Year 9 Curriculum Intention
Students follow content according to the National Curriculum for science using a clear strand-based approach, which reviews and builds on the understanding from KS2. Practical skills are modelled for students with opportunities for students to develop the skills of enquiry and working scientifically.
During Year 9 this is our foundation year where students will also have the opportunity to experience areas of science beyond the National Curriculum, these are planned to include subjects such as astronomy, psychology, marine biology, geology. Using the expertise of the wider trust, we are able to offer our students the opportunity to experience short programs of study in these areas, with links to science locally and possible careers.
KS3 Core Curriculum skills Covered
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Use of scientific methods, evaluate risks. Plan experiments and recognise risk and how to control and reduce risk. Introduction to cells.
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Measuring forces. Use of distance time graph. Gravity on earth and space. Food and linked to energy how energy transfers from one organisms to another. The way in which waves move through different mediums.
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Understanding the reproductive systems and how these can lead to pregnancy. Energy coming from food and how this transfers through the food system. Investigating the breathing system.
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How reactions can cause disasters such as the Hindenburg. Photosynthesis and how that helps human survival Respiration how energy is created through respiration reactions in both humans and plants.
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pH scale and how they link to common products. How the human body works – and how we are able to hear sound. Combustion and comparing fuels. How this links to our everyday life. EM spectrum – how EM is used in everyday life.
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How the greenhouse effect is affecting the Earth. How humans are impacting the Earth. How the Earth moves within the solar system. How to calculate energy transfer and work done.
