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YEAR 7

HOME LEARNING

BOOKLET

SUMMER 2014

YOUR HOME LEARNING: SUMMER

Student at the Aylesbury Vale Academy will be challenged at home as well as in

school to ensure that they reach their potential. Year 7 students nationally are

required to complete between 45 minute and 90 minutes of homework every

night to ensure that they make the necessary progress.

This booklet contains your home learning tasks for the Spring Term. It provides a

clear outline of the task set, guidance of when to start it, the hand in date and the

week it should be returned to you. The tasks are varied and have an emphasis on

extended study and independent research. Teachers may set other pieces of

homework from time to time.

CORE SUBJECTS (English, Maths, Science)

Homework for English and Maths will be set on a weekly basis and recorded in

the student planner. Homework for Science will be set every two weeks, be

recorded in student planners and will be available to download from the VLE.

DT, History and Religious Studies will provide homework on a fortnightly basis

details of which can be found on the VLE.

MANAGING YOUR TIME

Each subject has set an Extended Home Learning Task that should take between

three to four hours to complete over a three week period.

We want you to become self-managers. A good self-manager can organise their

time, prioritise tasks and work to deadlines (all essential life skills). To help with

this we’ve staggered the tasks so you only have to hand in a maximum of two at

any one time. The timetable below shows exactly when each Home Learning task

is to be undertaken.

YEAR 7 SUMMER

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ART H m GEOGRAPHY H DRAMA H PHYSICAL EDUCATION H SPANISH H MUSIC H

KEY Work on your Home Learning Project during these weeks.

H: Hand in your Home Learning Project to your teacher during the lesson

you have with them this week.

AYLESBURY VALE ACADEMY YEAR 7 HOME LEARNING BOOKLET SUMMER

ART

Observational Drawing- Mc Escher

National Curriculum Level: 3-7

By the end of this task you will have:

Created an observational study of an artwork

Illustrated an effective use of tone and form

Looked at pattern and detail through accurate recordings and proportions

By the end of this task you will know:

-How to look at perspective and shape

-Use tone and form within an observational drawing

How to complete this task:

Mc Escher is very famous for his illusions and illustrations which were very advanced for the time.

Choose one image of his work. The images are very detailed, so for a challenge, you may wish to

complete a larger or full section of his work, or you may crop an area to concentrate on. Create

the outlines first as accurately as you can, then develop the shape with a range of pencil tone.

Work on A4 paper.

Keywords and phrases you could use in your work:

Observation Detail Proportion Range Architecture

Scale Tone Enlarge Pattern Mc Escher

Exceptional Home Learning may include:

Accurate scale and perspective of shape

Where to find help:

Search engines to research possible images

How parents/guardians can help :

helping to choose a suitable image to study. Helping to crop an area to work from.


GEOGRAPHY

Weather



Researched a weather hazard of your choice

Explained what processes are taking place

Examined the impact these have on a particular place

Predicted what might happen in the future


Choose a weather hazard (for example hurricanes, tornadoes, drought,

flooding caused by rainfall)

Explain clearly what the hazard is that you have chosen, making sure that

you cover the causes of it as well as the effects/impacts/problems it causes

You should also include specific case studies (examples of places where it

has happened

Research potential solutions to any problems you identify and describe

ways in which your chosen issue can be improved/made better

Make sure that the solutions you explain are sustainable and that you

explain how they are sustainable


Physical

Human Weather Social Economic

Impact Climate Impact Environmental Sustainable


Work on more than one country (perhaps comparing an LEDC to an MEDC)

or more than one weather hazard


Help your child research weather hazards to gain initial ideas about what

to write about

Help your child with their time management so they don’t leave all their

work until the last minute

YEAR 7

Home Learning in History

1 Research on Becket and Henry the second.

2 Murder in the Cathedral. ASSESSMENT

3 Interpretations of Magna Carta

4 Was John an evil King? ASSESSMENT

5 Black Death Cures

6 Peasant Revolt

7 Chepstow Castles

8 Changing castle design in Wales

9 Brave heart images

10 Similarities and differences between Roman

and Medieval Britain. ASSESSMENT

Year 7 RS Homework- reading tasks

Each week H/W will be set in class from the topics

below:

1) Explore the difference between fact belief

and opinion

2) Investigate the effect religion has on people’s

lives.

3) Interpret the Christian Creed

4) Explain the different denominations

5) Reflect upon how Jesus is shown in art

6) Explain Muslims beliefs about Allah

7) Explore the five pillars

8) Assessment


Year 7 Drama


Slapstick comedy


Identified ‘what is predictable comedy?’


The skills needed to compose a creative and lively slapstick scene.

How to complete this task

Produce an A4 side of extended writing Researching predictive comedy and slap

stick

What is slap stick?

When was it first shown on TV?

What comedy duo are best known for their slap stick films?


Compose your own comedy sketch using slap stick.

(Use the worksheet to help)

Where to find help:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1M_hoEJdjQ&safe=active

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvAfbR2_g0g&safe=active

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1M_hoEJdjQ&safe=active

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvAfbR2_g0g&safe=active

Year 7 drama homework Story Plan –Example

Beginning Introduce the main characters and the setting.

Lives in Pakistan. Sobia – she is 25 years old. Brownish reddish curly hair. She likes to cook. She is tall. She speaks in Urdu. (This space could be used for a diagram/picture instead of words)

Build Up The story gets going – the characters start to do something.

Sobia starts cooking food like chicken, somosas and many other food. Little while later, when the food is made she takes the food to her cousins house Gazala. She is not home. She puts the food down because she finds some money on the bed and she takes it.

Problem Something goes wrong for the

characters. This is the most exciting part.

When she takes the money, she could hear some one coming but she couldn’t be bothered to move so she sat down on the bed. There was a man looking and got his phone out to call the police

Resolution The problem is sorted out in some

way.

She thinks that there was someone there and she finds a way out to get out of the house. She goes from the back door. But she was to late because the police was already waiting for her. So they took her to the police station.

Ending All the loose ends are tied up. The characters reflect, or think, about what happened.

Two hours later, her parents are there in the police station. Her parents go up to her and the police go with her parents. The police open the bars and take her out because her parents had bailed her out.


PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Playing by the Rules



Researched the rules of your favourite sport

Created an explanation of the pitch/court markings of your favourite sport


The rules and pitch sizes of your favourite sport


You are to create a booklet with a front cover saying what the sport is (with a picture). Inside the

booklet you will need to list the rules (think of duration of play, fouls, restarts, extra-time, number

of players) and then include a diagram of the pitch/court and identify the markings. Think of this

as a guide for someone who does not know the sport.


Duration Foul Play Player Numbers


A definition of each of the keywords

Examples of the rules being applied

Where to find help:

www.wikipedia.com www.thefa.com www.lta.com www.badmintonengland.com

www.englandhockey.co.uk www.rfu.com www.uka.co.uk


Is the information clear and easy to read?

Is the diagram marked out appropriately

http://www.wikipedia.com/

http://www.thefa.com/

http://www.lta.com/

http://www.badmintonengland.com/

http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/

http://www.rfu.com/

http://www.uka.co.uk/


SPANISH Year 7

El tiempo libre

National Curriculum Level: L3-5


Consolidated your work on free time and used the near future tense correctly


How to recognise and form the near future tense and talk confidently about your free time


Complete each of the worksheets which follow. You do not need to complete them all at

once. Try to complete them weekly as we cover each section in lessons.


¿Qué haces en tu tiempo libre?

(What do you do in your free

time?)

Voy al cine/ a la piscina/ de compras… (I go to the cinema/

swimming/ shopping…)

Juego al baloncesto/

fútbol/ hockey… (I play basketball/

football/ hockey…)

Hago atletismo/ ciclismo/ esquí… (I do athletics/

cycling/ skiing…)

Es la una/ Son las dos… (It’s

one o’clock/ it’s two o’clock…)

¿Qué te gusta hacer? (What do you like doing)

De la mañana/ de la tarde/ de la noche (in

the morning/ afternoon/ evening)

Me encanta/ prefiero… (I love/ I

prefer…)

porque es… (because it’s…)

Voy a + Infinitive (I’m

going to…)


Write a diary describing what activities you do in your free time and include what

activities you are planning to do in the holidays.

Producing sentences in the near future tense

Where to find help:

www.wordreference.com

www.atantot.co.uk (username: aylesburyvale password: 6222)


Help your child to use an online or paper dictionary.

Encourage them to use dictionaries to look up individual words and avoid online

translators.

http://www.atantot.co.uk/


El tiempo libre Complete the following worksheets to consolidate your work family and friends.

1. Mi tiempo libre

My free time

2. ¿Qué hora es?

What’s the time?

3. ¿Qué deportes haces?

What sports do you do?

4. Me gusta ir al cine

I like to go to the cinema

5. ¿Qué vas a hacer?

What are you going to do?

6. Prepárate 1 Using the future tense

7. Prepárate 2

Free time

You will find all the vocabulary you need is at the back of this section.

Remember to use it if you get stuck.

Online dictionary: www.wordreference.com

Word of warning! Do not be tempted to use an online translator such as

Google Translate. It will produce poor quality and often entirely incorrect

work. You can do better yourself!

http://www.wordreference.com/

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MUSIC

Reggae Music



Completed tasks 1 and 2 on the attached worksheet on Reggae music and

Bob Marley


Key facts about the history, features and origin of Reggae Music


Read through the instructions on the worksheet and answer the questions in

complete sentences. Presentation is essential and will be taken into account


Producing your own research and findings about music from other parts of

the Caribbean for example Calypso Music

Where to find help:

Your Teacher

The Worksheet Provided- Wikipedia

Y E A R 8 U N I T 2 – O F F B E A T C H 6

W W W . M U S I C A L C O N T E X T S . C O . U K

HISTORY OF REGGAE

Circle the island of Jamaica on the map above?

This is where Reggae music comes from. Below is the flag of Jamaica.

Reggae, which is afro-Caribbean music, was first heard in the UK in the 1950s when immigrants began to settle here. It was then known as Ska or Bluebeat. During the 1960s, people began importing singles from Jamaica to sell in UK shops. At this point, it had a lively, quick tempo and had an uplifting sound. The sound of reggae music is often closely associated with the country and culture it comes from– hot, sunny and chilled out! It has sometimes been criticised as it has been linked to controversial issues such as the use of cannabis but most Reggae songs deal with more light hearted subjects such as religion, love, peace, poverty, anti-racism and political issues. There are 3 main types of Reggae– Ska, Rock Steady and Dub. Ska is very quick and lively, whilst Rock Steady tended to be slower. Dub emerged in the 1970s and used modern technology to remix drum beats and add effects to the music such as delay and echo. Gradually, the popularity of Reggae grew both in Jamaica and the UK. By the end of the 1970s, Reggae was still going strong and had become a regular style of music to be

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W W W . M U S I C A L C O N T E X T S . C O . U K

heard in the top 40 charts. British bands such as UB40 had taken onboard the Reggae style and given it a fresher sound. This was closely followed by a Ska revival and bands such as Madness followed in UB40s footsteps. Perhaps the most famous musician associated with Reggae is Bob Marley. Born in Jamaica in 1945 he formed a vocal group with Peter Tosh, Bunny Livingstone and Junior Braithwaite. The group were inspired by the music of black vocal groups but eventually they formed their own style. By the 70s, Marley had become world famous and his cool, relaxed vocals were known by many. It was not just music that Marley had helped make more popular but also dreadlocks and Rastafarianism. Sadly, in 1980 he was diagnosed with cancer and died on May 11th 1981. Task 1: Questions 1. In which country did Reggae music originate? 2. In which decade was it first heard? 3. What was Reggae known as to begin with? Ska and ……………..? 4. Why has Reggae music sometimes been criticised? 5. List 4 subjects that Reggae music often deals with. 6. Name the 3 main types of Reggae music and what they sound like. 7. Name 2 British bands that used the Reggae style in their music. 8. Who is the most famous Reggae musician and in which year were they born? 9. What two things did Bob Marley help to make more popular? 10. In which year did Bob Marley die? Task 2 In your book on a new page, or on a sheet of paper, write ‘JAMAICA’ at the top in large letters. You then need to draw a picture of Jamaica, use the map on the front of this sheet to help you. Finally, underneath your map, draw the Jamaican flag and colour it in the correct colours.

SCIENCE

Science home work will be set once every two weeks and is available on The Aylesbury Vale

Academy VLE. Copies are also included in this home learning booklet. Students will use their

personalized login and password to access the homework from the VLE.

How to complete homework:

Students can answer the questions in a word document and print it or answer the questions

on lined paper. Students working from the homework booklet can write in the booklet. All

homework will be marked according to the AVA marking policy.

Homework exercises are differentiated according to ability/ learning outcomes.

KEY Work on your Home Learning Project during these weeks.

H: Hand in your Home Learning Project to your teacher during the lesson you

have with them this week.

M: Your Home Learning Project will normally be

Where to find help:

https://www.samlearning.com/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/

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May

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May

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May

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Jun

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Jun

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Jun

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Jun

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Jun

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Jul

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Jul

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7C Ecology matters (7a/b1), (7a/b2) and

(7a/b3) H M

M

M

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8J Forces and transport (7a/b1)

7D Classified (7a/b2) and (7a/b3)

H H M

7D Classified (7a/b1)

8J Forces and transport (7a/b2) and

(7a/b3)

H M

M

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8D Way of the dodo

8E In the drink

8G All that glitters

H H M

H

https://www.samlearning.com/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/

Practise spelling the keywords with your child. Help your child research

definitions for the keywords.

How parents/guardians can help:

Johnley Sea Estates (JSE) has plans

to build a new port in a town on

the north east coast. They have

sent a scientist to find out about

the area around the new port. The

scientist has been diving and has

drawn a picture of some of the

things she’s found. 1 What sort of scientist would investigate the habitats near the port? Tick one box.

eco-warrior ecover ecologist eccentric

habitat microhabitat organism physical environmental factor

catastrophic distribution satisfiable sustainable unsustainable

Ecology Homework Task 1

2 Next to each of the words below (a to h) write the word that best describes what it is. Choose from the words in the box.

a limpet b temperature

c mussel

e waves

g under the sand

3 a On the drawing, circle the words which show the members of the community.

b The new port might increase the number of boats. Suggest one thing that might happen

to the community if the number of boats increased. Give a reason.

c JSE want to make sure that any increase in the number of boats does not affect this habitat.

What is this sort of development called? Tick one box.

boat

limpet

salty water seaweed

mussel

crab sand


Draw a labelled picture of an animal which is adapted to live in the following

environment.

You must think about how it will keep warm, get its food and hide from predators:

Habitat: Cold, Rocky and hilly, small spiky bushes with berries at the top.


Use the axis below to draw a bar chart to show the results of your woodlouse

experiment:

Extension:

How could you draw a bar chart to show where the woodlice were at the different

points in the experiment, 5 minutes 10 minutes and 15minutes? Draw this graph on a

different piece of graph paper.

Wood lice results:

After 5 minutes

Dark and damp = 5

Dark and dry = 3

Light and damp = 4

Light and dry = 2

After 10 minutes

Dark and damp = 7

Dark and dry = 5

Light and damp = 4

Light and dry = 0

Write a conclusion for these results, think about where

woodlice actually live and how they are adapted to live in

this habitat, you may need to do a little research to answer

this question in enough detail, use this information to help

you write your conclusion based on the results above.

Then think about an evaluation:

Write one thing that you could have done better if you

carried out this investigation again and why it would make

the investigation better.

Aircraft designers can reduce

drag on aircraft by …

Cyclists can reduce their drag

by …

Lorry owners can reduce the drag

of their lorries by …

fitting a deflector to give the lorry a

streamlined shape.

giving the aircraft a streamlined

shape.

it needs a smaller force from the

engine to balance its drag,

8J – Forces and Transport Topic Homework

Task 1 – do this on the sheet:

Air resistance and water resistance are both called drag. Drag

slows down moving things.

Draw lines to match up the sentence halves.

I CAN...

explain the meanings of key words connected with forces and movement.

Task 2 – answer on the sheet

There are seven words or phrases relating to forces hidden in the grid. Find the words, then

write a definition for each word.

S W D N U I O C E C Y N W

B A L A N C E D G I T O E

E T A C B N M M C C L N P

B E C D A C A E O E I C O

H R H C H F G N N T O O K

U R Y H V H N A T E R N E

I E E J I E E C A D V T T

Q S N F O D T T C R W A V

A I R R E S I S T A N C E

B S D I U T S Q F T Y T Y

G T I C T I M I O Y J F U

J A O T R G S O R E K O Y

K N N I Y R D D C D C R X

M C F O R T W O E R C C H

Q E E N R T O R Q Y W E C

Word Definition

__________________________ ____________________________________________________

__________________________ ____________________________________________________

__________________________ ____________________________________________________

__________________________ ____________________________________________________

__________________________ ____________________________________________________

__________________________ ____________________________________________________

__________________________ ____________________________________________________

I CAN...

Task 3 – answer these questions in your book in complete sentences!

Drawing A shows the different forces on a car.

If we are thinking about how fast the car is moving,

we can ignore the up and down forces because

these

do not affect the speed of the car. We can also

think about the friction and air resistance forces as

one combined force that is acting to slow the car

down.

If the backwards and forwards forces are the same

size, we say they are balanced forces. The car will

carry on moving at the same speed.

Susie is pedalling as hard as she can. She is moving at a constant speed because the

forward force is balanced by the forces of friction and air resistance.

If she crouches down her air resistance will be less. The forces on the bicycle are no longer

balanced. She will speed up.

The air resistance depends on speed, so as she gets faster the air resistance will increase.

Eventually the forwards and backwards forces will be balanced again.

1 a What will happen to the forces on the car in diagram B if the driver takes his foot off the

accelerator?

b What will happen to the speed of the car? Explain your answer.

2 a Why is Susie speeding up in diagram D?

b What is happening to Susie’s speed in diagram E? Explain your answer.

3 Susie oils her bike so that there is less friction in the wheels.

a How might the forces shown in diagram E be different?

b How might this affect her top speed? Explain your answer.

4 Susie goes to the gym and develops stronger leg muscles.

a How will the forces shown in diagram E be different?

b How will this affect her top speed? Explain your answer.

5 Explain why the car in diagram B cannot keep moving faster and faster, but eventually

reaches a top speed.

Task 4 – answer these questions on the sheet

1 a Label the force arrows using words from the box.

force from

_______________________

_______________________

and _________________

b The speed of the lorry will _________________________________________

(increase/stay the same/get less) because

_______________________________________________________________

2 This table shows how much fuel is needed by two lorries travelling at different speeds.

Fuel needed per mile (litres)

Speed (mph) Lorry A Lorry B

50 0.7 0.6

55 0.8 0.7

60 1.0 0.8

65 1.2 1.0

70 1.4 1.2

a Plot a line graph to show this information. (you will need graph paper for this)

You will need to use axes like those next to the table.

b These drawings show Lorry A and Lorry B. Complete the captions to show which one is

which.

Lorry _______________________. Lorry _______________________.

c Explain how you worked out your answer to part b.

air resistance engine friction

8 J

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

Challenge Task (optional)

You need to imagine that you work at a company called FutureMove which employs scientists and engineers to work on transport ideas for the future. You have been asked to write a test paper that examines job candidates to determine whether they have the skills and understanding to work at FutureMove. You need to write a test paper to cover the skills and knowledge that they have been learning about in this unit of work.

Here is an example of an exam question and its mark scheme to give you a starting point.

Mark scheme

Part Answer Marks

a correct drawing of a length of wire wrapped around a core

core and coil of wire labelled

1 mark

1 mark

b iron, nickel and cobalt 2 marks if all three correct.

Only 1 mark if one correct.

describe the forces on a moving vehicle • draw a line graph

describe how streamlining effects fuel consumption.

Question – Electromagnets

a Draw a diagram of an electromagnet and label its parts. [2 marks]

b Name three materials that can be used to make the core of an electromagnet. [2 marks]

c Explain why these materials can be used. [1 mark]

d State one way in which you can make an electromagnet stronger. [1 mark]

I CAN...

c they are magnetic materials 1 mark

d Any one from:

put more coils of wire on it

use a higher current

use a core made of a magnetic material

1 mark

Your task is to write a test worth 25 marks on the content of this unit.

You can choose any part of the unit to ask questions about – but don’t copy the example

above!

You can divide your test up into as many questions as you like.

Say how many marks each question is worth.

Write a mark scheme like the one above, which makes it clear what the answer has to

include to get the marks.

Q1. Draw lines to link these words with their meanings.

offspring living thing

organism a link between different features

relationship differences between organisms

variation babies

7D Classified - Homework 1: Variation

Q2. Look at the farmyard below

Choose 4 animals and explain how they vary from each other.

1 a What sort of chart or graph is this?

b Is the data continuous or discontinuous?

c How reliable do you think the data is for

predicting the numbers in a group of

2000 people?

d Write a title for the chart/graph.

2 a What sort of chart or graph is this?

b Is the data continuous or discontinuous?

c What can you conclude from this

graph?

Homework 2: Continuous and discontinuous

data

Fill in the crossword using the clues below.

Across Down

1 These animals move using fins. 2

4

7

10

11

The body of a fish is covered in these.

Mammals feed their young on this.

An animal with a backbone.

Fish breathe using these.

All animals are in a group called the

animal .

2

3

5

6

8

9

The backbone is part of this.

A frog is one.

These animals have hair.

A lizard is one.

Many animals lay these.

An animal with feathers.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Homework 3: Classification Crossword

MILLIPEDE

Arthropods are split into four groups: crustaceans, insects, arachnids, and centipedes and millipedes.

Crustaceans have chalky shells and 10–14 legs (although one pair of legs might be pincers).

Insects have six legs and bodies divided into three sections. Arachnids have eight legs and bodies

in two sections. Centipedes and millipedes are long, thin and have many legs and many sections.

1 Look at the pictures below. On the line underneath each one, write the word crustacean, insect, arachnid

or centipede/millipede.

Lithobius spider ant lobster

Beetle Harvestman Crab Ladybird

2 Fill in the bar chart to show the different numbers of each group in the pictures above.

arachnids centipedes/millipedes crustaceans insects

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millipede centipede

Homework 4: Classifying invertebrates

3 Where do most crustaceans live?

4 Look at the pictures on the right.

Write down the differences

between a centipede and a millipede.

8D - WAY OF THE DODO

HOMEWORK

1. Explain what factors an environment has to have for an animal to live successfully there (eg food). Then choose an animal and describe its environment and the

adaptations it has to live in it.

2. Draw out a food chain for the animal you chose in question 1. Then sketch a pyramid of numbers for it.

3. Use the internet to research how scientists look at changes which have happened in physical environments over millions of years (hint: they might use rocks, fossils or ice samples.)

For all the research methods you find, explain:

How the scientists get the samples

What they do with them

What information they can find out from them.

4. Find the name of an endangered animal or plant.

How are population numbers measured?

What has caused the animal or plant to become endangered and what is the evidence for this?

How can we find out about animals or plants which have already become extinct?

5. Find out as many theories as you can to explain why dinosaurs became extinct and explain them. Which one do you think is the most convincing and why? Which one is the least convincing? Why do you think this is?

8E IN THE DRINK TOPIC HOMEWORK

1. Draw and label a cartoon strip to explain what happens when a sugar lump dissolves in a cup of tea, using the idea of particles.

2 Filters can be used when you are preparing food. Fill in the missing spaces in this table.

The first two have been done for you.

Equipment Does it filter? What goes through the ‘filter’?

What is trapped in the ‘filter’?

teabag yes water and

dissolved tea

tea leaves

saucepan no – –

slotted spoon

chip basket

rolling pin

flour sieve

2. You are stranded on a desert island with only salt water available. However, you can have any lab equipment you want! Explain how you could separate the dissolved salt from the seawater to get fresh drinking water. Include a diagram of your apparatus in your explanation.

Extension: explain how you could purify your water if the only equipment you had was a

piece of clear plastic, a baking tray, something to dig with and some string.

3. Police have found a letter written in coloured felt-tip pen at the scene of a crime. Five people are suspects because they have the pens of the same colour. Explain using your knowledge of chromatography how the police could find out which pen was used to write the letter.

Make sure you explain:

How you will get the ink off the original paper

How you will compare the inks from the five pens

How you will make your experiment a fair test

8G - ALL THAT GLITTERS

HOMEWORK

1. Fill in the gaps in the table below.

Name of compound and chemical formula

Description of the compound

Name of the elements

in the compound

Description of the elements

water

H2O

hydrogen

Gas which burns with a pop.

Gas which makes

things burn brighter.

common salt (sodium chloride)

NaCl

Soft grey metal that reacts easily with air

and water.

Poisonous green gas

used in swimming pools to kill bacteria.

calcium carbonate

CaCO3

Grey metal that reacts with water. Black solid

that is found inside pencils.

Black solid that is

found inside pencils.

oxygen

Gas that turns limewater milky and that we breathe out.

2. Gold metal is often used in jewellery.

Draw a particle picture of the way that gold atoms are arranged.

List the properties of metals and explain which of them are useful in making gold jewellery.

Using the internet, research how gold purity is measured and explain why alloys of gold are used for jewellery rather than pure gold.

Draw and label a diagram to explain what an alloy is.

3. Write a method for an experiment to find out whether adding salt to water changes its

boiling point. Use the following headings in your method: Aim, Apparatus, Method,

Prediction.

Explain how you would make sure that:

You have planned a fair test

Your results are reliable

4. Draw a key to show how to tell the difference between elements, compounds and

mixtures. Include particle pictures for each.

KEY STAGE 3

SUGGESTED

READING LIST

SUMMER 2014

Key Stage 3

English Department

Suggested Reading List

Extensive reading is the key to improving all aspects of your English work, and it

benefit you in other curriculum areas too. More importantly, you may be inspired,

able to relax and your imagination will flourish…

Below is a list of book, organised into sections with very brief comments about

them. This list is just a starting point – there is a wealth of good books being

published all the time. We have tried to select a variety of books so that you will

be able to find a book that you will really enjoy. You will be able to find many of

these in the library, but you may have to search a little further afield for some.

Recommend books you your friends and swap books you have enjoyed with each

other. When you have read a book you have enjoyed, look for other titles by the

same author.

Adventure

Exodus Julie Bertanga A quest for survival and a search for a new world

Hacker Malorie Blackman A computer hacking adventure

Storm Catchers Tim Bowler Kidnap and Mystery

Millions Frank Cottrell Boyce Adventure and dealing with grief

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Mark Haddon A murder mystery like no other

Silverfin Charlie Higson James Bond is back, aged 13. The original superspy

Scorpia Anthony Horowitz The M16 adventure spy series

Journey to the River Sea

Eva Ibbotson An adventure along the Amazon

Star of Kazan Eva Ibbotson A family mystery

Thunder and Lightnings

Jan Mark An adventure mystery – all about planes.

Underworld Catherine Macphail A school trip that goes wrong…

Trash Andy Mulligan Three friends find something extraordinary in the trash. From that moment on they are hunted without mercy

Windsinger William Nicholson Social hierarchy and family Love the first in the Wind on Fire trilogy (Slaves of the Mastery and Firesong)

Seeker William Nicholson First in another trilogy

Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Patterson An adventure mystery

Johnny and the Bomb Terry Pratchett A time travelling adventure

Brother in the Land Robert Swindells What will happen to the earth in the event of a nuclear attack?

Classics

Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte The story of a young girl’s passage to adulthood in the early nineteenth century

The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson-Burnett

An adventure into a secret garden showing that people can change…

Anne of Green Gables L.M. Montgomery The first of a series of books about an orphan girl and her new life

Heidi Johanna Spyri Set in Switzerland, a story of friendship and family

Treasure Island R. L. Stevenson A pirate adventure

Rebecca Daphne Du Maurier A young woman tries to unravel the mysteries of her husband’s first wife

Fantasy

Skellig David Almond A strange man found in a garage is the start of an angelic mystery

Midget Tim Bowler Unable to speak, but powerful; family conflict

Basilisk N. M. Brown A story of two worlds

The Dark is Rising series

Susan Cooper A series of 5 books, beginning with Over Sea, Under Stone – a story of a quest

Ingo Helen Dunmore Mermaids and coping with loss

Dark Ground Gillian Cross A boy is forced to survive in a dangerous world…with a twist

Shadow of the Minotaur

Alan Gibbons A gripping, fantasy thriller – Phoenix hates his new home and the new school where he is bullied

Across the Nightingale Floor

Liam Hearn The first of a trilogy – a mystery in the Orient (Grass for his Pillow and Brilliance of the Moon)

Doomspell Cliff McNish A magical fantasy

The Snow Spider Jenny Nimmo The first of a trilogy (Emlyn’s Moon and The Chestnut Soldier) about a boy magician

Tom’s Midnight Garden

Philippa Pearce A time travelling adventure

Northern Lights Philip Pullman A trilogy exploring authority and other worlds (The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass)

Mortal Engines Philip Reeve Set in a world where moving cities trawl the globe. Tom and Hester have been thrown out of theirs

Harry Potter J. K. Rowling A series of books about the life of a wizard as he moves through Hogwarts school

Secret Songs Jane Stamp A story of love, Silkies, the sea…

Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkein A trilogy about a quest to rid the world of the power of a ring

The Dreamwalker’s Child

Steve Voake Sam Palmer is knocked off a bike and wakes in Aurobon, a parallel world where insects are used as war machines.

Mirror Dreams Catherine Webb A magical adventure with wizards

Historical

Carrie’s War Nina Bowden Evacuation and adventure during WW2

PoW Martin Booth A novel of conflict and adventure

Kezzie Theresa Breslin Mining and transportation

Remembrance Theresa Breslin The story of two families in WW1

King of Shadows Susan Cooper A time travel adventure into the work of Shakespeare

Arthur and the Seeing Stone

Kevin Crossley-Holland

The first of a trilogy set in Medieval England

The Kin Peter Dickinson A historical family adventure

Children of Winter Berlie Doherty Set in Eyan – a village isolated by the plague in the 1600s

Street Child Berlie Doherty The story behind the foundation of Dr Barnado’s children’s homes

The Diary of Anne Frank

Anne Frank The diary of a Jewish girl in hiding during WW2

Coram Boy Jamilla Gavin Orphans, the Coram hospital, slaves…

Stars of Fortune Cynthia Harnett What happened when Elizabeth I was imprisoned by Mary I?

I Am David Ann Holm A journey from imprisonment

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

Judith Kerr A humorous adventure story from WW2

The Silver Sword Ian Serraillier A journey to escape from attack during WW2

Last Train from Kummersdorf

Lesley Wilson Considers the events of the WW2 from the perspective of two young

Real Life Issues

Soundtrack Julie Bertagna Dealing with grief and loss

Pig-heart Boy Malorie Blackman Heart transplant, animal rights, life and death

Noughts and Crosses Malorie Blackman Racism and prejudice from a different perspective (Knife Edge and Checkmate)

Blubber Judy Blume Bullying and family issues

Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret

Judy Blume Friendships and growing up; thoughts about God and the world

Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech Dealing with grief and family life, with a mystery unfolding

Refugee Boy Benjamin Zephaniah

Story of an Ethiopian boy, whose parents abandon him in London to save his life

Goggle Eyes Anne Fine Living with separated parents/divorce

Flour Babies Anne Fine Parenting and family values

Mister God, This is Anna

Fynn A conversation about life and the universe

Love Aubrey Suzanne LaFleur A young girl recovering from the tragedy of losing her father and sister in an accident

Inventing Elliot Graham Garner Bulling

The Edge Alan Gibbons A boy and his mother escape from a life of fear in an abusive relationship

Red Sky in the Morning

Elizabeth Laird The impact of having a disabled baby brother

Jake’s Tower Elizabeth Laird Step families/abuse

Girl Missing Sophie Mackenzie Lauren has always known she was adopted but is it possible she was snatch from her family at birth?

Double Image Pat Moon Coping with loss and mental health issues

Daughter Isobel Moore The life of a young girl caring for a mother with Alzheimer’s Disease

The War of Jenkins’ Ear

Michael Morpurgo Boarding school, acceptance and the question of belief

Why The Whales Came

Michael Morpurgo Dealing with death, separation, prejudice

Sisterland Linda Newbery A parallel sorry between WW2 and the present

My Sister Live On The Mantelpiece

Annabel Pitcher A young boy’s struggle to make sense of the loss that tore his family apart

Stop Pretending Sonya Sones Poems exploring the feelings of a girl whose sister suffers from mental illness

Stories from other cultures

Little Soldier Bernard Ashley Bullying, family, racism

The Alchemist Paulo Coelho A boy’s quest for the Elixir of life – lots of thinking required

Breadwinner Deborah Ellis Life in Afghanistan under the Taliban – first in a trilogy

Daughter of the Wind Suzanne Fisher-Staples

Issues facing a Muslim desert girl

Under the Persimmon Tree

Suzanne Fisher-Staples

Afghanistan under the Taliban

Lost for Words Elizabeth Lutzeier Moving to England

The Other Side of Truth

Beverley Naidoo Refugees and immigration – read the sequel – Web of Lies

Chinese Cinderella Adeline Yen Mah The life of an orphan child in China

Zlata’s Diary Zlata Filipovic A diary from war torn Eastern Europe

Thura’s Diary Thura Al-Windawi A diary from war torn Iraq

AK Peter Dickinson The story of a boy soldier

White Stranger Susan Gates How do we view the values and morals of people from different backgrounds and cultures

The Wheel of Surya Jamilla Gavin First in trilogy about life between India and UK

The Garbage King Elizabeth Laird Street children in South Africa

No Turning Back Beverley Naidoo Street children in South Africa

Motherland Vineeta Vijayaraghavan

A girl sent to India to explore the possibilities for an arranged marriage

Other authors you might like:

Mikey Brookes and Cas Pearce – The Dream Keeper Chronicles Meg Cabot Cassandra Clare Suzanne Collins Joseph Delaney Sarah Dessen Cornelia Funke Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl – Beautiful Creatures John Green Cathy Hopkins Anthony Horowitz Hilary Mckay Stephanie Meyer Louise Rennison Rick Riordan Veronica Roth Darren Shan Lemony Snicket Pet Torres Jacqueline Wilson

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