We have ensured that all of the National Curriculum outcomes are covered in the course and the table below provides an overview of how the Wolsey Hall course can be mapped to the Activate textbook and to the National Curriculum for England.
Note The Lower Secondary Science course as a whole (Years 7-9) meets all the requirements of the Cambridge Lower Secondary Curriculum.
Before One, there is an introductory Welcome call with your tutor and then Module Zero if you haven't studied science with Wolsey Hall before.
At the end of Module Four, there is a mid-course review.
At the end of Module Nine, there is an end-of-course review.
After the end-of-course review, there is a Final Test (printed out and taken like an assignment, to check their progress and see if you are ready to continue their studies). The Final Test covers all the Lower Secondary curriculum, not just Year 9.
Module One: Turning points in biology
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Coursebook Pages
Turning points in biology:
Immunisation
Antibiotics
DNA and evolution
How we can prevent extinction of species
Topics:
1.1 Vaccines 1
1.2 Vaccines 2
1.3 Antibiotics 1
1.4 Antibiotics 2
1.5 DNA
1.6 Charles Darwin
1.7 Preventing Extinction
Blood cells.
Natural immunity.
Artificial immunity in the form of vaccinations.
Apply mathematical concepts and calculate results.
A simple model of chromosomes, genes and DNS.
That there are differences between species.
The variation between species and between individuals of the same species means some organisms compete more successfully, which can drive natural selection.
Changes in the environment may leave organisms less well adapted to compete successfully and reproduce, which in turn may lead to extinction.
The importance of maintaining biodiversity and the use of gene banks to preserve hereditary material.
Pages 22-37
ASSIGNMENT ONE
Module Two: New Technology
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Coursebook Pages
New technology content:
Nanoparticles and their uses
The future of cars and other vehicles
Topics:
2.1 Nanoparticles
2.2 Using nanoparticles
2.3 Nanoparticles in medicine
2.4 Nanoparticle safety
2.5 Cars, pros and cons
2.6 New fuels
2.7 Cleaning up exhausts
2.8 Hybrid electric cars
The properties of metals.
Current scientific technology.
Developing scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding.
The production of carbon dioxide by human activity and the impact on climate.
Earth as a source of limited resources and the efficacy of recycling.
Pages 52-71
ASSIGNMENT TWO
Module Three: Engineering and technology
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Coursebook Pages
Engineering and technology Content:
Mobile phones
Uses of technology in your home and in hospitals
Uses of technology in sports
How we can produce renewable energy
Topics:
3.1 Your phone
3.2 Your house
3.3 Your hospital – intensive care
3.4 Your hospital – seeing inside
3.5 Your sports
3.6 Your planet
Practical 1 - Speed of sound
Speed and the quantitative relationship between average speed, distance and time (speed = distance ÷ time).
The representation of a journey on a distance–time graph.
Relative motion.
Pressure in solids, liquids and gases.
Fuels and energy resources.
The uses and implications of science.
Make predictions using scientific knowledge and understanding.
Select, plan and carry out the most appropriate types of scientific enquiries to test predictions, including identifying independent, dependent and control variables where appropriate.
Make and record observations and measurements using a range of methods.
Apply mathematical concepts and calculate results.
Present observations and data using appropriate methods, including tables and graphs.
Interpret observations and data, including identifying patterns and using observations, measurements and data to draw conclusions.
Pages 100-115
ASSIGNMENT THREE ( including Practical One)
Module Four: Biotechnology
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Coursebook Pages
Biotechnology Content:
Genetically inherited disorders
Genetically modifying organisms and cloning
Fermentation in food and drink production
Enzymes and their use in industry
Topics:
4.1 Genetics
4.2 Inherited disorders < 4.3 Selective breeding
4.4 Genetic engineering
4.5 Cloning
4.6 Biotechnology 1
4.7 Biotechnology 2
4.8 Enzymes in industry
Practical 4 - Enzymes
Heredity as the process by which genetic information is transmitted from one generation to the next.
There are differences within species.
Apply mathematical concepts and calculate results.
Science in industry.
Cross-curricular links.
Make predictions using scientific knowledge and understanding.
Select, plan and carry out the most appropriate types of scientific enquiries to test predictions, including identifying independent, dependent and control variables where appropriate.
Make and record observations and measurements using a range of methods.
Apply mathematical concepts and calculate results.
Present observations and data using appropriate method, including tables and graphs.
Interpret observations and data, including patterns and usingobservations, measurements and data to draw conclusions.
Pages 4–21
ASSIGNMENT FOUR (Including Practical Two)
Module Five: Turning Points in chemistry
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Coursebook Pages
Turning Points in chemistry content:
Vital turning points in chemistry:
Discovering what’s in an atom
What fossils tell us about the history of life on Earth
Topics:
5.1 Evidence for atoms
5.2 Looking into atoms
5.3 Discovering the Periodic Table
5.4 Lessons from fossils
5.5 The oldest primate
A simple (Dalton) atomic model.
The principles underpinning the Mendeleev periodic table.
Understand that scientific methods and theories develop as earlier explanations are modified to take account of new evidence and ideas.
Pages 72–83
ASSIGNMENT FIVE
Module Six: Turning points in physics
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Coursebook Pages
Turning points in physics Content:
How ideas about the Universe have changed
Discovery of radioactivity
Discovery of electromagnetism
Topics:
6.1 Discovering the Universe 1
6.2 Discovering the Universe 1
6.3 The Big Bang
6.4 Spacecraft and satellites
6.5 Mission to the Moon
6.6 Radioactivity 1
6.7 Radioactivity 2
6.8 Electromagnetism 1
6.9 Electromagnetism 2
Our Sun as a star.
Other stars in our galaxy.
The uses and implications of science.
The magnetic effect of a current, electromagnets, D.C. motors.
Waves transferring information for conversion to electrical signals by microphone.
Developing scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding.
The uses and implications of science.
Pages 116-135
ASSIGNMENT SIX
Module Seven Bio forensics
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Coursebook Pages
Bio forensics Content
How forensic scientists help to solve crimes using Bio forensics to analyse evidence found at the scene of a crime
Topics:
7.1 Microscopy
7.2 Fingerprinting
7.7 DNA fingerprinting
7.4 Blood typing
7.5 Time of death
7.6 Pathology
Science at work.
Cross-curricular links.
Developing scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding.
The uses and implications of science.
Pages 38-51
ASSIGNMENT SEVEN
Module Eight Forensic chemistry
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Coursebook Pages
Forensic chemistry Content
How chemistry helps to solve crimes
Topics:
8.1 Break in!
8.2 Smelly problem
8.3 Message in a bottle
8.4 Blood alcohol
8.5 Body!
8.6 Clues in the carpet
8.7 A week in court
Practical 3 - Corrosion
The properties of the different states of matter (solid, liquid and gas) in terms of the particle model.
Simple techniques for separating mixtures: filtration, evaporation, distillation and chromatography.
Select, plan and carry out the most appropriate types of scientific enquiries to test prediction, including identifying independent, dependent and control variables where appropriate.
The uses and implications of science.
Make predictions using scientific knowledge and understanding.
Select, plan and carry out the most appropriate types of scientific enquiries to test prediction, including identifying independent, dependent and control variables where appropriate.
Make and record observations and measurements using a range of methods.
Apply mathematical concepts and calculate results.
Present observations and data using appropriate methods, including tables and graphs.
Interpret observations and data, including identifying patterns and using observations, measurements and data to draw conclusions.
Pages 88-99
ASSIGNMENT EIGHT (including Practical Three)
Module Nine Detection
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Coursebook Pages
Detection content:
How scientists search for aliens
How GPS works
New particles and how to detect them
Topics:
9.1 Detecting planets
9.2 Detecting alien life
9.3 Detecting position
9.4 Detecting messages
9.5 Detecting particles
Our Sun as a star.
Other stars in our galaxy.
Other galaxies.
The uses and implications of science.
Pages 136-147
ASSIGNMENT NINE
Requirements Changed
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