Yr 11 Science Aqa-Required-Practicals

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GCSE AQA Science Trilogy

Required Practical Investigations

Biology Paper 1
Unit 1 – Cell Biology
Required Practical – Using a microscope
YouTube links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX6mow1AExI&list=PLAd0MSIZBSsF3vV_uxzbcNHuDrQ6Hc-
Ul&index=6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=SX6mow1AExI
BBC Bitesize links: Calculating magnification

Required Practical – Osmosis (potato practical)


YouTube links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oieXYuQm_xE&list=PLAd0MSIZBSsF3vV_uxzbcNHuDrQ6Hc-
Ul&index=2
BBC Bitesize links: Osmosis overview Osmosis in cells

Unit 2 – Organisation
Required Practical – Testing for carbohydrates, lipids and proteins
YouTube links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akMLGbNA0gE&list=PLAd0MSIZBSsF3vV_uxzbcNHuDrQ6Hc-
Ul&index=4
BBC Bitesize links: Food testing

Required Practical – Investigate the effect of pH on Amylase enzyme


YouTube links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Yqbu56ImXk&list=PLAd0MSIZBSsF3vV_uxzbcNHuDrQ6Hc-
Ul&index=8
BBC Bitesize links: Enzymes Effect of pH on enzymes Digestive Enzymes

Unit 3 – Infection and response


No required practical investigations for this unit

Unit 4 – Bioenergetics
Required Practical – Investigating effect of light intensity on photosynthesis
YouTube links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id0aO_OdFwA&list=PLAd0MSIZBSsF3vV_uxzbcNHuDrQ6Hc-
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BBC Bitesize links: Factors effecting photosynthesis Light intensity investigation

Biology Paper 2
Unit 5 – Homeostasis and response
Required Practical – Investigating a factor on the effect of reaction times
YouTube links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws5qVXYHRnQ&list=PLAd0MSIZBSsF3vV_uxzbcNHuDrQ6Hc-
Ul&index=23
BBC Bitesize links: Reflexes

Unit 6 – Inheritance, variation and evolution


No required practical investigations for this unit

Unit 7 – Ecology
Required Practical – Measure population size using sampling techniques
YouTube links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITr6rf5Z9ao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhMOCxXcDrQ&list=PLAd0MSIZBSsF3vV_uxzbcNHuDrQ6Hc-
Ul&index=14
BBC Bitesize links: Sampling overview Transects and Quadrats
Chemistry Paper 1
Unit 1 – Atomic Structure and the periodic table
No required practical investigations for this unit

Unit 2 – Bonding, structure, and the properties of matter


No required practical investigations for this unit

Unit 3 – Quantitative chemistry


No required practical investigations for this unit

Unit 4 – Chemical changes


Required Practical – Creating a soluble salt
YouTube links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIOMlwBoe_4&list=PLAd0MSIZBSsF3vV_uxzbcNHuDrQ6Hc-Ul
BBC Bitesize links: Making salts Copper sulphate production
Method

Required Practical – Electrolysis


YouTube links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCHE_7QeRUc&list=PLAd0MSIZBSsF3vV_uxzbcNHuDrQ6Hc-
Ul&index=13
BBC Bitesize links: Electrolysis

Unit 5 – Energy changes


Required Practical – Temperature changes
YouTube links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKxcQYZ2YH8&list=PLAd0MSIZBSsF3vV_uxzbcNHuDrQ6Hc-
Ul&index=12
BBC Bitesize links: Exothermic and Endothermic reactions

Chemistry Paper 2
Unit 6 – Rate and extent of chemical change
Required Practical – Rates of reaction
YouTube links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl6LVl7oAlU&list=PLAd0MSIZBSsF3vV_uxzbcNHuDrQ6Hc-
Ul&index=7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssa3wh3RNt0&list=PLAd0MSIZBSsF3vV_uxzbcNHuDrQ6Hc-Ul&index=15

BBC Bitesize links: Collision Theory Changing the rate of reaction

Unit 7 – Organic chemistry


No required practical investigations for this unit

Unit 8 – Chemical Analysis


Required Practical – Chromatography
YouTube links: Chttps://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=pnTGNAfu6GE&list=PLAd0MSIZBSsF3vV_uxzbcNHuDrQ6Hc-Ul&index=5
BBC Bitesize links: Chromatography

Unit 9 – Chemistry of the atmosphere


No required practical investigations for this unit

Unit 10 – Using Resources


Required Practical – Water purification
YouTube links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UGHsbTEBvA
BBC Bitesize links: Water Purification

Physics Paper 1
Unit 1 – Energy
Required practical – Specific heat capacity
YouTube links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loeRLKNeUsc&list=PLAd0MSIZBSsF3vV_uxzbcNHuDrQ6Hc-
Ul&index=10
BBC Bitesize links: Specific heat capacity

Unit 2 – Electricity
Required practical – Resistance of a wire
YouTube links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_3JrA-
sDEg&list=PLAd0MSIZBSsF3vV_uxzbcNHuDrQ6Hc-Ul&index=11
BBC Bitesize links: Resistance (general) Current, voltage, resistance

Required practical – Generating I-V graphs


YouTube links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=ksPfzUjMbBk&list=PLAd0MSIZBSsF3vV_uxzbcNHuDrQ6Hc-Ul&index=24
BBC Bitesize links: Current-Voltage graphs

Unit 3 – Particle model of matter


Required practical – Calculating density
YouTube links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvqu6JAbaKc&list=PLAd0MSIZBSsF3vV_uxzbcNHuDrQ6Hc-
Ul&index=16
BBC Bitesize links: Density Density equation

Physics Paper 2
Unit 5 – Forces
Required practical – Acceleration
YouTube links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9-J0cFQCrE&list=PLAd0MSIZBSsF3vV_uxzbcNHuDrQ6Hc-
Ul&index=19
BBC Bitesize links: Force, mass, acceleration Calculations

Required practical – Force and extension (Hooke’s law)


YouTube links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQCJeAqBumE&list=PLAd0MSIZBSsF3vV_uxzbcNHuDrQ6Hc-
Ul&index=9
BBC Bitesize links: Hooke’s law

Unit 6 - Waves
Required practical – Generating and observing waves
YouTube links: Generating water waves https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=OY0lXHPo_nM
BBC Bitesize links: Waves Features of waves

Required practical – Radiation and absorption


YouTube links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFwio38EK9s&list=PLAd0MSIZBSsF3vV_uxzbcNHuDrQ6Hc-
Ul&index=21
BBC Bitesize links: Radiation Kinetic theory

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