Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School Year 11 Curriculum Overview
Subject
Autumn Term My Passion: Obs A03
Art Infection and Response consolidation (AQA Biology specification reference 4.3)
Biology
Homeostasis and response: Homeostasis (principles of), the human nervous system, the brain*, the eye*, control of body temperature* Required practical activity 7: human reaction time (AQA Biology specification reference: 4.5.1-4.5.2)
*content not on Trilogy specification
My Passion: Development A02 Final piece A04 Hormonal coordination in humans: human endocrine system, control of blood glucose concentration, maintaining water and nitrogen balance in the body*, hormones in human reproduction, contraception, fertility treatment, negative feedback (AQA Biology specification reference: 4.5.3) Plant hormones*: control and coordination, uses (AQA Biology specification reference: 4.5.4)
Spring Term
Summer Term
Exam: Artists A01
Exam: Obs A03 Development A02
Controlled assessment A04
Required practical activity 8: phototropism
Variation and evolution: selective breeding, genetic engineering, cloning* (AQA Biology specification reference: 4.6.2)
Biodiversity and the effect of human interaction on ecosystems: biodiversity, waste management, land use, deforestation, global warming, maintaining biodiversity (AQA Biology specification reference: 4.7.3)
Reproduction: sexual and asexual reproduction (advantages and disadvantages of each*), meiosis, DNA and the genome, DNA structure*, genetic inheritance, inherited disorders, sex determination (AQA Biology specification reference: 4.6.1) Variation and evolution: variation, evolution (AQA Biology specification reference: 4.6.2)
Chemical changes: Redox and electrolysis
Analytical chemistry
Chemistry
Further organic chemistry Biochemistry
Computing Science
Algorithms Python Programming Computer Systems
Algorithms Python Programming Computer Systems
Algorithms Python Programming Networks
The development of understanding of genetics and evolution: theory of evolution*, speciation*, understanding of genetics*, evidence for evolution, fossils, extinction, resistant bacteria (AQA Biology specification reference: 4.6.3) Classification of living organisms (AQA Biology specification reference: 4.6.4) Ecology consolidation: Adaptations, interdependence and competition and Organisation of an ecosystem; Organisation of an ecosystem: decomposition*, impact of environmental change* Decomposition Required Practical activity 10: Decay (AQA Biology specification reference: 4.7.1-4.7.2) Materials Electrochemistry
Algorithms Python Programming
Trophic levels in an ecosystem*: trophic levels, pyramids of biomass, transfer of biomass (AQA Biology specification reference: 4.7.4) Food production*: factors affecting food security, farming techniques, sustainable fisheries, role of biotechnology (AQA Biology specification reference: 4.7.5)
Equilibrium Chemistry of ammonia Revision
Preparation for GCSE Exams