September 2023 enrolment
Please complete the form here: Initial interview
During our year 9 science masterclasses, we will look at a variety of topics with instructional videos, notes, worksheets and small group classes led by a qualified science teacher. Students need to complete and submit assignments at least 24 hours before each class. In year 9 the classes focus on study skills and a first look at the core practicals needed for GCSE courses.
Core practicals
Working scientifically
Maths skills
Exam skills
- Microscopy
- Osmosis
- Food tests
- Enzymes
- Reaction time
- Photosynthesis
- Field investigations
- Plant responses
- DNA extraction
- Microbiology
- Separation techniques / Purification of water
- Chromatography
- Investigating pH
- Neutralisation / Titration
- Making salts
- Temperature changes
- Rates of Reaction
- Electrolysis
- Resistance
- I-V characteristics
- Density
- Thermal insulation
- Specific heat capacity
- Waves
- Light
- Acceleration
- Force and extension
- Decisions: risks
- Repeatability and reproducibility
- Accuracy, precision and uncertainty
- The SI system
- Compound units
- Index form
- Hypotheses and theories
- Qualitative and quantitative data
- Scientific questions
- Benefits, drawbacks and risks
- Trial runs
- Peer review
- Developing hypotheses and predictions
- Primary and secondary data
- Variables and fair tests
- Choosing materials and methods
- Decisions: limitations and ethics
- Controls
- Safety risks and hazards
- Anomalous results and outliers
- Errors in measurements
- Conclusions
- Validity
- Evaluating
- Significant figures
- Standard form
- Symbols and conventions
- Decimals
- Linear relationships
- Estimates: rounding
- Mean, mode, median and percentiles
- Presenting data
- Recording data in tables
- Scatter diagrams
- Drawing line graphs from data
- Means and ranges
- Correlations
- Equations changing the subject
- Bar charts
- Equations: substituting
- Frequency tables and diagrams
- Equation solving
- Estimates: sampling and bias
- Charts and continuous data
- Interconverting units
- Plotting variables
- Measuring angles
- Slopes and intercepts
- Orders of magnitude
- Fractions, percentages and ratios
- Tangents
- Command words
- Long answer questions
- Discussion questions
