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Year 8 Modules

These slideshows are matched to the QCA scheme of work and can easily be combined to create larger slideshows if needed.

Powerpoints for the following units

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Biology
Chemistry
Physics

Biology

8A Food and Digestion

Slides: 7
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Last modified: 10/10/2005

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Types of food, testing for different types of food, the digestive system, the role of enzymes and the small intestine.

8B Respiration

Slides: 7
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The process of respiration, how we breathe, the respiratory system, gas exchange and circulation.

8C Microbes and Disease

Slides: 9
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How microbes enter our body, diseases, fungi, how the body defends itself, producing antibodies and using antibiotics.

8D Ecological Relationships

Slides: 7
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Ecosystems, classifying plants, taking samples of an ecosystem, food chains and pyramids of number.

Chemistry

8E Atoms and Elements

Slides: 7
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The structure of an atom, elements and compounds, simple compounds, element symbols.

8F Compounds and Mixtures

Slides: 12
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The difference between elements and compounds, some simple compounds, the difference between compounds and mixtures, naming compounds, air and how to separate it into its constituents.

8G Rocks and Weathering

Slides: 16
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Pictures of erosion, types of erosion, scree slopes and sediment.

8H The Rock Cycle

Slides: 11
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Pictures of sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks, how they are formed, revision quiz.

Physics

8I Heating and Cooling

Slides: 14
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Last modified: 10/10/2005

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The difference between heat and temperature, particle theory revision for changes of state, conduction, convection and radiation.

8J Magnets and Electromagnets

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Diagrams of magnetic fields, factors affecting the strength of an electromagnet.

8K Light

Slides: 27
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Properties of light, clear and diffuse reflection, using mirrors, how we see colour, mixing colours, how coloured objects appear in coloured light, using filters, refraction.

8L Sound and Hearing

Slides: 6
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The speed of sound in different materials, making sounds, using an oscilloscope, how sound travels, how the ear works.