Year 8 Project Homework 3
This term you will have an assessment on all of the
science work you have done in year 8 since
September 2014. That is a lot of science to learn!
This homework is to help you with your revision.
On the next 6 slides are details of what you have
studied for each topic and websites to help you.
Your homework is to make a revision aid for one of
the topics. Your teacher will give suggestions and tips
on how you complete this task.
The final slide has the marking criteria for the homework
Yr8 assessment revision list
Life Support
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Respiration
Lungs and breathing
Circulation
Digestive system
Food groups and their
digestion
• Proteins and what
they are used for
Light
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The path of light
Reflection
Refraction
Dispersion
Why we see colour
The eye
Optical fibres and how
they work
Don’t forget to use your book and KS3 BBC Bitesize (the light waves section in waves
in the Physics unit - http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zq7thyc/revision and
the respiration section in respiration and gas exchange in the Biology unit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zq349j6/revision) to help you.
Come and see me if you are stuck with anything!
Inside Materials
Shaping Life
 Gases and diffusion
 Gases in our air – past
and present
 Greenhouse gases
 Polymers
 Metals and salts
 Social behaviours
 How animals can
change their behaviour
 Selective breeding
 Genetic engineering
Gases, metals and states of matter - http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/z9r4jxs
Gases in the air - http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zysbgk7/revision
Greenhouse gases - http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zt6sfg8/revision
Polymers - http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/ztxnsbk/revision
Behaviour – the instinct, conditioning and imitation parts
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/organisms_behaviour_health/behaviour/revision
Selective breeding - http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zw4wjxs/revision
What’s in Rocks
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Structure of the Earth
Igneous rocks
Finding fossils
Sedimentary rocks
Metamorphic rocks
The rock cycle
Structure of the Earth- http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zysbgk7/revision
Rock Types -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zgb9kqt/revision
The Rock Cycle - http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zwd2mp3/revision
Periodic Table
Sound
 Elements and compounds
 How the Periodic Table is
set out (metals and nonmetals)
 The Noble gases
 The Halogens
 Carbon, hydrogen,
oxygen, nitrogen
 Silicon – a semi - metal
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Sound waves and vibrations
Loud and soft sounds
Frequency and pitch
How our ear hears sounds
Echoes and ultrasound
How sound is produced by
musical instruments
Atoms, elements and compounds - http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zt2hpv4/revision
Periodic Table (metals and non-metals) http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/z84wjxs/revision
The Noble Gases - http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zb3j6sg/revision/3
The Halogens - http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/z3vwxnb/revision (Page 1 and 2 ONLY)
Sound waves and their properties - http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/z8d2mp3/revision
How our ears work - http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/z8d2mp3/revision/2
Properties of sound waves - http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/z8d2mp3/revision/2
Ultrasound - http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/z8d2mp3/revision/2
Keeping Healthy
Metal Reactions
 Types of microbes
 How your body kills
microbes
 Preventing infection
 Vaccination and
immunity
 Nicotine and alcohol
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Properties and uses of metals
Alloys
Reacting metals and water
Reacting metals and acids
The Reactivity series
Extraction of metals from the
ground
Types of microbes http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/21c/keeping_healthy/disease_resistancerev1.shtml
Disease and resistance http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/21c/keeping_healthy/disease_resistancerev3.shtml
Smoking - http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zy2hpv4/revision/2
Drugs - http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zy2hpv4/revision/3
Properties of metals – http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/z84wjxs/revision/2
Alloys http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/aqa/metalsanduses/extractingmetalsrev7.shtml
Reactivity Series - http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zqwmxnb/revision/1
Metals and their reactions - http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zqwmxnb/revision/2
Metal extraction - http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zqwmxnb/revision/3
Energy
 Types of energy
 Energy transfer
(Sankey diagrams)
 Renewable energy
 Non renewable energy
 Making electricity
Energy -
People and the Environment
 Environment and adaptations
 Competition and adapting to
change
 Food chains and food webs
 Pyramids of numbers and
biomass
 Producing our food and it’s
effect on the environment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/zc3g87h
Food chains - http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zq4wjxs/revision/1
Food webs - http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zq4wjxs/revision/3
Pyramids of Number and biomass http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zq4wjxs/revision/2
Effect on the environment http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zq4wjxs/revision/5
Marking Criteria
Marking Point
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You have made a revision aid for one of the topics
you have studied in Science in Year 8
Your revision aid covers all the key points in the topic
Your revision aid is easy to use
Your revision aid includes colour, diagrams and
pictures to help students understand and remember
the key points
Your revision aid includes a way that student can test
themselves on what they can remember about the
topic after they have used the aid.
Total
Deadline for homework – Friday 8th May
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