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Term | Topic and content | Required practical |
Autumn | Non-communicable disease
Communicable disease Atomic structure The periodic table Conservation and dissipation of energy Energy resources | |
Spring | Preventing and treating disease
Adaptations, interdependence and competition Chemical analysis The Earth’s atmosphere Energy resources Forces in balance | – Measuring population size in a habitat
– Chromatography |
Summer | Biodiversity & ecosystems
Crude oil and fuels The Earth’s resources Motion Force and motion | Reflection |
Trilogy Science curriculum outline
Term | Topic and content | Required practical |
Autumn | – Cell structure and transport
– Cell division – Organisation and the digestive system – Rates and equilibrium – Structure and bonding – Electric circuits – Electricity at home – Energy demands | – Microscopy
– Osmosis – Food tests – Affecting enzyme rate – Rate of reaction – Resistance – IV characteristics – Specific heat capacity |
Spring | – Organising animals and plants – part 1
– Respiration – Organising animals and plants – part 2 – Chemical changes - part 1 – Electrolysis – Molecules and matter - Radioactivity | – Photosynthesis rate
– Electrolysis |
Summer | – Photosynthesis
– Variation & evolution – Genetics and evolution – Chemical calculations – Chemical changes - part 2 – Energy changes – Wave properties – Electromagnetic waves | – Making salts
– Measuring energy changes – Waves – Thermal insulation |
Trilogy Science curriculum outline
Term | Topic and content | Required practical |
Autumn | – Variation & evolution
– Genetics and evolution – Reproduction – Rates and equilibrium – The Earth’s resources – Electromagnetism – Wave properties – Electromagnetic waves – Forces & motion | – Rate of reaction
– Purification of water – Waves – Acceleration – Force and extension |
Spring | – Organising an ecosystem
– Osmosis Chemistry and Physics: preparation for summer examinations | – Osmosis |
Summer | Preparation for summer examinations in all disciplines |
Separate Science curriculum outline
Term | Topic and content | Required practical |
Autumn | – Cell structure and transport
– Cell division – Organisation and the digestive system – Organising animals and plants – part 1 – Respiration – Organising animals and plants – part 2 – Structure & bonding – Chemical changes - part 1 – Electrolysis – Chemical analysis – Electric circuits – Electricity at home – Energy demands – Molecules and matter | – Microscopy
– Osmosis – Food tests – Affecting enzyme rate – Electrolysis – Ion analysis – Resistance – IV characteristics – Specific heat capacity – Density |
Spring | – Photosynthesis
– Organising an ecosystem – Biodiversity & ecosystems – Chemical calculations – Chemical changes -part 2 – Energy changes - Pressure - Radioactivity – Wave properties | – Photosynthesis rate
– Rate of decomposition – Titration – Making salts – Temperature changes – Waves |
Summer | - Variation & evolution
- Genetics and evolution – Reproduction – Energy changes (concluded) – Rates & equilibrium – Electromagnetic waves - Electromagnetism - Light | - Effect of antibiotic on bacterial growth
– Rate of reaction – Thermal insulation – Light |
Separate Science curriculum outline
Term | Topic and content | Required practical |
Autumn | – Variation & evolution
– Genetics and evolution – Reproduction – Homeostasis in action – Organic reactions – Polymers – Using our resources – Rates and equilibrium – Light – Electromagnetism – Space - Forces in balance – Forces and motion | – Rate of reaction
– Light – Acceleration – Force and extension |
Spring | – Communicable diseases
– Biodiversity & ecosystems – Osmosis - Rates and equilibrium (concluded) – The Earth’s resources – Wave properties – Electromagnetic waves | – Affect of antibiotic on bacterial growth
– Osmosis – Purification of water – Waves |
Summer | Preparation for summer examinations in all disciplines. |
Links to full specifications available on the AQA website (www.aqa.org.uk)
Combined Science Trilogy (8464)
www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/combined-science-trilogy-8464
Combined Science Synergy (8465)
www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/combined-science-synergy-8465
Separate Science Biology (8461)
www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/biology-8461
Separate Science Chemistry (8462)
www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/chemistry-8462
Separate Science Physics (8463)
www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/physics-8463
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