Autumn Term Target

How to improve

GCSE Science

Grade What I can do

If you are working at  Try to remember more simple scientific facts a grade G, you can  Develop maths and Literacy skills  Try to use the key words you have learnt in simple scientific sentences  Use Fronter to look over the recent topics you have been studying

If you are working at  Explain how scientific information can be collected a grade F, you can  Try to think of situations in real life in which what you have learnt is relevant  Think about how the scientific discoveries you have learnt about may have benefitted or harmed us  Use Fronter to look over the recent topics you have been studying

If you are working at  Follow instructions to do practical work safely and collect results accurately a grade E, you can  Identify simple patterns in data you have collected  Identify the variables in an investigation and explain how it can be made a fair test  Use Fronter to look over the recent topics you have been studying

If you are working at  Be able to show your results in tables, pie charts, bar graphs and line graphs a grade D, you can  Try to come up with conclusions for the results you have collected  Think about how the Scientific discoveries you have learnt about may have unethical uses  Use Fronter to look over the recent topics you have been studying  If you are working at  Be able to explain what you have learnt clearly using scientific words appropriately a grade C, you can  Use good Literacy skills (calculate averages, percentages)  Use simple equations for chemical reactions and things like Photosynthesis  Know how scientific evidence is collected  Think about how scientific knowledge and theories are changed when we find new evidence  Use Fronter to look over the recent topics you have been studying

If you are working at  Work on how you plan an investigation or solve a problem using your scientific knowledge a grade B, you can  Carry out practical tasks safely, using equipment properly  Think about how the practical work you have done could have been improved  Practice plotting graphs, including a line of best fit  Try to write clear conclusions that explain the evidence you have found  Use Fronter to look over the recent topics you have been studying

If you are working at  Explain what you have learnt in detail using scientific words appropriately a grade A, you can  Be able to rearrange chemical equations  Think about the relationships between data, evidence and scientific theories  Explain how scientific theories can be changed by new evidence with reference to scientific publications  Apply your scientific knowledge to a range of everyday tasks and situations  Be able to plan a scientific task to solve a problem effectively  Use Fronter to look over the recent topics you have been studying

If you are working at  Think about the benefits and risks of scientific advances and identify related ethical issues a grade A*, you can  Select between appropriate methods to collect scientific data safely and skilfully  Try to interpret data and present it appropriately with little or no guidance  Practice calculating gradients of graphs and use appropriate axes and scales  Use the work you have done in Maths to use different statistical methods to present data  Suggest improvements to methods used to make the evidence more reliable  Use Fronter to look over the recent topics you have been studying

Useful websites

www. aqa .org.uk/

www.bbc.co.uk/ gcse bitesize/

www.s-cool.co.uk/

www. footprints - science .co.uk/

www. stevespangler science.com/