Year 8 Modules
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These slideshows are matched to the QCA scheme of work and can easily be combined to create larger slideshows if needed.
Powerpoints for the following units:
Jump to:Biology:
8A Food and Digestion
Types of food, testing for different types of food, the digestive system, the role of enzymes and the small intestine.
8B Respiration
The process of respiration, how we breathe, the respiratory system, gas exchange and circulation.
8C Microbes and Disease
How microbes enter our body, diseases, fungi, how the body defends itself, producing antibodies and using antibiotics.
8D Ecological Relationships
Ecosystems, classifying plants, taking samples of an ecosystem, food chains and pyramids of number.
Chemistry:
8E Atoms and Elements
The structure of an atom, elements and compounds, simple compounds, element symbols.
8F Compounds and Mixtures
The difference between elements and compounds, some simple compounds, the difference between compounds and mixtures, naming compounds, air and how to separate it into its constituents.
8H The Rock Cycle
Pictures of sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks, how they are formed, revision quiz.
Physics:
8I Heating and Cooling
The difference between heat and temperature, particle theory revision for changes of state, conduction, convection and radiation.
8J Magnets and Electromagnets
Diagrams of magnetic fields, factors affecting the strength of an electromagnet.
8K Light
Properties of light, clear and diffuse reflection, using mirrors, how we see colour, mixing colours, how coloured objects appear in coloured light, using filters, refraction.
8L Sound and Hearing
The speed of sound in different materials, making sounds, using an oscilloscope, how sound travels, how the ear works.
