Year 10 Revision
RE
AQA Syllabus B Unit 2 – Revise all topics.
TOPIC ONE – Animal Rights
 Uses of animals e.g. sport – guide dogs etc.
 Animal experiments
 Eating meat Vs. Vegetarianism
 Blood sports
 Should animals have rights?
 Zoos and Safari parks
 Religious attitudes to animals
 Quotes and keywords
TOPIC TWO – Prejudice
 What is prejudice/ discrimination?
 What causes prejudice?
 Law on prejudice
 Sexual/ Racial/ Disability/ sexuality/ age prejudice and discrimination
 Religious attitudes to prejudice
 Responses to prejudice – Gandhi/ Martin Luther King
 Quotes and Key words
TOPIC THREE –Environment
 When did the universe begin – Big bang vs. Creationism
 Modern lifestyles and damage to planet
 Ways to care for the planet
 Destruction of natural habitats
 Climate change/ greenhouse effect
 Religious attitudes to looking after the planet
 Quotes and keywords
TOPIC FOUR – Early Life
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The miracle/gift of life - When does life begin?
Quality of life
What is abortion? What is the law on abortion?
Arguments for and against abortion
Fathers’ rights
Alternatives to abortion
Religious attitudes to when life begins
Religious attitudes to abortion
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Quotes and keywords
English
The English language exam for year 10 is unseen but they can revise the features of different
styles of writing (writing to inform, persuade, argue and describe)
Sets 1-3 will need to revise Journey’s End.
Mathematics
Pupils should have given 2011 GCSE Papers (Non Calculator and Calculator) to complete
using the CGP revision guides. Specific guidelines have been sent through e-mail suggesting
specific topics for revision. Please read a detailed email sent to your school account on 27 th
March 2013. Pupils are required to highlight the topics in the contents section of CGP as they
practice through these past GCSE papers. These papers were sent attached in the e-mail
and pupils are required to print them out at home.
Science
Biology module 1
B1.1.1 Diet and exercise
B1.1.2 How our bodies defend themselves against infectious diseases
B1.2.1 The nervous system
B1.2.2 Control in the human body
B1.2.3 Control in plants
B1.3.1 Drugs
B1.4.1 Adaptations
B1.4.2 Environmental change
B1.5.1 Energy in biomass
B1.6.1 Decay processes
B1.6.2 The carbon cycle
B1.7.1 Why organisms are different
B1.7.2 Reproduction
B1.8.1 Evolution
Chemistry module 1
C1.1.1 Atoms
C1.1.2 The periodic table
C1.1.3 Chemical reactions
C1.2.1 Calcium carbonate
C1.3.1 Extracting metals
C1.3.2 Alloys
C1.3.3 Properties and uses of metals
C1.4.1 Crude oil
C1.4.2 Hydrocarbons
C1.4.3 Hydrocarbon fuels
C1.5.1 Obtaining useful substances from crude oil
C1.5.2 Polymers
C1.5.3 Ethanol
C1.6.1 Vegetable oils
C1.6.2 Emulsions
C1.6.3 Saturated and unsaturated oils
C1.7.1 The Earth’s crust
C1.7.2 The Earth’s atmosphere
Physics module 1
P1.1.1 Infrared radiation
P1.1.2 Kinetic theory
P1.1.3 Energy transfer by heating
P1.1.4 Heating and insulating buildings
P1.2.1 Energy transfers and efficiency
P1.3.1 Transferring electrical energy
P1.4.1 Generating electricity
P1.4.2 The National Grid
GCSE PE
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Key concepts and key processes in physical education.
Fundamental movement skills.
Decision making.
Components of fitness.
The importance of a warm-up and cool-down.
The characteristics of skilful movement.
Performance and outcome goals.
Assessing the body’s readiness for exercise and training.
Balanced, healthy lifestyle including the components of diet.
Reasons for participation in sport.
Pathways into sport.
This comprises all of unit B451.
French
Listening Higher (45 minutes + 5 min)
You need to revise the following topics:
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Social Issues
Jobs
School
Health Issues
Celebrations
Environment
Holidays
Television
Relationships
Reading Higher (50 minutes)
You need to revise the following topics:
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The environment
Mobile phones in school
Job adverts
Going on holiday
Healthy and unhealthy lifestyles
Jobs in tourism
Speaking
Learn and practise key vocabulary on ‘Ma famille’.
Writing
Learn and practise key vocabulary on ‘Les sports’.
Please learn off by heart:
Vocabulary for each unit studied from your Expo TB
Module 1: Moi, pp 26/27
Module 2: Mon temps libre, pp46/47
Module 3: Là où j’habite, pp64/65
Module 4 : Allons-y, pp86/87
Module 5 : Le collège, pp106/107
Module 6 : Il faut bosser, pp124/125
Module 7 : Tourisme, pp146/147
Module 8 : Mode de vie, pp164/165
Module 9 : Le monde en danger, pp180/181
Useful Websites:
BBC GCSE Bitesize
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/french/
Linguascope
http://www.linguastars.com/
Username: mflpriory, Password: languages
Zut
http://www.zut.org.uk/index.html
Click on Year 10/11 and choose a topic you want to revise.
Espaňol
 Learn all Units 1, 5 and 6, vocabulary from your Mira textbook book. Focusing on Unit
5 “los trabajos” for our next controlled assessment/ Writing a covering letter.
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Reading practice from your Mira textbookpages:182,183,184,185,186,187,188,189,190,191,
Thorough revision of verb table, pages: 232 & 233(present, past, future and imperfect
tenses).
Reading and listening practice from doddle website
To thoroughly learn your speaking controlled assessment
Learn your negatives page 220/221
Textiles
 Sustainability (chapter 6 and 10 of text book)
 Basic textiles equipment and their uses (p.68 -71)
 Health and safety (p133-138)
 Non-woven fabrics (p39-40)
 Computer applications in textiles (chapter 4)
 Manufacturing in quantity (p.119-120)
GCSE Drama
The group must revise for their written examination using past exam papers provided.
They must revise specific drama terminology from their Vocabulary books, as well as update
and revise their log book notes for their devised piece and scripted piece ‘Two’. They MUST
all be 100 percent clear as to the rehearsal process as well as the success of their final
performances.
Geography
Changing Urban Environments
 What is urbanisation?
 How and when did it happen in poor and rich countries?
 The 5 key issues in British cities (traffic/multicultural mix/Inner city/CBD/Housing)
 How can urban living be more sustainable? (with examples)
 A case study for sustainable urban living
 Features of a shanty town and why they exist
 How a shanty town can change and improve over time (with a case study)
 Examples of land, air and water pollution in poor world cities and the solutions to them
The restless earth
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The structure of the Earth
What happens at plate margins (constructive, destructive, conservative)
How are fold mountains formed – What are the advantages and disadvantages of fold
mountains?
How are volcanoes formed (composite and shield)
The causes and effects of one volcanic eruption (e.g. Nevado del Ruiz / Mt St Helens)
What can be done to reduce the impacts of an eruption?
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What is a supervolcano – what are the potential impacts.
What causes earthquakes and how can they be managed? Case study Haiti and
Kobe.
What causes tsunamis? What are their impacts? What can be done to reduce the
impacts?
Water on the land
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The hydrological cycle
The features of a drainage basin
Processes of erosion and transportation
Changes in long and cross profiles downstream
Landforms resulting from erosion: waterfalls and gorges
Landforms resulting from erosion and deposition: meanders and ox bow lakes.
Landforms resulting from deposition: levees.
Causes and effects of flooding in an MEDC and an LEDC (Boscastle and Bangladesh)
Management strategies to cope with flooding. (hard and soft engineering)
History
Topics are:
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Hippocrates and the Four Humours
Asclepius & what happened at an Asclepion
Beliefs about illness in the Middle Ages
Beliefs about illness and treatment in the 19th Century
Egyptians and health
Greeks & Romans – what did they do, and which is more important?
The role of monasteries in the Middle Ages
Pare, Vesalius, Harvey – what did they do, and who is more important?
Florence Nightingale
Solving the problem of bleeding
Lister and Simpson – what did they do, and who is more important?
Food Technology
Please see topic list at the front of your folder for more detail on each section:
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Design Process
Product Development
Product Planning
Nutrients
Diet
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Modifying recipes
Food choice
Special dietary needs
Food commodities
Function of ingredients
Processes and skills
Health and Safety
Product analysis
Sustainable design