What you’ll learn

Space

Content Covered

• Understand the difference between planets and stars
• Identify the planets in solar system
• Understand that gravitational force is keeping all the planets in a fixed orbit

Skills to develop in this topic

• Observation skills with observing the space model and using their new knowledge to produce an explanation.

Forces

Content Covered

• Learn the types of forces
• Be able to draw the directions of forces
• Evaluate that what forces can do

Skills to develop in this topic

• Using equipment in the labs evaluating Different forces by using force circus
• Development of graph skills – forces and extension Comparison of different quantities (variables and scientific methods)

Sound

Content Covered

• Describe the different types of waves and their features
• Explain why the speed of sound is different in different materials
• State the range of human hearing and describe how it differs from animals

Skills to develop in this topic

• Skills of carrying out experiment to calculate the speed of sound and observing the energy transfer the surroundings
• Graph skills with distinguish the different frequencies of sound. · Introduction of the ultrasound waves and its uses

Light

Content Covered

• State that what type of wave is Light
• Be able to describe the properties of light wave
• Be able to identify the uses of light wave
• Be able to evaluate the speed of light

Skills to develop in this topic

• The importance of accuracy in experiments (checking the speed of light).
• The use of light boxes to determine the law of reflection.
• An insight into multi-stage practical (investigating the different properties and behaviour of light waves)

Energy

Content Covered

• Define Energy and its forms
• Identify Different energy stores
• Understand the concept of the law of conservation of energy
• Interpret energy need
• Explain the ways in which thermal energy is transferred

Skills to develop in this topic

• Identifying the different forms of energy and practical work to calculate the energy transfer during process
• Calculate the energy values.

Motion and pressure

Content Covered

• Understand motion using the concept of balanced and unbalanced forces
• Identify that pressure is due to forces applied per unit area
• Understand the turning effect of forces using the concept of forces in pair

Skills to develop in this topic

• Calculation skills that forces are measured in newtons, measurements of stretch or compression as force is changed
• Force-extension linear relation; Hooke’s Law as a special case
• Calculating the work done and energy changes on deformation

Electricity

Content Covered

• Describe charges and understand the concept of transfer of electrons
• Identify the circuit symbols
• Learn how to build a simple circuits
• Understand the path and flow of electrons
• Understand the concept of energy carried by the electrons
• Identify the different circuits and measure the current and voltage using ammeter and voltmeter

Skills to develop in this topic

• Building the circuits
• Be able to connect the ammeter and voltmeter in the circuits
• Learning the recording of current and voltage
• Be able to investigate the magnetic field of a magnet