YEAR

UNIT NO and month

UNIT TITLE…each unit will end with a test

TEACHING TIME approx! (HOURS)

7

7   Sept

Practical Skills and safety

8

7

7K  Oct

Forces and their effects

8

7

7I   Oct

Energy resources

9

7

7J  Nov

Electrical circuits

8

7

7A  Dec

Cells

8

 SCHOOL EXAMINATION

7

7B  Jan

Reproduction

8

7

7C  Jan

Environment and feeding relationships

8

7

7D   Feb

Variation and classification

7.5

7

7E   Feb

Acids and alkalis

7

7

7F    Mar

Simple chemical reactions

7

7

7G   Mar

Particle model of solids, liquids and gases

7

7

7H    April

Solutions

8

7

7L    April

The solar system and beyond

9

May/June

 REVISION AND TEST

SUMMER VACATION

        Sept

Revision of Practical and safety

8

8A    Sept         

Food and digestion

8

8

8B    Oct

Respiration

9

8

8C     Nov

Microbes and disease

8

8

8D     Nov

Ecological relationships

9

8

8E     Dec

Atoms and elements

7.5

8

8F     Jan

Compounds and mixtures

8

8

8G     Jan

Rocks and weathering

7.5

8

8H     Feb

The rock cycle

7.5

8

8I      Feb

Heating and cooling

10

8

8J      Mar

Magnets and electromagnets

7

8

8K      Mar

Light

7.5

8

8L     Mar

Sound and hearing

8.5

 REVISION AND TEST

SUMMER VACATION

9

9A

Inheritance and selection

7.5

9

9B

Fit and healthy

8.5

9

9C

Plants and photosynthesis

7.5

9

9D

Plants for food

7.5

9

9E

Reactions of metals and metal compounds

7.5

9

9F

Patterns of reactivity

7.5

9

9G

Environmental chemistry

7

9

9H

Using chemistry

7

9

9I

Energy and electricity

8

9

9J

Gravity and space

7.5

9

9K

Speeding up

8

9

9L

Pressure and moments

7.5

9

9M

Investigating scientific questions

7–12