SCIENCE 2015/16
Autumn Term
Spring Term
The Earth & beyond
Acids & Alkalis
The Reactivity Series
Respiration and healthy living.
Digestion & Respiration
Year 8
Further electricity & electromagnets
Energy
Summer Term
Revision
Revision
Light & Sound
Electricity – series & parallel circuits
Separation methods
Atoms, Elements & Compounds
Surveying Habitats: Adaptation &
Classification
States of Matter, Particle Theory &
Solutions
Inheritance, selective breeding &
evolution
Chemical change
Year 7
Photosynthesis & plant nutrition
Cells & Specialisation
Human Reproduction
Measurement: mass, weight density
Forces & Motion: Turning effects,
pressure
Forces in Action
Magnets &Electricity
Acids & Alkalis pH scale
Chemical Change & testing gases
Life Processes
Nutrition & Digestion
Breathing & Respiration
Muscles and movement
Heart & Exercise
Living things: classification
vertebrates & invertebrates
Evolution & Inheritance
Year 6
Light: reflection, refraction &
dispersion
Micro-organisms
Year 5
Earth, Sun & Moon
Forces: gravity & friction
Changing materials
Materials: properties & uses
Bunsen Burner
Materials: solutions & separating
Mixtures
Forces: gears & levers
Living things in their habitats: life
cycles & feeding relationships
Animals Inc. Humans: life cycles &
puberty
Sound: vibration, pitch & volume
Classification (Linnaeus)
Year 4
Electricity: switches & series circuits
Light: reflection & shadows
Year 3
Year 2
Year 1
Materials – Solids, Liquids & Gases
Changing State
Water cycle
Animals inc humans: nutrition,
skeleton & movement
Magnets: attracting & repelling
Living things: dead or alive?
Requirements for life
Food chains
Rocks & fossils: grouping and
classifying
Animals inc. humans: life cycles &
healthy living
Everyday materials: grouping &
classifying properties
Uses of everyday materials: physical
change
Animals inc humans: classification –
vertebrate groups, feeding groups
Seasonal change: weather patterns
Seasonal change: weather patterns
Plant Structure &
Reproduction
Habitats & Adaptation (Darwin
Project)
Teeth & Digestion
Food chains
Helping plants grow well: organ
function, requirements for growth, life
cycles
Plants: seeds & bulbs.
What makes plants grow?
Identifying plants in their habitats
Seasonal change: weather patterns
Animals inc humans: senses