Ysgol Harri Tudur Henry Tudor School Science homework

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Destroying the planet WALT: describe the science involved in the human caused, and natural, destruction of the planet Dinistrio’r blaned

Year 7 Gwaith cartref Choose homework activities from the following options or come up with your own idea! These are all linked to topics you will study this term (your own ideas need to be too!)

Year 7 Gwaith cartref The deadline for handing work in will be set by your teacher, but you will have an extended number of weeks to produce the work, so make it amazing! House points will be awarded for every piece of homework handed in. House points will also be awarded for excellent effort and excellent quality of homework.

Acids and alkalis Gwaith cartref • Make red cabbage indicator and test a range of substances to see if they are acids or alkalis • Produce a poster or a ppt about acids and alkalis in everyday life • Make a model volcano that erupts!

Useful websites Gwaith cartref Making a volcano: • www. sublimescience. com/free-science-experiments/howto-make-a-volcano/ • www. museum. manchester. ac. uk/medialibrary/documents/ changingplanet/volcano. pdf Making red cabbage indicator: • www. sciencekiddo. com/red-cabbage-ph-indicator/ • www. rsc. org/learnchemistry/resources/res 00000422/making-a-ph-indicator

Other resources Gwaith cartref Take a look at the information books on the topic in your Library too! The following Dewey numbers will help you to find them. Find: • Science experiments at 502. 8 • Acids and Alkalis at 546. 24

Food chains Gwaith cartref • Collect leaves/shells/petals/feathers and create a piece of art from them • Make a poster or ppt about an animal or a plant or a habitat • Make a bug hotel and monitor what moves in! • Do a survey of the insects or birds in your garden or in an area near where you live. Present the data in graphs or charts

Useful websites Gwaith cartref Make a bug hotel. Some ideas on this website: • https: //ww 2. rspb. org. uk/makeahomeforwildli fe/givenatureahomeinyourgarden/

Other resources Gwaith cartref Take a look at the information books on the topic in your Library too! The following Dewey numbers will help you to find them. Find: • Art from rocks & shells at 745. 5 • Animals at 591 • Insects at 595. 7 • Birds at 598 • Habitats in towns at 577. 5 • Habitats on the coast at 577. 69

Energy transfers Gwaith cartref • Choose an electrical appliance and write about why it is so important to everyday life • Carry out an investigation into a bouncing ball. Does the height of the drop affect the height of the bounce? Does the type of floor affect the height of the bounce? Which type of ball bounces the highest? Draw a graph of your results

Useful websites Gwaith cartref Bouncing ball investigations: • https: //www. exploratorium. edu/baseball/bou ncing_balls. html • https: //gb. education. com/sciencefair/article/ball-bounce-higher-droppedgreater-height/

Other resources Gwaith cartref Take a look at the information books on the topic in your Library too! The following Dewey numbers will help you to find them. Find: • Inventions at 608 • Technology at 600

Rocks Gwaith cartref • Do a poster or a ppt about volcanoes • Collect different rocks from the beach and see if you can work out if they are metamorphic, sedimentary or igneous • Do a poster or a ppt about fossils • Make a sedimentary rock cake • Make a volcano model that erupts

Useful websites Gwaith cartref Making a volcano: • www. sublimescience. com/free-scienceexperiments/how-to-make-a-volcano/ • www. museum. manchester. ac. uk/medialibrary /documents/changingplanet/volcano. pdf Edible rock cycle: • http: //lemonlimeadventures. com/edible-rockcycle-for-kids/

Other resources Gwaith cartref Take a look at the information books on the topic in your Library too! The following Dewey numbers will help you to find them. Find: • Volcanoes at 551. 2 • Rocks at 552 • Igneous rocks at 552. 1 • Metamorphic rocks at 552. 4 • Sedimentary rocks at 552. 5 • Fossils at 560 • Science experiments at 502. 8

Sedimentary rock cake • Try making your own! Gwaith cartref