Life, living and matter
Paper 1 work · 9 summaries- Plants and photosynthesisHow a plant makes its own food with sunlight, and why we all depend on it.
- Animals, skeletons and adaptationsSkeletons inside and outside, what a skeleton does, and how animals are adapted to their habitat.
- Food chains and food websHow food chains form a food web, and what happens when the balance is upset.
- Matter, mixtures and separationMixtures and solutions, and how we separate the parts of a mixture again.
- Strengthening and processing materialsHow we make materials stronger, and the properties of metals and non-metals.
- Biodiversity and endangered speciesThe variety of life, indigenous and alien species, endangered animals and conservation.
- Life cyclesThe stages from birth to adult in insects, frogs, birds, mammals and plants.
- Fibres, fabrics and processing materialsNatural and synthetic fibres, how fabric is made, and materials we mix, bake and let set.
- Skeletons, joints and moving systemsJoints and muscles in the body, and wheels, axles and the bicycle as a system.
Energy, Earth and technology
Paper 2 work · 12 summaries- Energy and energy sourcesEnergy sources, how energy changes, and why we must save energy.
- Electric circuitsSeries and parallel circuits, conductors and insulators, and electrical safety.
- The Earth, the Sun and the MoonDay and night, the year and the seasons, the Moon’s phases, tides and eclipses.
- The surface of the EarthHow rock becomes soil, weathering and erosion, rocks and fossils.
- Technology: structures and the design processStructures, forces like compression and tension, and the design process.
- Combustion and fire safetyHow fire burns, the fire triangle, and what to do when there is a fire.
- Electricity supply and the Earth’s movementHow electricity is generated and reaches your home, input and output energy, and the Earth’s movement.
- Soil and the surface of the EarthKinds of soil, the soil profile, how we protect soil, and sedimentary rock.
- Fire and electrical safety, and stored energyFire safety, electrical safety, and energy stored in springs and elastic bands.
- Sedimentary rocks and their usesHow sandstone, shale and limestone form, how to recognise them, and what we use them for.
- Body fossils, trace fossils and South African fossilsBody and trace fossils, how fossils form, and South Africa’s famous fossils.
- Simple machinesThe lever, pulley, inclined plane, wedge, screw and wheel and axle: how they make work easier.
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