MYP SCIENCE SYLLABUS – VERTICAL SCOPE AND

SEQUENCE
8 weeks 8 weeks 8 weeks 8 weeks
Yea Biology Chemistry Physics Earth andSpace
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Living Things Matter and Changes Energy The Dynamic Earth

• Characteristics of life • Matter and particle theory • Energy • Earth’s structure and tectonics
transformations

1 • Classification

• Micro-organisms
• Pure substances

• Atoms and the periodic table

• Thermal energy
• Folds and faults, earthquakes,
volcanoes

(eubacteria, protists and • Energy for society • Shaping the Earth’s surface
viruses) • Chemical properties and
changes
Ecology Solutions and Mixtures Forces and Rocks and Minerals
Motion
• Interactions • Solubility and concentration • Characteristics of minerals, formation,

2 • Forces properties and uses.

• Biomes • Acids, bases and salts
• Work and power • Characteristics of rocks, types of rock,
• Environment • Separation by physical and the rock cycle.
chemical properties • Simple machines
• Endangered Species
Plant Science Atoms and the Periodic Waves Weather
Table
• Plant characteristics • Wave • Components of the atmosphere
• Properties of matter characteristics
• Plant growth

3 • The atomic model • Wave properties • Weather phenomena

• Plant reproduction
• The periodic table • Sound • Measuring weather

• Simple bonding • Light

• Nomenclature • Reflection and

mirrors
Cells Chemical Processes Mechanics Astronomy

• Cell theory • Chemical bonding (ionic, • Kinematic concepts • Formation of solar system
covalent, polyatomic ions, and
• Cell types nomenclature) • Graphs of motion • Life cycle of stars

4 • Membranes
• Classifying chemical reactions
• Uniform
acceleration
• Astronomical distances

• Planets
• Balancing equations • Forces and free
body diagrams
• Rates of chemical reactions.
• Newton’s Laws
Genetics Quantitative Chemistry Energy Earth/Space science is not part of Year

5 • Cell Division • Types of chemical reactions • Thermal physics

5.
Students choose between
Biology/Chemistry OR
Physics/Chemistry.
• DNA structure • Conservation of mass • Electric fields,
Each unit in these courses is one
current and circuits
semester (16 weeks) in length. The
• DNA replication • Relative mass and the mole
chemistry unit is
• Light
• Chromosomes and genes • Energetics and kinetics
• Refraction and
• Human inheritance lenses
• Applications of genetics