UNIT 1. Life Systems
Diversity of Living Things
1. Introduction to Classification
Kingdom, Phyla, Class, Order,
Family, Genus and Species
2. Taxonomy in chart form here
1. Needs and characteristics of Living Things,
2. The Animal Kingdom
3. Vertebrates
4. Diagram - Animal Kingdom here
1. Characteristics of vertebrates birds, reptiles, fish, amphibians and mammals
2. Invertebrates
1. Protists
2. Mealworms
1. Animal adaptations
( structural, behavioural,
mimicry, hibernation,
migration)
1. Introduction
2. The Solar System
3. The Sun
4. Meteors, Asteroids, Satellites,
Moons
5. The Planets
1. Night and Day
2. The Seasons
1. Our Moon, Luna
2. Phases of the Moon
1. Gravity and Tides
1. Eclipses - lunar and solar
1. The Solar System and
Daily Lives (past and present)
2. Nasa Spin-offs
UNIT 2. Earth and Space Systems - Space
UNIT 3. Matter and Materials Air and Flight
1. All about air (mass, pressure and
temperature)
2. Bernoulli's Principle
1. Hot Air Balloons
2. Why Birds can Fly
3. Comparing Airplanes to Birds
1. History of Flight and Space Travel
2. History Timeline
UNIT 4. Energy and Control Electricity
1. History - The Electrical Pioneers
1. What is electricity - protons, neutrons and
electrons
2. Insulators and Conductors
1. All about Static electricity and Lightning
1. Electric Currents
2. Voltage
3. Resistance
4. Direct and Alternating Currents
5. Diagrams: a) equipment alternatives
b) electrical symbols
1. Circuits - Simple, Series and Parallel
1. More Circuits
2. Diagramming Circuits
3. What's wrong in these circuit diagrams here
Page 7
1. Magnetism
2. Electromagnetism
UNIT 5. Structures and
Mechanisms - Motion
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