Year 10 Subject content being addressed Week Beginning
31-Aug-09 7-Sep-09 14-Sep-09
Deadlin es Health and Safety in Science - Hazards and risks. 1st Aid. Fire prevention
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Start to the year, important to get all the health and safety out of the way at the start. If possible get the fireservice in to discuss with the students about fire safety. The science in the workplace can be used to prepare the students for their placement weeks
Investigating H+S in workplace and comparing to school Course Work: Report on safety in the workplace and comparing to schools Science in the workplace
21-Sep-09 Science in the workplace 28-Sep-09 5-Oct-09 12-Oct-09 19-Oct-09 26-Oct-09 2-Nov-09 9-Nov-09 16-Nov-09 23-Nov-09
30-Nov-09
Course Work: Report on science in the workplace. Extraction of resources Energy resources Half Term Using energy Year 10 Work Placement Year 10 Work Placement Using energy efficiently Course Work: How materials scientists investigate the properties of materials
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Investigating: the nature, length and thickness of materials influence on elctrical resistance
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current varies with voltage in a range of devices
7-Dec-09 14-Dec-09
Course Work: How materials scientists investigate the properties of materials
4-Jan-10 11-Jan-10 18-Jan-10 25-Jan-10 1-Feb-10 8-Feb-10 15-Feb-10 22-Feb-10 1-Mar-10 8-Mar-10
Christmas Holidays Atoms molecules and ions and Chemical Symbols
Chemical Bonding Useful mixtures in the home Managing the environment Course Work:How chemists make new useful products Course Work:How chemists make new useful products
Managing the environment section fits in well with the area on bonding and mixtures due to it's content being about elements and compounds.
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Half Term Limestone Metals Other Materials (polymers, ceramics, composites) Coursework: How materials scientists investigate the properties of materials
15-Mar-10 Coursework: How materials scientists investigate the properties of materials 22-Mar-10 Portfolio Catchup Portfolio in
29-Mar-10 Easter Holidays 5-Apr-10 12-Apr-10
Easter Holidays
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Christmas Holidays 21-Dec-09 28-Dec-09
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Compare thermal conductivities and densities of a range of materials. Strengths of different size shape and composition Plant any plants that are needed for future classes now So that the plants are ready for the summer semester
19-Apr-10 26-Apr-10
Agriculture and farming Selective breeding and genetic engineering Coursework: How microbiolgoists Investigate living organisms
3-May-10 How microbiologists investigate living organisms
10-May-10 How microbiologists investigate living organisms
17-May-10 24-May-10
31-May-10 7-Jun-10 14-Jun-10 21-Jun-10 28-Jun-10 5-Jul-10 12-Jul-10 19-Jul-10
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Fuel Transport Revision Year 10 Exam Week Course Work: The advantages of using machines in the workplace. Course Work: The advantages of using machines in the workplace. Portfolio Catchup Portfolio Catchup
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Setup a light microscope ready to use and prepare samples of slides using staining techniques Candidates need to: monitor an organism for a particular purpose, produce a plan for the investigation, carry out the investigation, recording relevant data, analyse the results and explain what they show, evluate the investigation, describe a useful application of the investigation
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Year 11 Week Beginning
Subject content being addressed Cells
6-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 20-Sep-10 27-Sep-10
4-Oct-10 11-Oct-10 18-Oct-10 25-Oct-10 1-Nov-10 8-Nov-10 15-Nov-10 22-Nov-10 29-Nov-10 6-Dec-10 13-Dec-10 20-Dec-10 27-Dec-10 3-Jan-11 10-Jan-11 17-Jan-11 24-Jan-11
Cells Cirulatory and respiratory systems Homeostasis Genetics and inheritance
Disease and illness Prevention of illness and disease Half Term Diagnosis of treatment The body at risk Communication Devices Communication Devices Revision Mock Exams Year 11 Review Exams Christmas Holidays Christmas Holidays Revision Year 11 exams Coursework: How microbioligists investigate living organisms. Coursework: Aespetic investigations
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Coursework: Aespetic investigations Portfolio Catchup
21-Feb-11
Half Term Coursework: The function of components in devices that electronic/electrical engineers make and test
28-Feb-11
Coursework: The function of components in devices that electronic/electrical engineers make and test
7-Mar-11
Coursework: The function of components in devices that electronic/electrical engineers make and test
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Coursework: How medical scientists monitor living organisms to eg monitor the performance of a person in a mental or physical activity
Ties in with unit 2 theory carried out before the Christmas break. It needs to be here to allow the students to fit in all of unit 2 before the January exam period
14-Mar-11
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Mayday holidays
23-May-11 30-May-11 6-Jun-11 13-Jun-11
Year 11 studyleave Half Term