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