Tuesday, October 28, 2008

YEAR 7 SCIENCE - BC

A VERY PLEASING SET OF TEST RESULTS - I HOPE THAT THIS KEEPS GOING!


THIS WEEK WE HAVE STARTED LOOKING AT THE CONCEPT OF ENERGY RESOURCES - WHAT THEY ARE, HOW FOSSIL FUELS ARE FORMED AND ALTERNATIVE ENERGIES.


THIS WEEKS HOMEWORK, WHICH IS DUE ON 9NOVEMBER, IS TO DO A MINI-PROJECT ON ENERGY RESOURCES, AND TO THEN PROPOSE HOW TO SUPPLY ENERGY TO A LOCATION OF THEIR CHOICE (PROBABLY DUBAI OR HOME REGION) BELOW IS A TEMPLATE IMAGE FOR ONE ENERGY RESOURCE.




IT IS EXPECTED THAT A WIDE RANGE OF RESOURCES IS COVERED - I.E 6 MINIMUM. IT CAN BE PRESENTED AS A BOOKLET OR AS A LARGE POSTER.
ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE POST HERE/EMAIL/SEE ME.
AN 28/10

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

OPEN EVENING - 23 OCTOBER

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TAKING PART IN THURSDAY'S OPEN EVENING, PLEASE GET A LETTER FROM YOUR SCIENCE TEACHER, AND RETURN IT WITH A PARENTAL SIGNATURE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!

HERE'S A QUICK SNIPPET OF ONE OF THE ACTIVITIES WE WILL BE DOING:



THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP IN ADVANCE!

AN 21/10

Monday, October 20, 2008

YEAR 13 - BIOLOGY

FOOD SCIENCE - NOW FINISHED!!! I AM SURE YOU ARE DEEPLY UPSET BY THIS.

WE WILL NOW START ON THE KIDNEY - A GREAT WEBSITE FOR PHYSIOLOGY AND ANATOMY IS ON THIS LINK - ANATOMY1 AND ANATOMY2.

THIS WEEK, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO MAKE SHORT COMMENTS ON HOW THE GLOMERULUS, PCT, LOOP OF HENLE, AND COLLECTING DUCT (IN RESPECT TO ADH) WORK.

FOOD SCIENCE TEST ON 27TH OCTOBER.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

YEAR 9 SCIENCE - SET 1

WE ARE NOW STARTING THE UNIT ON SPEED. WE WILL BE COVERING HOW TO CALCULATE SPEED, ACCELERATION, AND FORCE DIAGRAMS DURING THE NEXT WEEK.

THIS WEEKS HOMEWORK IS TO REVISE FOR THE 9F UNIT TEST (REACTIVITY OF METALS), WHICH WILL BE ON THE 26TH OCTOBER.HERE IS A LITTLE REMINDER OF THE TOPIC!



IF YOU HAVE ANY QUERIES, POST/EMAIL/SEE ME.

AN 19/10

P.S IF YOU KNOW OF ANY SCIENTIFICALLY RELATED WEBSITES THAT ARE INTERESTING, POST HERE

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

YEAR 7 SCIENCE - BC

THIS WEEK WE ARE STUDYING CELLS, AND IN PARTICULAR WHAT CELLS BECOME - TISSUES, ORGANS AND SYSTEMS, AND THE PROCESS BY WHICH TISSUES COME ABOUT - CELL DIVISION.

HOMEWORK FOR THIS WEEK WILL BE TO DO THE BADGER TASK FOUND ON THE SCHOOL SERVER - IT CANNOT BE ACCESSED FROM HOME!!! THE LOCATION IS public folder --> Mr Nolan Science --> Y7 --> Badger Microscopes. YOU CAN THEN CHOOSE A 3-5 OR 5-7 TASK. REMEMBER THE POINTS ABOUT SETTING UP A SLIDE WERE DONE IN CLASS!

TEST DATE FOR CELLS UNIT - 26TH OCTOBER. NEXT WEEKS HOMEWORK WILL BE REVISION.



ANY QUESTIONS - POST HERE/EMAIL/SEE ME

AN 15/10

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

YEAR 7 SCIENCE - AM

UNIT TEST ON CELLS - 26TH OCTOBER

HOMEWORK WILL BE TO REVISE FOR THE TEST.

THE TEST WILL CONTAIN 8 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS, AND 1 WRITTEN QUESTION WORTH 2 MARKS. YOU GET TO CHOOSE THE LEVEL (3-6) THAT YOU TAKE. THE TEST WILL BE MARKED IN THE SAME LESSON.


ANY QUESTIONS, POST HERE/EMAIL/SPEAK TO ME


(AN 14/10)