“The limits of my language are the limits of my world”
Ludwig Wittgenstein

INTENT

The science curriculum at Atlantic Academy Portland is designed to equip students with the core knowledge required to become scientifically literate citizens who can actively engage with the world around them.

We have created a curriculum narrative that uses the core knowledge to progress towards answering key questions to enable understanding of events and phenomena of relevance to our students at school and beyond.

Overview

Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3
Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2
R Understanding the World – Science – Beach School Understanding the World – 

Science – Seasonal Changes (Autumn), Beach School, Healthy Eating

Understanding the WorldScience – Seasonal Changes (Winter), Beach School, Fossils and Bones Understanding the WorldScience – Solar System and Space, Beach School Understanding the World – 

Science  – Plants and Life Cycles

Predictions changes in matter (Science Week),  Spring Walk, Beach School, Habitats, Animals

Understanding the WorldScience – Summer Walk
Y1 Working scientifically

Rocks

Seasonal Changes: Autumn

Everyday Materials

Materials

Working scientifically

Light

Seasonal Changes: Winter

Animals including humans

Seasonal Changes: Spring

Plants

Plant detectives

Revision

Seasonal Changes: Summer

Y2 Plants

Apprentice Gardener

Seasonal Changes: Autumn

Animals including Humans

Growing up/Taking Care

Uses of Everyday Materials

Materials

Seasonal Changes: Winter

Living Things and their Habitats

The Environment

Seasonal Changes: Spring

Living Things and their Habitats

Our changing World – Habitats

Revision

Seasonal Changes: Summer

Y3 Plants

Our changing World – Plants and their life cycles

Rocks

Rock detectives

Light 

Can you see me?

Forces and Magnets

Power of forces

Animals, including Humans

Amazing bodies

Revision
Y4 Living things and their habitats

Who am I?

Electricity

Switched On! 

Sound

Good Vibrations 

States of Matter

States

Animals, including humans

Food and digestion

Revision
Y5 Animals, including Humans

Reproduction

Earth and Space

Earth and beyond

Forces

Feel the force

Living things and their Habitats Properties and Changes of Materials

Materials

Revision
Y6 Living Things and their Habitats

The Nature Library

Light Electricity

Low Voltage

Evolution and inheritance

Our Changing World – Evolution

Animals, including Humans

Body Pump (Heart and Respiration)

Revision
Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3
Y7 Cells, tissues, organs and systems

The Particle Model

Energy

Sexual reproduction in animals

Acids and alkalis

Current electricity

Muscles and bones

Mixtures and separation

Forces

Ecosystems

Atoms, elements and compounds

Sound

Food and nutrition

Plants and reproduction

Y8 Food and Nutrition

The Periodic Table

Forces and motion

Unicellular organisms

Fluids

Genetics and evolution

Combustion

Magnets and electromagnets

Breathing and respiration

Rocks

Energy transfers

Earth and space

Maths in Science

Y9 Chemistry

Atomic structure and periodic table

Bonding, structure and properties of matter

Chemical changes

Biology

Infection and response

Cell biology

Organisation

Physics

Energy

Electricity

Y10 Organisation

Bioenergetics

Electrolysis

Quantitative Chemistry

Energy Changes

Atomic Structure

Forces

Homeostasis and response

Inheritance, variation and evolution

Ecology

Y11 The rate and extent of chemical change

Organic chemistry

Chemical analysis

Chemistry of the atmosphere

Using resources

Waves

Magnetism and electromagnets

Interleaved biology and chemistry revision

Interleaved biology, chemistry and physics revision

 

Where next

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