Science

The Science department at Blackminster Middle School aims to provide students with a compelling learning 
experience every lesson and encourages them to think scientifically.  Unique Science projects are used to cover 
a range of Science content, which puts necessary subject knowledge in a context that students can understand 
and relate to.  The projects provide an exciting story, which the learners revisit every lesson. 
The different interactive storylines help students to relate the work that is covered to everyday life.

The projects also implement the ‘how Science works’ strand of the new Science Curriculum.  

Have the projects worked?
Learners that have shown no interest in Science before are starting to show more of an interest.
Learners look forward to Science lessons and are keen to find out what happens next in the story.
The percentage of learners achieving their end of year target level has increased.

Science is taught in mixed ability teaching groups and areas of Biology, Chemistry and Physics are
covered throughout the year. 
Outline of projects:

Name of project	Science Content	Year
Lighthampton Peak Project	Reversible and irreversible changes, dissolving.	6
Secret Agent Project	Light, magnetism, forces, electricity	6
Zoo Project	Micro organisms, environment, adaptation.	6
Forensic	Particles, solutions, separating techniques	6
Farmhouse Mystery project	Chemical reactions, acids and alkalis	7
Toyshop Project	Electricity	7
Revenge Project	Forces	7
Love struck Project	Cells, reproduction	7
Surgery project	Micro-organisms	7
La Rousseliere	Classification, environment, energy resources	8
Element Island	Elements and compounds	8
University Project	Respiration, food and digestion	8
Zoo8 Project	Ecological relationships	8
Big brother	Light and sound	8