CURRICULUM SUMMARY 2015-2016 (1-14 week)
SUBJECT: Chemistry
Week
1-4
6-9
10-12
YEAR GROUP: Year 8
TEACHER: Dr Kumi Osanai
Learning objectives
State of matter
To be able to describe and explain the properties of substances in their solid,
liquid and gas states and identify changes of state.
To be able to use the particle theory to explain diffusion and describe evidence
for diffusion.
To be able to use a formula to calculate density and explain why different
substances have different densities.
To be able to explain what causes gas pressure, explain air pressure and its
effect on boiling point and explain how temperature affects gas pressure.
Material properties – 1
To be able to explain what an element is, what an atom is.
To be able to know the chemical symbols of the first 20 elements of the
Periodic Table and understand why scientists use chemical symbols for
elements.
To be able to understand some factors that influenced when elements were
discovered.
To able to understand the historic evidence and development of the Periodic
Table.
To be able to interpret secondary data
To be able to explain the differences between metals and non-metals.
Force and motion
To be able to know how to calculate speed and explain what is meant by
average speed.
To be able to define reaction time and know how to measure time precisely.
To be able to describe how a distance-time graph tell a story.
To be able to describe how to calculate acceleration.
Activities (in brief)
Power point presentation
1. Making poster of particle theory
2. Lab on diffusion rate
3. Density experiment
Worksheet, videos, mini test
Power point presentation
1. Element competition
2. History behind the Periodic Table
3. Group 1 metals with water
Mini tests, worksheet, videos, practicals
Power point presentation
1. Speed of walking
2. Graphing techniques
3. Motion of a toy car on a ramp
(datalogger)
4. Speed meter
To be able to present results in tables, charts, and graphs.
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19-23
Sound
To be able to describe how sound waves are produced and to explain how
sound waves travel.
To be able to describe how the ear detects sound and to describe how a
microphone works.
To be able to explain how your hearing can be damaged.
To be able to know how we measure sound intensity or loudness and describe
some of the risks of loud sounds and how to reduce the risks.
To know the properties of waves and be able to understand what affects the
loudness of a sound.
To be able to interpret waveforms shown on an oscilloscope.
To be able to describe the link between pitch and frequency.
To know the range of hearing in humans and describe differences between the
range of hearing in humans and in animals.
To know why musical instruments are distinct.
To be able to make calculations involving the speed of sound.
To be able to describe how echoes are formed and to explain how echoes can
be used.
Light
To able to describe what light is.
To explain how shadow form and to describe how a camera works.
To be able to describe what happens when light travels from a source and to
explain how we see things.
To be able to know how fast light travels and to understand how astronomers
use the speed of light to describe distances.
To be able to describe how an image in a plane mirror is formed.
To be able to describe the differences between you and your image.
To be able to explain why you see your image only in certain situation.
To be able to state the law of reflection and to use the law of reflection.
To be able to explain what light is refracted and to explain why light is
Worksheet, videos, practicals, mini test
Power point presentation
1. A tuning folk in water
2. Slinky model for waves
3. Using an oscilloscope
4. Making musical instruments
Worksheet, videos, practicals, mini test
Power point presentation
1. Light travels in a straight line
2. Structure of eye and camera
3. Drawing your mirror image
4. Observing reflection and refraction
5. Phet simulations of reflection and
refraction
6. Making a rainbow
Worksheet, videos, practicals, mini test
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refracted.
To be able to describe what happens when light goes through a glass block
and to explain total internal reflection.
To be able to explain how a spectrum of light is produced and to explain why
we see rainbows.
To be able to explain what happens when you mix light of different colours
together and to explain how filters work.
To explain why coloured objects look coloured in white light and to explain why
coloured objects look different colours in different colours of light.
Material properties – 2
To be able to understand what a compound is.
To be able to give examples of compounds and state how their properties are
different from the properties of their elements.
To be able to name compounds and write and interpret formulae.
To be able to name some common oxides and hydroxides.
To describe one difference in the properties of metal oxides and non-metal
oxides.
To be able to understand the differences between elements, mixtures, and
compounds.
To be able to describe how to separate mixtures by decanting and filtering.
To be able to understand how evaporation and distillation separate liquids and
solids from solutions.
To be able to explain how fractional distillation separates mixtures of liquids
with different boiling points.
To understand how chromatography separates mixtures and to give examples
of uses of chromatography.
To be able to describe how to separate metals from ores.
Material changes
Magnetism
Power point presentation
1. Making a compound
2. Formulae competition
3. Separating pond water
4. Forensic science – paper
chromatography
5. Extraction of copper from copper(II)
oxide
6.
Worksheet, videos, practicals, mini test