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| List of figures | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Life processes and living things | |
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| Some Key Ideas in Life Science | |
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| The characteristics of living things | |
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| Concepts to Support Key Stage 1 | |
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| The characteristics of living things | |
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| Concepts to Support Key Stage 2 | |
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| Cells and tissues | |
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| Organs and organ systems | |
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| Life processes | |
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| Concepts to Support Key Stage 1 | |
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| Feeding | |
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| Elimination of waste (excretion) | |
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| Respiration | |
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| Growth | |
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| Response to stimuli (sensitivity) | |
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| Movement | |
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| Reproduction | |
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| Differences between plants and animals | |
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| Concepts to Support Key Stage 2 | |
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| Nutrition systems (feeding, digestion, egestion) | |
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| Plant nutrition - photosynthesis | |
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| Animal nutrition - digestion | |
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| The cardio-vascular system (circulation and respiration) | |
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| The blood | |
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| Circulation | |
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| Respiration | |
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| The musculo-skeletal system (support and movement) | |
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| Support in plants | |
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| Support in animals - the skeleton | |
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| Movement in animals | |
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| The nervous system (sensitivity, coordination) | |
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| Human sense organs | |
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| The eye | |
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| The ear | |
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| Taste and smell | |
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| The skin (touch, temperature) | |
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| Plant responses to environmental stimuli | |
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| Coordination and control | |
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| The nervous system | |
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| Self-maintenance | |
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| Negative feedback (detection-correction) mechanisms | |
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| The endocrine or hormone system | |
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| Reproductive systems | |
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| Asexual reproduction | |
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| Sexual reproduction | |
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| The importance of DNA | |
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| The biology of human reproduction | |
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| Puberty | |
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| The menstrual cycle | |
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| Sexual reproduction in flowering plants | |
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| Dispersal | |
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| Optimum conditions for survival | |
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| Concepts to Support Key Stage 1 | |
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| Healthy plants | |
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| Healthy animals | |
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| Concepts to Support Key Stage 2 | |
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| The defence systems of the body | |
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| External resistance to invasion | |
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| Responses following invasion | |
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| Conscious action which can promote health | |
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| Diet | |
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| Teeth | |
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| Personal hygiene | |
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| Life style | |
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| The effect of exercise | |
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| The need for rest | |
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| The harmful effects of drugs, alcohol and tobacco | |
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| The variety of life | |
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| Concepts to Support Key Stage 1 | |
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| The classification of plants and animals | |
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| Kingdom: viruses | |
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| Kingdom: bacteria | |
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| Kingdom: protoctista | |
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| Kingdom: fungi | |
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| Kingdom: plants | |
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| Kingdom: animals | |
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| Concepts to Support Key Stage 2 | |
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| The identification of plants and animals using keys | |
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| Similarities and differences: the basis of classification | |
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| The dichotomous or binary key | |
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| A dichotomous key to the five vertebrate classes | |
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| Lateral keys | |
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| Adaptation to environment | |
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| Concepts to Support Key Stages 1 and 2 | |
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| Charles Darwin's observations and deductions | |
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| Further Concepts to Support Key Stage 2 | |
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| The sources of variation in plants and animals | |
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| Genetic variation | |
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| Environmental variation | |
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| The mechanism of natural selection | |
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| Adaptation to environment | |
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| Examples from local habitats | |
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| Woodland environments | |
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| The inter-tidal zone: rocky shores | |
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| The transfer of energy | |
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| Concepts to Support Key Stages 1 and 2 | |
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| Photosynthesis | |
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| Energy transfer | |
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| Food chains and webs | |
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| The food cycle | |
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| Further Concepts to Support Key Stage 2 | |
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| Cycles of matter | |
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| The water cycle | |
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| The carbon cycle | |
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| The oxygen cycle | |
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| The nitrogen cycle | |
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| Energy transfer: micro to macro | |
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| Life processes and living things: Schools National Curriculum coverage | |
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| Initial Teacher Training National Curriculum coverage | |
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| Materials and their properties | |
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| Some Key Ideas in Materials Science | |
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| The particulate nature of matter | |
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| The kinetic theory | |
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| The states of matter: solid, liquid and gas | |
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| Changes of state | |
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| The compression of gas | |
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| Elements, compounds and mixtures | |
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| The structure of atoms | |
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| The periodic table | |
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| Atomic bonding | |
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| The classification of materials | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Origin of Materials | |
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| Concepts to Support Key Stage 1 | |
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| Natural and manufactured materials | |
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| Concepts to Support Key Stage 2 | |
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| Natural materials from the physical environment | |
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| Natural materials from the biological environment | |
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| Manufactured materials | |
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| Types of manufactured materials | |
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| The Physical Properties of Materials | |
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| Concepts to Support Key Stage 1 | |
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| Questions about objects and materials | |
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| Concepts to Support Key Stage 2 | |
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| Properties and characteristics of materials | |
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| Density | |
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| Hardness | |
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| Strength | |
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| Elasticity | |
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| Stiffness (and flexibility) | |
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| Toughness | |
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| Compressibility | |
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| Thermal and electrical conductivity | |
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| Magnetic properties | |
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| Composite materials | |
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| The characteristics of the main groups of materials | |
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| The Uses of Materials | |
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| Concepts to Support Key Stage 1 | |
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| Fitness for purpose | |
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| Concepts to Support Key Stage 2 | |
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| Considerations for the choice of materials | |
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| A materials case study: drinks containers | |
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| Changing materials | |
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| Concepts to Support Key Stage 1 | |
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| Change in shape | |
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| Heating and cooling everyday materials | |
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| Concepts to Support Key Stage 2 | |
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| Separating mixtures | |
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| Changing materials | |
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| Physical changes | |
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| Mechanical changes | |
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| Chemical reactions and heat energy | |
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| Changes involving oxygen | |
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| The rock cycle | |
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| Igneous rocks | |
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| Sedimentary rocks | |
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| Metamorphic rocks | |
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| Soil formation and characteristics | |
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| The water cycle | |
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| Materials and their properties: Schools National Curriculum coverage | |
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| Initial Teacher Training National Curriculum coverage | |
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| Physical processes | |
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| Some Key Ideas in Physical Science | |
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| Sources and forms of energy | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Some definitions | |
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| The Primary Sources of Energy | |
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| Bonding within and between atoms and molecules | |
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| Forms of Energy | |
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| Nuclear energy | |
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| Radioactive decay | |
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| Nuclear fission | |
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| Nuclear fusion | |
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| Concepts to Support Key Stage 2 | |
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| Chemical energy | |
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| Long-term energy transfer | |
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| Electricity | |
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| What is electricity? | |
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| Electricity in simple circuits | |
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| Series circuits | |
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| Parallel circuits | |
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| Switches | |
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| Circuit diagrams | |
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| Work and power in electrical circuits | |
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| The generation of electricity | |
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| Static electricity | |
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| The electromagnetic spectrum | |
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| Strain energy | |
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| Potential and kinetic energy | |
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| Potential energy | |
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| Kinetic energy | |
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| Heat and temperature | |
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| The difference between heat and temperature | |
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| Heat transfer | |
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| Light | |
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| Concepts to Support Key Stage 1 | |
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| Sources of light | |
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| Light and seeing | |
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| Light and dark | |
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| Concepts to Support Key Stage 2 | |
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| The behaviour of waves | |
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| Light waves | |
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| Straight-line travel | |
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| The reflection and absorption of light | |
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| Shadows | |
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| Transmission | |
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| Refraction | |
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| Sound | |
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| Concepts to Support Key Stages 1 and 2 | |
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| Sound waves | |
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| The speed of sound | |
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| Further Concepts to Support Key Stage 2 | |
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| The reflection of sound | |
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| The absorption of sound | |
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| The transmission of sound | |
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| Pitch | |
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| Loudness | |
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| Forces | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Concepts to Support-Key Stages 1 and 2 | |
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| Some definitions | |
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| The effects of forces: the laws of motion | |
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| The first law of motion | |
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| Momentum | |
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| The second law of motion | |
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| Gravity | |
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| The difference between mass and weight | |
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| Falling objects | |
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| The third law of motion | |
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| The effects of forces: change of shape | |
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| Further Concepts to Support Key Stage 2 | |
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| Pressure | |
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| Forces in action | |
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| Friction | |
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| Upthrust | |
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| Displacement | |
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| Floating and sinking | |
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| Objects weighed in air and water | |
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| The Earth and beyond | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Concepts to Support Key Stages 1 and 2 | |
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| The solar system | |
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| Day and night | |
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| The seasons | |
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| The Earth and the Moon | |
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| The orbit and rotation of the Moon | |
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| The phases of the Moon | |
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| The solar system and beyond | |
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| Galaxies | |
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| Inter-galactic space | |
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| A cosmic address | |
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| Physical processes: Schools National Curriculum coverage | |
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| Initial Teacher Training National Curriculum coverage | |
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| Symbols used in drawing circuit diagrams | |
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| Index | |