Year 7 Curriculum Information Booklet 2018 - 2019

Topic 4 Solutions
Students will study the following:
What solutions and mixtures are
How to separate mixtures through
filtration, evaporation, distillation
and chromatography
Carrying out heating procedures
safely
What saturated solutions are
Topic 5 Cells, tissues and organs
Students will study the following:
Introduction to cells and use of
models to explain scientific theory
Plant and animal cells
Using microscopes to observing cells
Structure and function of specialised
cells
Introduction to organ systems,
including breathing, digestion and
reproduction
Topic 6 Energy resources
Students will study the following:
How to classify the different types of
energy
How energy is transferred and
where it comes from.
An introduction to Fossil fuels and
renewable energy sources.
Experiments on the energy stored in
different fuel types and in food
Topic 7 Simple chemical reactions
Students will study the following:
The differences between physical
changes and chemical reaction
How to recognise a chemical
reaction
Different types of chemical reactions
including thermal decomposition,
endothermic and exothermic
Understanding what happens during
a chemical reaction
Representing chemical reactions
using equations
How to identify a variety of gases