Year 8

Big Ideas in Science and the Five Year Curriculum


In year 8, students will work through the 10 Big Ideas in Science. They are as follows;

Forces Electromagnets

Energy Waves

Matter Reactions

Earth Organisms

Ecosystems Genes

Students will build on these 10 Big Ideas in the GCSE course during key stage 4.

During each big idea, students will complete;

  • A key assessed task- A formative assessment by the teacher covering a range of skills, including numeracy, literacy and data presentation.

  • An end of unit test- To formally assess students knowledge and understanding of the work.

Long Term Plan