8J6

End of term test on: 04/07/17

Areas for revision

Biology
- food chains and food webs
- producer, consumer, predator prey, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore
- pyramid of numbers
- pyramid of biomass
- pesticides (e.g. DDT)

Chemistry
- the rock cycle
- 3 types of rocks and their characteristics: and examples metamorphic, igneous, sedimentary
- fossils

Physics
- the Solar System
- day and night
- satellites and their uses
- weight and mass


Homework set on: 12/06/17
Homework due on: 22/06/17

1. A scientist surveyed the distribution of lichens. She counted the number of different species that grew on tree trunks at various distances from the centre of a polluted city. She also measured how much sulfur dioxide there was in the air:

Plot a graph to show a relationship between the number of different species of lichen (y axis) and the distance to the town centre (x axis).


Homework set on 11/05/17
Homework due on 18/05/17

Take your exercise book home and add improvements to your badger task.
Nana and Solomon - Badger task not none at all, see me if you need help.
Amber, Leeds, Sam, Sunni - book not left behind, I couldn't mark it, bring it in asap.

Baby booklet - final copy is due on Thursday, 30th March. Send me your work via email or bring a copy to our lesson.

Homework set on 23/03/17
Homework due on: end of unit test on 30/03/17

Use your revision guide to revise for the end of unit test.
Areas for revision:
- sperm, egg cell
- menstrual cycle
- changes in puberty
- parts of a flower
- hydrocarbons - definition + examples
- ceramics
- physical and chemical change - examples
- photosynthesis
- respiration
- reflection
- refraction
- waves - amplitude and frequency
- hearing and parts of the ear

Homework set on: 16/03/17
Homework due on: 23/03/17

Complete the infertility treatments poster.

Homework set on: 09/03/17
Homework due on: 16/03/17

Complete and bring your "How to take cuttings" step-by-step guide. Below is the video we watched in the lesson to refresh your memory.

Homework set on: 02/03/17
Homework due on: 09/03/17 

KS3 revision guide:
1. Read the following pages:
- Limited resources page 71
2. Complete the following questions:
- Question 4 page 75
- Question 5 page 171
3. Bring a leaflet or an article telling people how they can help the environment or what is done with the rubbish in your borough. You can bring something that was posted to your home by the council or check their website and print the information.

Homework set on: 02/02/17
Homework due on: 09/02/17

Complete Science equipment worksheets you were given in our lesson. Page 13 and 14 only.

Homework set on: 26/01/17
Homework due on: 02/02/17

KS3 Revision guide:
- read pages 94-95
- complete: page 99 and 179

Homework set on: 05/01/17
Homework due on: 12/01/17

1. Take your exercise book home. Use a green pen to respond to my tasks and comments.
Complete at the back of your book:
A) Which of the following are luminous and which are non-luminous?
Aeroplane, Candle flame, Lit electric light bulb, Moon, Sun
B) Explain why you would see the flash from a distant cannon when it is fired before you hear the sound.
C) Why is the shadow formed when an opaque object is placed between a light source and a screen sharp rather than fuzzy?


End of unit test on Tuesday, 13th December

Areas for revision - pages listed are for our KS3 revision guide:
- neutralisation reaction - pages 47, 59
- pH scale - pages 58, 59
- energy and electricity
- energy transfers
- forces - pages 92, 93
- convection, conduction - page 55, radiation
- alternative sources of energy, e.g. solar panels
- photosynthesis - pages 20, 21
- plant cell - page 4
- respiration - pages 8, 9

Homework set on: 17/11/16
Homework due on: 24/11/16

Acids and alkalis are not only found in the laboratory, they are used everyday in the home as well.
1. Name two acids you might find in a kitchen.
2. What colour does Universal indicator turn in the presence of a weak acid?
3. Which chemical element is present in all acids?

4.  Bee stings are acidic.

(i) Which type of substance could be used to reduce the stinging sensation?

(ii) What type of reaction is this? Explain the chemical changes that take place when a bee sting is treated in this way. Include a word equation in your explanation. 

Challenge - not compulsory, 10 credits if you do it correctly :)

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Homework set on: 07/11/16
Homework due on: 14/11/16

Take your exercise book home and complete the DIRT task: add improvements to your Badger task. 

Homework set on: 18/10/16
Homework due on: 31/10/16

Revision guide:
1. Read pages 58-59
2. Complete task: 3, 4 and 5 on page 63

Homework set on: 13/10/16
Homework due on: 17/10/16

1. Research and complete the table below. The last row is for your own example.

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Homework set on: 06/10/16
Homework due on: 11/10/16

1. Take your exercise book home. Complete energy calculations worksheet at the back of your book.
2. Use a green pen to respond to my tasks and comments.

Homework set on: 29/09/16
Homework due on: 03/10/16

1. Finish your badger task. Make sure you used all the key words. Don't forget about excellent presentation!
Click here to see the worksheet (it should be in your book anyway).
2. Bring your KS3 revision guide to our lesson on Monday, 3rd October.

Homework set on: 15/09/16
Homework due on: 22/09/16

1. Write a definition for the following key words:

- temperature

- heat energy

- celsius scale

- thermometer

2.Why is using a thermometer more accurate than using your finger when assessing the temperature of a liquid? 

3. What is the difference between heat and temperature?