Science

Big idea

Physics

Forces

Forces predict motion

Electromagnets

Fields produce forces

Electricity transfers energy

Energy

Energy is conserved

Waves

Radiation transfers energy

Chemistry

Matter

Structure determines properties

Reactions

Reactions rearrange matter

Earth

Earth systems interact

Biology

Organisms

Cells are alive    

Bodies are systems

Ecosystems

Organisms are interdependent

Ecosystems recycle resources

Genes

Characteristics are inherited

Species show variation

Biological Molecules

Cells

Organisms exchange substances with their environment.

Genetic information, variation and relationships between organisms

Monomers and polymers, Carbohydrates, Lipids and Proteins, DNA, ATP, Water and Inorganic ions.  

Cell structure, microscopes, Cell cycle, Cell division, Membranes, the Immune system.

SA to Vol ratio, Gas exchange, Digestion and absorption, Mass transport.

DNA, genes and chromosomes, DNA and protein synthesis, Genetic diversity, Species and Taxonomy, Biodiversity, Investigating diversity.

A2

Topic 5: On the Wild Side

Topic 6: Immunity, Infection and Forensics.

Topic 7: Run for your Life

Topic 8: Grey Matter

Ecosystems, the importance of photosynthesis and Climate Change

Applications of DNA, the immune response and how we treat disease

Muscle structure and action, respiration and effects of exercise on the heart and lungs

Nervous system structure and function, brain development and ethical consideration of drug treatments

A-level Exams
3 x 2 Hour papers in June

CPAC assessments

Unit 1 Fundamentals of Science (External assessment)

Unit 2 Laboratory Techniques (External Assessment)

Basic concepts from Physics Biology and chemistry, including cell structure, electricity and atomic structure

A practical based module including Health and Safety procedures, Aseptic techniques, Chemical analysis

Unit 6 Control of Hazards of Laboratory Techniques (Internal Assessment)

Unit 18 Microbiology (Internal Assessment)

Unit 21 Product Testing Techniques (Internal Assessment)

Health and Safety regulations, risk assessment, lab design

Techniques in microbiology including gram staining, the use of microbiology in food and GM crops

Practical techniques used in industry such as titration

Module 1 – Development of practical skills in physics

Module 2 – Foundations of physics

Module 3–Forces and motion

Module 4 –Electrons, waves and photons

Practical skills assessed in a written examination
Practical skills assessed in the practical endorsement

Physical quantities and units, Making measurements and analysing data,
Nature of quantities

Motion, Forces in action, Work, energy and power, Materials, Newton’s laws of motion and momentum

Charge and current, Energy, power and resistance, Electrical circuits, Waves,
Quantum physics

CPAC assessments

Module 5– Newtonian world and astrophysics

Module 6 –Particles and medical physics

Thermal physics, Circular motion, Astrophysics and cosmology

Electric fields, Electromagnetism, Medical imaging, Nuclear and particle physics

A-level Exams
2 x 2 r 15 mins papers
1 x 1hr 30 min paper
in Jun

CPAC assessments

Physical Chemistry

Inorganic Chemistry

Organic Chemistry

Atomic Structure and bonding, Chemical reactions including; Energetics, Kinetics, Chemical Equilibria, Oxidation and Reduction reactions

The periodic table including; Periodicity, Group 2 elements, and Group 7 elements

Organic Compounds including; Alkanes, Alkenes, Halogenoalkanes, Alcohols and Organic analysis

CPAC assessments

Physical Chemistry

Inorganic Chemistry

Organic Chemistry

Topics include; Thermodynamics, Rate equations, Electrode potentials and Acids & Bases

Properties of materials including period 3 elements and their Oxides, and Reactions of Ions in solution

Organic compounds including aldehydes and ketones, carboxylic acids, Amines and Polymers,
Aalysis techniques including NMR and Chromatography

A-level Exams
2 x 2 r 15 mins papers
1 x 1hr 30 min paper
in Jun

CPAC assessments