Edexcel (KS4)
KS3 & KS4 Science
Unit sequence
Units that make up our curricula are fully sequenced, and aligned to the national curriculum.
Highlight a thread
Threads are groups of units across the curriculum that build a common body of knowledge
Year group
Year 7
1
Forces
2
Solid, liquid, gas states and changes of state
3
Cells
4
Our solar system and beyond
5
Solutions
6
Ecosystems
7
Sound, light and vision
8
Heredity and DNA
9
Separation techniques
10
Human skeleton and muscles
11
Heating and cooling
12
Diffusion
13
Human digestive system
14
Atoms, elements and compounds
Year 8
1
Biodiversity
2
Understanding chemical reactions
3
Moving by force
4
Species and classification (differences between species)
5
Variation (differences within species)
6
Earth's resources
7
Series circuits
8
Reproduction in humans
9
Fuels and energetics
10
Making images
11
Diet and exercise
12
Acids and bases
13
Magnets and electromagnets
14
Breathing and respiration
Year 9
1
Plant nutrition and photosynthesis
2
Materials
3
Hidden forces
4
Adaptations, competition, natural selection and evolution
5
Carbon cycle and climate change
6
Waves
7
Disease and drugs
8
Patterns in the periodic table
9
Resistance and parallel circuits
10
Reproduction in plants
Year 10
1
Atomic structure and the periodic table
2
Eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells
3
Particle explanations of density and pressure
4
DNA and the genome
5
States of matter
6
Health and disease
7
Measuring and calculating motion
8
Biological molecules and enzymes
9
Structure and bonding
10
Transport and exchange surfaces in humans
11
Electric fields and circuit calculations
12
Coordination and control: the human nervous system
13
Separating substances
14
Coordination and control: hormones and the human endocrine system
15
Measuring waves
16
Photosynthesis: requirements and products
17
Calculations involving masses
18
Energy of moving objects
19
Cell division: mitosis and meiosis
20
Making salts
21
Stem cells and differentiation
22
Energy of moving particles
23
Fossil evidence, selective breeding and explaining evolution
24
Chemistry of carbon
25
Living organisms and their environments
26
Circuit components
27
Energy changes in reactions
Year 11
1
Defences against pathogens, the human immune system and vaccination
2
Rate of reaction
3
Aerobic and anaerobic cellular respiration
4
Forces make things change
5
Biomass transfer, food security and biodiversity
6
Using Earth's resources
7
Transport and exchange surfaces in plants
8
Nuclear physics
9
Hormones and human reproduction
10
Groups of the periodic table
11
Coordination and control: maintaining a constant internal environment
12
Electromagnetism
13
Photosynthesis: factors affecting the rate
14
Atmosphere and changing climate
15
Drugs and new treatments for disease
16
Electromagnetic waves
17
Variation and natural selection at the genetic level
18
Industrial chemistry
19
Classification in modern biology
20
Mains electricity
21
Gene technology
22
Electrolysis
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