Science
P7 · Northern Ireland Curriculum
P7 World Around Us covers classification of living things into broad groups, the circulatory system, and the effects of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the body.
Evolution and inheritance are introduced through fossils, adaptation and natural selection. Light is studied as travelling in straight lines to explain shadows and reflection, and electricity work covers the effect of voltage on circuits and recognised circuit symbols.
Enquiry work expects pupils to plan and justify their approach, control variables, and report conclusions with the confidence the evidence actually supports: exactly what Year 8 science assumes on arrival.
Curriculum Breakdown
Important Topics
- Living Things & ClassificationClassifying plants, animals and micro-organisms into broad groups.
- The Human BodyThe circulatory system, and the effects of diet, exercise and lifestyle.
- Evolution & InheritanceFossils, adaptation, inherited characteristics and natural selection.
- LightLight travelling in straight lines, shadows, reflection and how we see.
- ElectricityThe effect of voltage on circuits and using recognised circuit symbols.
- Scientific EnquiryPlanning and justifying enquiry, controlling variables and reporting conclusions.
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