Science

Careers links in KS3 Science at Horsforth School

Year 7

Forces: An understanding of forces is required for the basis of understanding careers in aeronautical engineering, Pilot, computer games design, construction. Knowing forces is required in computer games to ensure realism.

Particles: describing the properties of states of matter provides a grounding for an understanding of materials science

Separating mixtures: pharmaceuticals, brewing

Cells: Molecular biologist /researcher geneticist

Acids: Hair and beauty

Breathing: Sports science

Energy costs and transfers: Electrician / electrical engineering/ power station operator

Space: An understanding of how our understanding of the solar system developed is required for anyone wanting to become an astronaut/ astronomer

Reproduction: Geneticist / midwifery

Elements and compounds: Those interested in a degree in chemical engineering would need to have an understanding of elements and how they for together to make compounds at the nano level

Waves, Light and sounds: media technician, medical physics

Interdependence: It is of vital importance to know the various interconnections between living things for anyone going into the role of ecology, veterinary scientist, or zoology

Year 8

Digestion: In order to create a balanced diet then, Food scientists, chefs, and dieticians would use their knowledge of nutrition

Metals and their reactions:

steel production, Welding

Electromagnets:

Power station, recycling, robotics

Inheritance and evolution: someone working in animal care or ecology or zoology would need to see how animals adapt to their surroundings.

Periodic table:

Pharmaceuticals

Respiration: brewing, sports science

Heating and cooling: plumbing, electrical engineering, meteorologist

Photosynthesis: plant biologist, horticulturalist, farming

Electricity: electrician

Climate: environmental scientist

Waves: communications (TV/Radio)

Click below to see the more about Physics, Chemistry and Biology at Key Stage 4 and 5

Fancy a good read?

Angela Saini Superior: The Return of Race Science

Angela Saini Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong

Naomi Kline This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate

Guru Madhavan Think Like an Engineer

Henry Marsh Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery

Michael Lewis The Undoing Project

Deborah Blum The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

John Gribbin Science: A History 1543-2001

Ben Goldacre Bad Science

Bill Bryson A Short History of Nearly Everything

Rachel Swaby Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science- and the World

Marty Jopson The Science of Everyday Life: Why Teapots Dreibble, Toast Burns and Light Bulbs Shine

Marianne Taylor I Used to Know That: General Science

Rachel Ignotofsky Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World

Gianni Sarcone and Marie Jo Waeber Optical Illusions

New Scientist and Mick O'Hare Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?

Nick Arnold Horrible Science

Glenn Murphy Why is Snot Green

Glenn Murphy How Loud Can You Burp?

Glenn Murphy Does Farting Make You Faster?