Year 8
Big Ideas in Science and the Five Year Curriculum
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