Key stage 3 Science covers year 7-9 in secondary school. Most schools follow a standard curriculum. I can tutor all of these topics.
Year 7 Science topics
- Cells,
- Reproduction,
- Environment and feeding relationships,
- Variation and classification,
- Solids, Liquids and gases
- Simple chemical reactions
- Solutions
- Acids and Alkalis
- Energy resources,
- Electrical circuits
- Space
- Forces and their effects
Year 8 Science topics
- Food and Digestion
- Respiration
- Microbes and disease
- Ecological relationships
- Atoms and elements
- Compounds and Mixtures
- Rocks and weathering
- The rock cycle
- Heating and cooling
- Magnets and electromagnets
- Light
- Sound
Year 9 Science topics
- Inheritance and selection
- Fit and healthy
- Plants and photosynthesis
- Plants for food
- Reactions of metals and metal compounds
- Patterns of reactivity
- Environmental chemistry
- Using chemistry
- Energy and electricity
- Gravity and space
- Speeding up
- Pressure and moments
What exams are there for Key stage 3?
Most schools will examine each of these units with a test. I have lots of practice tests for every unit. This will ensure you child gets a good result. At the end of the school year, most schools will have an end of year school exam. This is normally made up of past SATS based questions. I have the professional test base software which provides excellent preparation for the end of year school exams. It will train your child to answer the questions using key marking points. SATS at the end of year 9 are still carried out by schools. The main difference is that they are marked internally by the school teachers, rather than by an external board. The sats papers for most subjects can be downloaded online. They can be found here.