy
• Specific heat capacity
• Specific latent heat

Infection

• Communicable disease
• Bacterial and viral disease
• Fungal & protist disease

Enriched Knowledge

• Organisation
  • Immunity and gut biome
• Infection
  • Measure to prevent spread of disease in a global pandemic
• Electricity – LDRs in lampposts, thermistors in central heating
• Particle Model of Matter – Archimedes discovery “EUREKA” story

Key Vocabulary

• Bonding:
  • Ionic, covalent, metallic, lattice, intermolecular, electrostatic, polymer, allotropes, fullerene.
• Energy changes:
  • Exothermic, endothermic, activation energy, catalyst, cell.
• Organisation:
  •  differentiate, denature protein, haemoglobin, statins, translocation, transpiration, potometer, communicable, non-communicable, microorganism, binary fission, benign, malignant
• Electricity:
  • Conduct, insulate, charge, circuit, current, potential difference, voltage rating, resistance, series, parallel, electron, power, national grid, transformer, LED, LDR, thermistor, diode, fuse, voltmeter, ammeter, amps, coulombs, volts
• Particle Model of Matter:
  • Model, dimensions, conserve, vapour, fusion, density, atmosphere, kinetic, system, latent heat, specific heat capacity, pressure, internal
• Infection:
  • Pathogen, virus, bacteria, fungi, protist, salmonella, gonorrhoea, insecticide, fungicide

For a more detailed overview, please see below:

Electricity: Circuits and Calculations, Devices and Applications

Partical Model of Matter

Energy Stores and Transfers

Heating Calculations

Core Knowledge

Response to Infections

• First line of defence
• Drugs in use – antibiotics, painkillers & vaccines
• Drug development

Electrolysis

• Electrolysis of molten compounds
• Electrolysis of solutions
• Half equations

Bioenergetics

• Photosynthesis
• Uses of glucose
• Respiration
• Metabolism

Acids and Alkalis

• Reactions of metals and acids
• Neutralisation
• Soluble salts practical
• pH scale
• Strong and weak acids

Atomic structure

• Models of the atom and isotopes
• Atoms and nuclear radiation
• Decay equation and half life
• Radioactive contamination

Enriched Knowledge

• Response to Infections – How the timescale of vaccine production was changed during COVID-19
• Electrolysis:
  • Galvanisation of metals
• Acids and alkalis:
  • Industrial uses of acids and alkalis (steam systems).
• Bioenergetics
  • Artificial photosynthesis and space exploration
• Atomic Structure – Chernobyl disaster, Litvinenko poisoning

Key Vocabulary

• Response to infection:
  • Phagocytosis, antibodies, antibiotics, antitoxins, herd immunity, correlation, monoclonal antibodies
• Electrolysis:
  • Cation, anion, cathode, anode, electrode, electrolyte, oxidation, reduction, inert, aqueous, molten.
• Acids and Alkalis:
  • Neutralisation, H+ ions, OH- ions, dissociation, reduction, oxidation, corrosion.
• Atomic Structure:
  • Electron, proton, neutron, nucleus, nucleon, isotope, atom, particle, plum pudding, mass number, atomic number, radioactive, activity, decay, half-life, contamination, irradiation
• Bioenergetics:
  • Endothermic, exothermic, yield, aerobic, anaerobic, lactic acid, metabolism, oxygen debt, mitochondria, chloroplast

For a more detailed overview, please see below:

Atomic Structure

Core Knowledge

Quantitative

• Conservation of mass
• Relative formula mass
• Concentrations of solutions
• Reacting masses
• Limiting reactants
• Titrations (triple only)
• Volume of gas (triple only)

Homeostasis

• Nervous system
• Endocrine system
• Blood glucose
• Hormones in reproduction
• Contraception

Rates

• Calculating the rate of a reaction
• Factors which affect the rate of a reaction
• Catalyst
• Reversible reactions and dynamic equilibrium
• Le Chatelier's principle

Forces

• Contact and non-contact forces
• Work done and energy transfer
• Forces and elasticity
• Forces and motion
• Newton’s Laws of motion

Enriched Knowledge

Quantitative:

• Scientific process of accepting new ideas (Avogadro).

Homeostasis

• Circadian-Controlled Thirst
• Scientists determine how the brain’s central clock regulates drinking prior to sleep in rodents.

Forces

• Felix Baumgartner red bull jump, driving test stopping distance simulator

Key Vocabulary

Quantitative:

Mole, Mr, Avogadro, isotope, excess, limiting reagent, atom economy, yield, concentration, burette, pipette, titre.

Rates:

Concentration, pressure, surface area, catalyst, rate, temperature, equilibrium, reversible, Le Chatelier, yield, products, reactants, activation energy.

Forces:

Acceleration, momentum, velocity, Newton, resultant, inertia, kinetic, stopping distance, Hooke, extension, weight, mass,

Homeostasis:

Neuron, reflex arc, cerebral cortex, accommodation, endocrine, insulin, diabetes, feedback, oestrogen, contraception, tropism, thermoregulation, selective reabsorption, dialysis

For a more detailed overview, please see below:

Resultant forces

Core Knowledge

Inheritance

• Sexual and asexual reproduction
• Meiosis
• Genetic Inheritance
• Variation and evolution
• Selective breeding and genetic modification
• Classification

Chemical Analysis

• Formulations
• Chromatography
• Testing for gases

Organic Chemistry

• Crude oil, hydrocarbons and alkanes
• Fractional distillation
• Properties of hydrocarbons
• Cracking and alkenes
• Addition polymerisation

Waves

• Transverse and longitudinal
• Electromagnetic spectrum and it’s properties
• Reflection and refraction

Enriched Knowledge

• Inheritance
  • Ethics of genetic modification and potential uses
• Waves
  • Constructing a pinhole camera.
• Chemical analysis
  • Weaponisation of Chlorine gas
• Organic chemistry
  • Perfumes – esters

Key Vocabulary

Chemical analysis:

Formulation, chromatography, soluble, solute, solvent, solution, mobile phase, stationary phase, Rf, solvent front.

Organic chemistry:

Alkane, alkene, hydrocarbon, alcohol, monomer, polymer, addition polymerisation, condensation polymerisation, ester, carboxylic acid, hydrogenation, fractional distillation, cracking.

Waves:

Transverse, longitudinal, medium, vacuum, Oscilloscope, diffuse, specular, reflection, refraction, concave, convex, period, wavelength, frequency

Inheritance

Meiosis, natural selection, genome, protein synthesis, mutation, homozygote, genotype, phenotype=

For a more detailed overview, please see below:

Waves

Core Knowledge

The atmosphere

• Composition of the atmosphere
• Earth’s early atmosphere
• Greenhouse effect
• Climate change
• Carbon footprint
• Atmospheric pollutants

Ecology

• Adaptations ad interdependence
• Abiotic and biotic factors
• Organisation of ecosystems
• Biodiversity
• Effects of human interactions of ecosystems

Using resources

• Earth’s resources
• Sustainability
• Potable water
• Waste water treatment
• Extracting metals
• Life cycle assessments and recycling
• Corrosion
• Alloys

Magnetism and electromagnetism

• Permanent and induced magnetism
• Magnetic fields
• Electromagnetism

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Enriched Knowledge

• Ecology
  • Sustainable living and practical ideas on how to maintain biodiversity
• Magnetism and Electromagnetism
  • What if earth's magnetic field switched?
• Atmospheric chemistry
  • El Niño: how the weather event is affecting global heating in 2023?

Key Vocabulary

The atmosphere:

Atmosphere, pollution, global warming, acid rain, pollutants, particulates, IR radiation, carbon dioxide, greenhouse effect, combustion.

Using resources:

Renewable, finite, fossil fuel, nuclear, potable, sludge, sterilisation, filtration, life cycle assessment, recycle, blast furnace, corrosion, alloys.

Magnetism and Electromagnetism:

Attraction, repulsion, electromagnet, solenoid, motor effect, generator, Flemmings law, magnetic flux, Tesla, induction

Ecology:

Interdependence, community, ecosystem, abiotic, biotic, quadrats, transect line, competition, adaptations

For a more detailed overview, please see below:

Magnets and Motors

Forces and Movement

Radiation

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