Year 7 skills

General concepts

The scientific method

  1. Types of data
  2. The scientific method
  3. The impact of the microscope
  4. Organ repair and replacement
  5. Mineral extraction
  6. The physics of seatbelts and helmets
  7. The ethics of organ transplantation
  8. The ethics of greywater and blackwater recycling

Biology

Biological diversity

  1. Classification of organisms
  2. The Linnaean hierarchy
  3. Scientific names

Grouping living things

  1. Vertebrates and invertebrates
  2. Kingdoms of life

Dichotomous keys

  1. Using dichotomous keys
  2. Designing classification keys

Ecosystems

  1. Food chains and food webs
  2. Abiotic and biotic factors
  3. Matter and energy in ecosystems

Physics

Forces

  1. Identify forces
  2. Contact and non-contact forces
  3. The force of friction
  4. The magnetic force
  5. The gravitational force

Energy

  1. General concepts
  2. Identify energy conversion and transfer
  3. Kinetic and potential energies
  4. Energy efficiency
  5. Wasted energy
  6. Joules and calories
  7. Level 1 - Energy to heat water
  8. Level 2 - Energy to heat water

Planet Earth

  1. General concepts
  2. Structure of the Earth
  3. Volcanoes
  4. Earthquakes
  5. The atmosphere
  6. Water

Chemistry

Particle theory

  1. The particle model
  2. States of matter

Pure substances and mixtures

  1. Pure substances and mixtures
  2. Separating mixtures
  3. Solutions and solubility