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Year 10 SOW 2016-2017

 

Topics covered in year 9

 

Biology:

1.1 – 1.17 Topic 1 Key concepts in Biology and 1.6 Core practical (microscopes and magnification)

Chemistry:

2.1-2.12  Topic 2- States of matter and mixture  and Methods of separating and purifying substances and 2.11 core practical (Distillation and chromatography)

Physics:

2.1-2.20 Topic 2-Motion and forces and 2.19 Core practical (relationship between force, mass and acceleration)

 

 

Year 10 – September 2016

Biology: 

Topic 1- Recap topic 1 using past paper exam questions and mind maps/summaries

Core practicals- 1.10 (effect of pH on enzyme activity)

Core practical 1.16 (osmosis in potatoes)

Topic 2- Cells and control

Topic 3- Genetics

Topic 4- Natural selection and genetic modification

Topic 5- Health, disease and the development of medicines

 

Exams:

Paper 1- Topics 1-5

Paper 2- Topics 1,6,7,8,9

 

After each topic all students to complete the standard test (except set 1 and 2 who

will do the higher test).

 

 

Chemistry:

Topic 2- Recap topic 2 using past paper exam questions and mind maps/summaries

Topic 1 – Key concepts in chemistry – Atomic structure, The periodic table, Ionic bonding, Covalent bonding, Types of substance, Calculations involving masses.

Topic 3- Chemical change: Acids, Electrolytic processes

Topic 4 – Extracting metals and equilibria- Obtaining and using metals, Reversible reactions and equilibria

 

Exams:

Paper 3: Topics 1-4

Paper 4: Topics 1,6,7,8

 

NB: Topic 5 in Chemistry GCSE only

 

After each topic all students to complete the standard test (except set 1 and 2 who will do the

higher test).

 

Physics:

Recap topic 2 using past paper exam questions and mind maps/summaries

Topic 2 -Motions and forces- 2.20-2.31 (Specification reference)

Topic 1- key concepts of physics

Topic 3-Conservation of energy

Topic 4- Waves

Topic 5- Light and the electromagnetic spectrum

Topic 6- Radioactivity

 

Exams:

Paper 5: Topics 1- 6

Paper 4: Topics 1,8,9,10,12,13,14,15

 

NB: Topic 7  & 11 in Physics GCSE only

 

After each topic all students to complete the standard test (except set 1 and 2 who will do the

higher test).

 

 

The Year 10 exam papers will cover content from the Combined Science specification only. This content will be drawn from Biology 1, Chemistry 1 and Physics 1. However, as some students will have started the course in September 2016, not all topics from these papers will be covered. The topics covered will be based on the teaching order laid out in our schemes of work.

A full list of the topics that may be assessed is given below.

Biology
Key concepts in Biology
Cells and control
Genetics
Natural selection and genetic modification

Chemistry
Key concepts in Chemistry: Atomic structure, Periodic table, Ionic bonding, Covalent bonding, Types of substance, Calculations involving masses
States of matter and mixtures: States of matter,  Methods of separating and purifying substances

Physics
Motion and forces
Conservation of energy
Waves
Light and the electromagnetic spectrum