The Science Curriculum
We aim to offer students a broad, enriching curriculum that encourages their passion for science to flourish. By allowing our students to use their natural inquisitiveness to build their scientific understanding, we ensure they leave Temple Moor with
The Science Curriculum
We aim to offer students a broad, enriching curriculum that encourages their passion for science to flourish. By allowing our students to use their natural inquisitiveness to build their scientific understanding, we ensure they leave Temple Moor with a deep appreciation of the world around them, whereby they can eloquently explain scientific ideas and link them to their everyday lives.
Details about curriculum structure:
Our 7 year curriculum breaks down the key scientific knowledge into 8 key areas: atoms; reactions; materials; forces; energy; cells; diversity; and interdependence. Students study these areas each year as part of their schemes of learning. We also cover the main scientific skills: scientific thinking; experimental skills and strategies; analysis and evaluation; and scientific communication. Students are given regular opportunities to develop and use these skills in lessons.
In KS3 students study a range of units, over 6 hours per fortnight, that link to careers and cover a mixture of biology, chemistry and physics. From KS4 onwards, these separate into specialist disciplines, with students studying either separate (Triple award) sciences or Combined (Dual award) Science. Dual award students study Science over 10 hours per fortnight, with Triple award students having additional time from an option block.
Key Stage 3
Formula 1 – a study of speed and forces.
Medicine – The human body and how it works.
Environmentalist – considering why plants are important to us, Earth’s structure and our atmosphere.
Eco-car designer – a study of electricity and energy sources.
Firefighter – chemical reactions and combustion.
Material science – atoms, models and the Periodic table.
Theme Park design – forces and magnetism
Space science – understanding how our planet fits into the Universe and how different phenomena can be explained.
Zoology – genetics and evolution.
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