Download Year 7 Science - Finborough School

Finborough School Learning Programme
Year Group: 7
Subject: Science
Week Commencing
Learning (Objective)
Success
Criteria
Core
05/09
Autumn Term 2016
12/09
DESCRIBE THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCITON OF ANIMAL
AND PLANT CELLS (B1)
Using a microscope (B1)
Can recall that cells divide
Can describe step by step how to view a prepared slide
under high power
19/09
Understanding the particle model (C1)
Can describe the particle arrangements in solids liquids
and gases
Can name and recall the function of each part of a cell
Can describe how to prepare a microscope slide
Can describe the hierarchy of structures in complex
organisms
Can state that all living things are composed of cells
Support
Can recall the parts of a microscope
Can state that substances are made of particles
Can categorise substances as solid, liquid or gas
Can draw and label animal and plant cells
Can explain how adaptations of specialised cells facilitate
them to fulfil a specific role
Can calculate the magnification of a microscope
Can explain that particles are moving all the time and
these movements can explain physical properties
Build a model of an animal or plant cell and label its
components
Draw and label a single celled organism and label its
adaptations
Apply your knowledge of expansion to explain how a
thermometer works, using a diagram
Challenge
Homework (s)
Finborough School Learning Programme
Year Group: 7
Subject: Science
Week Commencing
26/09
Autumn Term 2016
03/10
10/10
Learning (Objective)
Describe and explain changes of state (C1)
Understanding energy transfers (P1)
Using energy from fuels (P1)
Success
Criteria
Can explain changes of state in terms of energy
transferred
Can Describe how energy is stored and transferred
Can draw a Sankey diagram to show energy efficiency
Core
Support
Can explain how gas pressure and air pressure are
exerted
Can state that energy cannot be created or destroyed but
can be transferred
Can describe a change of state as either boiling and
evaporation, condensation, freezing or melting
Can describe the transfer of thermal energy from a
thermal store to cooler surroundings
Can give examples of when expansion is useful and when
it is a problem
Can state the different forms that energy might take
Can use the particle model to explain the phenomenon of
diffusion
Can use an equation to calculate work done given values
for force and distance
Can calculate the efficiency of an electrical appliance
Use your knowledge of gas pressure to help you explain
how an aerosol can works. Include a diagram in your
explanation.
Draw an energy transfer diagram for the experiment
shown in figure 4 of the textbook
Explain why a television, with a power of 0.2 kW, will
often use more energy in a day than a kettle, which has a
power of 2 kW. Use a calculation to help with your
explanation.
Can draw an energy transfer diagram to escribe energy
transfers
Challenge
Homework (s)
Finborough School Learning Programme
Year Group: 7
Subject: Science
Week Commencing
31/10
Autumn Term 2016
07/11
14/11
Learning (Objective)
Animal reproduction (B2A)
Plant reproduction (B2B)
Atoms and elements (C2)
Success
Criteria
Can state that a fertilised egg divides and increases in
complexity as it develops
Can use diagrams to show how the nucleus of the male
sex cell reaches the nucleus of the female sex cell in order
to fertilise it
Can define the terms atom and element
Can compare insect pollinated and wind pollinated
plants
Can state that the periodic table is a list of all the known
types of atoms
Core
Can state that fertilisation involves the fusion of male
and female gametes
Can describe the relative mass and charges of protons,
neutrons and electrons
Can describe the stages of pregnancy using humans as an
example
Can describe that different organisms employ different
reproductive strategies to survive
Support
Describe the changes that happen in male and female
human bodies during puberty
Can use chemical symbols to represent elements
Describe some causes of infertility and suggest how the
problems could be treated
Can name the four mechanisms of seed dispersal, giving
at least one plant or fruit as an example of each
Can explain why there can only be a limited number of
different types of atom
Research how identical and non-identical twins are
formed
Draw a table showing the 4 types of seed dispersal
mechanism, giving a diagram and an example for each
Make a model of an atom. Label the protons, neutrons
and electrons.
Challenge
Homework (s)
Finborough School Learning Programme
Year Group: 7
Subject: Science
Week Commencing
Autumn Term 2016
21/11
28/11
05/12
Learning (Objective)
Physical properties of elements (C2)
Forces and effects (P2)
Balanced and unbalanced forces (P2)
Success
Criteria
Can describe how the elements have differences in
physical properties and how the periodic table is
arranged according to these
Can describe examples of forces in everyday life
Can distinguish between balanced and unbalanced forces
Can define a force as contact or non-contact
Can carry out a practical activity to calculate the density
of a variety of objects
Can determine the factors affecting friction
experimentally
Can describe the effects unbalanced forces have on the
motion and shape of objects
Can describe what the term physical property means
Can identify places where friction can be a useful force
and where it can be a nuisance
Can identify which forces are acting on objects and what
is producing each force
Can calculate the density of an object using two different
methods
Can explain the difference between weight and mass
Can use practical data to independently derive Hooke’s
law
Rearrange and use the equation for density in order to
answer calculation questions
Give 5 examples of the effects of forces on objects.
Explain why you can build a slide out of smooth plastic
or polished metal, but not out of roughly sawn wood.
Core
Support
Challenge
Homework (s)
Write a short story about the forces you experience as
you get ready for school each morning
Describe how you could turn a pogo stick into a weighing
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