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KS4 Mapping
National Curriculum guidelines have compulsory topics and concepts to be covered at Key Stage 4. Foxton Canal Museum can demonstrate and explore complex themes across a wide range of GCSE subjects.
GCSE ENGLISH
4.1 Aims and learning outcomes.
Acquire and apply a wide vocabulary (incline, parallel, engineering, mechanisms)
4.2 Explorations in creative reading and writing
First hand experiences. Exploring 20th Century :openings, endings, narrative perspectives and points of view, narrative or descriptive passages, character, atmospheric descriptions
(Diaries and first hand recorded narratives)
4.3 Writers’ viewpoints and perspectives
Different period perspectives
GCSE DESIGN TECHNOLOGY
3.1.5 Mechanical devices Levers
Linkages / Rotary Systems / CAMs / Gears / Pulleys
3.2 Specialist technical principles
Forces / Stresses / Tension, compression, bending, torsion and shear
3.2.7 Scales of production
Prototype / Batch / Knock down
3.3 Designing and making principles
Tolorances / Data points / Jigs
3.1.1 New and emerging technologies
Sustainability / Recycling / Finite resources
3.3 Designing and making principles
Surface treatments / Finishes / Oxidation, Corrosion
GCSE MATHEMATICS
3.1 Number
Numbers / Decimals / Fractions / Calculations
3.3 Ratio, proportion and rates of change
Compound units / Scale / Fractions
3.4 Geometry and measures
Planes / Vertices / Parallel lines / Symmetries / Angles
3.4 G. 4 Triangles
Isosceles, equilateral, scalene, right-angled, acute angled, obtuse-angled triangles
4.1 Aims and learning outcomes
Acquire and apply a wide vocabulary / incline, parallel, engineering, mechanisms
4.2 Explorations in creative reading and writing
First hand experiences / 20th Century :openings, endings, narrative perspectives and points of view, narrative or descriptive passages, character, atmospheric descriptions
GCSE SCIENCE
4.5.1 Forces and their interaction
Contact and non-contact / gravitational force, friction, tension
4.5.1.3 Gravity
Gravity / Weight / newton meter, Resultant force
4.5.2 Work done and energy transfer
Work done / W, in joules, J force, F, in newtons, N distance, S, in metres
4.5.4 Moments, levers and gears
Levers / Gears / Force
4.5.5.1.2 Pressure in a fluid
Pressure, p, in pascals, Pa height of the column, h, in metres, m density, ρ, in kilograms per metre cubed, kg/m3
4.5.6.1 Describing motion along a line
Distance / Speed / Velocity
4.5.6.2.1 Newton's Law
Force / Mass / Acceleration
4.5.6.3.1 Stopping distance
Momentum / Mass / Deceleration
4.5.7.1 Momentum is a property of moving objects
Momentum / Mass / Deceleration
To find out more how we can cover National Curriculum Literacy content or discuss the themes please contact: learning@foxtoncanalmuseum.org