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Curriculum

The whole year, readable in five minutes.

Pick a subject and a grade. You will see every module, what your child can do at the end of it, and the lessons inside, taken from the same plan our mentors teach from.

  • 8 modules a year
  • A practice class after every lesson
  • Two assessments
  • Recordings of every live class

1Subject

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Chemistry · Grade 7

Grades 7 to 12. Live classes of four, eight a month.

modules
8modules
lessons
48lessons
months
12months
  1. 01

    Matter Around Us

    Describe the states of matter and how particles behave in each.

    • Everything is made of something
    • Solids, liquids and gases
    • Changing state
    • Pure substances and mixtures
    2 more lessons
    • Separating mixtures at home and in the lab
    • Solutions, and what dissolves in what

    6 practice classes

  2. 02

    Physical and Chemical Change

    Tell a physical change from a chemical one, and give the evidence for it.

    • Telling a physical change from a chemical one
    • Signs that a chemical change has happened
    • Rusting, and how to prevent it
    • Crystallisation
    2 more lessons
    • Reversible and irreversible change
    • Chemical change in the kitchen

    5 practice classes · An assessment

  3. 03

    Acids, Bases and Salts

    Identify acids, bases and salts, and use an indicator to tell them apart.

    • What acids are, and where you meet them
    • Bases and their properties
    • Natural indicators
    • Neutralisation
    2 more lessons
    • Neutralisation in everyday life
    • Making and using common salts

    6 practice classes

  4. 04

    Fibres and Materials

    Explain where natural and synthetic fibres come from and how they differ.

    • Natural fibres: cotton, wool and silk
    • From fibre to fabric
    • Synthetic fibres
    • Choosing the right material for a job
    2 more lessons
    • Materials and the environment
    • Plastics, and why they last so long

    5 practice classes · An assessment

  5. 05

    Heat, Fire and Fuels

    Explain combustion, what a fuel needs, and how to put a fire out.

    • What burning actually is
    • Conditions needed for combustion
    • Types of flame
    • Fuels and how they compare
    2 more lessons
    • Putting out a fire safely
    • The cost of burning fuel

    6 practice classes

  6. 06

    Water and Air

    Describe the water cycle and what pollutes air and water.

    • Water as a chemical substance
    • Hard and soft water
    • Water purification
    • What air is made of
    2 more lessons
    • Oxygen and the things that need it
    • Air pollution, chemically explained

    5 practice classes · An assessment

  7. 07

    Soil, Plants and Chemistry

    Explain what soil is made of and what plants take from it.

    • What soil is made of
    • Soil profile and soil types
    • Nutrients plants take from soil
    • Fertilisers and manures
    2 more lessons
    • Photosynthesis as a chemical reaction
    • Respiration as a chemical reaction

    6 practice classes

  8. 08

    Working Safely and Carefully

    Work safely with chemicals, and record an observation properly.

    • Lab rules, and the reasons behind them
    • Handling chemicals and heat
    • Measuring volume and mass accurately
    • Recording an experiment properly
    2 more lessons
    • Reading a hazard label
    • Separating a mixture safely in the lab

    5 practice classes · An assessment

Practice classes go over the lesson before them: worked problems, revision and doubts. Assessments sit at the midpoint and the end of the year.

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