Core Science and Unit 1 for Biology, Chemistry and Physics
Introducing Interactive Checklists!
Interactive checklists are topic checklists that not only give you the main areas for revision, but also give you a direct link to a video lesson that addresses that topic. Just click on the little blue camera icon
next to the topic. Some of the videos will cover more than one topic on the list. You can print off a checklist to tick off as you go and you can keep one on your computer to help you organise and track your learning. alternatively, just click on the links below to access the videos directly. Click the unit title below to download a free copy of your interactive checklist for physics. Others coming soon.
Please be aware that the checklists do not cover every aspect of the science course, they describe what you need to know for most of the content. See the AQA specification for a full description of the course. Some topics don't have an accompanying video yet.
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BIOLOGY 1 |
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| DIET & EXERCISE nutrients in food and balanced diets (Approx 15 mins) |
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| INFECTIOUS DISEASE 1 Defence against Disease and Vaccination (Approx 12 mins) |
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| INFECTIOUS DISEASE 2 MMR vaccine and Ignaz Semmelweis (Approx 10 mins) |
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| INFECTIOUS DISEASE VIDEO 3 Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance (H) (Approx 12 mins) |
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| INFECTIOUS DISEASES 4 Culturing Microorganisms (Approx 15 mins) |
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| THE NERVOUS SYSTEM Main parts & function of the nervous system inc. reflexes (Approx 15 mins) |
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| CONTROL IN HUMANS How conditions are kept constant in the body (Approx 12 mins) |
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| HORMONES & THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE Menstrual cycle hormones (Approx 15 mins) |
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| HORMONES IN FERTILITY Use of hormones for controlling pregnancy & IVF (Approx 10 mins) |
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| CONTROL IN PLANTS Function of Auxin in plants - both root and shoots (Approx 11 mins) |
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| ADAPTATIONS Competition and adaptation in plants and animals (Approx 15 mins) |
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| ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE Factors affecting distribution of living things (Approx 12 mins) |
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| ENERGY IN BIOMASS Energy in food chains & pyramids of biomass (Approx 9 minutes) |
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| DECAY The process of decay and why it is so important (Approx 9 minutes) |
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| THE CARBON CYCLE The carbon cycle and why its important (Approx 13 minutes) |
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| GENETIC VARIATION Why living things differ from each other (Approx 10 mins) |
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| REPRODUCTION Sexual vs asexual reproduction (Approx 8 mins) |
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| CLONING TECHNIQUES Tissue culture, embryo transplants and adult cell fusion (Approx 9 minutes) |
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| GENETIC ENGINEERING How genes are transferred and GM crops (Approx 9 mins) |
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| EVOLUTION Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection NEW! (Approx 11 mins) |
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| EVOLUTION Darwin vs Lamarck NEW! (Approx 5 mins) |
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| ATOMIC STRUCTURE Labelling, identifying and drawing atoms (Approx 16 mins) |
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| IONIC BONDING How ionic bonding works (Approx 12 mins) |
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| COVALENT BONDING Explanation of covalent bonding (Approx 7 mins) |
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| BALANCING EQUATIONS How to write & balance symbol equations (H) (Approx 19 mins) |
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| LIMESTONE AND BUILDING MATERIALS Including limestone cycle equations (Approx 18 mins) |
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| EXTRACTING METALS How metals are extracted from their ores (Approx 16 mins) |
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| EXTRACTION OF COPPER Inc. phytomining and bioleaching NEW! (Approx 8 mins) |
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| CRUDE OIL 1 The different fractions in crude oil and their properties (Approx 17 mins) |
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| CRUDE OIL 2 A description of the alkanes (Approx 11 mins) |
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| CRACKING HYDROCARBONS cracking & test for unsaturated hydrocarbons (Approx 16 mins) |
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| POLYMERS Monomers, polymers and polymerisation. (Approx 16 mins) |
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| ETHANOL A description of how ethanol is produced (Approx 8 mins) |
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| EMULSIONS How emulsions are made and why they are useful (H) (Approx 11 mins) |
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| SATURATED AND UNSATURATED OILS Similarities and differences (H) (Approx 10 mins) |
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| EARTH AND ATMOSPHERE Structure of the earth and plate tectonics (Approx 12 mins) |
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| EARTH AND ATMOSPHERE How the atmosphere changed over time (Approx 8 mins) |
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| EARTH & ATMOSPHERE The Miller-Urey Experiment (H) NEW! (Approx 6 mins) |
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| EARTH & ATMOSPHERE Fractional Distillation of air (H) NEW! (Approx 9 mins) |
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| INFRARED RADIATION Heat transfer by infrared, emission and absorption (Approx 12 minutes) |
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| KINETIC THEORY Particle behaviour in solids, liquids and gasses (Approx 9 minutes) |
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| CONDUCTION Heat transfer by conduction, linked to kinetic theory (Approx 10 minutes) |
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| CONVECTION An explanation of how convection works in gases and liquids (Approx 10 mins) |
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| EVAPORATION AND CONDENSATION Factors affecting rate of evaporation (Approx 7 mins) |
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| ENERGY TRANSFER Factors affecting heat loss NEW! (Approx 9 mins) |
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| ENERGY TRANSFER Using U values (Approx 3 mins) |
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| ENERGY TRANSFER Specific heat capacity and energy transfer calculation (Approx 9 mins) |
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| ENERGY TRANSFER Calculating efficiency (Approx 7 mins) |
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| ENERGY TRANSFERS Payback times (Approx 6 mins) |
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| GENERATING ELECTRICITY 1 Fuels used & methods to generate electricity (Approx 7 mins) |
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| GENERATING ELECTRICITY 2 Alternative energy sources, pros & cons (Approx 14 mins) |
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| GENERATING ELECTRICITY 3 Pumped storage & high demand for energy (Approx 5 mins) |
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| GENERATING ELECTRICITY 4 The National Grid & distribution of electricity (Approx 8 mins) |
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| WAVES Transverse & longitudinal waves, calculating wave velocity (Approx 14 mins) |
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| ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM Granny helps with her X Box (Approx 14 mins) |
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| WAVES Reflection of light & construction of ray diagrams NEW! (Approx 9 mins) |
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| WAVES Refraction & what causes waves to change direction NEW! (Approx 5 mins) |
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| WAVES Diffraction and the causes of the spreading of waves NEW! (Approx 5 mins) |
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| SOUND The link between amplitude & volume, frequency & pitch NEW! (Approx 8 mins) |
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| RED SHIFT The Doppler Effect and how red-shift and CMBR is linked to the big bang (Approx 10 mins) |
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