Students should understand the concept of gas pressure: what it is, how it is affected and how to perform the collapsing can demonstration in groups and explain the science behind it. Suitable for year 8 classes.

Students should understand the causes of cancer, how cancer develops and how it is treated, and why it is difficult to treat.

Components of blood. Students should understand what constitutes blood. Print off slides 9-14 to place around the room as a market place activity

Students should understand how to conduct the required practical on reaction time and analyse the results and data from it. Ruler drop investigation.

Students should understand that there are: medicinal, recreational and illegal drugs. They should understand addiction and withdrawal symptoms. They will do a market place task with a range of drug sheet information.

Students should understand what vaccines are, how they are made, giving applications of commonly used vaccines and the body’s response. Exam questions follow Evaluation of MMR - autism controversy.

Students should understand extinction, what it is and reasons for extinction. Understand factors that cause extinction. Highlight factors that we can do to prevent extinction

Engaging lesson about stem cells: adult and embryonic Stem cell uses and applications Evaluation of embryonic stem cells - HA

Engaging starter ( thalidomide) Students should understand how penicillin was development and the stages of drug trials.

Student should understand the periodic table, how it is laid out and what elements are. Using elements, and symbols, create a word

Students should understand the equation for aerobic respiration, what the reactants and products are. Simple experiment for aerobic respiraton

Students should understand and recap aerobic respiration and understand how anaerobic respiration differs. Students need to know the equation for both and the reactants/products and be able to explain fatigue and oxygen debt.

students should understand the process of osmosis, and how it differs to diffusion

Students should understand what photosynthesis is, the word and symbol equation and what is needed/produced. Students should understand how the leaf is adapted for photosynthesis.

For revision purposes

Complete glossary for revision - remove definition to ensure understanding.

Students should understand the plants minerals, using them as market place. understand the need for plant minerals.

Students should understand what a food chain consists of, what the arrows represent and how to represent members of the food chain.

Key word glossary for revision purposes

Students should understand the menstrual cycle and throughout the menstrual cycle. Recap on male/female sex cells.