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| Aims for the Year |
- continue to develop the skills of investigative science
- develop an awareness of the applications of science
in society
- appreciate that scientific progress must be balanced
by a concern for the environment
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| What we will
do |
The
year eight course is divided into six units each lasting
approximately six weeks.
In Biology pupils study:
Food And Digestion;
Ecological relationships. Respiration, Microbes and Disease
In Chemistry pupils study:
Atoms, Elements,
Compounds and Mixtures.
Rocks and Weathering; The Rock
Cycle
In Physics pupils study:
Heating and
Cooling; Magnets and Electromagnets. Light, Sound and Hearing
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| Assessment |
- knowledge and understanding are
assessed through end of unit tests
- investigate skills and study skills
are assessed using criteria which are found in the pupil
handbooks.
- during the course of each unit
two skills will be identified and assessed, these
are in handbooks
- for each assessed activity pupils
are awarded one of three levels-credit, merit or special.
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| Ways you can
help |
- encourage your son/daughter to use
their Science Handbook, they should make use of the criteria
when completing assessed work
- encourage your son/daughter to revise
before each of the end of unit tests, there is a checklist
at the front of each booklet which details the work that
they must know.
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| Keywords |
compound
photosynthesis
enzyme |
chloroplast's
oesophagus
satellite |
absorption
habitat
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