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QN: 610/1326/2
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Open Awards Entry Level Award in Science (Entry 2) (RQF)
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by Open Awards. Classified as a Vocationally-Related Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 586 hours.
Qualification Level
Entry Level
Awarding Body
Open Awards
Syllabus Units
20 Units
Guided Hours
586 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Animals including Humans
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Know different ways of grouping and sorting living things 1.1 Identify different ways of grouping and sorting living things 1.2 Group and sort living things in different ways for easy identification
- Know about classification keys 2.1 Recognise what classification keys are 2.2 Use classification keys to identify and name a range of living things
- Know about the types of living things found in local and wider environments and habitats 3.1 Identify a range of animals and plants found in: local environments national environments 3.2 Identify key differences in local and national environments and habitats 3.3 State why certain environments support different groups of living things 3.4 Identify potential threats to natural environments 3.5 Give examples of changes to environments that may pose dangers to living things
- Know what foods animals, including humans, need to eat to survive and thrive 4.1 Outline the kinds of foodstuffs required by: Carnivores Omnivores Herbivores in local habitats and environments 4.2 Identify how: Carnivores Omnivores Herbivores obtain the right amounts of nutrients from their natural environment 4.3 State how poor nutrition can impact animals including humans
- Know about the anatomical structure of a range of animals including humans 5.1 Show how the skeleton provides
- Support Protection Movement in animals including humans 5.2 Outline the role of muscles and muscle groups in animals including humans
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Atoms and Elements
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Know what atoms and elements are 1.1 State what atoms are 1.2 State what an element is 1.3 Identify given elements on the periodic table
- Know what the periodic table is 2.1 State how the periodic table is used 2.2 Identify how elements are arranged on the periodic table
- Know about the chemical properties of elements 3.1 Identify common elements in the same group on the periodic table 3.2 Identify the chemical properties of given common elements from the same group on the periodic table
3
Chemicals and Chemical Reactions
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Know about acids 1.1 Give examples of commonly known acids 1.2 Describe what happens when acids come into contact with metal objects 1.3 Investigate how gases are released when acids react with other substances
- Know about alkalis 2.1 State what an alkali is 2.2 Give two examples of how alkalis are commonly used 2.3 Investigate how alkalis react with carbonates
- Know about crystallisation 3.1 Explain what crystallisation is and how it happens
- Be able to conduct simple reaction tests with acids and alkalis 4.1 Safely carry out simple reaction tests using acids 4.2 Safely carry out simple reaction tests using alkalis 4.3 Record the results from reaction tests with acids and alkalis
- Be able to conduct the litmus paper test 5.1 Stae what litmus paper is used for 5.2 Explain how litmus paper is used 5.3 Carry out litmus paper tests on a range of substances 5.4 Record whether substances are acid, alkali or neutral from the results of their pH tests
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Electrical Circuits
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Know what electrical circuits are 1.1 Say what electrical circuits are 1.2 Say how electrical circuits can be made 1.3 Identify the components required to build electrical circuits 1.4 Name one requirement for a working electrical circuit to power a small device
- Know how to wire a circuit to power a device from a battery 2.1 State how to wire a circuit to power a small device using batteries 2.2 Give examples of sources other than batteries that may be used to power a small device 2.3 State one requirement for powering small devices with: Batteries Alternatives to batteries
- Be able to wire a functioning electrical circuit 3.1 Wire a circuit to power a lightbulb with: Batteries Fruit and vegetables 3.2 Identify any delays in energy transfer from different circuit layouts
- Be able to wire a circuit to power a clock 4.1 Design a circuit to deliver power to a clock mechanism 4.2 Wire a circuit to a suitable energy source to be able to power a clock mechanism 4.3 Find the most effective fruit and vegetables for powering a clock mechanism
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Electricity
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Know what electricity is and how it is generated 1.1 State what electricity is 1.2 State how electricity is generated from stored energy 1.3 Identify one technology used to convert energy to electricity
- Know how the energy for electricity is delivered to the general supply 2.1 Give one way that generated energy is supplied to homes and businesses 2.2 State how electricity from the mains supply is made available to devices requiring power
- Know how devices may be powered by batteries 3.1 State what batteries are and how they are used 3.2 Say how batteries work to power devices 3.3 State how the energy stored in batteries is released to power devices 3.4 Identify one benefit and one drawback of using batteries to power devices
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Elements, Compounds and Mixtures
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Learning Outcome (The Learner will): Assessment Criterion (The Learner can): 1.
- Know how elements form compounds 1.1 State how atoms within elements react to form compounds 1.2 State how the elements within a compound may be recognised from the name of the compound 2.
- Know about different chemical reactions in elements 2.1 Give two examples of chemical reactions with metals and non-metals 2.2 Give two examples of chemical reactions that produce oxides 3.
- Know how the structures of compounds affect their properties 3.1 Identify the properties of different compounds 3.2 State how the properties of compounds impacts on their usual states of matter 3.3 Observe changes in the structure of compounds under: Heat Cold 3.4 Group materials according to their usual state of matter 4.
- Know about states of matter 4.1 Name the three states of matter 4.2 State ways matter may change state 4.3 Observe the effects of
- Cold on the state of matter 4.4 Give some of the properties of different states of matter 5.
- Know what chemical mixtures are 5.1 State what chemical mixtures are 5.2 State how chemical mixtures may be separated
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Energy
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Know about energy sources available in the environment 1.1 Identify types of energy sources found in the local environment 1.2 State what the terms: Renewable Non-renewable mean in the context of energy 1.3 Identify two sources of energy which are: Renewable Non-renewable
- Know how energy can be captured and stored 2.1 Explain how renewable energy can be captured and stored 2.2 Identify how non-renewable energy can be captured and stored 2.3 Explain now nuclear power can be captured and stored 2.4 Explain how stored energy from a range of sources is introduced into the power supply
- Know about what happens to the way energy is stored when a system changes 3.1 Give examples of changes in the way energy is stored occur when: Objects are projected upwards Objects collide A moving object slows down A liquid is heated to boiling point 3.2 Give an example of how energy is wasted when a system changes
- Know what energy efficiency is 4.1 State what energy efficiency means 4.2 Explain how energy is transferred 4.3 Identify how energy is wasted during transfer 4.4 State one way to prevent unwanted energy transfer and waste
- Know about the environmental impacts of energy creation/capture, storage, transfer and use 5.1 Give examples of the environmental impacts of: energy capture/creation storage transfer use and wastage 5.2 Give ways that energy use and waste can be reduced
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Feeding and Recycling Relationships in the Environment
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Know about ecosystems in the local environment 1.1 State what an ecosystem is 1.2 Identify a range of local natural ecosystems 1.3 Name plant and animal species that may be found in the natural environment 1.4 Identify feeding relationships between different species in an ecosystem 1.5 Identify a range of: Herbivores Insectivores Carnivores that may be found in the local environment 1.6 State how plants make their own food in their natural environment
- Know about feeding relationships in the natural environment 2.1 State ways in which animals and plants find food in their natural environment 2.2 Explain how plants produce food in the natural environment 2.3 Identify predators and prey in the natural environment 2.4 Show feeding relationships in the local environment as a food chain
- Know how materials in the natural world are recycled 3.1 Give examples of how natural materials may be recycled 3.2 Give examples of how waste materials may be useful to other species of plants and animals 3.3 Give examples of decay in the natural environment 3.4 Give examples of the: Benefits Risks of decay in the natural environment
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Forces
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Know what natural forces are 1.1 Give examples of a natural forces 1.2 Say what the difference is between contact and non-contact natural forces
- Know about the effects of contact and non-contact natural forces on objects 2.1 State one effect of contact forces on objects 2.2 State one effect of non-contact forces on objects
- Know how force can affect objects 3.1 State how contact and non-contact forces can affect the structure of objects 3.2 Explain how contact and non-contact forces can affect the function of objects
- Know how force can be used to create increases in temperature in objects 4.1 Name the force that can ca
- use an increase in the temperature of an object
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Human Health and Disease
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Know about disease and infection in humans 1.1 Give examples of infectious diseases 1.2 State ways that infectious diseases may be passed from one human to another 1.3 State some of the effects of infectious diseases in the human body 1.4 Give examples of common viruses that affect humans 1.5 State how vaccinations work in the human body 1.6 State how vaccinations can prevent the spread of infectious diseases in humans
- Know about medical drugs used in human health 2.1 Explain why medical drugs are used in human health and disease 2.2 Identify the benefits and risks of using medical drugs in human health and disease 2.3 Describe what antibiotics are and state how they are used in human health and disease
- Know the part body systems play in human health and disease 3.1 Name three automated control systems in the human body 3.2 Give examples of common reflex actions in humans
- Know the role of hormones in the human body 4.1 Identify a range of human hormones, including hormones in the human reproductive cycle 4.2 State how hormones can be used to control human fertility 4.3 Give one benefit and one drawback of using hormones to control human fertility
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Light
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Know about light and the light spectrum 1.1 Identify at least two sources of light 1.2 Recognise that darkness is the absence of light 1.3 State the meaning of the “light spectrum” 1.4 State what “white light” is 1.5 Identify the colours in the light spectrum that make up white light 1.6 Identify one benefit and one drawback of the Sun and its light
- Know how light travels 2.1 Identify how light travels away from the source 2.2 State how the path of light may be changed
- Know what shadows are 3.1 Explain how shadows are made 3.2 Identify how shadows can be changed
- Be able to operate a light source 4.1 Turn a light source on and off
- Be able to create shadows 5.1 Create shadows from a light source 5.2 Operate a shadow puppet
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Light and Shadow
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Know how to make shadows 1.1 State how to make shadows 1.2 State how the shape and size of shadows can be altered
- Understand how light travels 2.1 State how light travels away from its source 2.2 Recognise that light may be reflected and absorbed by objects 2.3 Recognise that objects may allow and block the passage of light 2.4 Recognise that light is reflected differently from different surfaces
- Be able to use light sources 3.1 Turn light sources on and off 3.2 Add and remove light to: Increase reflections Reduce reflections Change the shape and size of shadows
- Be able to make and change shadows 4.1 Create shadows using a range of lights and light sources 4.2 Demonstrate how the shape and size of shadows may be changed 4.3 Carry out experiments with light and shadow 4.4 State how different objects create different shadows
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Metals and Alloys
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Know how metals are formed 1.1 Give examples of how metals are formed 1.2 Identify: Reactive Non-reactive metals 1.3 State how metals and alloys are mined 1.4 State how the extraction of metal and alloys is carried out 1.5 State how metals and ores are processed after mining and extraction
- Know the impacts and benefits of mining and extracting metals and ores 2.1 Identify three: Social Environmental Economic impacts of mining and extracting metals and ores 2.2 Identify a Social benefit Environmental benefit Economic benefit of mining and extracting metals and ores 2.3 Give one benefit and one drawback of recycling metals and metal ores
- Know how the properties of different metals make them suitable for use 3.1 Identify the properties of a range of metals and metal alloys 3.2 Explain how the properties of metals makes them suitable for use in household objects
- Know about the properties of metal alloys 4.1 State what alloys are 4.2 State the properties of a range of metal alloys 4.3 State the properties of alloys used for everyday objects
- Know how metals are tested for hardness 5.1 Identify a range of metals of different hardness 5.2 State how to test metals and alloys for hardness 5.3 State how the hardness of metals and alloys impacts on their use
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Plants
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Know about the parts of flowering plants 1.1 Identify a range of edible and non-edible flowering plants 1.2 Identify parts of flowering plants including: Roots Stem/trunk Leaves Flowers 1.3 Explain what the function of each part of a flowering plant is
- Know what plants require for life and growth 2.1 State the requirements for life and growth for flowering plants, including: Air Light Water Nutrients Space Heat
- Know how plants transport water 3.1 State how water is transported inside plants 3.2 State how plants use water for life and growth
- Know how plants re
- produce 4.1 State the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants including: Pollination Seed formation Seed dispersal
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Plastics and Polymers
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Know what plastics and polymers are and how they are made 1.1 State what polymers and plastics are 1.2 Identify ways that plastics and polymers can be made 1.3 Identify the properties of plastics and polymers 1.4 Explain how the properties of plastics and polymers make them suitable for use 1.5 Give examples of products and items made from different plastics and polymers
- Know about products and items made from polymers and plastics 2.1 Identify elements and compounds used to make plastics and polymers 2.2 Give examples of how plastics and polymers are processed to make products and items 2.3 Give an example of how the properties of plastics and polymers make them suitable for a range of products and items
- Know the environmental impacts of processing and using plastics and polymers 3.1 Give examples of the environmental impacts of processing and using plastics and polymers 3.2 Identify ways in which plastics and polymers can be recycled and reused 3.3 Identify plastics and polymers in common use that can be easily recycled 3.4 Identify the environmental impacts of using non-recyclable plastics and polymers 3.5 State the environmental impacts from plastic and polymer waste
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Reproduction and Genetics
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Know about natural reproduction 1.1 State how animals, including humans, re
- produce 1.2 State how plants re
- Know what genetic material is 2.1 Describe what genetic material is 2.2 Identify where the genetic material for reproduction comes from 2.3 State the role of genetic materials in maintaining the species
- Know about natural and selective breeding 3.1 Give examples of: Natural breeding Selective breeding 3.2 Identify potential benefits and drawbacks of selective breeding
- Know about genetic engineering 4.1 Explain what the term “genetic engineering” means 4.2 State what is involved in “genetic engineering” 4.3 Outline the basic process for genetic engineering 4.4 Give one potential benefit and one potential drawback of genetic engineering
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Rocks, Fossils, Minerals and Soil
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Know how to sort rocks based on appearance and simple physical characteristics 1.1 List the common physical characteristics of a range of rocks 1.2 Identify ways that rocks can be sorted and categorised
- Know about the major components of soil 2.1 Identify the main components of soil 2.2 Identify ways that soil is used for human activities including: Agriculture and horticulture Growing food for animals and humans Construction Arts and crafts 2.3 State ways that soil can be improved to support human activities 2.4 List ways that human activity can impact on soil and soil quality
- Know about minerals found in rocks and soil 3.1 Identify a range of minerals found in rocks and soil 3.2 Identify uses for minerals found in rocks and soil 3.3 State how minerals are extracted from rocks and soil 3.4 Identify human activities involving the use of minerals, including: Agriculture and horticulture Animal and human food production Construction Arts and crafts
- Know about fossils 4.1 State what fossils are 4.2 Identify what fossils are made of 4.3 State reasons fossils can be found in rocks and rock formations 4.4 State ways that fossils can be identified in rocks, rock formations and soil
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Science Investigation Skills
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Know how to plan science investigations 1.1 State the problem to be investigated in the form of a scientific question 1.2 State investigation methods that can be used
- Be able to plan science investigations 2.1 Identify equipment and resources commonly used for science investigations 2.2 Identify potential risks and hazards from science investigations 2.3 Identify the safety procedures that should be followed to conduct given science investigations
- Be able to carry out a science investigation 3.1 Select materials and equipment required for given science investigations 3.2 Follow appropriate safety procedures for given science investigations 3.3 Select safety equipment suitable for given science investigations 3.4 Carry out investigations safely 3.5 Follow health and safety procedures and guidelines when conducting science investigations
- Be able to review a science investigation 4.1 State how the results of given science investigations relate to their purpose 4.2 Present the outcomes from given science investigations 4.3 State what went well during science investigations 4.4 Identify one way in which future science investigations may be improved 4.5 Present findings from given investigations
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Sound
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Know ways that sound can be made 1.1 Identify ways to make sound 1.2 Recognise vibrations in sound
- Know about sources of sound 2.1 Identify ways objects can produce sounds 2.2 Identify how different types of musical instrument produce sounds
- Know about hearing and measuring sound 3.1 Name the parts of the human ear 3.2 Identify how sound waves reach the human ear 3.3 State how sound is conducted through the human ear 3.4 State how sound waves are interpreted by the human ear 3.5 State the unit of measure for sound 3.6 State the effect of loud noises on the human ear
- Know what “pitch” is 4.1 State what pitch means in relation to sound 4.2 Identify patterns between the pitch of a sound and the features of the object that produced it
- Know about the volume of sound 5.1 Identify patterns between the volume of a sound and the vibrations of the object that made it 5.2 Identify ways that the volume of a sound may be moderated and changed 5.3 Identify the impact of distance from source on the volume of the sound heard
- Know how sounds can be changed and moderated 6.1 Identify how sound travels away from its source 6.2 State common barriers that prevent sound from travelling 6.3 State materials that: Absorb
- Reflect sound 6.4 State how materials can absorb and reflect sound 6.5 State how absorption and reflection impact on the volume of sounds
- Know how the properties of materials impacts on the way sound travels 7.1 Identify how sound vibrations travel through different materials 7.2 State how the properties of different materials make them suitable for: Absorbing sound Reflecting sound 7.3 State materials that are effective in preventing vibrations from sound sources travelling in the air
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The Human Body
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Know about the structure of the human body 1.1 Identify bones and joints in the human body 1.2 Identify muscles and organs in the human body 1.3 State the function of: Bones and joints Muscles Organs in the human body
- Know about teeth in humans 2.1 State how many teeth human adults normally have 2.2 State how many teeth human children normally have 2.3 Name one natural material found in human teeth
- Know the major organs and organ systems in the human body 3.1 Name the major organs in the human body 3.2 Identify organ systems in the human body 3.3 Give the positions of major organs and organ systems in the human body
- Know about the human circulatory system 4.1 Identify organs and organ systems involved in the human circulatory system 4.2 State the function of the organs and organ systems in the human circulatory system 4.3 Outline how blood is transported around the human body
- Know about the human digestive system 5.1 Identify the main parts of the human digestive system including: Stomach Liver Intestines 5.2 Outline the digestive process in humans
- Know about the process of respiration 6.1 Outline the process of respiration in humans 6.2 Identify the organs involved in human respiration 6.3 Outline the process of gaseous exchange in human lungs 6.4 State the output from human respiration
- Know about the human reproductive system 7.1 Identify the organs and organ systems in the human reproduction cycle 7.2 Outline the reproductive process in humans
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 610/1326/2
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- Open Awards
- Qualification Type
- Vocationally-Related Qualification
- Operational Start
- Sept 2022