Module One Introduction
Welcome to the first module of your Year 9 Science course! If you haven't studied Year 8 Science with Wolsey Hall please take time to go through Module Zero.
Module One is a Biology module (green edges to the pages in the coursebook) which explores cells, respiration, diffusion, active transport, the digestive system, the gas exchange system photosynthesis and transport in plants and animals. There is a lot to study but hopefully a lot of the material will already be familiar to you from your earlier studies so you should be able to work quickly through topics you feel comfortable with.
You should work through each topic, reading your coursebook, completing the activities and watching any videos. The Retrieval starter question will help you decide if you need to refresh your knowledge by completing the optional Reactivate activities, this may be especially true if you haven’t studied science with Wolsey Hall before. If you are ready for an extra challenge, we direct you to optional resources or activities.
At the end of each Chapter of your coursebook you will find Reach Topic pages. Reach topics introduce you to concepts that are studied at IGCSE. These interesting new topics may be more challenging and relate to the questions at the end of the assignments. However don't worry if you find them challenging as you will pick them up again at IGCSE.
Remember that you can check your answers to the Activate exercises and there are mark schemes for all the worksheets in the Check your answers section on each topic page.
Before you complete Assignment One, there are twelve topics to complete.
Module One topic work
Topic One (1.1): Plant and Animal Cells
Topic Two (1.2): Cell Specialisation
Topic Three (1.3): Respiration
Topic Five (1.5): REACH - Prokaryotic Cells
Topic Six (1.6): REACH - Active Transport
Topic Seven (1.7): Cells to Organ Systems
Topic Eight (1.8): Digestive system and enzymes
Topic Nine (1.9): Respiratory system and gas exchange
Topic Ten (1.10): Leaf structure and photosynthesis
Topic Eleven (1.11) - REACH – Circulatory system
Topic Twelve (1.12): REACH - Transpiration