Departments
Science
Welcome to the science pages of the Crawshaw school website. Here you will find information about the courses we offer and also helpful resources that you will find useful for revision and guidance.
Key stage 3
In years 7, 8 and 9 students study a wide variety of different scientific concepts in Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Below are the list of topics that we cover.
Year 7 - Cells, Reproduction, Environment and Feeding Relationships, Variation and Classification, Acids and Alkalis, Simple Chemical Reactions, Particle Model of Solids, Liquids & Gases, Solutions, Energy, Electrical Circuits, Forces and Their Effects, and, The Solar System and Beyond.
Year 8 - Food and Digestion, Respiration, Microbes and Disease, Ecological Relationships, Atoms and Elements, Compounds and Mixtures, Rocks and Weathering, The Rock Cycle, Heating and Cooling, Magnets and Electromagnets, Light, and, Sound and Hearing.
Year 9 - Inheritance and Selection, Fit and Healthy, Plants and Photosynthesis, Plants for Food, Reactions of Metals and Metal Compounds, Patterns of Reactivity, Environmental Chemistry, Using Chemistry, Energy and Electricity, Gravity and Space, Speeding Up, and, Pressure and Moments.
Key stage 4 - GCSE
Most students will study double science to achieve two GCSE grades over the two years. Some students have opted to study triple science (over 2 years) by attending twilight sessions to study the extra modules.
All students study GCSE Science in Year 10.
In year 11 students will study Additional Science or Additional Applied Science.
- Science
You & Your Genes, Keeping Healthy, Life on Earth, Air Quality, Material Choices, Food Matters, The Earth in the Universe, Radiation & Life, and Radioactive Materials.
- Additional Science
Homeostasis, Growth & Development, Brain & Mind, Chemical Patterns, Chemicals of the Natural Environment, Chemical Synthesis, Explaining Motion, Electric Circuits, and The Wave Model of Radiation.
- Additional Applied Science
Life Care, Agriculture & Food, Scientific Detection, Harnessing Chemicals, Communications, and Materials & Performance.
GCSE coursework
- Case Studies