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Year 8 Science Home Learning Booklet
Inheritance & Selection
To be handed in on or before: Wednesday 8th May 2013
The options that I have completed for my Home Learning are
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Vivomiles
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15 vivomiles
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15 Vivomiles
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10 Vivomiles
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5 Vivomiles
Completed?
Please submit this booklet with your Home Learning work inside
What do I need to do?
In Science you are currently studying Inheritance & Selection. In this module you will
be learning about genes, why we look the way we do, how species have changed
over time, and the effect of humans on the environment.
To support the work that you are doing in science, all of the home learning activities
below will help you to further your understanding of Inheritance & Selection.
Check which teaching group you belong to and start to work out which home
learning activities you have to select from. If you are not sure – Ask for help!
Teaching Group
8R1 & 8R2
What do I need to do?
Select home learning activities that total a
minimum of 40 Vivomiles*
8C1
Select home learning activities that total a
minimum of 35 Vivomiles*
8S1
Select home learning activities that total a
minimum of 25 Vivomiles*
* Remember that there is nothing stopping you from completing more home
learning activities for more Vivomiles!
Home Learning Activities
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Home Learning Activity
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Design a PowerPoint on ‘Madagascar’ with the 15 Vivomiles
following headings:
 Why are the animals on Madagascar so
special?
 Name 5 species only found on Madagascar.
 How are Lemurs adapted to survive?
 A fact file on 1 animal only found on
Madagascar.
Design a PowerPoint on ‘Dolly the Sheep’ with the 15 Vivomiles
following headings:
 Who was ‘Dolly the Sheep’?
 What is cloning?
 What are stem cells?
 Should human cloning be allowed?
Design a PowerPoint on ‘Horses’ with the following 15 Vivomiles
headings:
 What did horses look like 10,000 years ago?
 Then and now, comparing 5 ways horses
have changed over the years.
 What is selective breeding?
 Why do humans selectively breed horses?
Design a poster explaining environmental and 10 Vivomiles
inherited variation in humans. It should be aimed at
primary school children.
 You will need to draw an outline of a person
first. You can then label this with different
characteristics. e.g eye colour is inherited.
 Remember to complete this either on the
computer or on an A4 sheet of plain paper.
 Use a pencil to draw with and add colours
(where appropriate)
Complete the wordsearch on the back of the Home 5 Vivomiles
Learning Booklet.
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