Subject Overview

Year 9

Month

Content

August / September

 

Cells, Heredity and Diversity

·         What is life?

·         Tissue, Organs and specialised cells

·         Heredity

·         Variation

·         Genes

·         Chromosomes

·         Inheritance

·         Genetic disorders

 

October

Holiday 1wk

Reproduction

·         Organs and their purposes

·         Processes involved

·         Menstrual cycle

·         How do hormones control menstruation

 

November
 

·        Problems with reproduction

 

Radioactivity

·         Isotopes, radiation, radioactive decay

·        Dangers and uses of radioactive material

 

December

Holiday 1wk

Optics – include energy

·         Light rays

·         Colour

·         Reflection

·         Refraction

 

Holiday 1wk

January

 

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Acids and Bases

·         Properties

·         Neutralisation

 

February

Holiday 1wk

·         Experiments using acids and bases

 

March

 

Formation of compounds

·         Ionic / covalent bonding

·         Charges

·         Electrolysis

·         Types of reactions

 

April

Holiday 1wk

Rates of reactions

·         Catalysts

·         Surface area

·         Concentrations

·         Factors effecting rates of reactions

 

May

 

Flowering Plants

·         Photosynthesis

·         Nutrition

·         Feeding

 

June

Holidays

Revision and Consolidation