Y8 - Term 1
Atoms, Elements and Compounds 1 / Food and
Digestion - HW Grid
You must complete the level assessed task. Your teacher will set this during one of your lessons. You can
choose at least two more homework tasks to complete but must cross the grid – just like noughts and
crosses.
Science in the News
Digestion Poster
Produce a poster that shows the
main parts of the digestive system
and their function
Write a short paragraph about a Science
story you have seen in the news. Try
the BBC Newsround website
Can you find any related to electricity or
forces
Level
Assessed
Task!
I have been learning....
Element Comic Strip
Draw a comic strip to explain the
differences between elements
compounds and mixtures.
Watch the video and write 5 key bullet
points
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNEY3Yv9kC8
Digestion Spellings
Thunk?
Write a list of elements and
compounds. What are these used for
in everyday life?
5 Golden Nuggets
Write a few sentences to describe what
you have learnt in Science this week.
What level do you think you are
working at?
What evidence supports this?
Learn to spell the following keywords.
Write each one out 5 times. Get a friend
to test you next lesson.
Gullet
Intestine
Digestion
Carbohydrate
A Balanced Diet
Produce a brochure that describes the
components of a balanced diet. Write a
menu that includes all the key nutrient
groups
Y8 - Term 2
Forces / Health and Respiration - HW Grid
You must complete the level assessed task. Your teacher will set this during one of your
lessons. You can choose at least two more homework tasks to complete but must cross the grid – just like
noughts and crosses.
Science in the News
Forces Poster
Produce a poster that gives examples
of contact and non-contact forces.
Also include what is meant by a
balanced force and unbalanced force
Write a short paragraph about a Science
story you have seen in the news. Try
the BBC Newsround website
Can you find any related to electricity or
forces
Level
Assessed
Task!
I have been learning....
Forces
Draw your own comic strip to explain
how Newton first came up with the
idea of gravity.
Watch the video and write 5 key bullet
points
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNEY3Yv9kC8
Forces Spellings
Respiratory Model
Create a model that represents the
human respiratory system
5 Golden Nuggets
Write a few sentences to describe what
you have learnt in Science this week.
What level do you think you are
working at?
What evidence supports this?
Learn to spell the following keywords.
Write each one out 5 times. Get a friend
to test you next lesson.
Gravity
Friction
Unbalanced
Magnetism
Respiratory System
Produce a brochure that explains all the
parts of the human respiratory system
and their function. How can smoking be
harmful to your health?
Y8 - Term 3
Sound / Atoms, Elements and Compounds 2- HW Grid
You must complete the level assessed task. Your teacher will set this during one of
your lessons. You can choose at least two more homework tasks to complete but must cross the grid – just
like noughts and crosses..
Sound Poster
Create a poster that describes the
properties and uses of the following
substances:
carbon, gold, diamond, aluminum,
iron, sulphur
Science in the News
Write a short paragraph about a Science
story you have seen in the news. Try
the BBC Newsround website
5 Golden Nuggets
Watch the video and write 5 key bullet
points
http://tinyurl.com/qxkyw9s
Thunk?
Element Spellings
If I composed a piece of music but it
was never played, would it still be
music?
Learn to spell the following keywords.
Write each one out 5 times. Get a friend
to test you next lesson.
Ear Comic Strip
Create a comic strip that describes
the structure of the ear and how we
are able to hear sounds.
You should label the inner ear bones,
the cochlea and ear drum.
Level
Assessed
Task!
I have been learning....
Write a few sentences to describe what
you have learnt in Science this week.
What level do you think you are
working at?
What evidence supports this?
Compound
Molecules
Decomposed
Unreactive
Malleable
Ductile
Element, Compound and
Mixture Pictionary
Draw some pictures to describe the
difference between an element, a
compound and a mixture.
Y8 - Term 4
Explaining The Earth / Methods of Separation - HW Grid
You must complete the level assessed task. Your teacher will set this during one of your
lessons. You can choose at least two more homework tasks to complete but must cross the grid – just like
noughts and crosses..
Poster
Science in the News
Produce a poster that describes how
sedimentary, metamorphic and
igneous rocks form. Include named
examples of each type of rock.
Write a short paragraph about a
Science story you have seen in the
news. Try the BBC Newsround website
5 Golden Nuggets
Watch the video and write 5 key bullet
points
http://preview.tinyurl.com/pk6bu9f
Thunk?
Earth Spellings
What would the Earth be like if
there was no water?
Learn to spell the following keywords.
Write each one out 5 times. Get a friend to
test you next lesson.
Separating Comic Strip
Create a comic strip that describes
how you would separate a solution
of sand/salt water into pure samples
of each substance. Label the
apparatus you would need to use.
Level
Assessed
Task!
I have been learning....
Write a few sentences to describe what
you have learnt in Science this week.
What level do you think you are
working at?
What evidence supports this?
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Igneous
Continental
Convection
Distillation Pictionary
Draw and label a diagram of the apparatus
you would need to distil inky water to
produce pure water.
Y8 - Term 5
Heating and Cooling / Ecology - HW Grid
You must complete the level assessed task. Your teacher will set this during one of your
lessons. You can choose at least two more homework tasks to complete but must cross the grid – just like
noughts and crosses.
Science in the News
Forces Poster
Produce a poster that gives examples
of conduction, convection and
radiation
Write a short paragraph about a Science
story you have seen in the news. Try
the BBC Newsround website
Can you find any related to electricity or
forces
Food Chains and
Pyramids
Produce 5 pyramids of number
for food chains of your choice.
Draw an arrow to show the flow
of energy in each pyramid.
Watch the video and write 5 key bullet
points
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R719yzNbTE
Ecology Spellings
Thunk?
What would the weather be like if
convection currents did not exist?
5 Golden Nuggets
Level
Assessed
Task
I have been learning....
Write a few sentences to describe what
you have learnt in Science this week.
What level do you think you are
working at?
What evidence supports this?
Learn to spell the following keywords.
Write each one out 5 times. Get a friend
to test you next lesson.
Extinct
Environmental
Quadrat
Distribution
Competition
Changing State
Draw a series of diagrams to explain what
happens water as it changes from a solid
liquid gas.
Y8 - Term 6
Light / Microbes and Disease - HW Grid
You must complete the level assessed task. Your teacher will set this during one of your
lessons. You can choose at least two more homework tasks to complete but must cross the grid – just like
noughts and crosses.
Microbes Poster
Produce a poster about the
differences between fungi, bacteria
and viruses.
Science in the News
Write a short paragraph about a Science
story you have seen in the news. Try
the BBC Newsround website
Can you find any related to ecology
Uses of Visible Light
Research and make a list of
appliances that rely on visible light.
You can cut out or draw images to
accompany your research.
Watch the video and write 5 key bullet
points
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPfI9rJu2D0
Light Spellings
Thunk?
What would happen to our waste if
microbes did not exist?
5 Golden Nuggets
Level
Assessd Task
I have been learning....
Write a few sentences to describe what
you have learnt in Science this week.
What level do you think you are
working at?
What evidence supports this?
Learn to spell the following keywords.
Write each one out 5 times. Get a friend
to test you next lesson.
Symptoms
Antibodies
Anaerobic
Vaccine
Immunisation
Defence Comic Strip
Produce a short comic strip that describes
how white blood cells defend the body
from microbes.