Year 13 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.
Spring term
- BiologyStimuli, receptors and the control of heart rateSurvival and response, tropisms and taxes, kineses, the structure and function of receptors such as the Pacinian corpuscle and photoreceptors in the eye, and the control of heart rate.100 questionsLesson video
- BiologyNerve impulses, synapses and muscle contractionResting and action potentials, the passage of an impulse and the effect of myelination, synaptic transmission and its effects, the structure of skeletal muscle and the sliding filament theory.100 questionsLesson video
- BiologyHomeostasisNegative feedback and why a stable internal environment matters, the control of blood glucose by insulin, glucagon and adrenaline, diabetes, and the control of blood water potential by the kidney and ADH.100 questionsLesson video
- ChemistryRedox and electrode potentialsStandard electrode potentials, electrochemical cells, predicting the direction of redox reactions, storage cells and fuel cells, and redox titrations.100 questionsLesson video
- ChemistryTransition elementsElectron configurations of d-block elements and ions, complex ions, ligands and coordination number, shapes, colour, variable oxidation states, catalysis and ligand substitution.100 questionsLesson video
- ChemistryAromatic compoundsThe structure and stability of benzene, electrophilic substitution (nitration, halogenation, Friedel-Crafts), reactions of phenol and the comparison with benzene.100 questionsLesson video
- PhysicsMagnetic fields and inductionForce on a current and a moving charge, circular motion in a magnetic field, flux and flux linkage, Faraday and Lenz laws, generators and transformers.100 questionsLesson video
- PhysicsNuclear radiationThe nuclear model, alpha beta and gamma radiation, decay laws and half-life, binding energy and mass defect, fission and fusion, and radiation safety.100 questionsLesson video
- PhysicsParticle physicsParticle accelerators and detectors, hadrons, leptons and quarks, antimatter, conservation laws in particle interactions, and the fundamental forces and exchange particles.100 questionsLesson video