Programme 1: Raw Materials
Curriculum Relevance
England and Wales
Science in the National Curriculum: Key Stage 4
Materials and their Properties: Changing Materials
GCSE: useful products from oil, air and metal ores
Scotland
Standard & Higher Grade Science
Curriculum Relevance
England and Wales
Science in the National Curriculum: Key Stage 4
Materials and their Properties: Changing Materials
GCSE: how metals are extracted and purified by electrolysis; the production of useful materials from salt by electrolysis; electroplating
Scotland
Standard & Higher Grade Science
Programme 2: Electrochemistry
Curriculum Relevance
England and Wales
Science in the National Curriculum: Key Stage 4
Materials and their Properties: Changing Materials
GCSE: how metals are extracted and purified by electrolysis; the production of useful materials from salt by electrolysis; electroplating
Programme 3: Patterns of Reactivity
Curriculum Relevance
England and Wales
Science in the National Curriculum: Key Stage 4
Materials and their Properties: Changing Materials, Patterns of Behaviour
GCSE: the Periodic Table; metals and their properties; the reactivity series of metals
Scotland
Standard & Higher Grade Science
Programme 4: Motion of Particles
Curriculum Relevance
England and Wales
Science in the National Curriculum: Key Stage 4
Materials and their Properties: Patterns of Behaviour
GCSE: properties of states of matter; kinetic theory of solids, liquids and gases; changes of state and diffusion
Scotland
Offers support in the following areas:
Standard Grade Science
Topic 2: An Introduction to Materials
- Classification, uses and properties of materials.
- Extending the range of materials.
- The shape and strength of structures.
- Flammability.
- Damage to and protection of materials.
Topic 3: Energy and its Uses
- Energy in the home.
- Non-renewable sources of energy.
- Alternative sources of energy.
- Renewable sources of energy.
Standard Grade Chemistry
- Topic 3: Atoms and the Periodic Table.
- Topic 5: Fuels.
- Topic 7: Properties of substances.
Higher Still
Access 3: Component Units: Chemistry in Action and Everyday Chemistry
Intermediate 1: Chemistry in Action and Everyday Chemistry
Intermediate 2: Building Blocks and Carbon Compounds
