Science

CreatingBrilliantFutures

Statement of Intent

At Campion school we encourage students to be inquisitive. The science curriculum creates a healthy curiosity about the universe and promotes respect for living and non-living.  Throughout the course students will acquire and develop knowledge in each unit across the years. The units have been developed through the National Curriculum and builds on previous knowledge.

The key aims of Science is to ensure that all pupils:

● Develop scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding through the specific disciplines of Biology, Chemistry and Physics

● Develop understanding of the nature, processes and methods of science through different types of science enquiries that help them to answer scientific questions about the world around them

● Are equipped with the scientific skills required to understand the uses and implications of science, today and for the future. We understand that it is important for lessons to have a skills-based focus, and that the knowledge can be taught through this

Curriculum Map 

 

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Key stage 3

Students will follow the content according to National Curriculum for science using a spiralling approach which reviews and builds in the understanding from KS2. Practical skills are modelled and carried out for students with opportunities for students to develop the skills of enquiry and working scientifically.

 

Key stage 4

Students will experience a wide range of new topics and skills at KS4 whilst following either the Edexcel combined route or taking as an option the Edexcel separate science. Each topic strand is linked intrinsically to prior knowledge and skills from KS3 and builds in terms of complexity, skills and application. Our aim is that all students should leave Campion being able to understand and explain the scientific world around them and more importantly are equipped with the skills to problem solve and critically evaluate the ‘big’ moral questions.

 

Key stage 5

The department offers A level Biology, A level Chemistry, A level Physics and BTEC Applied science

 

OCR A level Biology:  

 

Autumn

Spring

Summer

Year 12

Development of practical skills in biology

 

Cell structure and

Biological molecules

 

Exchange surfaces and breathing

 

Transport in animals and plants  

Enzymes and Biological membranes

 

Cell division diversity and cell differentiation

 

Communicable diseases

 

Classification and evolution   

Cellular control

Patterns of inheritance

 

Biodiversity

 

Communication and homeostasis

 

Excretion as an example of homeostatic control

Year 13

Hormonal communication

 

Plants and animals responses

 

Photosynthesis

 

Cellular control

 

Respiration

 

Clones and biotechnology

 

Manipulating genomes 

 

Patterns of inheritance

Revision for the final exams

 

 

OCR A level Chemistry

 

Autumn

Spring

Summer

Year 12

Enthalpy changes and rates of reactions

 

Chemical equilibrium

 

Alkanes and Alkene’s

Alcohols

 

Halogenoalkanes

 

Organic synthesis

 

 

Modern  Analytical techniques

 

Transition elements

 

Qualitative analysis

 

Aromatic compounds 

Year 13

Acids, Bases and Buffers

 

Lattice enthalpy

Enthalpy and Entropy

 

Redox a d electrode potentials

 

 Carbonyl compounds

 

Carboxylic acids/esters and acyl chlorides

 

Amines, amino acids and chirality

 

Polyesters and polyamides

Chromatography and qualitative analysis 

Revision for the final exams

 

Edexcel A level Physics

 

Autumn

Spring

Summer

Year 12

Working as a physicist

 

Electrical quantities

 

Motion

 

Complete electrical circuits

 

Basic waves

 

Energy and momentum

Behaviour of waves

 

Optics

 

Fluids

 

Materials

 

Further momentum

 

Circular motion

Quantum

 

Gravitational fields

 

Space

 

Oscillations

Year 13

Electric fields

 

Capacitors

 

Electromagnet effects

 

Thermodynamics

  

Nuclear radiation

Probing matter

 

Particle accelerator and detector 

 

The particle zoo

Revision for the final exams

 

 

BTEC Applied science

 

Autumn

Spring

Summer

Year 12

Cells

 

Bonding

 

Waves

 

Specialised cells

 

 

Tissues

 

Properties and reactivity

 

Waves

 

 

Unit 2: Learning Aim C & D

 

Unit 2: Learning Aim A & D

 

Unit 2: Learning Aim B & D

Year 13

Unit 2: Learning Aim C & D

 

Unit 2: Learning Aim A & D

 

Unit 2: Learning Aim B & D

Enzymes in Action

 

Diffusion

 

Electrical circuits

 

 

Energy in foods

 

Plant sampling

Career Opportunities

 

Science careers

Head of Faculty

Mrs A. Wiseman
A.Wiseman@campion.northants.sch.uk