Y7 Resources - Autumn Term

• Identify a substance as a solid, liquid or gas

• Describe the properties of different states of matter

• Describe changing state (melting, freezing, boiling, condensing)

• Describe diffusion and gas pressure

• Select an appropriate method of separating a mixture (including distillation and chromatography

●     Explain whether an object in an unfamiliar situation is in equilibrium

●     Describe factors which affect the size of frictional and drag forces

●     Describe how materials behave as they are stretched or squashed

●     Describe what happens to the length of a spring when the force on it changes

●     Sketch the forces acting on an object and label their size and direction

●     Explain why multi-cellular organisms need organ systems to keep their cells alive

●     Suggest what kind of tissue or organism a cell is part of, based on its features

●     Explain how to use a microscope to identify & compare different types of cells

●     Explain how uni-cellular organisms are adapted to carry out functions that in multi-cellular organisms are done by different types of cell  

●     Explain how a physical property of part of the skeleton related to its function

●     Explain why some organs contain muscle tissue

●     Explain how antagonistic muscles provide movement around a joint

●     Use a diagram to predict the result of a muscle contraction or relaxation

●     Safety in the laboratory

●     Laboratory equipment

●     How to measure accurately

●     Presenting data in a table

●     Presenting data in a graph

●     How to use a microscope

●     Identify independent, dependent and control variables