Curriculum Outline
Year 9 |
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Biology | Chemistry | Physics |
Topic 1 – Key concepts in Biology
Topic 2 – Cells and control Topic 3 – Genetics Topic 4 – Natural selection and genetic modification Topic 5 – Health, disease and the development of medicines Topic 6 – Plant structures and their functions Topic 7 – Animal coordination, control and homeostasis Topic 8 – Exchange and transport in animals Topic 9 – Ecosystems and material cycles |
Topic 1 – Key concepts in chemistry
Topic 2 – States of matter and mixtures Topic 3 – Chemical changes Topic 4 – Extracting metals and equilibria Topic 6 – Groups in the periodic table Topic 7 – Rates of reaction and energy changes Topic 8 – Fuels and Earth science |
Topic 1 – Key concepts of physics
Topic 2 – Motion and forces, Topic 3 – Conservation of energy Topic 4 – Waves Topic 5 – Light and the electromagnetic spectrum Topic 6 – Radioactivity Topic 8 – Energy – Forces doing work Topic 9 – Forces and their effects Topic 10 – Electricity and circuits Topic 12 – Magnetism and the motor effect Topic 13 – Electromagnetic induction Topic 14 – Particle model Topic 15 – Forces and matter (Topics 7 and 11 are only studied in the GCSE Physics Course) |
Written Assessment |
Students will sit 6 externally examined papers at the end of Year 11.
All papers are out of 60 marks and are 1 hour and 10 minutes in length. Each paper contributes 16.67% of the Combined Science GCSE
Paper 1: Biology 1 – Topics 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 Paper 2: Biology 2 – Topics 1, 6, 7, 8 and 9 Paper 3: Chemistry 1 – Topics 1, 2, 3 and 4 Paper 4: Chemistry 2 – Topics 1, 6, 7 and 8 Paper 5: Physics 1 – Topics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 Paper 6: Physics 2 – Topics 1, 8 – 15
Each paper consists of a mixture of different question styles, including multiple-choice questions, short answer questions, calculations and extended open-response questions. |