Year 7 SCIENCE

Term 1
Week 1 — What is Science? Introduction to Science in High School
Week 2 — The Scientific Method; Common Laboratory Equipment
Week 3 — Burning Substance; Using a Bunsen Burner
Week 4 — Measurements: Instruments & Scales
Week 5 — Interpreting and Drawing Graphs
Week 6 — Data Processing and Scientific Reports
Week 7 — Energy: Different Forms of Energy and Energy Transfer
Week 8 — Revision and Test
Week 9 — Separating Mixtures I
Week 10 — Separating Mixtures II

Term 2
Week 1 — Classification I: Making Use of a Key
Week 2 — Classification II: Constructing a Key
Week 3 — Living Things I
Week 4 — Living Things II: Vertebrates
Week 5 — Food Chains and Webs
Week 6 — Micro-organisms in Ecosystems
Week 7 — Energy Flow in Ecosystems
Week 8 — Revision and Test
Week 9 — Skill and Data Processing Test
Week 10 — Human Impacts and Sustainable Land Management

Term 3
Week 1 — Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources
Week 2 — Uses of Renewable Energy
Week 3 — The Water Cycle
Week 4 — Water Recycling and Management
Week 5 — Motions of the Earth and Moon
Week 6 — Eclipse
Week 7 — Tides
Week 8 — Revision and Test
Week 9 — The Seasons
Week 10 — Weather Science

Term 4
Week 1 — Models of the Solar System
Week 2 — Forces
Week 3 — Gravity
Week 4 — Simple Machines
Week 5 — Applications of Forces – Safety and Sports
Week 6 — Experimental Design and Evaluation of Experiments
Week 7 — Uses of Models in Science
Week 8 — Revision and Test
Week 9 — Density and Flotation
Week 10 — Dinosaurs