Unit 7 - Every move you make

Content

• Motion and Kinematics
• Kinematic equations.
• Newton’s laws
• Biological transport
• The musculoskeletal system
• Biomechanics
• The circulatory system
• Nutrient and fluid transport in plants

Skills and understanding

• Draw and analyse distance, time and motion graphs.
• Use Newton’s laws to determine a variable
• Describe the movement of nutrients in animals and plants.

Unit 8 - Food for thought

Content

• Acids and bases
• pH scale
• Indicators
• Neutralisation
• Food preservation and spoiling
• Germ theory
• Polymers, natural and artificial packaging
• The structure of DNA
• Genetically modified organisms

Skills and understanding

• Draw a structural representation of DNA
• Evaluate the use of GMOs
• Define acids and bases

Unit 9 - Every breath you take

Content

• The atmosphere, its contents and pressure, SI units.
• The physical properties of gases related to the kinetic theory.
• The gas laws, Boyle's, Charles', Avogadro's
• The mechanism of breathing in land vertebrates, fish and invertebrates
• The mechanism of gas exchange.
• The acid-base nature of metal and non-metal oxides
• Atmospheric pollution
• The effect of increase carbon dioxide content in the air on the oceanic habitat
• The rate of chemical reactions.

Skills and understanding

• Describe gas exchange in vertebrates and invertebrates
• Predict the acid-base nature of oxides using the periodic table
• Use the gas law equations to solve simple problems
• Describe the Greenhouse effect.
• Determine the rate of gas evolution.

Unit 10 - Origins

Content

• The structure of the universe
• Structure of the Earth
• Gravity, the Sun and Moon
• Circular and elliptical motion
• The origins of life
• Asexual and sexual reproduction
• Male and female sex organs
• Animal reproductive cycles
• Population and over-population
• Contraception

Skills and understanding

• Describe the structure of the solar system
• Label the male and female sex organs
• Understand contraception

E-assessment

Content

• Topics and concepts covered over the MYP9 and MYP10 integrated science course.
• References from the Text Book: Cambridge IGCSE: Combined and Co-ordinated Sciences coursebook. Jones, Harwood, Lodge and Sang