Titles, learning objectives and success criteria for KS3 Science 2014 National Curriculum

This is a spreadsheet containing lesson titles, learning objectives and success criteria for Years 7 - 9 (on separate tabs), for Biology, Chemistry and Physics. (I have also left my 'Tec sheet' column in there, as this is a working document but I thought some people might find it useful for ideas. If anything sounds interesting and you want me to explain what the practical was just drop me a message).

The modules covered are:

7A Cells
7B Animal Reproduction
7C Muscles and Bones
7D Ecosystems
7E Separation
7F Acids and Alkalis
7G Particles
7H Atoms, Elements and Compounds
7I/J Energy and Electricity
7K Forces
7L Sound

8A Food and Nutrition
8B Plant Reproduction
8C Breathing and Respiration
8E Combustion
8F The Periodic Table
8G Metals and their uses
8H Rocks
8I Fluids
8J Light
8K Energy Transfer
8L Earth and Space

9A Genetics
9B Plant Biology
9E Making materials
9F Reactivity
9I Forces and Motion
9J More electricity

The codes were taken from a commercially available scheme of work, which is why 7I and J are merged, and 8D is missing! This document is based fairly closely on the national curriculum, so it's quite narrow and to-the-point. (There are 61 lessons for year 7, 57 lessons for year 8, and 41 lessons for the KS3 part of year 9 - who start GCSE midway through the year). In reality what I teach is actually slightly broader than this (e.g. I spend longer on the Periodic Table and genetics than this would suggest). Some of the lessons you will see have four or five success criteria, and these are generally double lessons. The Year 9 Physics is fleshed out beyond the national curriculum, as we roll straight from Year 9 Physics into the start of GCSE Physics.

This document would be useful to you if you are an NQT, or perhaps teaching KS3 outside your specialism for the first time, and want help deciding what order to sequence the lessons in and what to include in each lesson. It might also give you some ideas for practical work or things to do in lessons (although I haven't included references to worksheets and so on for obvious reasons!)

A couple of other things: all of my questions are titles (school policy!) which lends itself nicely to easy plenaries (can we now all answer the question?!). The LOs are generally very short and to the point, as in my school all students have to write these down at the start of the lesson.