By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the key phases of the water cycle.
Describe how water is important for our bodies.
Explain why water can be dangerous to drink.
Analyse whether water is safe to drink or not.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify factors that reduce biodiversity.
Describe the effect of deforestation and extensive farming.
Describe the effect of reforestation and zoos.
Explain why humans are making an effort to preserve biodiversity.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
State what’s meant by biodiversity.
Describe how biodiversity can be increased / decreased.
Describe what non-indigenous / alien species can do to biodiversity.
Explain why there is a limit on how much fertiliser a person can buy.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify a parasite.
Identify a host.
Describe parasitism and mutualism.
Explain why organisms choose mutualism.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify abiotic factors.
Describe how to use a belt transect.
Describe the effect of pollutants.
Explain the importance of wildlife monitoring.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify biotic factors within an ecosystem.
Describe how biotic factors can affect an ecosystem.
Describe what will happen if the number of prey increases.
Explain why it is important for the population of predators to remain below a certain threshold.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify where Nitrogen can be stored.
Describe how Nitrogen is used in the body.
Explain why farmers encourage the amount of nitrates in their soil.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify what’s meant by activation energy.
Describe how catalysts affect a chemical reaction.
Explain why companies should use catalysts.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify what is meant by the rate of a reaction.
Describe how to measure the rate of reaction.
Explain why the method of using a mark at the bottom of a beaker is not a perfect way of measuring reaction rate.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
State what’s meant by an exothermic reaction.
State what’s meant by an endothermic reaction.
Describe what happens to the energy during an exothermic and endothermic reaction.
Explain why exothermic and endothermic reactions are used
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Recall the equation to calculate rate of reaction.
Describe how to read a products made / time graph.
Explain why the gradient of the line can change because of external factors. E.g. temperature rise.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
State the names of the first 5 alkanes.
Describe the general structure of alkanes.
Compare alkanes and alkenes.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify long and short chain hydrocarbons.
Describe the process of cracking.
Explain why companies would use cracking.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
State what’s meant by combustion.
Describe complete and incomplete combustion.
Explain why materials can combust completely and incompletely.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify circuit symbols.
Describe how to measure and calculate current.
Explain why ammeters can read a value as minus.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the circuit symbols for: a thermistor and a LDR.
Describe how resistance changes in a thermistor and LDR.
Explain why both LDRs and thermistors are used.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify a series and parallel circuits.
Describe the properties of series and parallel circuits.
Explain why parallel circuits are used in homes.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify how energy is used in a circuit.
Describe what the energy can be used for in a circuit.
Explain why people are using low energy bulbs.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
State what’s meant by power.
Describe how power can be calculated.
Explain why changing the time that energy is transferred in affects power.