Year 10 science
Every topic for the year is below, arranged by the term it is taught. Choose a term to show only that term: each topic has a lesson video, worked questions and practice at three levels.
Autumn term
- BiologyThe nervous systemControl systems, the structure and function of the nervous system, receptors and effectors, reflex arcs, the brain, the eye and focusing, and correcting short and long sight.100 questionsLesson video
- BiologyCommunicable diseasePathogens and how they spread, bacteria, viruses, fungi and protists, preventing infection, the body’s defences, vaccination, antibiotics and painkillers, and developing new medicines.100 questionsLesson video
- BiologyMonoclonal antibodiesHow monoclonal antibodies are produced from a single clone of cells using mouse lymphocytes and tumour cells to make hybridoma cells, and how they are used in pregnancy tests, laboratory testing, research and treating diseases such as cancer, with their advantages, side effects and ethical issues.100 questionsLesson video
- ChemistryQuantitative chemistryConservation of mass, relative formula mass, the mole and Avogadro’s constant, reacting masses from balanced equations, limiting reactants, percentage yield, atom economy, and concentration in g per dm3 and mol per dm3.100 questionsLesson video
- ChemistryStructure and propertiesStates of matter and state symbols, ionic compounds, simple molecules, giant covalent structures and metals, how structure explains properties, and diamond, graphite, graphene, fullerenes and nanoparticles.100 questionsLesson video
- ChemistryTransition metalsHow transition metals differ from Group 1 metals in melting point, density, strength, hardness and reactivity, with examples from chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel and copper, and their typical properties of ions with different charges, coloured compounds and use as catalysts.100 questionsLesson video
- PhysicsMotion and forcesScalars and vectors, speed, velocity and acceleration, v squared = u squared + 2as, motion graphs, Newton’s laws, terminal velocity, stopping distances, and work done and power.100 questionsLesson video
- PhysicsRadioactivity and nuclear physicsThe nuclear atom and isotopes, alpha, beta and gamma radiation, nuclear equations, half-life and decay graphs, contamination and irradiation, uses and hazards, and nuclear fission and fusion.100 questionsLesson video
Spring term
- BiologyReproduction and inheritanceSexual and asexual reproduction, meiosis and gametes, DNA and the genome, genes and alleles, dominant and recessive inheritance, Punnett squares and family trees.100 questionsLesson video
- BiologyVariation and evolutionGenetic and environmental variation, natural selection, selective breeding, genetic engineering, and cloning by cuttings, tissue culture and embryo transfer.100 questionsLesson video
- ChemistryRates of reactionMeasuring rates from graphs, collision theory, the effects of temperature, concentration, pressure, surface area and catalysts, activation energy, and reversible reactions and equilibrium.100 questionsLesson video
- ChemistryElectrolysisElectrolysis of molten ionic compounds and aqueous solutions, predicting the products at each electrode, half equations, extracting aluminium, and the electrolysis of brine.100 questionsLesson video
- PhysicsElectrical circuits and mains electricityCurrent, potential difference and resistance, I–V graphs of components, thermistors and LDRs, series and parallel circuits, mains electricity, a.c. and d.c., plug wiring and electrical safety, and power and energy transfer.100 questionsLesson video
- PhysicsElectromagnetic waves and the universeThe electromagnetic spectrum, how each wave interacts with matter, uses and dangers, radio waves and alternating currents, and the Big Bang, red-shift and the expanding universe.100 questionsLesson video
Summer term
- BiologyGenetics and evolutionMendel’s experiments, the evidence for evolution by natural selection, Lamarck, Wallace and Darwin, speciation, fossils, extinction, antibiotic resistance and classification.100 questionsLesson video
- BiologyPhotosynthesisThe photosynthesis equation, limiting factors and the rate of photosynthesis, how leaves are adapted, how plants use glucose, and plant disease and mineral deficiency.100 questionsLesson video
- PhysicsMomentumMomentum and conservation of momentum in collisions and explosions, force as rate of change of momentum, and safety features such as crumple zones, air bags and seat belts.100 questionsLesson video