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Schemes of Work
QCA

Science at key stage 3


QCA

Useful organisations and resources

Useful resources

Teachers will find the following materials useful in planning and using a scheme of work:

  • Teaching science at key stages 3 and 4 (SCAA, 1993);
  • Exemplification of standards: Science at key stage 3 (SCAA);
  • Standards at key stage 3 (QCA, annual);
  • Science: a scheme of work for key stages 1 and 2 (QCA, 1998, updated 2000);
  • ASE guide to secondary science education (ASE/Stanley Thornes, 1998);
  • Teaching secondary biology (ASE/John Murray, 1999);
  • Teaching secondary chemistry (ASE/John Murray, 1999);
  • Teaching secondary physics (ASE/John Murray, 1999);
  • Safeguards in the school laboratory (ASE, 1996);
  • School laboratory safety (DfES).

Units

Unit 7A. Cells
Unit 7B. Reproduction
Unit 7C. Environment and feeding relationships
Unit 7D. Variation and classification
Unit 7E. Acids and alkalis
Unit 7F. Simple chemical reactions
Unit 7G. Particle model of solids, liquids and gases
Unit 7H. Solutions
Unit 7I. Energy resources
Unit 7J. Electrical circuits
Unit 7K. Forces and their effects
Unit 7L. The solar system and beyond
Unit 8A. Food and digestion
Unit 8B. Respiration
Unit 8C. Microbes and disease
Unit 8D. Ecological relationships
Unit 8E. Atoms and elements
Unit 8F. Compounds and mixtures
Unit 8G. Rocks and weathering
Unit 8H. The rock cycle
Unit 8I. Heating and cooling
Unit 8J. Magnets and electromagnets
Unit 8K. Light
Unit 8L. Sound and hearing
Unit 9A. Inheritance and selection
Unit 9B. Fit and healthy
Unit 9C. Plants and photosynthesis
Unit 9D. Plants for food
Unit 9E. Reactions of metals and metal compounds
Unit 9F. Patterns of reactivity
Unit 9G. Environmental chemistry
Unit 9H. Using chemistry
Unit 9I. Energy and electricity
Unit 9J. Gravity and space
Unit 9K. Speeding up
Unit 9L. Pressure and moments
Unit 9M. Investigating scientific questions