Year 8 revision topics for end of year exam 2014

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Biology
Healthy Living
Diseases
Biology Useful Links
Healthy living:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/organisms_behaviour_health/diet_drugs/revision/1/ . Go through the whole list.
Diseases:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/organisms_behaviour_health/disease/revision/1/ Go through the whole list.
Chemistry
Separting Mixtures
Atoms, Elements and Compounds
Particle theory:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/chemical_material_behaviour/particle_model/revision/1/ Go through the whole list.
Atoms, elements, and compounds
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/chemical_material_behaviour/atoms_elements/revision/1/ Go through the whole list.
Compounds and mixtures:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/chemical_material_behaviour/compounds_mixtures/revision/2/
Atoms and molecules:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/chemical_material_behaviour/compounds_mixtures/revision/3/
Mixtures:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/chemical_material_behaviour/compounds_mixtures/revision/7/
Separating mixtures:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/chemical_material_behaviour/compounds_mixtures/revision/9/
Physics
Magnetism
Sound and Heat
Magnetism:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/energy_electricity_forces/magnets_electric_effects/revision/1/ Go through the whole list except for electrolysis.
Heat and temperature:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/energy_electricity_forces/energy_transfer_storage/revision/4/
Thermal energy transfer:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/energy_electricity_forces/energy_transfer_storage/revision/5/
Investigative Skills
Students also should be able to identify/suggest variables in a practical investigation (dependent, independent and controls), analyse data (draw/read graphs) and draw conclusions based on evidence from data.
http://www.wisegeek.org/what-are-science-process-skills.htm#didyouknowout
Healthy Living
- Balanced diet, structure and function of the digestive system
- Structure and function of the heart, blood and blood vessels
- Respiration, breathing and gas exchange
- Effects of smoking
- Aerobic an anaerobic respiration including word equations
Diseases
- Diseases, pathogens (bacteria, viruses and fungi)
- How are disease spread?
- The body's first line of defence and antibody production
- Vaccinations
Biology Useful Links
Healthy living:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/organisms_behaviour_health/diet_drugs/revision/1/ . Go through the whole list.
Diseases:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/organisms_behaviour_health/disease/revision/1/ Go through the whole list.
Chemistry
Separting Mixtures
- Particulate theory of matter (solids, liquds and gases).
- How they change state and how the particles behave
Atoms, Elements and Compounds
- Examples and differences between atoms, elements and compounds
- Mistures including solution (solvent & solute) and separation techniques, charomatography, distillation, filtration,
evaporation - Periodic table: groups and periods
- Properties of metals and non-metals
- Chemical reactions, chemical symbols and simple formulae and word equations, oxidation, combusiton and
rusting - Conservation of mass in a chemical reaction
Particle theory:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/chemical_material_behaviour/particle_model/revision/1/ Go through the whole list.
Atoms, elements, and compounds
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/chemical_material_behaviour/atoms_elements/revision/1/ Go through the whole list.
Compounds and mixtures:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/chemical_material_behaviour/compounds_mixtures/revision/2/
Atoms and molecules:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/chemical_material_behaviour/compounds_mixtures/revision/3/
Mixtures:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/chemical_material_behaviour/compounds_mixtures/revision/7/
Separating mixtures:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/chemical_material_behaviour/compounds_mixtures/revision/9/
Physics
Magnetism
- Compasses, magnetic fields, electromagnets and their application
- Motor and generator effect
- Sources of electricity, e.g. hydro electric, geothermal, nuclear power and fossil fuels.
Sound and Heat
- Sound an dwaves, pitch, frequency, amplitude, speed of sound
- How the human ear works
- Heat transfer
- Conduction, convection and raciation
Magnetism:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/energy_electricity_forces/magnets_electric_effects/revision/1/ Go through the whole list except for electrolysis.
Heat and temperature:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/energy_electricity_forces/energy_transfer_storage/revision/4/
Thermal energy transfer:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/energy_electricity_forces/energy_transfer_storage/revision/5/
Investigative Skills
Students also should be able to identify/suggest variables in a practical investigation (dependent, independent and controls), analyse data (draw/read graphs) and draw conclusions based on evidence from data.
http://www.wisegeek.org/what-are-science-process-skills.htm#didyouknowout