Assignments

Today we are going to make sure that we've finished off P8 for physics (about Ohm's Law) and P1 for Biology (questions on the Golden Lion Tamarin). If you haven't done both of these, use the questions this page to do them now, then hand them in.

If you've already done both of these assignments, complete the following questions on DNA, which we will be using for an assignment after Christmas:

1. Complete this activity, writing down where DNA is located in the cell. 
2. Which things have DNA in them?
3. What are some similarities between you and a plant in terms of DNA?
4. What are some differences between you and the plant? (use the link above).
5. Explain what genotype and phenotype mean:
6. Complete this activity. How long would it take you to reproduce a genome at the rate you work at?
7. Copy the image below onto your page, and explain what it is, using the information on this page to help. What are the different coloured sections representing?                                                                                                 
8. Try this activity or this one.

Golden Lion Tamarins - P1

Today we're going to start work on the next assignment task for Biology.  You already have the assignment sheet from doing P2 about snakes, this section is about a monkey called the Golden Lion Tamarin.
Answer the following in a word document:

1. How many Golden Lion Tamarins are there in the wild?
2. Why has it become endangered?
3. What animals depend on it for food? What would happen to them if it became extinct?
4.  What impact would it’s extinction have on the plants it eats?
5.  What actions that can be put in place to stop the decline of the species?

Save and print your work as it will help you meet P1 for Biology!

Ohm's Law P8

Today we're going to start working on the electricity assignment for physics.  Complete the following on paper, then hand it in with a plastic pocket:

1. Draw a circuit diagram with the parts listed on the assignment sheet. Use the symbols as shown on this page.
2. Use some photos from the shared area to show how different circuits are made (copy and paste these into a word document).
3. Write down the equation from this interactive, then use it to solve the first 3 questions that follow. Write the working out as well as the answers.

Make sure you name all your sheets and keep them in the plastic pocket you are given.

Ohm's Law

Today we're going to get ready for teh next assignment which we'll complete in class next week. Answer the following in yoru books:

1. What is resistance in a circuit?
2. Copy Ohm's Law into your books, including the units.
3. What are 2 things that affect the current in a circuit? (Use the image above)
4. Draw the symbols for a battery, light bulb, ammeter and voltmeter
5. What do series and parallel circuits mean?
6. How do ammeters get connected to a circuit?
7. Show what a voltmeter connected to a circuit should look like using circuit symbols (use the link above):
8. What is the unit for resistance?
9. How could you calculate the resistance in a circuit?
10. Try this activity, or try and complete the one from last week!

Electricity

The next assignment will be on electricity. Answer these questions in your books:

1. What particles move to create electricity?
2. Are electrons positive or negative?
3. What is static electricity?
4. Watch this video. How can static electricity be dangerous?
5. Watch this animation. What does current measure?
6. What does voltage measure? Use the link above.
7. List three ways that electricity can be generated:
8. What are some problems associated with using fossil fueals like coal to produce electricity? Use the link above:
9. Try this activity.  What charges attract each other? What charges repel each other?
10. If you have time, try and build a city using less fossil fuels.

Science activities

I was hoping to do a practical today, but couldn't book a room where the gas worked. Try these activities looking at what we've covered so far this year -

• Physics skate park - What types of energy can you see?
• Thingdom - What gets randomly given to offspring when the things reproduce?
• There are lots of good activities on this link, try whatever you like.
• In this game, you have to build a city that saves energy.
• In Pandemic, you play as a disease and have to infect everybody in the world!
• There are also lots of activities here to do with the human body.

You can also watch any of the videos posted in this site if you want to.

Energy

Today we're going to be starting the next assignment topic - energy.  Answer the following in your books:

1. What is energy?
2. Name two different types of energy:
3. Can energy ever be created or destroyed? What can happen to it?
4. What happens to the atoms in this metal bar when you heat it?
5. What is the chemical energy in the methane being converted to here? Try and name two types of energy:                                                                                   
6. What does  a sankey diagram look like?
7. For a light bulb (at the bottom of this page), what is most of it's energy transferred to?
8. Use the activity on this link, explaining when the skater has the most potential energy and when they have the most kinetic energy.

Physics P3 and P4

Today we'll be finishing and printing the powerpoint from yesterday.  Once Mr. Cole has checked yours, you can print it and put it in a plastic pocket with your name on the assignment sheet.

Next, answer these questions in your books about the bubbles for tomorrow.

1. What is methane?
2. What two elements make it up? Use the picture below to help:
3. Watch the video below.  What are the three sides of the fire triangle here?
4. Is the explosion here exothermic or endothermic?
5. Use the bottom of the link from question 4 to explain what happens when you add sodium hydroxide to hydrochloric acid.
6. Why can water absorb a lot of heat? 
7. Why do you think it will be important to cover your hands in water tomorrow before holding burning methane bubbles?                                                                                               

Physics P3 and P4

Today we're starting the first assignment for physics.  You will need to work in a powerpoint, which we will print off later. Questions 1, 2, and 3 are for P3, 4 and 5 are for P4.

1. Find a good image for the electromagnetic spectrum, and copy it into the middle of your slide. Find something like the ones below with different waves labelled would be good:                                                                                        
2. Use this link to briefly explain what 5 of the waves are used for, eg. 'microwaves are used for cooking.' Write these in text boxes with lines to where the waves are in the spectrum.
3. Copy and complete this sentence - Radio waves have a high wavelength and a low frequency, while gamma rays have a high                and a             wavelength. Use this page to help if you aren't sure.
4. Use this page to explain what types of ionizing radiation there are, and what it can do to cells in our bodies.
5. Explain what makes up the three types of ionizing radiation, using a table like this one:

   Radiation:	Made of:
   Alpha
   Beta
   Gamma



6. 
   

P3 Chemistry assignment

Make a table to summarize the  first 20 elements of the Periodic Table. Use these headings:

Element                     Symbol            Atomic number            Mass number            Electronic structure

1. Hydrogen 
2. Helium  
3. Lithium 
4. Beryllium 
5. Boron 
6. Carbon 
7. Nitrogen 
8. Oxygen 
9. Fluorine 
10. Neon 
11. Sodium 
12. Magnesium 
13. Aluminium 
14. Silicon 
15. Phosphorous 
16. Sulphur 
17. Chlorine 
18. Argon 
19. Potassium
20. Calcium

Use this link to help you, the atomic number is the one on the top for each element and the mass number is the one on the bottom.

Chemistry Assignment

Today we are going to finish off the table that we started last week with the flame tests. Use the links below to fill in the rest of the boxes.

1. For conducting electricity, none of the chemicals will as solids because they are all metals joined to non-metals. This means that you can write 'no' in every box for conducting electricity. 
2. For melting points, use this link for compounds starting with A-K, and this one for the rest.
3. For dissolving in water (also called solubility), use the table on this link to say 'yes' or 'no' for each compound.
4. For P2, you need to draw a graph of the copper wire experiment we did last week. It should look this the one below, with the length of wire on the bottom and the current on the side: If you don't have results from last week, use the table below the graph:        

Current (amps)	Length of wire (cm)
2	5
1.7	15
1.4	20
.8	25
.4	30
.1	35

                                                                                                 

Ecosystems video

This is the video we saw the start of in class, if you have time watch the rest of it as it has plenty of information to do with what we've been looking at.

Today you need to make sure you've finished the first assignment and put everything in your red folder, so Mr. Cole can mark it for you. That means you need:

• 2 keys (one for snakes, one for plants).
• The answers to the questions from the post below this one.

For the last part of the ecosystems assignment, we have to classify plants (just like you did with the snakes).  Watch this video, then cut out and classify the 8 plants to finish the assignment!

Assignment 1

Today we're going to start the first assignment.  Look at this link, which shows a classification key for snakes, just like what we 're going to make today.

   

1. Use the sheet to classify these snakes into different groups, cutting them out and sticking them down once you've checked them with a teacher.

2. For the next part of the assignment, you will need to list the 5 kingdoms of living things in a word document. Make sure you give two examples of each kingdom, and a picture or drawing of them.

3. You also need to explain the difference between invertebrates and vertebrates.  This should be about two sentences of writing, giving an example of each.

4. Finally, list the five classes of vertebrates here and give three features of each of them.