Year 12 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
- BiologyCarbohydrates and lipidsMonomers and polymers, condensation and hydrolysis, monosaccharides, disaccharides and polysaccharides, the structure and roles of starch, glycogen and cellulose, the tests for sugars and starch, and the structure and properties of triglycerides and phospholipids and the emulsion test.100 questionsLesson video
- BiologyProteins and enzymesThe structure of amino acids, peptide bonds and the four levels of protein structure, the biuret test, how enzymes lower activation energy, the induced-fit model, and the effects of temperature, pH, concentration and inhibitors on enzyme-controlled reactions.100 questionsLesson video
- BiologyNucleic acids, ATP, water and ionsThe structure of DNA and RNA, DNA replication and the evidence for the semi-conservative model, the structure and role of ATP, the properties of water, and the roles of inorganic ions in biological systems.100 questionsLesson video
- ChemistryAtomic structure and isotopesProtons, neutrons and electrons, isotopes and relative atomic mass, mass spectrometry, electron shells, sub-shells and orbitals, electron configuration and ionisation energies.100 questionsLesson video
- ChemistryAmount of substanceThe mole and the Avogadro constant, molar mass, empirical and molecular formulae, concentration, the ideal gas equation, balanced equations, percentage yield and atom economy.100 questionsLesson video
- ChemistryAcids, bases and redoxAcids, bases and salts, neutralisation, acid-base titrations and their calculations, oxidation numbers, redox reactions and half-equations.100 questionsLesson video
- PhysicsMeasurements, units and uncertaintiesSI units and prefixes, estimation, scalars and vectors, resolving vectors, random and systematic errors, absolute and percentage uncertainties and combining uncertainties.100 questionsLesson video
- PhysicsKinematics and motion graphsDisplacement, velocity and acceleration, the equations of constant acceleration, motion graphs, projectile motion and free fall.100 questionsLesson video
- PhysicsForces, moments and momentumNewton laws of motion, free-body diagrams, moments and equilibrium, linear momentum, conservation of momentum, impulse and collisions.100 questionsLesson video