SCIENCE: KS4 overview: Topic Map
Autumn Term 1
Recap Biology module 1
Year 10
• Diet and exercise
• How our bodies defend
themselves against infectious
diseases
•The nervous system
•Control in the human body
•Control in plants
•Drugs
•Adaptations
•Environmental change
•Energy in biomass
•Decay processes
•The carbon cycle
•Why organisms are different
•Reproduction
•Evolution
Assessment – B1 mock exam
Chemistry module 1
• Atoms
• The periodic table
• Chemical reactions
• Calcium carbonate
• Extracting metals
• Alloys
• Properties and uses of metals
• Crude oil
• Hydrocarbons
• Hydrocarbon fuels
• Obtaining useful substances
from crude oil
• Polymers
• Ethanol
Autumn Term 2
Spring Term 1
Spring Term 2
Summer Term 1
Summer Term 2
Chemistry module 1
Physics module 1
Biology module 2
Chemistry module 2
Physics module 2
• Vegetable oils
• Emulsions
• Saturated and
unsaturated oils
•The Earth’s crust
•The Earth’s
atmosphere
• General
properties of
waves
• Reflection
• Sound
• Red-shift
• Cells and cell
structure
• Dissolved substances
• Structure and
bonding
• Resultant forces
• Forces and motion
• Forces and braking
• Forces and terminal
velocity
• Forces and
elasticity
Assessment – P1
mock exam
• Photosynthesis
Physics module 1
• Infrared radiation
• Kinetic theory
• Energy transfer by
heating
• Heating and insulating
buildings
•Energy transfers and
efficiency
•Transferring electrical
energy
Biology module 2
• Animal organs
• Plant organs
• Distribution of
organisms
• Proteins
• Enzymes
• Aerobic respiration
• Anaerobic respiration
• Cell division
• Genetic variation
• Genetic disorders
• Atomic structure
• Analysing substances
• Quantitative
chemistry
• Rates of reaction
• Energy transfer in
chemical reactions
• Making salts
• Acids and bases
• Old and new species
• Electrolysis
•Generating electricity
• The National Grid
Assessment – B2 mock
exam
ISA 1
Assessment – C1 mock exam
• Molecules
• Ionic compounds
• Covalent structures
• Metals
• Polymers
• Nanoscience
Assessment – C2 mock
exam
• Forces and energy
• Momentum
• Static electricity
• Electrical circuits
• Household
electricity
• Current, charge and
power
Year 11
Physics module 2
Biology module 3
P2.5.1 Atomic structure
P2.5.2 Atoms and radiation
B3.1.1 Dissolved
substances
B3.1.2 Gaseous
exchange
B3.1.3 Exchange
systems in plants
P2.6.1 Nuclear fission
P2.6.2 Nuclear fusion
Assessment – P2 mock
exam
Biology module3
B3.2.1 The blood
system
B3.2.2 The blood
B3.2.3 Transport
systems in plants
B3.3.1 Removal of
waste and water
control
B3.3.2
Temperature
control
B3.3.3 Sugar
control
B3.4.1 Waste from
human activity
Chemistry module
3
C3.1.1 The early
periodic table
C3.1.2 The modern
periodic table
C3.1.3 Trends
within the periodic
table
C3.2.1 Hard and
soft water
C3.2.2 Purifying
water
C3.3.1 Energy from
reactions
C3.4.1 Analysing
substances
C3.5.1 Making
ammonia
C3.6.1 Alcohols
Physics module 3
P3.1.1 X-rays
P3.1.2 Ultrasound
P3.1.3 Lenses
P3.1.4 The eye
P3.1.5 Other
applications using
light
P3.2.1 Centre of
mass
P3.2.2 Moments
P3.2.3 Hydraulics
P3.2.4 Circular
motion
P3.3.1 The motor
effect
P3.3.2 Transformers
Assessment – P3
mock exam
Revision and past
papers
B3.4.2
Deforestation and
the destruction of
areas of peat
B3.4.3 Biofuels
B3.4.4 Food
production
C3.6.2 Carboxylic
acids
C3.6.3 Esters
Assessment – B3
mock exam
ISA 3
ISA 2
Assessment – C3
mock exam