Science

The curriculum for Key stage 3 and Key Stage 4 have changed. As from September 2008 only Year 7 students will follow the new curriculum and pupils who are currently in Year 8 and Year 9 will not be affected by the new changes at Key stage 3.

All pupils in Key Stage 4 are now following the new Curriculum.

The following links will help you understand how and why the curriculum has changed.

1 http://curriculum.qca.org.uk/key-stages-3-and-4/index.aspx

2  http://curriculum.qca.org.uk/key-stages-3-and-4/subjects/science/keystage3/index.aspx?return=/key-stages-3-and-  4/subjects/science/index.aspx

3 http://www.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/secondary/framework/science/fwss/slo/

Revision Links

Key Stage 3 SATs Revision

Interactive past paper questions

Dr Browns Revision

GCSE REVISION

Bitesize	How stuff works	GCSE Science
Darville	S-cool

Online Book List

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Key stage 3

KS3 Science 3-6 (Parsons, CGP)

KS3 Science 5-7 (Parsons, CGP)

BBC Bitesise KS3 Revision

Downloads

Key Stage 3 Revision Power Points

1. Characteristics of life

2. Classification1

3. Invertebrates

4 Food and Digestion

5 Respiration

6 The Rock Cycle

7 Light

8 Sound and Hearing revision

9 The Human Body

10 Energy and Electricity

11 compounds and Mixtures

12 Heating and Cooling

13 Magnets quiz

14 Pressure and Moments

Documents

Key stage 3 textbook letter

Key stage 3 course

GCSE SCIENCE

GCSE students at Coombe follow the Edexcel specification at Key Stage 4. The following link to understand more about the Edexcel 360 science.

http://360science.edexcel.org.uk/home/

360 Science target sheets

Environment (b1a1)

Patterns in properties (c1a1)

Producing and measuring electricity (p1a1)

GCSE Revision Podcasts

The following 'podcasts' are short lessons from year 10 students, saved as mp3 files. Save them to your computer then play them back, or save them to your mp3 player and revise on the move.

Year 10

Producing & measuring electricity (p1a1)

A.C. & D.C.

Maglev trains (Higher tier only)

Battery life

Future phones 1

Current, Voltage & Resistance

The history of telecommunications

Future phones 2

Year 10 Revision Power Points

1 Designer Products

2 Electrical and Chemical Signals

3 Environment

4 Genes

5 Now you see it Now you do not

6 Oils Earth and Atmosphere

7 Making Changes

8 Patterns in Properties

9 Producing and Measuring Electricity

10 Products from Rocks

11 Radiation and the Universe

12 Space and its Mysteries

13 There is One Earth

14 Use Misuse and Abuse

15 You are in Charge