Year 8 Programme of Study
Year 8 Pupils have six x thirty five minute lessons a week and one forty minute prep a week.
The sciences are taught as separate subjects Chemistry, Physics and Biology. The units are taught from the text book Spectrum Science and the chapters covered are listed below.
The pupils are given a copy of the Spectrum Science Chemistry, Physics and Biology books printed by Cambridge University Press. www.cambridge.org/spectrum
Year 8 Chemistry
Unit 9E Reactions of metals and metal compounds (contd. from year7)
Unit 9F Patterns of reactivity
Unit 9G Environmental chemistry
Unit 9H Using chemistry
Unit 7H Solutions (most of this is revision from year 6 )
Unit 7G Particle model: solids, liquids and gases
Unit 8G Rocks and weathering
Year 8 Physics
Unit 7J Electrical circuits
Unit 7L The solar system and beyond
Unit 9J Gravity and space
Unit 9k Speeding up
Unit 9L Pressure and moments
Unit 9I Energy and electricity
Year 8 Biology
Unit 9C Plants and photosynthesis
Unit 9D Plants for food
Unit 7C Environment and feeding relationships
Unit 9A Inheritance and selection
Unit 9B Fitness and health
Unit 8C Microbes and disease | 