Other KS3 Home Schooling
KS3 Science: Year 9
Which KS3 Science course do I need?
Oxford Home Schooling offers an integrated KS3 Science course that meets the requirements of the National Curriculum for Years 7-9. It also meets the requirements of the UK 13+ Common Entrance standards and provides excellent preparation towards the Common Entrance exam. Written by an experienced science teacher, Dr Philip West, it includes brand new lesson content, activities and questions. The entire course follows an integrated approach to all three sciences with lessons on each of the 3 sciences following each other in rotation.
The course builds progressively: the Year 8 course refers back to subject content that appears in the Year 7 course, and the Year 9 course refers back to topics covered in Years 7 and 8. Year 8 and 9 students will also find the earlier course topics covered in good KS3 Science textbooks and can refer to these alongside the Year 8 and Year 9 course folders.
Students wanting to begin Ks3 Science in Year 7 should follow our Year 7 course. Students wanting to begin KS3 Science in Year 8 should follow our Year 8 course.
The KS3 Science Year 9 Course
The course continue to cover the three main sciences included in the National Curriculum: Biology, Chemistry and Physics. As in Years 7 and 8, there are Tutor-marked Assignments at the end of each module. These aim to give both student and parent or guardian a good idea of the student’s progress.
The Year 9 topics are as follows:
Module 1: Variation, Reactivity, and Pressure
Module 2: Selection, Chemical Patterns, and Turning Forces
Module 3: Photosynthesis, Gases, and Speed
Module 4: Plants, Air Pollution, and Magnets
Module 5: Plant Reproduction, Using Chemistry, and Electromagnetism
Module 6: Skeletons, Sound, and Space
Practical Facilities
Students will need to have access to the internet in order to carry out some of the course activities, including project research. They will also need to carry out simple experiments (that could be done in the kitchen, for example) under adult supervision.
Special Requirements
A reasonable level of proficiency in arithmetical skills is assumed.
Assessment
Assessment is progressive via tutor-marked assignments at the end of each module.
Within KS3 Home Schooling there are the following subjects
