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.
• There are also some good activities on the channel 4 site.

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

Physics/Biology

Today you're going to either work on P9/10 for physics, or P6 for Biology. Physics is below thiss post, Biology is here:
You need to explain three things are that humans do to affect the environment. You will summarise these on a poster in three sections:

• Mining
• Burning fossil fuels
• Acid rain (You can also use this site to talk about landfill instead of one of the others if you prefer)

Make sure you include what they are, how they are caused and what effects they have.

Physics P9 and P10

For P9 you need to make a scale model of the solar system on an A3 poster. Make the sun 10mm across, then use inches for the size of the planets and metres for the distance from the sun. Write this information on your poster, with a diagram like the one shown below.
For P10, you need to explain what the Big Bang was. You also need to give two pieces of evidence to support the theory.

Physics P9 and 10

Today we're going to start on some more physics stuff - P9 and 10 about the solar system.
Go to the NASA website and see if you can find the following information that we will use for the assignment:

1. The order of planets from the sun.
2. How far away from the sun each planet is.
3. The size of each planet.
4. How was the Universe created?

You can include this on a word document or as a powerpoint, we will be making a model solar system in class so this will help you prepare.
                             

Biology P5

Today we're going to be working on the next assignment, which is about ways people can put their health at risk. You need to produce a powerpoint with one slide each for -

• Smoking
• Obesity
• Not getting vaccinated
• Alcohol

For each factor, explain what it is, what other problems it causes and how many people it kills each year. You should also include a photo or diagram on each slide so people know what you're referring to.

Biology P1

The image below will help you create a poster for P1 in Biology. You need to show how chromosomes, genes, and DNA are organised in a cell, and write a sentence about what each one does. This can be done on A3 paper or as a powerpoint.                                            

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.