Year 9 skills

Physics

Forces

1. Distance and displacement
2. Calculate the speed
3. Relative speed
4. Speed and velocity
5. Acceleration
6. Inertia
7. Identify forces
8. Contact and non-contact forces
9. The force of friction
10. The magnetic force
11. The gravitational force
12. Level 1 - Newton's second law
13. Level 2 - Newton's second law
14. Level 3 - Newton's second law

Planet Earth

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

Chemistry

Atoms

1. Structure of the atom
2. Protons, neutrons and electrons
3. Radioactivity

The periodic table

1. Electronic configuration
2. Positions of atoms in the periodic table
3. Metal reactivity

Biology

Multicellular organisms

1. Body systems
2. Micro-organisms

The central nervous system

1. Components

Genetics

1. DNA, genes and chromosomes