JA-science

Year 8
   Biology

Food and Digestion

1- The seven Main Food Types
2- Healthy Diet and Food Types
3- Digestion
4- Enzyms, Absorption and Transport

Respiration

1- Aerobic Respiration
2- Evidence for Respiration in Living Things
3- The Lungs and Gas Exchange
4- Transporting Oxygen, Glucose and Carbon Dioxide

 Microbes and Disease

1- Types of Microbe
2- The Spread of Infectious Diseases
3- The Body's Natural Barriers to Infection
4- Artificial Barriers to Infection

 Ecological Relationships

1- Interactions Within Environments
2- The Plant Kingdom
3- Sampling Techniques
4- Pyramids of Numbers

  Chemistry

Atoms and Elements

1- Materials, Elements and Atoms
2- The Elements
3- Making New Materials I
4- Making New Materials II

 Compounds and Mixtures

1- Elements and Compounds
2- Chemical Reactions Involving Compounds
3- Mixtures
4- Melting Point and Boiling Point of Elements, Compounds and Mixtures

Rocks and Weathering

1- Introduction to Rocks
2- Differences Between Rocks
3- Weathering Processes
4- Transportation of Rock Particles

The Rock Cycle

1- Sedimentary Rocks
2- Metamorphic Rocks
3- Igneous Rocks
4- Recycling Rocks

   Physics

Heating and Cooling

1- Temperature and Heat Energy
2- Expansion, Contration and Change of State
3- Conduction of Heat
4- Convection, Radiationand Evaporation

Magnets and Electromagnets

1- Magnets I
2- Magnets II
3- Magnetic Field
4- Electromagnets

Light

1- Light
2- Reflection of Light
3- Refraction and Dispersion
4- Colour

Sound and Hearing

1- Sound
2- Frequency and Amplitude of Sound Waves
3- How Sound Travels
4- Hearing Sound