Working Scientifically
Using a range of representations to organise data, including graphs, keys, models, diagrams,
and tables
Process data and information by extracting information from diagrams, flowcharts, tables, other
texts, and graphs including column and line graphs
Constructing and using a range of representations to honestly, clearly and/or succinctly present
data and information including diagrams, keys, models, tables, drawings, images, and
flowcharts
Using scientific knowledge and findings from investigations to evaluate claims
Cells and Body Systems
Identify that living things are made of cells
Identify structures within cells, including the nucleus, cytoplasm/cytosol, cell membrane, cell
wall, mitochondria and chloroplast, and describe their functions
Outline the role of respiration in providing energy for the activities of cells
Investigate some examples of chemical change that occur in everyday life, eg photosynthesis
and respiration
Identify that new cells are produced by cell division
Distinguish between unicellular and multicellular organisms
Identify that different types of cells make up the tissues, organs and organ systems of
multicellular organisms
Identify the materials required by multicellular organisms for the processes of respiration and
photosynthesis
Explain that the systems in multicellular organisms work together to provide cell requirements,
including gases, nutrients and water, and to remove cell wastes
Outline the role of cell division in growth, repair and reproduction in multicellular organisms
Describe the role of the digestive, circulatory, excretory, skeletal/muscular and respiratory
systems in maintaining a human as a functioning multicellular organism
Research an example of how changes in scientific knowledge have contributed to finding a
solution to a human health issue
Describe, using examples, how developments in technology have contributed to finding
solutions to a contemporary issue, eg organ transplantation, artificial joints/limbs, treatment for
diabetes, asthma, kidney or heart disease
Microscopes
Learning Intention: Explain how technology has changed our understanding of the world around us and solved contemporary problems in society; describe the different types of microscopes and their capabilities and limitations.
Duration: 2 lessons
Students will be able to:
Explain what a microscope is.
State how the use of microscopes led to many important discoveries.
Provide details about the different types of microscopes.
Recall the parts of a light microscope and their functions.
Activities:
PPT (slides 1-12) on Types of Microscopes.
Booklet:
Activity 1: Wordsearch
Activity 2: Microscope diagram
Review worksheet.
Task: Tabulate the types and properties of different microscopes.
Interactive online microscope.
Video of the complete history of the microscope and cell theory.
Video of the brief history of the microscope (10.22).
Alternate Activities:
The wacky history of the cell theory video.
Learning Intentions: To use the light microscope to view microscopic details; To prepare slides for a microscope.
Duration: 2 lessons
Students will be able to:
Use a microscope appropriately.
Focus a microscope under low and high power.
Prepare slides.
Activities:
PPT (slides 13-15) on the Operation of a light microscope.
Booklet:
Activity 3: The letter “e”
Activity 4: Prepared slides
Activity 5: Preparing a wet mount - Onion cells
Notes - preparing a wet mount
Alternate Activities:
Cell viewing sugar and salt under a microscope
Learning Intention: Record observations from viewing microscopes appropriately; Calculate the size of magnified objects.
Duration: 2 lessons
Students will be able to:
Draw and interpret scale diagrams.
Use appropriate units when measuring macroscopic and microscopic objects
Calculate magnification of drawings/images
Activities:
PPT (slides 16-22) on magnification calculations.
Booklet:
Activity 1: Drawing the field of view - Onion cells
Activity 2: Scale drawings
Activity 3: Microscope - Calculations
Scale interactive
Drawing microscope views video and make notes.
Alternate Activities:
Activity sheet and online (extension)
Learning Intention: I understand that cells are the basic units of living things and have specialised structures and functions.
Duration: 1 lesson
Students will be able to:
Recall the 3 elements to cell theory
Identify that living things are made of cells
Distinguish between unicellular and multicellular organisms
Activities:
Slides - Lesson 1
Interactive - Living and Non-Living Things
Literacy - Is it cells?
Stile
1.1 - Living or Non-Living
1.2 - Building Blocks of Life
1.3 - One cell or many?
Learning Intention: identify structures within cells, including the nucleus, cytoplasm, cell membrane, cell wall and chloroplast, and describe their function.
Duration: 4 lessons
Students will be able to:
Identify features of cells
State common organelles and their functions
Compare animal to plant cells
Activities:
Recap Models (year 7)
notes and video
PPT on Cell Structure
Booklet
Activity 1: Labelling Cells
Activity 2: Compare and contrast plant and animal cells
Activity 3: Practical - Model Cells
Cell - Activity and worksheet
Literacy - language - report and answers
Alternate Activities:
Extension - one - two - three - four - five
Learning Intention: identify the materials required by multicellular organisms for the processes of respiration and photosynthesis; explain that the systems in multicellular organisms work together to provide cell requirements, including gases, nutrients and water and to remove cell wastes
Duration: 3 lessons
Students will be able to:
Write a word equation for cellular respiration and for photosynthesis.
Explain what respiration is and where it occurs.
Explain what the role of photosynthesis is and identify where it occurs.
Activities:
PPT on Photosynthesis and cellular respiration
Booklet
Activity 1: Stations activity
Scavenger hunt
Alternate Activities:
Respiration PPT + questions
BBC Bitesize
Respiration and photosynthesis - PPT1 - worksheet - PPT2
Learning Intention: outline the role of cell division in growth, repair and reproduction in multicellular organisms
Duration: 1 lesson
Students will be able to:
identify that new cells are produced by cell division
distinguish between unicellular and multicellular organisms
Activities:
PPT on Cell Division
Booklet
Activity 1: Practical - Observe cell division
Activity 2: The importance of cell division
Video - mitosis steps
Alternate Activities:
Advanced
Core
Support
Learning Intention: Identify that different types of cells make up tissues, organs and organ systems of multicellular organisms
Duration: 2 lessons
Students will be able to:
identify different types of cells and explain how they form tissues in multicellular organisms
describe how tissues work together to form organs and organ systems in living organisms
demonstrate how specialised cells contribute to the function of different organ systems in multicellular organisms
Activities:
PPT- Cell specialisation
Booklet
Activity 1 - Types of cells
Slides to go with the booklet
Watch video and complete the associated worksheet
Alternate Activities:
Stile - Specialized cells
Stile - Putting cells to work research task
Video - Specialised cells (brief)
Game - cell differentiation
Learning Intention: describe the role of the flower, root, stem and leaf in maintaining flowering plants as functioning organisms
Duration: 3 lessons
Students will be able to:
describe the role of the flower in reproduction and how it helps flowering plants produce seeds
explain how the root supports the plant by absorbing water and nutrients from the soil
describe how the stem transports water, nutrients, and sugars, and how the leaf carries out photosynthesis to keep the plant functioning
Activities:
Video and associated worksheet
Comprehensive reading activity (teacher to allocate)
Task card activity
Booklet
Activity 1: Practical - Plant transport systems
Alternate Activities:
Stile - 1.1 Plant anatomy
Stile- 1.2 Leaf structure and epidermis
Learning Intention: Describe why the digestive system is important to the functioning of an organism
Duration: 2 lessons
Students will be able to:
explain how the digestive system breaks down food into nutrients that the body can use
describe how nutrients from the digestive system help other systems in the body, like the circulatory system
identify what happens to an organism if the digestive system does not work properly
Activities:
Digestive system
PPT
Worksheet to go with the slides
Booklet
Activity 1: Digestive Dilema
Activity 2: Digestive System- Intestine Absorption
Watch video
Experimental PPT + Guide
Choose and present a disease- Disease PPT and planning sheet
Alternate Activities:
Stile - Digestive System
Learning Intention: Describe why the respiratory system is important to the functioning of an organism
Duration: 3 lessons
Students will be able to:
explain how the respiratory system brings oxygen into the body and removes carbon dioxide
describe how oxygen from the respiratory system is used by the body to produce energy
identify what happens to an organism if the respiratory system does not work properly
Activities:
5E Lesson
Stile - Respiratory System
Booklet
Activity 3: Respiratory System Diagram
Numeracy lesson Mean, Median and Mode Stile
Practical Numeracy lesson Mean, Median and Mode Stile
Nicotine Vaping Stile
Choose and present a disease- Disease PPT and planning sheet
Alternate Activities:
Stile - model of a lung
Pluck demonstration video
Learning Intention: Describe why the circulatory system is important to the functioning of an organism
Duration: 2 lessons
Students will be able to:
explain how the circulatory system transports oxygen, nutrients, and waste around the body
describe how the circulatory system works with other systems, like the respiratory and digestive systems, to keep the body functioning
identify what happens to an organism if the circulatory system does not work properly
Activities:
5E Lesson
Stile - Circulatory system
Booklet
Activity 4: Practical - Circulatory System. How does exercise affect heart rate?
Choose and present a disease- Disease PPT and planning sheet
Heart dissection - Clickview Heart dissection video
https://www.instructables.com/Heart-Dissection/
Learning Intention: Describe why the excretory system is important to the functioning of an organism
Duration: 1 lesson
Students will be able to:
explain how the excretory system removes waste products from the body to keep it healthy
describe how the excretory system works with other systems, like the circulatory system, to filter and remove waste
identify what happens to an organism if the excretory system does not work properly
Activities:
Stile - Excretory system
Prac - Kidney dissection
Extension Worksheet
Alternate Activities:
Video - How do your kidneys work?
Worksheet
Learning Intention: Describe why the muscular and skeletal systems are important to the functioning of an organism
Duration: 1 lesson
Students will be able to:
explain how the skeletal system provides structure, support, and protection for the body
describe how the muscular system works with the skeletal system to enable movement
identify what happens to an organism if the muscular or skeletal system does not function properly
Activities:
Video - Skeletal and Muscular Systems
Musculoskeletal workbook - information and worksheet or
Musculoskeletal webquest
Chicken wing dissection
Video - Chicken wing dissection
Make a model
Alternate Activities:
Learning Intention: Describe why the nervous system is important to the functioning of an organism
Duration: 1 lesson
Students will be able to:
Identify
Activities:
Insert
Alternate Activities:
Insert
Learning Intention: Explain how technology has changed our understanding of the world around us and solved contemporary problems in society; describe the different types of microscopes and their capabilities and limitations.
Duration: 2 lessons
Students will be able to:- Explain what a microscope is. (A microscope is an instrument used to view small objects that are not visible to the naked eye.)
State how the use of microscopes led to many important discoveries. (Microscopes have allowed us to see cells, bacteria, and viruses, leading to advancements in medicine and biology.)
Provide details about the different types of microscopes. (Light microscopes, electron microscopes, scanning probe microscopes)
Recall the parts of a light microscope and their functions. (Eyepiece, objective lens, stage, focus knobs)
Activities:- PPT (slides 1-12) on Types of Microscopes.
Booklet:- Activity 1: Wordsearch
Activity 2: Microscope diagram
Review worksheet.
Task: Tabulate the types and properties of different microscopes.
Interactive online microscope.
Video of the complete history of the microscope and cell theory.
Video of the brief history of the microscope (10.22).
Alternate Activities:- The wacky history of the cell theory video.
Learning Intentions: To use the light microscope to view microscopic details; To prepare slides for a microscope.
Duration: 2 lessons
Students will be able to:- Use a microscope appropriately. (Start with the lowest power objective, focus using coarse and fine focus knobs)
Focus a microscope under low and high power. (Adjust focus knobs carefully when switching between low and high power)
Prepare slides. (Place specimen on slide, add a drop of water, cover with coverslip)
Activities:- PPT (slides 13-15) on the Operation of a light microscope.
Booklet:- Activity 3: The letter “e”
Activity 4: Prepared slides
Activity 5: Preparing a wet mount - Onion cells
Notes - preparing a wet mount
Alternate Activities:- Cell viewing sugar and salt under a microscope
Learning Intention: Record observations from viewing microscopes appropriately; Calculate the size of magnified objects.
Duration: 2 lessons
Students will be able to:- Draw and interpret scale diagrams. (Use a ruler to measure and draw objects to scale)
Use appropriate units when measuring macroscopic and microscopic objects (mm, \mum, nm)
Calculate magnification of drawings/images (Magnification = \frac{Image Size}{Actual Size})
Activities:- PPT (slides 16-22) on magnification calculations.
Booklet:- Activity 1: Drawing the field of view - Onion cells
Activity 2: Scale drawings
Activity 3: Microscope - Calculations
Scale interactive
Drawing microscope views video and make notes.
Alternate Activities:- Activity sheet and online (extension)
Learning Intention: I understand that cells are the basic units of living things and have specialised structures and functions.
Duration: 1 lesson
Students will be able to:- Recall the 3 elements to cell theory (1. All living things are made of cells. 2. Cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things. 3. New cells are produced from existing cells.)
Identify that living things are made of cells
Distinguish between unicellular and multicellular organisms
Activities:- Slides - Lesson 1
Interactive - Living and Non-Living Things
Literacy - Is it cells?
Stile- 1.1 - Living or Non-Living
1.2 - Building Blocks of Life
1.3 - One cell or many?
Learning Intention: identify structures within cells, including the nucleus, cytoplasm, cell membrane, cell wall and chloroplast, and describe their function.
Duration: 4 lessons
Students will be able to:- Identify features of cells
State common organelles and their functions (Nucleus: control center, Cytoplasm: jelly-like substance, Cell Membrane: outer boundary, Cell Wall: support in plant cells, Chloroplast: photosynthesis in plant cells)
Compare animal to plant cells (Plant cells have a cell wall and chloroplasts, animal cells do not.)
Activities:- Recap Models (year 7)- notes and video
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PPT on Cell Structure
Booklet- Activity 1: Labelling Cells
Activity 2: Compare and contrast plant and animal cells
Activity 3: Practical - Model Cells
Cell - Activity and worksheet
Literacy - language - report and answers
Alternate Activities:- Extension - one - two - three - four - five
Learning Intention: identify the materials required by multicellular organisms for the processes of respiration and photosynthesis; explain that the systems in multicellular organisms work together to provide cell requirements, including gases, nutrients and water and to remove cell wastes
Duration: 3 lessons
Students will be able to:- Write a word equation for cellular respiration and for photosynthesis. (Cellular Respiration: Glucose + Oxygen \rightarrow Carbon Dioxide + Water + Energy, Photosynthesis: Carbon Dioxide + Water + Light Energy \rightarrow Glucose + Oxygen)
Explain what respiration is and where it occurs. (Respiration is the process by which cells convert glucose into energy; it occurs in the mitochondria.)
Explain what the role of photosynthesis is and identify where it occurs. (Photosynthesis is the process by which plants convert light energy into chemical energy; it occurs in the chloroplasts.)
Activities:- PPT on Photosynthesis and cellular respiration
Booklet- Activity 1: Stations activity
Scavenger hunt
Alternate Activities:- Respiration PPT + questions
BBC Bitesize
Respiration and photosynthesis - PPT1 - worksheet - PPT2
Learning Intention: outline the role of cell division in growth, repair and reproduction in multicellular organisms
Duration: 1 lesson
Students will be able to:- identify that new cells are produced by cell division
distinguish between unicellular and multicellular organisms
Activities:- PPT on Cell Division
Booklet- Activity 1: Practical - Observe cell division
Activity 2: The importance of cell division
Video - mitosis steps
Alternate Activities:- Advanced
Core
Support
Learning Intention: Identify that different types of cells make up tissues, organs and organ systems of multicellular organisms
Duration: 2 lessons
Students will be able to:- identify different types of cells and explain how they form tissues in multicellular organisms
describe how tissues work together to form organs and organ systems in living organisms
demonstrate how specialised cells contribute to the function of different organ systems in multicellular organisms
Activities:- PPT- Cell specialisation
Booklet- Activity 1 - Types of cells
Slides to go with the booklet
Watch video and complete the associated worksheet
Alternate Activities:- Stile - Specialized cells
Stile - Putting cells to work research task
Video - Specialised cells (brief)
Game - cell differentiation
Learning Intention: describe the role of the flower, root, stem and leaf in maintaining flowering plants as functioning organisms
Duration: 3 lessons
Students will be able to:- describe the role of the flower in reproduction and how it helps flowering plants produce seeds
explain how the root supports the plant by absorbing water and nutrients from the soil
describe how the stem transports water, nutrients, and sugars, and how the leaf carries out photosynthesis to keep the plant functioning
Activities:- Video and associated worksheet
Comprehensive reading activity (teacher to allocate)
Task card activity
Booklet- Activity 1: Practical - Plant transport systems
Alternate Activities:- Stile - 1.1 Plant anatomy
Stile- 1.2 Leaf structure and epidermis
Learning Intention: Describe why the digestive system is important to the functioning of an organism
Duration: 2 lessons
Students will be able to:- Explain how the digestive system breaks down food into nutrients that the body can use
Describe how nutrients from the digestive system help other systems in the body, like the circulatory system
Identify what happens to an organism if the digestive system does not work properly
Activities:- Digestive system- PPT
- Worksheet to go with the slides
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Booklet- Activity 1: Digestive Dilema
Activity 2: Digestive System- Intestine Absorption
Watch video
Experimental PPT + Guide
Choose and present a disease- Disease PPT and planning sheet
Alternate Activities:- Stile - Digestive System
Learning Intention: Describe why the respiratory system is important to the functioning of an organism
Duration: 3 lessons
Students will be able to:- Explain how the respiratory system brings oxygen into the body and removes carbon dioxide
Describe how oxygen from the respiratory system is used by the body to produce energy
Identify what happens to an organism if the respiratory system does not work properly
Activities:- 5E Lesson
Stile - Respiratory System
Booklet- Activity 3: Respiratory System Diagram
Numeracy lesson Mean, Median and Mode Stile
Practical Numeracy lesson Mean, Median and Mode Stile
Nicotine Vaping Stile
Choose and present a disease- Disease PPT and planning sheet
Alternate Activities:- Stile - model of a lung
Pluck demonstration video
Learning Intention: Describe why the circulatory system is important to the functioning of an organism
Duration: 2 lessons
Students will be able to:- Explain how the circulatory system transports oxygen, nutrients, and waste around the body
Describe how the circulatory system works with other systems, like the respiratory and digestive systems, to keep the body functioning
Identify what happens to an organism if the circulatory system does not work properly
Activities:- 5E Lesson
Stile - Circulatory system
Booklet- Activity 4: Practical - Circulatory System. How does exercise affect heart rate?
Choose and present a disease- Disease PPT and planning sheet
Heart dissection - Clickview Heart dissection video- https://www.instructables.com/Heart-Dissection/
Learning Intention: Describe why the excretory system is important to the functioning of an organism
Duration: 1 lesson
Students will be able to:- Explain how the excretory system removes waste products from the body to keep it healthy
Describe how the excretory system works with other systems, like the circulatory system, to filter and remove waste
Identify what happens to an organism if the excretory system does not work properly
Activities:- Stile - Excretory system
Prac - Kidney dissection
Extension Worksheet
Alternate Activities:- Video - How do your kidneys work?
Worksheet
Learning Intention: Describe why the muscular and skeletal systems are important to the functioning of an organism
Duration: 1 lesson
Students will be able to:- Explain how the skeletal system provides structure, support, and protection for the body
Describe how the muscular system works with the skeletal system to enable movement
Identify what happens to an organism if the muscular or skeletal system does not function properly
Activities:- Video - Skeletal and Muscular Systems
Musculoskeletal workbook - information and worksheet or
Musculoskeletal webquest
Chicken wing dissection
Video - Chicken wing dissection
Make a model
Alternate Activities:
Learning Intention: Describe why the nervous system is important to the functioning of an organism
Duration: 1 lesson
Students will be able to:- Identify
Activities:- Insert
Alternate Activities:- Insert