Water down the plughole

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KEY STAGE ONE

SCIENCE

Scientific enquiry

1. Collecting evidence
1.h. Making simple comparisons and identifying simple patterns or associations
2.a. Asking questions
2.b. Using first hand experience to answer questions
2.c. Predictions
2.e. Following safety instructions
2.i. Comparing hypothesis with results

Physical process

2.b. Pushes and pulls are types of forces

Breadth of Study

1.a. Range of contexts of interest to them
1.a. Scientific investigations
2.b. Health and safety

GEOGRAPHY

1.a. Asking geographical questions
1.b. Observe and record
2.a. Use of geographical vocabulary

PSHE

5.b. Feel positive about themselves (taking part in a worldwide experiment)

KEY STAGE TWO

SCIENCE

Scientific enquiry

1.a. Cause and effect
1.b. Testing ideas with evidence
2.a. Asking questions
2.c. Predictions
2.d. Make a fair test or comparison
2.e. Use of equipment, risk control
2.f. Making observations and measurements
2.g. Check observations and measurements
2.i. Make comparisons and identify patterns
2.k. Comparing hypothesis with results
2.l. Explaining observations

Physical process

2.e. Measuring forces and identifying direction of action.

Earth and Beyond

4.a. Sun, Earth and Moon are approximately spherical
4.c. Spin of the Earth of it’s axis

Breadth of Study

1.a. Range of contexts of interest to them
1.a. scientific investigations
2.b. Health and safety

GEOGRAPHY

1.a. Asking geographical questions
1.b. Collect and record evidence
1.c. Analyse evidence and draw conclusion
2.a. Use of geographical vocabulary

PSHE

5.a. Share responsibility (of the experiment)
5.b. Feel positive about themselves (taking part in a worldwide experiment)

KEY STAGE THREE

SCIENCE

Scientific enquiry

1.b. Testing explanations by using them to make predictions and seeing if evidence matches the predications
1.c. Roles of experimentation evidence in development of scientific ideas
2.c. Predictions
2.d. Consider key factors that need to be taken into account when collecting evidence
2.f. Range of equipment, and controlling of risk
2.h. Make sufficient observation to reduce error
2.k. Observations and measurements to draw conclusions
2.l. Decide to what extent these conclusions support a prediction
2.m. Use of scientific knowledge to explain and interpret
2.n. Consider anomalies
2.o. Whether the evidence supports the conclusions

Physical process

2.e. Force and rotation

Breadth of Study

1.a. Range of contexts of interest to them
1.e. Scientific investigations
2.b. Health and safety

GEOGRAPHY

Geographical enquiry and skills

1.a. ask geographical questions
1.c. collect, record and present evidence
1.d. analyse and evaluate evidence and draw and justify conclusions

Breadth of Study

6.d. How and why the weather and climate vary

PSHE

3.f. Water down the plughole big experiment allows them to reflect upon participation

CITZENSHIP

Developing skills of participation and responsible action
3.b. Negotiate, decide and take part responsibly in both school and community based activity
3.c. Reflect on the process of participation

KEY STAGE FOUR

SCIENCE - SINGLE

Scientific enquiry

1.a. Scientific ideas
1.b. Scientific controversy
1.c. Acceptance of scientific ideas
2.c. Predictions
2.d. Taking uncontrollable factors into account
2.g. Making observations
2.h. Making sufficient observations to reduce error
2.i. Judge level of uncertainty
2.m. Draw conclusions
2.n. Compare conclusions with predictions
2.o. Use scientific knowledge to interpret observations and conclusions
2.p. Consider anomalous data
2.q. Consider reliability of data
2.s. Suggest further investigations

Physical process

2.a. Knowledge of the solar system

Breadth of Study

1.a. Range of contexts of interest to them
1.a. Scientific investigations
2.b. Health and safety

SCIENCE - DOUBLE

Scientific enquiry

1.a. Scientific ideas
1.b. Scientific controversy
1.c. Acceptance of scientific ideas
2.c. Predictions
2.d Taking uncontrollable factors into account
2.g. Making observations
2.h. Making sufficient observations to reduce error
2.i. Judge level of uncertainty
2.m. Draw conclusions
2.n. Compare conclusions with predictions
2.o. Use scientific knowledge to interpret observations and conclusions
2.p. Consider anomalous data
2.q. Consider reliability of data
2.s. Suggest further investigations

Physical process

5.c. Force and work

Breadth of Study

1.a. Range of contexts of interest to them
1.a. Scientific investigations
2.b. Health and safety

CITIZENSHIP

Developing skills of participation and responsible action
3.b. Negotiate, decide and take part responsibly in both school and community based activity
3.f. Reflect on the process of participation

AS/A LEVELS

PHYSICS

OCR (Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations)

Physics A
2821 Forces and Motion
5.1.4 Force, Work and Power

2825 Component 01-Cosmology
5.5.1 Models of the known Universe

2824 Forces, Fields and Energy

Physics B – Advancing Physics
2861 Understanding processes
5.2.2 Space, Time and Motion

2863 Component 01- Rise and fall of the clockwork universe
5.4.1.2 Out into space

2862 Physics in Practice
5.3.1 Instrumentation task
5.3.3 Making sense of data

2862 Component 02: Practical Investigation

Edexcel

Physics
1. Mechanics and Radioactivity
1.4 Types of forces
1.8 Moment of a force

3. Topics

5. Fields and Forces

Experiment and investigation in practical work

Physics (Salters Horners)

Unit 5-Physics from creation to collapse

Experiment and investigation in practical work

AQA

Physics A
AS Module 2- Mechanics and Molecular kinetic theory
11.1 Mechanics

A2 Module 6C- Applied Physics

15.7 Rotational dynamics

Centre assessed component-investigation skills

Physics B
AS Module 1-Foundation Physics
10.1 Moments
10.2 Kinematics

AS Module 3- Experimental Work

A2 Module 6- Experimental work

GEOGRAPHY

AQA

Geography A
AS module 1- Core concepts in Physical Geography
10.2 Climatic Hazards and change
Geography B
AS module 1 The dynamics of Change

10.1 Physical Geography: Shorter term and local change

A2 Module 4 Global Change

13.1 Physical Geography: seasonal change, long-term change. The pattern and causes of seasonal atmospheric changes

Edexcel

Geography A

AS Unit 4 Physical systems, processes and patterns

4.1 Atmospheric systems-weather systems

Geography B

A2 Coverage of scales, places and environments
Unit 4: National environments-weather

OCR

Geography A
Module 2680 The Physical Environment
5.1.3 Atmospheric systems

Module 2683 options in physical and human geography
5.2.5 Applied climatography (List A option)

Module 2684 People and Environment
5.5.4 Hazardous Environments – c) Hazards resulting from atmospheric phenomena (hurricanes etc)

Geography B

Module 2687 Physical systems and their management
5.1.1 Study Section A: Atmospheric systems and people

Module 2691 Issues in the Environment
5.5.1 Natural Hazards and Human Responses – ‘What physical processes lead to the development of natural hazards’?
5.5.2 Climate and Society- How can spatial patterns of weather and climate be explained in terms of global atmospheric systems

VCE/GNVQ LEVELS

SCIENCE

AQA

Foundation Unit 1 Measuring and Observing in Science
Foundation Unit 5 Working as part of a team
Intermediate 1 Applying practical skills
Advanced (VCE) Unit 6 Carrying out Scientific Investigations

Edexcel

Foundation Unit 1 Measuring and Observing in Science
Intermediate Unit 1 Applying practical skills
Advanced (VCE) Unit 6 Carrying out Scientific Investigations
Advanced (VCE) Unit 14 Application of physics (Forces and motion)

OCR

Foundation Unit 1 Measuring and Observing in Science
Foundation Unit 4 Working as part of a team
Intermediate 1 Applying practical skills
Advanced (VCE) Unit 6 Carrying out Scientific Investigations


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