Ratings
S
Secure
R
Refreshment needed
D
Development needed
PGCE Science KS3/4 subject knowledge audit
Name: …………………………………………….
Area
Level and year of previous study
Rating
Action taken
Working scientifically
Accuracy,
precision,
repeatability
and
reproducibility
Development
of theories:
publishing
results and
peer review
Scientific
enquiries:
independent,
dependent
and control
variables
Techniques,
apparatus,
and materials
for fieldwork
and laboratory
work
1
Sampling
techniques
Data
presentation
methods,
including
tables and
graphs
SI units and
IUPAC
chemical
nomenclature
Simple
statistical
techniques
Use and
derive simple
equations and
carry out
appropriate
calculations
2
Area
Level and year of previous study
Rating
Action taken
Energy
Motion and
forces
Physics KS3
Waves
Electricity and
electromagnetis
m
Matter
Space physics
3
Physics KS4
Motion:
Newton’s laws
and momentum
Energy:
conservation,
transfer,
transformation,
dissipation (and
associated
economic and
environmental
implications,
including
efficiency)
Energy:
transfers, work
done, KE and
gravitational PE,
relationship
between work
and energy
Kinetic theory
and atomic
structure as
models to
explain physical
phenomena
4
Motion:
Newton’s laws
and momentum
Energy:
conservation,
transfer,
transformation,
dissipation (and
associated
economic and
environmental
implications,
including
efficiency)
Energy:
transfers, work
done, KE and
gravitational PE,
relationship
between work
and energy
Electricity:
generation,
distribution and
use; the
relationship
between power,
energy and time
5
Area
The particulate
nature of
matter
Level and year of previous study
Rating
Action taken
Atoms,
elements and
compounds
Chemistry KS3
Pure and
impure
substances
Chemical
reactions
Energetics
The periodic
table
Materials
Earth and
atmosphere
6
Chemistry KS4
The chemical
elements:
atomic structure
and the periodic
table
The chemical
elements and
compounds:
structure and
bonding
(metallic, ionic,
covalent and
forces between
molecules)
Materials: How
the properties
can be explained
in terms of their
structure and
bonding; how
the properties
determine the
uses
Chemical
reactions:
patterns and
types of reaction
(redox,
neutralisation,
electrolysis and
polymerisation)
7
Chemical
reactions:
patterns and
types of reaction
(redox,
neutralisation,
electrolysis and
polymerisation)
Chemical
reactions:
controlling
chemical
reactions – rates
of reaction and
reversible
reactions)
Energy changes
in chemical
reactions
8
Area
Cells and
organisation
Level and year of previous study
Rating
Action taken
Biology KS3
Skeletal and
muscular
system
Nutrition and
digestion
(including
plants)
Gas exchange
systems
(including
plants)
Reproduction
(including
plants)
Health
9
Area
Level and year of previous study
Rating
Action taken
Classification
Biology KS4
Plant biology
(growth;
photosynthesis;
reproduction;
internal
regulation;
response to
environment)
Human biology
(factors affecting
health;
reproduction;
growth and
development;
organ systems:
circulatory,
digestive,
nervous; internal
regulation)
Cells (structure,
animal plant
microbial, division,
specialisation)
10
Biochemistry (cell;
respiration;
photosynthesis;
proteins; enzyme
action; DNA;
protein synthesis)
Genetics
(inheritance,
mono and dihybrid cross;
recessive,
dominant and codominance
Ecology
(interdependence,
ecosystems;
energy flow;
nutrient cycling;
environmental
change;
indicators;
reducing human
impact on
environment)
Changes over time
(Evolution;
selection;
adaptation)
11
Biochemistry (cell;
respiration;
photosynthesis;
proteins; enzyme
action; DNA;
protein synthesis)
Fieldwork
(sampling
techniques)
12