Yr 11 Science Aqa-Required-Practicals
Yr 11 Science Aqa-Required-Practicals
Yr 11 Science Aqa-Required-Practicals
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
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
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-
Ul&index=3
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 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
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
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
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
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