Hodge Hill College

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Introduction

Our state of the art new Science labs create an excellent environment for learning. We have 9 full science labs and a Physics specialist lab at the moment with a view to a further two more science labs in the summer!

Key stage 3 Science operates over two years (7 and 8). Students in Year 9 study a GCSE preparation course. There are two Science pathways offered in Key Stage 4; GCSE AQA Combined Trilogy Science, which is compulsory unless a pupil has an average grade of 6. In which case they can select GCSE Separate Sciences. Separate Sciences allows pupils to gain a GCSE in Physics, Biology and Chemistry (3 GCSE's). The Combined Science leads to 2 GCSE's.

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KS3 Science

Year 7

Year 7	Biology	Topic	How it is assessed	Number of lessons until assessment
		Human body	Open book skills assessment	6
		Reproduction and variation	Topic test	6
		Enzymes and food groups	Open book skills assessment	7
		Classification and adaptations	Topic test	7
	Chemistry	Topic	How it is assessed	Number of lessons until assessment
		Changes of state and particle model	Open book skills assessment	7
		Separation techniques	Topic test	7
		Acids and alkalis	Open book skills assessment	5
		Chemical reactions	Topic test	7
	Physics	Topic	How it is assessed	Number of lessons until assessment
		Energy	Open book skills assessment	6
		Fuels	Topic test	6
		Forces	Open book skills assessment	7
		Magnets and space	Topic test	7

Year 8

Year 8	Biology	Topic	How it is assessed	Number of lessons until assessment
		Gas exchange	Open book skills assessment	8
		Cells	Topic test	7
		Microbes and plants	Open book skills assessment	11
		DNA and natural selection	Topic test	8
	Chemistry	Topic	How it is assessed	Number of lessons until assessment
		Compounds	Open book skills assessment	8
		Composites, ceramics and polymers	Topic test	8
		Combustion and fuels	Open book skills assessment	6
		Atmosphere and pollution	Topic test	12
	Physics	Topic	How it is assessed	Number of lessons until assessment
		Electrical circuits	Open book skills assessment	7
		Waves	Topic test	10
		Properties of light	Open book skills assessment	7
		Uses of light	Topic test	7

Year 9

Year 9	Biology	Topic	How it is assessed	Number of lessons until assessment
		Cells and microscopy	Topic test	9
		DNA and variation	Topic test	7
		Digestive system and enzymes	Topic test	9
		Heart and blood (Set 1 only)	Topic test	7
	Chemistry	Topic	How it is assessed	Number of lessons until assessment
		Atmosphere and pollutants	Topic test	9
		Resources from the Earth	Topic test	8
		Atomic structure and development of the periodic table	Topic test	11
		Reactivity series and cells (set 1 only)	Topic test	6
	Physics	Topic	How it is assessed	Number of lessons until assessment
		Energy and efficiency	Topic test	7
		Forces and motion time graphs	Topic test	9
		Basic waves and EMS	Topic test	7
		Light and sound waves (set 1 only)	Topic test	7

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KS4 GCSE Science

GCSE Combined Trilogy Science
Exam board	AQA	Course code	8464
Examined by	6x 1hr 15mins worth 16.7% each (2 x Chemistry exams, 2x Physics exams, 2x Biology exams)
Key topics taught	Chemistry Topic 1 – Earth’s Atmosphere Topic 2 – Using resources (extraction of metals, alloys, recycling etc) Topic 3 – Atomic structure (elements, periodic table, separation techniques) Topic 4 – Bonding (ionic, covalent, metallic) Topic 5 – Energy changes (exothermic, endothermic) Biology Topic 1 - Cell Biology Topic 3 – Organisation (enzymes, organ systems, plant systems) Topic3 – Infection and Response Topic 4 – Bioenergetics (photosynthesis and respiration) Physics Topic 1 – Forces (introduction) Topic 2 – Forces B (distance/time graphs, stopping distance, momentum) Topic 3 – Energy (energy transfers, efficiency) Topic 4 – Energy Resources (renewable, non-renewable) Topic 5 – Waves (properties of waves, EM) Topic 6 – Atomic Structure

	Homeostasis and response	Topic test	7 (8)
	Inheritance, variation and response	Topic test	6 (8)
	Ecology	Topic test	7 (8)
Chemistry	Topic	How it is assessed	Number of lessons until assessment
	Quantitative chemistry	Topic test	8 (10)
	Chemical changes	Topic test	9 (10)
	Organic chemistry	Topic test	7 (9)
	Rate and extent of reaction	Topic test	6
	Chemical analysis	Topic test	5 (7)
Physics	Topic	How it is assessed	Number of lessons until assessment
	Electricity	Topic test	11 (13)
	Magnetism and electromagnetism	Topic test	11
	Particle model of matter	Topic test	10
	Space physics	Topic test	6

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Support

Support at KS3 – We have a KS3 science and STEM club. It is very popular with pupils as it shows the fun side to learning Science. We allow pupils to get involved in doing practical tasks and join in with demonstrations that they might not get to usually do in class.