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Year 8 Science
There are 6 units of study in Year 8:
- Energy transfers and renewable energy
- Winner takes it all Food webs and competition
- The illusionist Electricity and magnetism
- We will rock you Rocks and plate tectonics
- A whole new world Cells, reproduction and foetal development
- Tomb raiders Periodic table and chenical reactions
At the end of each unit there will be a test graded with a National Curriculum Level.
(Classes may study the units in a different order to maximise efficiency of laboratory resources)
Homework
Science homework will be set weekly. Teacher will set homework that is relevant to the topic being studied. Details of the homework set should be recorded in the planner, and in some cases will be detailed on the teachers webpage (accessed by clicking on the picture of the teacher). In some cases homework projects will be set. These projects will usually be set as two weeks worth of homework.
If you need further information about homework, please e-mail the relevant teacher by clicking on their name on the science home page.
Science homework booklets for year 8 are:
Smoking harms your hearing
See-saw to light classroom
New wings for solar space station
More wind turbines planned
Energy saving problems
Arctic monitoring expedition
Solar cooker wins prize
Bacteria make tiny magnets
Planes slow down to cut costs
Shooting stars
Tiny motors may help surgeons
Robot cars win prizes
Satellites collide
Natures Economy
Protecting the sea
The problem with bees
Urban plants adapt
Food additives link to behaviour
Vitamin D keeps you young
Mercury pollution
All about Dandruff
Young diabetics at risk
Does size matter
Dreamliner plan
Arsenic in India
Space Agency’s missing bath duck
Home or hospital
Can we solve climate change
Earthquake warning system
Super fast batteries
Peanut allergy hope
A geologists dream
Earthquake shakes England
Websites to look at to help revise for tests or generally find out more: