Topic: Atomic Structure
The basics: Flashcards and games
Rags to Riches (Millionaire game) on atoms
3. Elements: names and symbols we might need to know (includes flashcards, wordsearches)
4. Clip on how small is an atom?
6. Year 10 Atomic Structure fill in the gaps
7. Element Hangman
Topic: Metal Reactions
1.Flashcards and games for metal reactions
2. Metals CROSSWORDS
3.Metals BATTLESHIP
4. Metals HANGMAN
5. Metal reaction COLUMNS games
Topic: Genetics
1.Use this quizlet set on genetics to familiarise yourself with the meaning of some genetics terms.
Energy: Light, Heat and Sound
What is Light? TedEd lesson.
Try this quiz
Read about the Science of light
Light quiz
Heat conduction video (the Science Geeks)
What sound waves does your voice make on this oscilloscope?
Sound quiz
Topic: Electricity
Components in a circuit game
pHet DC circuit construction page Things to try: adding lamps into series and parallel circuits and seeing what happens to voltage (use voltmeter) and current (use ammeter). Adding lamps adds RESISTANCE.
Electricity crosswords (a new one is generated each time, so play more than once!)
Whole topic rags to riches game
Great explanations and tests on circuits: BBC Bitesize
Must read for what an Earth Wire is.
These activities all require Flashplayer
build some circuits to check you know your components. REQUIRES FLASH
now try some activities and quizzes REQUIRES FLASH
Play with this circuit to get an idea of which materials will conduct electricity. REQUIRES FLASH
Interested in becoming an electrician?
Mrs Robinson's Really Bad Electricity Jokes
Q. Why did the circuit with an open switch feel out of date?
A. It wasn't current
Q. What did one electron say to the other when the wires connected?
A. Just go with the flow
Q. Why did the electron always look on the bad side of life?
A. Because she was negative
Q. What did the negative terminal say to the other end of the battery?
A. Are you positive?
Told you they were bad:) I wrote them:)
Topic : Body Systems
Models
Circulatory and respiratory systems
1. the immune system in a nutshell
Teeth
teeth and different animals game
tooth quiz game
Quizlet game on teeth in general
types of teeth labelling game
parts of a tooth game
What do the parts of the digestive system do (functions)?
learn about the digestive system here
build a digestive system
1. food tests games/flashcards
Topic: chemical reactions
1) Do you know language and facts for the four types of reaction some schools study in Year 10 or 11?
2) Watch a student do about 19 precipitation reactions
3) Take this quiz, which has questions about all four types of reaction you may be doing
4) You can print out the solubility rules here and the reactivity series here
language and catch up skills:
1) Check (or learn) your Chemistry test language here (especially if you are not sure about your English reading understanding)
2) Now learn more specific language for Chemistry practicals
3) Perfect your describing when it comes to solutions
4) Not sure about chemical and physical changes - try this activity
5) EASY revise lab equipment game
6) HARDER lab equipment game
Topic: Acids and Bases
Chemical reaction Quiz (includes combustion)
Topic:Light, Heat and Sound
What is Light? TedEd lesson.
try this quiz
read about the Science of light
heat conduction video (the Science Geeks)
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ARCHIVED MATERIAL
topic: Atomic Structure (Chemistry)
Previous homework: learn the element symbols that go with these names
The first 20 elements:
H - hydrogen He - helium Li - lithium Be - beryllium (I ALWAYS have trouble with this spelling - memory tool "there are no berries in beryllium" ie, only one r)
B - boron C - carbon N - nitrogen O - oxygen F - fluorine (no letter l in the symbol)
Ne - neon Na - sodium Mg - magnesium Al - aluminium
Si - silicon P - phosphorus S - sulphur Cl - chlorine
Ar - argon K - potassium Ca - calcium
Others you need to know:
Pb - lead Ag - silver Au - gold Cu - copper
Co - cobolt Zn - zinc Ni - nicol Fe - iron
Things we've looked at or will look at in class
The elements song (ASAP Science) or a six year old singing the elements song!
Crash Course in Chemistry the Periodic Table
Crash Course in Chemistry chemical bonds
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Previous topic: Atomic Structure
Electricity terms (words) game
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Digestion
Teeth
Youtube clip about tooth decay
teeth and different animals game
tooth quiz game
Quizlet game on teeth in general
types of teeth labelling game
advanced tooth game
What do the parts of the digestive system do (functions)?
take a trip through your insides here and find out what happens to your baked beans
build a digestive system
clip on digestion
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Archived material from 2015
New Topic: Genetics and reproduction
Mrs Robinson's rabbits had eight (!) babies on 3 October.
Here are some of the kits aged 1 day... Did you know, a male rabbit is called a buck and a female is a doe?
Reproduction: An Everyday Miracle documentary
Genetics:
Use this quizlet set on genetics to familiarise yourself with the meaning of some genetics terms.
Take this tutorial about genes and chromosomes. PLEASE NOTE you do not need the level of detail given in the proteins lesson
Now try this quiz on genes and chromosomes.
NEW crossword puzzles there are lots of different versions of this puzzle so you can play it many times
Revision work: Electricity, Light and Sound
build some circuits to check you know your components. This site also has cool experiments about wire thickness and length
now try some activities and quizzes
repair a spaceship in this circuit game
Electricity terms (words) game
What is voltage?
Current topic: body systems
Gas exchange system
find out what happens in your lungs - gas exchange
watch an actual pair of lungs from the inside
breathing - you don't have to think about it
Circulatory system
travel the path of a blood cell in this interactive task
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Chemistry (includes acids)
revise acids, bases and neutralisation reactions with this interactive lesson
Now try the acids and bases quizlet set.
pH testing game (tricky but fun)
check your knowledge of some common ions with this Quizlet set on ions
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From 2014
Term 4:
Astronomy
Week 3
Day, night and seasons
1) why do we have day and night? What causes seasons? Find out here.
2) view a real time map of where it is day and night right now.
3) a fuller explanation of why the Earth has seasons.
4) now do the quiz.
Electricity
Week 9:
1) video about genes that effect aging
Week 6: Genetics HOMEWORK here
this week we extract our own DNA and learn what phenotypes and traits are.
Take this tutorial about genes and chromosomes.
Now try this quiz on genes and chromosomes.
Week 5: tests Upcoming test warning: Final test for Earth Science Tuesday 19th August
Upcoming test warning: Chem retest Friday 22 August
Week 4: Earth Science HOMEWORK here
this week we check that we know our rocks inside out. Rock making practical test coming up.
1) The basics of earthquakes from National Geographic
2) Earthquakes - base isolators make a difference
3) Check out Wellington's seismograph information at GeoNet, and NZ's latest earthquakes.
4) a super-fast comparison of s and p waves
Revising for Chemistry
1) revise for the Chemistry retest with this lesson on writing chemical formulae
2) or with last week's rags to riches game
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Week 3: Earth Science HOMEWORK here
this week we make our own rocks and check we can name the parts of a volcano.
1) revise for the Chemistry retest with this rags to riches game
2) Here is the list that the Thursday 6th spelling test will be drawn from:
igneous sedimentary metamorphic basalt gneiss
fossilised crystalised compressed pyroclastic
fissure tectonic magma obsidian volcanic
pressure gravel conglomerate marble
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Week 2: Earth Science words to learn for the spelling test Thursday:
reaction dissolve beryllium observation compare
conical solvent fluorine cloudy complete
flask solution chlorine powder discuss
gauze saturated xenon liquid explain
Activities/links
2) the basics of plate tectonics plate tectonics lesson
3) Rocks and the Rock Cycle! keep doing this till you can get 15 out of 15 on the interactive's final quiz.
4) What are P and S waves? Try this activity.
Chemistry - push yourself. Try this quiz. Remember, when we added vinegar to baking soda, that was an example of a 'neutralisation' reaction. Acids and bases neutralise each other.
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CHEMISTRY UNIT ... into Earth Science Unit
Term 3 - Week 1: plate tectonics and convection
Assignment: A scientist and their element - due 24th July 2014
Year 10 version
Task: research and write up information about a scientist and an element he or she worked with/was involved with.
You can choose one of the following, or make your own up (check it with Mrs Robinson though)
Questions to answer:
What qualifications did your scientist have?
Where
How
Find a quote: (“…put quotation marks around a quote…” says Mrs Robinson).
What are the properties of the element? (Properties = how it reacts, how it looks and feels)
Everyone attempts
Did they finish high school (called college in some countries)
Did they attend a university? What degree did they hold?
What was their job?
Where did your scientist work?
Where were they born?
How were they involved with the element?
About your scientist, or a quote from your scientist (something they said)
Excellence and beyond try some of these
What is a PhD?
What is a Master of Science degree?
What jobs did they have over their lifetime?
Where or how is their work used today?
What else did they work on?
What are the compounds used for?
What does radioactive mean?
Where would I find the element in nature? (Some elements only exist as compounds)
Ensure you have at least four sites or books in your reference list.
Is it a solid, liquid or gas at room temperature (state)?
What colour is it?
Is it a metal or a non-metal?
What is the element used for?
Is it radioactive?
What is the element’s atomic number?
What IS an element?
What is a compound?
Does the element form compounds with other elements?
Include a diagram of an atom for your element.
You need:
1. Title
2. Diagram of an atom of your element
3. Picture of your scientist (there will be time to print it out in class on the due date, record the link)
4. Clear answers to the questions in the ‘everyone does’ column
5. Answers to as many of the “excellence and beyond” questions as you wish. You cannot achieve an Excellence grade in this assignment without trying two or more.
6. Your name on your work!
7. Your information typed out ready to print on the due date; you will then assemble it on an A3 poster.
8. Use an easy to read type face, in 16 point or above.
9. A reference list (all the books or webpages you used to get information).
DO NOT spend more than 3 hours on this assignment. Everyone works at a different pace, and Mrs Robinson is not trying to torture you. Just try 2 excellence questions after 2 hours, and have a parent or caregiver sign your work to show you spent the right amount of time on it
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Week 8:
1) Lewis Dot diagrams and valence electrons
2) The layers of the Earth rap: this is so awesome I had to put it in. Please note that the songwriter is American, so his temperatures are in Fahrenhiet rather than Celcius, and his distances are in miles instead of kilometres (same information, different units!).
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CHEMISTRY UNIT
Week 7: we start Science station practicals to hone (perfect and sharpen) your laboratory skills, plus more talk on particles, atoms and molecules
1) Help, I still can't figure out what is in an atom! Watch this interactive video. Then Play this game.
2) Get to grips with particles: solids, liquids and gases
3) Make sure you know your laboratory equipment
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WEEK 6: prepare to be quizzed on the first 20 elements, plus a few others...
Last week we did more work on separating the parts of a mixture when we evaporated the liquid from a solution, ending up with a solid. This week we will talk about particle theory and blow up balloons without using our mouths.
1) learn the first 20 elements (plus a few more) with this flashcard set
2) learn your basic ions
3) play this game about Science Fair
4) Advanced: now learn some ions you will need for Year 11 with this Quizlet set on ions
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WEEK 4: this week we will do Science Fair experiments on Monday - if you haven't done your own project by then, you will use these results for the write up due Thursday (IT day). Experiments this week include "an investigation of the acidity of common drinks" (measuring pH of solutions).1) take this quiz to see if you know how to write up your Science Fair results. 2) see an example of how to write up your Science Fair project here
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Week 3: we worked on atomic structure and separated a mud mixture (filtering). We talked about writing up a method in the past tense.
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WEEK 2, TERM 2:
Compounds
& Atoms:
1 learn about atoms and compounds
2) to find out more about aspects of atomic structure and when they were discovered view this Powerpoint presentation (you do not have to answer the questions posed in the presentation).
3) extension: some fun facts about atoms
Elements:
1) What is an element?
3) now learn more by playing element hangman
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