Year 8 Science


Autumn Term

week 1 

Lesson 1

Efficiency

Lesson 2

Power and energy

Lesson 3

Non-renewable energy resources

week 2

Lesson 1

Renewable energy resources

Lesson 2

Energy in food

Lesson 3

End of topic review

week 3

Lesson 1

Acids and alkalis

Lesson 2

Neutralisation

Lesson 3

Simple Titrations

week 4

Lesson 1

Antacid Investigation: Planning

Lesson 2

Antacid Investigation: Analysis & Conclusion

Lesson 3

Case Study of Helen Sharman

week 5

Lesson 1

Revision (Part 2)

Lesson 2

Specialised Cells

Lesson 3

Gravity

week 6

Lesson 1

Weight

Lesson 2

Pure and impure substances

Lesson 3

Separating mixtures

week 7

Lesson 1

Rock salt

Lesson 2

Distillation

Lesson 3

Chromatography

Spring Term

week 1

Lesson 1

Aerobic Respiration 

Lesson 2

Anaerobic respiration

Lesson 3

Effect of exercise on respiration

week 2

Lesson 1

Gravity

Lesson 2

The Universe

Lesson 3

Seasons

week 3

Lesson 1

Review of space

Lesson 2

Case Study Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Lesson 3

Mass and weight

week 4

Lesson 1

Types of material

Lesson 2

Changing state

Lesson 3

Case study of Helen Sharman

week 5

Lesson 1

Crude Oil

Lesson 2

Case study Robert Brown

Lesson 3

Structure of Earth

week 6

Lesson 1

Food Webs

Lesson 2

Adaptation

Lesson 3

Natural Selection

week 8

Lesson 3

Refraction

week 9

Lesson 1

Vision

Lesson 2

Correcting vision

Lesson 3

Review of light

week 10

Lesson 1

Structure of the Earth

Lesson 2

Igneous rocks

Lesson 3

Sedimentary rocks

week 11

Lesson 1

Metamorphic rocks

Lesson 2

Types of material

Lesson 3

Recycling

week 12

Lesson 1

Earth's atmosphere

Lesson 2

Greenhouse effect

Lesson 3

Climate change