Year 10 Modules

Note: most of the modules listed here are based around the pre-2006 AQA syllabus.  You can use ctrl-F to find key words in this page.

New AQA GCSE Core Science modules
Oils, Earth and Atmosphere

Revise Products from crude oil at S-Cool, and then try the online quiz.

Play Oil Strike! You have been drafted in as the new Managing Director of an oil exploration company. You have 8 months to get the oil pumping out and the money rolling in...

Learn all about how crude oil was formed, what hydrocarbons are and how fractional distillation works at BBC Bitesize Chemistry: Changing Materials, then try the online tests.

Old (pre-2006) AQA modules
Module 1 - Humans As Organisms

Check out the BBC's Human Body pages, which include lots of cool animations of various body parts!

Read some info on the digestive system and have a go at this quiz on digestion.

http://www.microbe.org/index.html - Stalking the mysterious microbe!  A great site with lots of info including “microbes in the news” and a careers section.

It's not a human, but hey, why not dissect a virtual frog...

Module 2 - Maintenance of Life

Learn all about Human Senses from the BBC: find out whether you're a supertaster and whether it's possible to predict which decade you were born from the smells you know! There's also a great section on the nervous system and a nervous system game. Plus information on eyes and eyesight.

Check out BBC Bitesize's section on the Nervous System and revise (almost) everything there is to know about plants with BBC Bitesize's Plant Biology section.

The lifebytes site has lots of information about smoking, alcohol and drugs. Also check out: these links about smoking from Yahooligans and lots of links about drugs and alcohol.

Module 5 - Metals

Periodic Tables:
Interactive periodic table from WebElements™ or try RSC’s Visual Elements periodic table. 
Download a Periodic Table to print off (use right click and Save Target As to save a copy).

Revise the Reactivity Series at: S-Cool revision
Then click on this link to: do the questions

Practice balancing equations with ChemBalancer.
Read all about how to balance chemical equations and try lots of online examples (may be a bit tricky - try it if you want a challenge!).

Module 6 - Earth Materials

Revise Products from crude oil at S-Cool, and then try the online quiz.

Play Oil Strike! You have been drafted in as the new Managing Director of an oil exploration company. You have 8 months to get the oil pumping out and the money rolling in...

Learn all about how crude oil was formed, what hydrocarbons are and how fractional distillation works at BBC Bitesize Chemistry: Changing Materials, then try the online tests.

Read all about how crude oil is refined (including fractional distillation and cracking) at How Stuff Works.

Watch cartoons and try the quizes about Global Warming and Earth Processes at the Environmental Protection Agency's web site.

Test your knowledge of the Rock Cycle with this: Multiple-choice quiz - these websites will help you: BBC's essential guide to rocks, the BBC Bitesize section on: Changing Materials, and: The Rock Cycle from Moorland School. Also, this page has some really nice pictures to explain plate tectonics.

Read all about the structure of the Earth. The Moorland School's website is especially good for this topic.

Everything there is know about exploring for il, including quizzes and photos, from SchoolScience.

Learn the Geotectonics Creed

Module 9 - Energy

Revise the three methods of heat transfer by learning How a Thermos Flask Works.

Check out British Gas's interactive energy efficient house for suggestions on how to save energy.

Revise the Energy topic with BBC Bitesize.

Read all about renewable energy sources at the Department of Trade and Industry's web site.

Module 10 - Electricity

Revise Electricity and Magnetism with BBC Bitesize.

This interactive house lets you turn on household electrical items and see the immediate effect on your electric bill.

Biography of Michael Faraday (known for his electricity and magnetism experiments)

Info on static electricity and how to generate it and some great images/animations from BBC Bitesize.

General Coursework Support

For extra support and information on the criteria your coursework will be assessed against, see:
Nether Stowe Science on-line coursework page


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