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Thinking and Working Scientifically
9TWSm.01 Understand that
models and analogies reflect
current scientific evidence ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
and understanding and can
change.
9TWSm.02 Describe some
important models, including
analogies, and discuss their ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
strengths and limitations.
9TWSm.03 Use symbols
and formulae to represent ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
scientific ideas.
9TWSp.01 Suggest a
testable hypothesis based ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
on scientific understanding.
9TWSp.02 Describe
examples where scientists’
unexpected results
from enquiries have led ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
to improved scientific
understanding.
9TWSp.03 Make predictions
of likely outcomes for a
scientific enquiry based on ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
scientific knowledge and
understanding.

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9TWSp.04 Plan a range of
investigations of different
types to obtain appropriate ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
evidence when testing
hypotheses.
9TWSp.05 Make risk
assessments for practical
work to identify and control ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
risks.
9TWSc.01 Sort, group
and classify phenomena,
objects, materials and
organisms through ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
testing, observation, using
secondary information, and
making and using keys.
9TWSc.02 Decide what
equipment is required to
carry out an investigation ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
or experiment and use it
appropriately.
9TWSc.03 Decide when
to increase the range
of observations and
measurements, and increase ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
the extent of repetition,
to give sufficiently reliable
data.
9TWSc.04 Take
appropriately accurate and
precise measurements, ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
explaining why accuracy and
precision are important.

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9TWSc.05 Carry out
practical work safely,
supported by risk ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
assessments where
appropriate.
9TWSc.06 Make an
informed decision whether
to use evidence from ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
first-hand experience or
secondary sources.
9TWSc.07 Collect,
record and summarise
sufficient observations ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
and measurements, in an
appropriate form.
9TWSa.01 Evaluate the
strength of the evidence
collected and how it ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
supports, or refutes, the
prediction.
9TWSa.02 Describe trends
and patterns in results,
identifying any anomalous ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
results and suggesting why
results are anomalous.
9TWSa.03 Make conclusions
by interpreting results,
explain the limitations of the
conclusions and describe ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
how the conclusions can be
further investigated.

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9TWSa.04 Evaluate
experiments and
investigations, including
those by others, and ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
suggest improvements,
explaining any proposed
changes.
9TWSa.05 Present and
interpret results, and predict
results between the data ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
points collected.
Biology
9Bs.01 Describe the
pathway of water and
mineral salts from the
roots to the leaves in
flowering plants, including ✔ ✔ ✔
absorption in root hair cells,
transport through xylem
and transpiration from the
surface of leaves.
9Bs.02 Describe the
structure of the human
excretory (renal) system
and its function (limited ✔ ✔ ✔
to kidneys filtering blood
to remove urea, which is
excreted in urine).

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9Bs.03 Know that
chromosomes contain
genes, made of DNA, and
that genes contribute to ✔ ✔ ✔
the determination of an
organism’s characteristics.
9Bp.01 Describe the fusion
of gametes to produce a
fertilised egg with a new ✔ ✔ ✔
combination of DNA.
9Bp.02 Describe the
inheritance of sex in humans
in terms of XX and XY ✔ ✔ ✔
chromosomes.
9Bp.03 Describe variation
within a species and relate
this to genetic differences ✔ ✔ ✔
between individuals.
9Bp.04 Describe the
scientific theory of natural
selection and how it relates ✔ ✔ ✔
to genetic changes over
time.
9Bp.05 Know that plants
require minerals to
maintain healthy growth
and life processes (limited ✔ ✔ ✔
to magnesium to make
chlorophyll and nitrates to
make protein).

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9Bp.06 Know that
photosynthesis occurs in
chloroplasts and is the
process by which plants ✔ ✔ ✔
make carbohydrates, using
the energy from light.
9Bp.07 Know and use the
summary word equation
for photosynthesis (carbon
dioxide + water glucose ✔ ✔ ✔
+ oxygen, in the presence of
light and chlorophyll).
9Bp.08 Discuss how fetal
development is affected by
the health of the mother, ✔ ✔ ✔
including the effect of diet,
smoking and drugs.
9Be.01 Describe what could
happen to the population
of a species, including ✔ ✔ ✔
extinction, when there is an
environmental change.
Chemistry
9Cm.01 Understand that
the structure of the Periodic
Table is related to the
atomic structure of the
elements and the Periodic ✔ ✔ ✔
Table can be used to predict
an element’s structure and
properties.

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9Cm.02 Understand that a
molecule is formed when
two or more atoms join ✔ ✔ ✔
together chemically, through
a covalent bond.
9Cm.03 Describe a covalent
bond as a bond made when
a pair of electrons is shared ✔ ✔ ✔
by two atoms (limited to
single bonds).
9Cm.04 Describe an ion as
an atom which has gained
at least one electron to be
negatively charged or lost ✔ ✔ ✔
at least one electron to be
positively charged.
9Cm.05 Describe an ionic
bond as an attraction
between a positively ✔ ✔ ✔
charged ion and a
negatively charged ion.
9Cp.01 Understand that
the groups within the
Periodic Table have trends
in physical and chemical ✔ ✔ ✔
properties, using group 1 as
an example.
9Cp.02 Describe how the
density of a substance
relates to its mass in a ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
defined volume.

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9Cp.03 Calculate and
compare densities of solids, ✔ ✔ ✔
liquids and gases.
9Cp.04 Know that elements
and compounds exist in
structures (simple or giant), ✔ ✔ ✔
and this influences their
physical properties.
9Cc.01 Use word equations
and symbol equations
to describe reactions ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
(balancing symbol equations
is not required).
9Cc.02 Identify examples of
displacement reactions and
predict products (limited to
reactions involving calcium, ✔ ✔ ✔
magnesium, zinc, iron,
copper, gold and silver
salts).
9Cc.03 Describe how to
prepare some common
salts by the reactions of
metals with acids, and metal
carbonates with acids, ✔ ✔ ✔
and purify them, using
filtration, evaporation and
crystallisation.

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9Cc.04 Describe the effects
of concentration, surface
area and temperature on the
rate of reaction, and explain ✔ ✔ ✔
them using the particle
model.
9Cc.05 Understand that in
chemical reactions mass and ✔ ✔ ✔
energy are conserved.
Physics
9Pf.01 Use density to
explain why objects float or ✔ ✔ ✔
sink in water.
9Pf.02 Describe the
difference between heat and ✔ ✔ ✔
temperature.
9Pf.03 Know that energy
is conserved, meaning
it cannot be created or ✔ ✔ ✔
destroyed.
9Pf.04 Know that thermal
energy will always transfer
from hotter regions or
objects to colder ones, ✔ ✔ ✔
and this is known as heat
dissipation.
9Pf.05 Describe thermal
transfer by the processes of
conduction, convection and ✔ ✔ ✔
radiation.
9Pf.06 Explain cooling by
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9Ps.01 Draw and interpret
waveforms, and recognise
the link between loudness ✔ ✔ ✔
and amplitude, pitch and
frequency
9Ps.02 Use waveforms to
show how sound waves
interact to reinforce or ✔ ✔ ✔
cancel each other.
9Pe.01 Describe how
current divides in parallel ✔ ✔ ✔
circuits.
9Pe.02 Know how to
measure current and voltage
in series and parallel circuits, ✔ ✔ ✔
and describe the effect of
adding cells and lamps.
9Pe.03 Calculate resistance
(resistance = voltage /
current) and describe how ✔ ✔ ✔
resistance affects current.
9Pe.04 Use diagrams and
conventional symbols
to represent, make and
compare circuits that
include cells, switches, ✔ ✔ ✔
resistors (fixed and variable),
ammeters, voltmeters,
lamps and buzzers.

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Earth and Space
9ESp.01 Explain the
movement of tectonic plates
in terms of convection ✔ ✔ ✔
currents.
9ESp.02 Explain why
the jigsaw appearance
of continental coasts,
location of volcanoes and
earthquakes, fossil record ✔ ✔ ✔
and alignment of magnetic
materials in the Earth’s crust
are all evidence for tectonic
plates.
9ESc.01 Describe the
carbon cycle (limited to
photosynthesis, respiration, ✔ ✔ ✔
feeding, decomposition and
combustion).
9ESc.02 Describe the
historical and predicted
future impacts of climate
change, including sea level ✔ ✔ ✔
change, flooding, drought
and extreme weather
events.
9ESs.01 Describe the
consequences of asteroid
collision with the Earth, ✔ ✔ ✔
including climate change
and mass extinctions.

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9ESs.02 Describe the
evidence for the collision
theory for the formation of ✔ ✔ ✔
the Moon.
9ESs.03 Know that nebulae
are clouds of dust and
gas, and can act as stellar ✔ ✔ ✔
nurseries.
Science in Context
9SIC.01 Discuss how
scientific knowledge
is developed through ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
collective understanding
and scrutiny over time.
9SIC.02 Describe how
science is applied across
societies and industries, and ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
in research.
9SIC.03 Evaluate issues
which involve and/or require ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
scientific understanding.
9SIC.04 Describe how
people develop and use
scientific understanding
as individuals and through ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
collaboration, e.g. through
peer review.
9SIC.05 Discuss how the
uses of science can have
a global environmental ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
impact.
The information in this section is taken from the Cambridge Lower Secondary Science curriculum framework (0893) / is based on the Cambridge Lower Secondary Science curriculum framework (0893)
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