Department: Science Chemistry (KS3)
Year 7
(3
lessons
per
fortnight)
Term 1a
Term 1b
Term 2a
Lab safety and
equipment
Working safely in the
lab, Lab apparatus,
recording experiments,
Recognising materials
Heating and dissolving
Understanding water,
dissolving, Evaporating,
Extracting salt,
Separation techniques
Distillation, Finding
out what is in the air,
Chromatography,
Finding the best
solvent
Written assessmentHow hard is your water
Assessment – Exam
Year 8
(3
lessons
per
fortnight)
States of matter and
changing state
States of matter,
particle models, the
process of changing
between states
Written assessment –
Explaining self-heating
packs
Year 9
(3
lessons
per
fortnight)
States of matter,
separating and
purifying
States of matter,
Mixtures, filtration and
crystallisation,
chromatography,
distillation, drinking
water
Assessment - Exam
Term 2b
Elements and Atoms
The periodic table,
elements and atoms,
chemical symbols,
compounds.
Metals and Nonmetals
Metals, non-metals,
metalloids, the origin
of metals
Assessment – exam
Written assessmentHow tinny is a tablet
Assessment – exam
style question
Properties of materials
Properties of metals,
Brownian motion,
forces between
particles, Density,
concentration and
pressure
Physical and chemical
changes
Changes of state,
dissolving and mixing,
Conservation of mass,
distinguishing
between chemical and
physical changes
Term 3a
Term 3b
Introduction to
chemical and
physical changes
Burning, how
elements react,
Oxidation,
carbonates.
Assessment- exam
Acids and Alkalis
Uses of acids and
alkalis, using
indicators, the
importance of the pH
scale,
Assessment – exam
Chemical changes and
reactions
Neutralisation
reactions, reactions of
acids with metals,
Effective antacids, The
importance of acids
and alkalis
Burning and
combustion
Combustion, the use
of fuels, the effects
of burning, Acid rain
Assessment – exam
Assessment- exam
Atomic structure
Structure of an atom,
Atomic number and
mass number, Isotopes
and relative atomic
mass
Exam Style Questions
Assessment – exam
style question
The periodic table and
ionic bonding
Elements and the
periodic table, Atomic
number, Electron
configuration, Ions,
Ionic bonding and
lattices
Ionic compounds and
covalent compounds
Properties of ionic
compounds, Covalent
bonding, Molecular
compounds, Carbon,
Metals and metallic
bonding.
Assessment - Exam
Exam Style questions
Written assessmentEver changing urine
Obtaining and using
metals
Electrolytic
processes.
Assessment- mock
exam