Year 10 Triple Science – Biology, Chemistry and Physics
Revision
Your child will be taking exams in Units 1, 2 and 3 in Biology, Chemistry and Physics in
May/June 2016. This may seem like a long time away but students should be reviewing
and revising their work throughout the course. There will be end of topic tests and
half-term tests. In addition at the end of Year 10 there will be a big exam which will
resemble a whole GCSE Unit 1 paper and will also include some questions from Unit 2.
The topics are as below for Year 10:
Science
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Unit 1
 Diet, exercise and how do our
bodies defend themselves
against diseases.
 Nerves and hormones.
 Use and abuse of drugs.
 Adaptations and environmental
changes.
 Energy and biomass in food
chains.
 Decay and the carbon cycle.
 Variation and reproduction
 Evolution
 Atoms, the periodic table and
chemical reactions.
 Limestone and building
materials.
 Extracting metals, alloys and
properties of metals.
 Crude oil and fuels.
 Useful substances from crude
oil.
 Plant oils and their uses.
 Changes in the Earth and its
atmosphere.
 Infrared radiation, kinetic
theory, heat transfer and
insulating buildings.
 Energy transfer and
efficiency.
 Power, energy and cost.
 Methods of generating
electricity.
 Waves – light, sound and
electromagnetic, red-shift.
Unit 2
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Cells, specialised cells and diffusion.
Animal and plant organs.
Photosynthesis.
Distribution of organisms and
quadrats.
Structure and bonding.
Properties and uses of materials
including ionic, covalent, metallic,
polymers and nanotechnology.
Atomic structure, analysing
substances, quantitative chemistry
and reversible reactions.
Resultant forces, acceleration,
braking, terminal velocity and
elasticity.
Kinetic energy of speeding up and
slowing down including momentum.
Sources of revision:
 Exercise books
 Text book
 Tests and targeted areas from lessons
 Revision guides available from the Science department. £2.75 for each Science.
 BBC bitesize: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zrkw2hv
 Class tasks.
 Home revision: individual and group.
 AQA website for past papers: http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse
 Use computer, mobile or tablet to view: http://www.my-gcsescience.com/
 Doddle.com- assignments set by teachers
Pupils need to focus chiefly on four areas:
 Subject knowledge and understanding of topics listed above – they may need to apply
their knowledge to new situations or circumstances.
 Exam technique skills – exam command words are covered in lessons:
http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/subjects/AQA-GCSE-SCIENCE-COMMAND-WORDS.PDF
 Literacy - students need to answer longer response questions e.g. Quality of Written
Communication questions are worth 6 marks. Students will also need to use specific
keywords and learn definitions.
 Numeracy – students will need to be able to interpret data from tables and graphs as
well as drawing their own. They will also need to carry out some calculations in each
paper.
Equipment – in order to be fully prepared for their lessons and exams students will need:
 Stationery – pens (black ink), pencil, eraser, sharpener and ruler.
 Calculator.- (these can be used in all tests and exams)
All of the above are covered in lessons BUT they need to be reinforced independently by
pupils, ideally with your support.
Should you have any questions then please contact your child’s relevant teacher.
 Miss A Young
-Curriculum Leader for Science (set B2 Biology)
 Ms D Cruickshanks
-Curriculum Responsibility for Science (set B1 Biology)
 Mr A Ali
-Set B2 Physics
 Ms I Idowu
-Set B1 Chemistry
 Ms J Cutts
-Set A2 Physics
 Miss N Bansel
-Set A1 Physics
 Miss N Mahmud
-Set A2 Chemistry
 Miss A Cruickshank
-Set A2 Biology
 Miss N Wilson
-Set A1 Chemistry and B1 Physics
 Mrs A Gonzales
-Set A1 Biology
 Mr F Lee
-Set B2 Chemistry
 Mrs Y Qasim
-Higher-level Teaching Assistant – Intervention groups
ALLERTON GRANGE SCIENCE DEPARTMENT