7B+Science

**Welcome to 7B Science. **

Teacher: Ms Stiffe

Term 3:

During Term 3 students are learning about Energy and Forces. We have started out looking at some different types of energy: Kinetic (Movement), Light, Heat, Sound, Electrical and Chemical. Right now we're looking at how simple machines convert energy from one type to another.

Term 3 homework: click on the link below to view the homework for this term. The homework includes some extra worksheets which are linked below:

The first term is an introduction to what Science is all about. Students learn key skills and principles that they will use throughout their secondary education.

 -Key knowledge for Term 1: safety in science, scientific equipment, and experiments.  -Key skills for Term 1: using a Bunsen Burner, mixing chemicals, heating chemicals, making observations, recording results and disposing of chemicals safely.

 Every lesson students are asked to reflect on what they learnt during that class and write in their planner a brief description of the lesson. This enables parents and students to keep track of what has been learnt in Science class. I encourage parents to use this as a vehicle to facilitate conversation with their children about what they have been learning in Science. Recalling and explaining to others later on will help to solidify the learning done in class.

 Students will be expected to take pride in their Science workbook. To encourage this, a competition entitled 'Workbook Champion' will reward students for excellent work. The expectations for maintaining the workbook have been spelt out in a document that students have been instructed to glue into the first page of their book. Homework is also completed in this book, so parents have the opportunity to review their child’s work and make sure the book is being maintained to an acceptable standard.

 Homework:  Students in 7B will have homework due every week this term. The schedule is as follows:

**Homework Term 1 2010** Choose an object that is important in your life. Fill up a page in your workbook with ideas, drawings and research about how science has made this thing possible. ||< 11 Feb || ||< 19 Feb || Over to you page 6 ||< 25 Feb || Over to you page 10 ||< 5 March || Over to you page 13 ||< 11 March || Over to you page 18 ||< 19 March || ||< 25th March ||
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 Homework Term 2 2010

Task || Due Date || Find the meaning of these important terms: Matter, Mass, Density, Volume. (Make sure you can spell them all too)

Write a short (and scientific) paragraph using all of these words. ||  || Over to you page 46 ||   || Find the meaning of these important terms: Evaporation, Melting, Condensation, Solidification, Sublimation. (Make sure you can spell them all too)

Write a short (and scientific) paragraph using all of these words.

**AND**

** Using matter worksheet ** ||

Over to you page 52 ||  || Make sense of matter worksheet. ||  || Over to you page 55 ||   || Find the meaning of these important terms: Solution, Dissolve, Soluble, Sediment, Dilute, Concentrated, Saturated (Make sure you can spell them all too)

Write a short (and scientific) paragraph using all of these words

**AND**

** Mixing and separating worksheet ** ||  || Over to you page 193 ||  || Over to you page 197 ||  || Test Revision ||  ||