Chemistry
| Dr P Smith (Head of Team) | psmith@conyers.org.uk | Dr R Hallam | rhallam@conyers.org.uk |
| Mrs L McGuiness-Brown | lmcguinness-brown@conyers.org.uk | Mr S Madden | smadden@conyers.org.uk |
| Mrs V Small | vsmall@conyers.org.uk | Miss N Crosby | ncrosby@conyers.org.uk |
| Miss E Lowther | elowther@conyers.org.uk | Mrs R Hill | rhill@conyers.org.uk |
| Mrs H Harrington | hharrington@conyers.org.uk | Mr A Walton | awalton@conyers.org.uk |
| Miss R Armstrong | rarmstrong@conyers.org.uk | Miss E Malcolm | emalcolm@conyers.org.uk |
Key Stage 4 Curriculum Map
Curriculum Intent
Enthuse and engage each and every student with science and the scientific world.
Students appreciate how the theories and concepts they are studying relate to their everyday life and how science enriches wider society
To equip and develop, within students, a wide variety of transferable skills that meet their whole-life learning needs.
Key Knowledge and Skills
Key knowledge areas in which all pupils are expected to have developed an appreciation are: atomic structure, bonding & structure, chemical reactions, kinetics, energetics, organics, chemical analysis, and environmental concerns. Students should, within the context of these areas, be able to:
- Use conceptual models and theories to make sense of the observed natural phenomena, giving sound explanations of said phenomena using a wide range of appropriate scientific ideas, language, knowledge and understanding;
- Plan, carry out, draw conclusions and evaluate the validity of practical laboratory work;
- Use appropriate mathematics to support problem solving, analysis and the drawing of robust conclusions.
- Evaluate the impact on the environmental, and society, of chemistry (and generally, science)
Sequence Discussion
KS4 Chemistry builds on KS3 work, while adding new areas of study and complexity. We start from the small and get bigger: first atoms (introduced in Y9), then how atoms bond, finally the properties of materials before considering the wide range of chemical reactions that are possible, and how they can be impacted (kinetics, energetics) and the impacts they have (environmental concerns). Mathematical skills are taught gradually with more complex ideas, such as moles, being handled in Y11.
Year 10
Half Term 1
Structure and bonding
Half Term 2
Structure and bonding
Reactions of metals
Half Term 3
Chemical Reactions
Electrolysis
Half Term 4
Energy transfers
Half Term 5
Review of Atoms and periodicity
Rates of reaction
Half Term 6
Equilibria
Year 11
Half Term 1
Chemical calculations
Crude oil and fuels
Half Term 2
Chemical Analysis
Crude oil and fuel
Half Term 3
The Earth’s Atmosphere
Earths resources
Half Term 4
Review of atomic structure and periodicity, structure and bonding, chemical changes, and energy changes