Units Section Content Assessment Homework Project (Other smaller homework tasks may also be set by teachers) Biology Unit 1

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1 GCSE Additional Science offers students a broad, coherent course of study that adds to their knowledge and understanding of the living, material and physical worlds. Units Section Content Assessment Homework Project (Other smaller homework tasks may also be set by teachers) Biology Unit 1 1. Healthy Humans 2. Control and drugs 3. Environment and survival 4. Reproduction and variation Diet, malnutrition and obesity, metabolic rate, BMI, pathogens, immune system, antibiotics, vaccines, bacterial mutation. Nervous system and reflexes, hormones and the menstrual cycle, control of fertility, plant auxins, medical drugs, testing and thalidomide, statins, illegal drugs, addiction and steroids. Survival and competition, adaptions, distribution, environmental change including pollution, indicators of pollution, food chains and webs, pyramids of number and biomass, energy loss in food chains, decay and the carbon cycle. DNA and genes, variation, sexual reproduction, modern cloning, genetic engineering, GM crops, Evolution, natural selection and gene mutation. Vaccination Essay plus an Illegal drugs presentation test Energy flow in food chains essay plus an end of topic test Cloning Essay plus an Task: Why is it important to vaccinate against some diseases? homework project 1 Task: How are female hormones used to control fertility? homework project 1 Task: How are organisms adapted to their environment? Task: What is the evidence for evolution? Chemistry 1. Introduction Atomic structure, Task: Research a group of

2 Unit 1 to chemistry periodic table, electron configuration, ionic and covalent bonding, balancing equations, conservation of mass. 2. Products from the earth Extraction of metals concentrating, reduction, Electrolysis and displacement, Alloys, Limestone and its uses, the limestone cycle and the decomposition and reactions of carbonates. 3. Oils Crude oil, fractional distillation, fuels, cracking, alkanes and alkenes, polymers, ethanol, emulsions and oil saturation. 4. The Earth Earths structure, plate tectonics, atmosphere and its evolution and the carbon cycle. Physics Unit 1 1. Energy - Radiation, kinetic theory, processes of heat transfer, insulation, specific heat capacity. - Energy transfers, Sankey diagrams, electrical energy, power stations,, the national grid renewable and nonrenewable resources. Using the periodic table plus an Useful metals plus an end of topic test The importance of oil plus an Natural disasters presentation plus an assessed tasks Task 1 renewable energy presentation, task 2 letter to your local MP. Plus a mid and elements from the periodic table. Task: Design a new building for Smithdon High School. Task: To produce a factsheet for local councils on plastics. Task: To produce a green pledge for a person of your choice. Task 1: Designing a new home which reduces heat energy transfer. Task 2: Heat transfer research task. Physics 2. Waves and space Types of waves, electromagnetic waves, radio and micro waves, mobile assessed tasks Task 1 Are mobile phones safe? Task 2 What is Task 1: Wave calculations. Task 2: Red shift activity sheet.

3 phones, light, sound, Doppler effect, the big bang theory. Biology Unit 2 1. Anatomy Cell structure and specialised cells, tissues, organs and organ systems in both plants and animals, diffusion, mitosis and meiosis. 2. Proteomics DNA, how DNA codes for proteins, enzymes, factors affecting enzymes including ph and temperature, uses of enzymes, photosynthesis and the factors affecting it, aerobic and anaerobic respiration. 3. Genetics Sexual reproduction, genes chromosomes and alleles, genetic variation, the work of Mendel, inheritance, genetic disorders, embryo screening and stem cells. 4. Ecology Distribution of plants and animals, abiotic and biotic factors, fossil formation, extinction and Chemistry Unit 2 speciation. 1. Bonding Ionic bonding, covalent bonding and metallic bonding alloys, polymers, thermosetting and thermosoftening plastics and nanoparticles. 2. Calculations Relative atomic mass, relative molecular, percentage mass, the evidence for the big bang? Plus an end style Mitosis Meiosis Essay test Enzyme Presentation test Stem cell essay plus an end style Hominid evolution Essay plus an end of topic test task 1 Chemical bonding presentation and task 2 Nanoparticles Research and Essay test An Task 3: Origin of universe research task. Physics Task: Children s information book about the human body. Task: Phenylketonuria (PKU) information leaflet. Task: DNA: Where is it? What is it made of? What does it do? Task: Extinction research and write up. Task: To make 3D structures of ionic and covalent structures Practice calculations questions will be set as appropriate

4 Physics Unit 2 3. Rates of reaction 4. Chemical reactions 1. Forces and motion empirical formula, percentage yield and reversible reactions. Measuring reaction rates, factors affecting reaction rates, catalysts, interpreting graphs on reaction rates, endothermic and exothermic reactions and consolidation. Acids and alkalis, metals reacting with acids, acids reacting with alkalis, making salts, insoluble bases, precipitates, electrolysis, electroplating and chromatography. Motion, distancetime, velocity and acceleration. Forces between objects, safety on the road, stretching and squashing. Rates of reaction letter plus an Electrolysis factsheet test assessed tasks Task 1 Newton s laws of motion. Task 2 Road safety leaflet plus an Task: To investigate the effect of surface area of indigestion tablets Task: To write an essay What is a strong acid? Task 1: Velocity and acceleration calculation questions. Task 2: Kinetic energy and momentum calculations. Work, energy and momentum, explosions, impact forces and car safety. 2. Electricity Static electricity, electric circuits, mains electricity and safety. 3. Radioactivity Observing radioactivity, the discovery of the nucleus, half-life and radioactivity at work. 4. Energy from the nucleus Nuclear fission and fusion, the early universe, life cycles of stars, and how A day in the life of an electron plus an end style The effects of radiation presentation plus an Information leaflet on origin of universe and Task: Calculations resistance, power, charge. Task: Research and compare the uses and dangers of fission vs. fusion (the possible future of fusion on earth). Task: Research task, explain the origins and future of a star.

5 elements are formed. formation of stars and galaxies plus an end of topic test