Science
Key Stage 3
Pupils study science for four periods each week.
The aims of the course are to present science as an exciting, interesting, challenging and relevant subject to all pupils, develop scientific skills and learning processes and the ability of pupils to think and thus prepare them for the GCSE Science course, which is studied by all pupils in Years 10 and 11.
Science at Stradbroke Business & Enterprise College allows children to explore and investigate science, developing knowledge and understanding that allow them to explain the world of science and to understand it more fully. Pupils develop an understanding of the procedures of scientific investigation and learn practical skills.
The topics covered over the 3 years are: Materials, Forces, Electricity and Magnetism, Acids and Alkalis, Matter, Rocks and Minerals, Sight and Sound, Healthy Living, Microbes, Environmental Issues, Chemical Reactions, Elements and Compounds, Light, Ecological Relationships and Investigative Science.
Key Stage 4 Science
Our scheme of work is based on the Edexcel 360 science specification. The course is "designed to meet the diverse aims and ambitions of pupils - from those who simply want to understand the world around them, to those who want to progress to further, in-depth study". It offers exciting and engaging content and is accessible to pupils of all abilities. The new GCSE "places far greater emphasis on the skills, knowledge and understanding of how science works, and less emphasis on knowing scientific facts", and the syllabus incorporates examples of contemporary developments in all three branches of science.
Year 10 Units
Biology:
Environment; Genes; Electrical & Chemical Signals; Use, Misuse & Abuse.
Chemistry:
Patterns in Properties; Making Changes; There's One Earth; Designer Products.
Physics:
Producing & Measuring Electricity; You are in Charge; Now you see it, Now you don't; Space & its Mysteries.
Year 11 Units
Physics:
As Fast as you Can; Roller-Coasters and Relativity; Putting Radiation to Use; Power of the Atom.
Chemistry:
Synthesis; In your Element; Chemical Structures; How Fast? How Furious?
Biology:
Inside Living Cells; Divide & Develop; Energy Flow; Interdependence.
