Timeline

Adaptations Chemicals Forces Reproduction Earth Electricity Timeline

Week	Subject	Links to National Curriculum	Links out	Practical	Homework	Tests
Term 1	Biology	Ecosystems Adaptations	Adaptations and ecosystems
1	Photosynthesis Leaves	Students will learn the basics of photosynthesis and plants biology.	Photosynthesis Plant structure	Elodea, aquatic snails, Bromothymole blue	Photosynthesis worksheet 1 Photosynthesis worksheet 2	Photosynthesis test
2	Plant Minerals Aerobic respiration	Students will learn the basics of aerobic respiration	Plant minerals Aerobic respiration	Celery and food die. Demonstrating xylem and phloem actions.	Respiration worksheet	Plant structure test
3	Anaerobic respiration Food chain and webs	Students will learn the basics on anaerobic respiration and what a food chain is.	Anaerobic respiration Food chains	Design a food web on poster paper	Badger task Rock pools	Food chains and webs test
4	Disruption to food chains/webs Ecosystems Competition and adaptation	Students will learn the basics about ecosystems and what competition is between animals in an environment.	Disruptions and Toxins Ecosystems Competition		Food chains and webs worksheet	Competition and adaptation test
5	Adapting to change Natural selection Extinction	Students will learn the basics of adaptation and evolution through natural selection. They will also learn how extinction occurs.	Adaptation Natural selection Extinction	Paddle pop sticks and natural selection	Adaptation worksheet	Natural selection test
6	Tests
Term 2	Chemistry	Periodic table. Chemical Reactions	Links out	Practical	test	Homework
1	Metals and non-metals Groups and Periods	Student will learn the difference between metals and non-metals. How to read the periodic table and what group 1 represents.	metals and non-metals Group 1	Lithium Sodium Potassium + water		Worksheet metals and non-metals
2	Group 7 Group 0 Discovering the periodic table		Group 7 Group 0			Poster activity
3	Acids and Alkalis Indicators and pH Neutralisation		Acids and Alkalis Indicators Neutralisation			Acids and Alkali Worksheet
4	Making salts Acids and metals Metals and oxygen		Making salts Metals and Acids	Making Salt Metals and Acids		Metals and Acids worksheet
5	Metals and water Displacement		Metals and water Metal Displacement	Metals and Oxygen
6	Summary Unit Test
Term 3	Physics	Forces and motion	Links	Practical	Test	Homework
1	Forces Hooke's Law		Forces			Badger task - Summary
2	Hooke's law Drag forces and friction		Hooke's Law Drag Force and Friction	Hook's Law experiment		Badger task - Hooks
3	Forces at a distance Balanced and Unbalanced		Forces at a Distance Balanced and unbalanced	Egg Parachute		Balanced and Unbalanced forces worksheet
4	Turning forces		Turning Forces			Forces and motion worksheet
5	Tests Speed investigation
6	Speed investigation
Term 4	Biology	Reproduction and inheritance
1	Male reproductive system Female reproductive system Puberty
2	Menstrual cycle Fertilisation and implantation Development of fetus
3	STI's and contraception Flower structure and pollination Plant fertilisation and germination
4	Speed dispersal DNA and chromosomes Inheritance
5	inherited/genetic variation Environmental variation Continuous variation
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Term 5	Chemistry	Earth and Atmosphere
1	Earth and Atmosphere Sedimentary rocks Igneous rocks
2	Metamorphic rocks Rock cycle Fossils
3	Carbon cycle Climate change Recycling
4	Test
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Term 6	Physics	Electricity and Electromagnetism
1	Static electricity circuits and current
2	Circuits and current Potential difference
3	Series and parallel circuits Resistance
4	Resistance Factors affecting Resistance Magnets
5	Magnets and magnetic fields Electromagnets
6	Test and gap analysis