Science SOW
In year 7 students have one lesson per week.
Units to be studied cover a range of Biology, Chemistry and Physics and all units
incorporate “How science works” and “Science skills”
Both Level assessed tasks (Badger) and End of Unit tests will be used to assess
student’s knowledge and progress across a topic of work.
Assessment
Point
(SIMS)
1
2
3
4
5
6
Autumn term
Topic
Introduction to Science: Safety, Skills and
Experimental Design
Cells
HALF TERM (October 24th ~ 28th)
Forces
CHRISTMAS BREAK (December 23th ~ January 9th)
Spring term
Topic
Particles (inc Elements and Compounds)
HALF TERM (February 20th ~ 24th)
Habitats (Forest School)
SPRING BREAK (April 3rd ~ 17th)
Summer term
Topic
Reproduction
HALF TERM (May 29th ~ 2nd)
(Chemical and) Acid Reactions
TERM END: 21st July
Assessment
Type
Baseline
LAT/EUT
LAT/EUT
Assessment
LAT/EUT
LAT/EUT
Assessment
LAT/EUT
LAT/EUT
Units are movable within the SOW to enable appropriate units to be linked to Forest School.
Science SOW
In year 8 students have one lesson per week.
Units to be studied cover a range of Biology, Chemistry and Physics and all units
incorporate “How science works” and “Science skills”
Both Level assessed tasks (Badger) and End of Unit tests will be used to assess
student’s knowledge and progress across a topic of work.
Assessment
Point
(SIMS)
1
2
3
4
5
6
Autumn term
Topic
Space
HALF TERM (October 24th ~ 28th)
Heating and Cooling
CHRISTMAS BREAK (December 23th ~ January 9th)
Spring term
Topic
Microbes and Disease
HALF TERM (February 20th ~ 24th)
Light
SPRING BREAK (April 3rd ~ 17th)
Summer term
Topic
Periodic Table
HALF TERM (May 29th ~ 2nd)
Classification/Ecosystems (Forest School)
TERM END: 21st July
Assessment
Type
LAT/EUT
LAT/EUT
Assessment
LAT/EUT
LAT/EUT
Assessment
LAT/EUT
LAT/EUT
Units are movable within the SOW to enable appropriate units to be linked to Forest School.
Science SOW
In year 9 students have one lesson per week.
Units to be studied cover a range of Biology, Chemistry and Physics and all units
incorporate “How science works” and “Science skills”
Both Level assessed tasks (Badger) and End of Unit tests will be used to assess
student’s knowledge and progress across a topic of work.
Assessment
Point
(SIMS)
1
2
3
4
5
6
Autumn term
Topic
Life Support/Keeping Healthy- Digestion
HALF TERM (October 24th ~ 28th)
Drugs and Behaviour
CHRISTMAS BREAK (December 23th ~ January 9th)
Spring term
Topic
Sound
HALF TERM (February 20th ~ 24th)
Metal Reactions
SPRING BREAK (April 3rd ~ 17th)
Summer term
Topic
Classification/Ecosystems and
Interdependence (Forest School)
HALF TERM (May 29th ~ 2nd)
Energy
TERM END: 21st July
Assessment
Type
LAT/EUT
LAT/EUT
Assessment
LAT/EUT
LAT/EUT
Assessment
LAT/EUT
LAT/EUT
Units are movable within the SOW to enable appropriate units to be linked to Forest School.
.
Science SOW
Year 10 and 11 Order of teaching 2016-17
In year 10 students have two lessons per week.
Students are working towards OCR GCSE Science B
Assessment will take place periodically throughout the course by means of Level assessed
tasks (Badger), Past paper questions, practical skills assessment and online topic based
quizzes (learners cloud/yacapaca)
BL1
1
2-3



Fitness and Health
Human Health and Diet
4-5
B1: Understanding
Organisms


Staying Healthy
The Nervous System
Assessment

The Polio Vaccine – Apply your knowledge
B1: Understanding
Organisms


Drugs and you
Staying in balance
B1: Understanding
Organisms


Controlling Plant Growth
Variation and Inheritance
Assessment

Research and collecting Secondary Data
12
B1: Understanding
Organisms
6
Induction
Induction & Key
Skills
7-8
Topic
9-10
Chapter
11
Week
Science SOW
BL1
Chapter
12-13
Week
16-17
14-15
B1.16: Competition
B1.17: Changes in
Distribution
B1.18: Indicating
Pollution
B1.19: Pyramids of
Biomass
B1.20: Energy Flow
in Food Chains
B1.21: Recycling in
Nature
18-19
ALFIE TEST
B1.22: The Carbon
Cycle
B1.23: Variation
20-21
Reflection
ISA PREPARATION
using expired
materials etc
Topic
Science SOW
BL1
Chapter
22-23
Week
24-25
WRITTEN MOCK
EXAM BL1
B1.24:
Reproduction
B1.25: Cloning
28-29
26 -27
B1.26: Genetic
Engineering
B1.27: GM Crops
Reflection
B1.28: Concerns
About GM Crops
B.1.29:
Classification
B1.30: Surviving
Change
30-31
B1.31: Evolution in
Action
B1.32: Evolutionary
Theory
ALFIE TEST
Topic
Science SOW
BL1
32
Week
Chapter
PAST PAPERS
Reflection
PAST PAPERS
39-40
37-38
35-36
33-34
BL1 6/6/2014
INTERNAL written
exams for those
not entered
Topic
Science SOW
OCR GCSE Science B Order of Teaching Year 10/11
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Week
Autumn Term
Spring Term
Summer Term
1
Induction & Key Skills
Induction & Key Skills
Induction & Key Skills
2
1: Fitness and Health
2: Human Health and Diet
1: Making Crude Oil Useful
3: Infectious Diseases
3
4: Antibiotics and painkillers
2: Using Carbon Fuels
1: Heating Houses
2:Keeping Homes Warm
Badger Task
4
5
5: Immunity and
immunisation
Badger Task
6: The Nervous System
3: Clean Air
4: Making Polymers
3:A spectrum of Waves (1)
3:A spectrum of Waves (2)
5: Designer Polymers
6
7
8
7: Drugs and you
Badger Task
8: Homeostasis
6: Cooking and Food
Additives
9: Controlling Plant Growth
7: Smells
4: Light and Lasers
5: Cooking and
communicating(waves)
6: Data Transmission
Science SOW
Week
9
10
11
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Autumn Term
Spring Term
Summer Term
10: Variation and Inheritane
8: Paints and Pigments
7: Wireless signals
8: Stable Earth
11 Reflection time
Reflection time
12:Badger Task
Badger Task
ISA PREPARATION
REVISION
REVISION
REVISION
REVISION
REVISION
REVISION
REVISION
REVISION
WRITTEN MOCK
WRITTEN MOCK
Reflection time
Badger Task
ISA PREPARATION
12
13
Reflection time
ISA PREPARATION
ISA PREPARATION
14
WRITTEN MOCK
PAST PAPERS
June 2015
INTERNAL written exams
Science SOW
GCSE Science B Teaching Timetable Year 11
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Week
Autumn Term
Spring Term
Summer Term
0
Induction & Key Skills
Induction & Key Skills
Induction & Key Skills
1: The Structure of the
Earth
1
1: Energy from the Sun
1: Classification
Badger Task
2
2: Energy Flow
Badger Task
3: Recycling in nature
3
4
5
2: Construction Materials
2: Generating Electricity
Badger Task
3: Metals and Alloys
3: Global Warming
5: Interdependence
4: Making Cars
4: Fuels for power
6: Adaptations
5: Making Chemicals –
Ammonia
5: Nuclear Radiations
4: The Carbon Cycle
Badger Task
Badger Task
Science SOW
Week
6
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Autumn Term
Spring Term
Summer Term
7: Natural Selection
8: Population and Pollution
9: Sustainability
ISA PREPARATION
ISA PREPARATION
ISA PREPARATION
ISA PREPARATION
WRITTEN MOCK
6 Acids and Bases
7: Fertilisers and crop yield
6: Solar System
Badger Task
7: Threats to Earth
8: Chemicals from the sea
8: The Big Bang
REVISION
REVISION
REVISION
REVISION
REVISION
REVISION
REVISION
REVISION
WRITTEN MOCK
WRITTEN MOCK
Science SOW
Week
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Autumn Term
Spring Term
Summer Term
PAST PAPERS
June 2015
INTERNAL written exams