Summer Assignments
Summer Assignments
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Background Reading Lists
2016
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Introduction
Welcome to C6. We hope that your GCSE examinations went well and that you get the grades that
you need to continue your studies in your chosen subjects.
There is a considerable jump from the level of study required at GCSE to that needed at A level or on
other Level 3 courses. In particular, you need to take responsibility for your own learning and not just
rely on your teachers telling you what to do – become a truly independent learner. If you manage
this transition then you will find that you start to enjoy studying the subjects you have chosen and
the work will seem to become easier.
In order to prepare you for the sixth form we have prepared this booklet which contains a summer
assignment for each subject along with some recommended reading. Do not think you have to read
all the books – they are only a guide! The most important thing is that you start reading and obtain
pleasure from the books that you read.
At the start of the autumn term teachers will expect you to have completed their subject tasks in
order for you to join their class and not jeopardise your place. All students who join C6 will be on six
weeks probation to ensure that they are meeting the required standards of attendance, punctuality
and have the correct work ethic. Completing the summer assignment is part of this probationary
process.
Best of luck with your GCSE results, have a very enjoyable summer and we look forward to seeing
you on enrolment in August.
Mr J McMahon
Regional Director of Post 16 Education
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Art
Business
Biology
Business
Computer Science
Chemistry
Design & Technology
Drama & Theatre Studies
English Language
English Literature
English Literature & Language
French
Game Design
Geography
History
Health & Social Care
ICT
Mathematics
Media
Photography
Psychology
Physics
RE – Philosophy & Ethics
Sport
Applied Science
Sociology
Spanish
Textiles
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Art
Assignment:
The emphasis of this summer assignment is for you to demonstrate your skill and commitment
towards your chosen course Art and Design. You will be expected to produce work based around a
loose given theme. You will be expected to bring any work, experimentations, visual recording and
drawing, photographs etc. with you when you arrive for your first lesson in September.
We look forward to seeing how creative and forward thinking you can be.
You have been commissioned to create a piece of art work to be included in the exhibition Layers:
Victoria Crowe and other Artists at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
The exhibition is sponsored by the Forestry Commission and artists, printmakers, ceramicists, textiles
designers and photographers have been asked to respond to the theme ‘trees’ or ‘wild garden’ as a
starting point to explore the use of layers which may conceal or reveal; build up texture; experiment
with transparency; consider positive and negative space or use a range of levels.
Ash Hill
You are to:
 Research the work of Victoria Crowe; who, type of work, when working etc.
 Analysis of two pieces of Crowe’s work: add lots notes about the specific images you have
chosen to show your analytical & critical understanding.
 Explore ‘trees’ or ‘wild garden’ visually through visual recording. Record using a variety of
media and techniques
 Consider how the recordings relate and may be inspired by Victoria Crowes work and how
you as an artist have recorded your studies in relation to composition and lighting.
 Explore ‘trees’ or ‘wild garden’ visually through photography. Take photographs as a source
to record from and to capture ‘layers’.
Serlby Park
What you need to do:
 Research the work of Amy Genser and Earnst Heckle (who, type of work, when working etc.)
 Analysis of two pieces of each artist’s work: add lots notes about the specific images you
have chosen to show your analytical & critical understanding. (Mood, Intention, Subject,
Technique.)
 Explore ‘Flora and Fauna’ or ‘Sea Creatures’ visually through visual recording. Record using a
variety of media and techniques;
 Consider how the recordings relate and may be inspired by Victoria Crowes work and how
you as an artist have recorded your studies in relation to composition and lighting.
 Explore ‘Flora and Fauna’ or ‘Sea Creatures’ visually through photography. Take photographs
as a source to record from.
Both
 Traditional - painting, pencil tone, pastel, pen, oil pastel, coloured pencil work, etc.
 ‘Or’ Alternative Processes and Media - such as stitching, textiles, printing, mixed media etc.
Remember…………………
 Be experimental and push the creative boundaries.
 You can record by using any media, combination of media and even materials which you
would have never thought about making marks with e.g. coffee, shoe polish etc.
 You can present your work however you wish; in a sketchbook, visual sheets, A1/A2 visual
boards etc.
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Recommended Reading:
• http://www.ysp.co.uk/
• http://www.victoriacrowe.com/
• http://www.amygenser.com/
• http://www.erich-heckel.com/
Visits
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Business
Assignment:
Investigating Businesses
You will need to write a short report. It should be handwritten and be 2- sides of A4 in length. The
report should be based on the following:
1. Research 4 things you could use to judge whether a business is successful
2. Choose one of the following supermarkets:
a. Tesco
b. Sainsbury’s
c. Morrison’s
3. Present arguments to show that the supermarket is performing well
4. Present arguments to show that the supermarket is performing badly.
5. Write a brief conclusion, giving your opinion on the general performance of the supermarket,
and whether or not it can improve.
You should spend approximately 5 hours in total on this assignment.
You are required to investigate news stories using the business news section of www.bbc.co.uk/news
and any other news sources.
• http://www.tescoplc.com/index.asp?pageid=540
• http://www.jsainsbury.co.uk/media/2064053/sainsbury_s_annual_report_and_accounts_13-14.pdf
• http://www.morrisons-corporate.com/investor-centre/Financial-reports/#
Recommended Reading:
Corporate website for the supermarket you have chosen. (Not the retail site)
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A visit to the supermarket you have chosen may provide evidence to support your answers.
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Biology
Assignment:
Double Award pupils need to do ALL of the work (Section 1 and 2).
Triple (separate Science pupils) need to do section 2.
Section 1
As you will know, there are two main routes through Science GCSE’s. The first is the ‘Dual Award’,
where the candidate completes 2 units for each of the 3 sciences, which leads to 2 GCSE’s called
‘Science’. The other route is ‘Triple Award’, where 3 units for each Science (Biology, Chemistry and
Physics) are completed. This leads to an award of 3 GCSE’s, called Biology, Chemistry and Physics.
Clearly, then, somebody who has completed ‘Dual Award’, will have not covered Unit 3 in Biology,
Chemistry and Physics.
From experience we have found that people who have done Dual Award Science find A Level harder
than people who have done Triple Award.
In order to get you to the same starting point as the people who have done the Triple Award, you will
need to complete the work (GCSE Biology Unit 3) outlined below.
The work:
You need to work through the Unit 3 material, and then complete the questions overleaf in detail.
You can use GCSE Bite Size Biology or additional websites such as:
http://www.docbrown.info/page20/AQAscibio3.htm
Complete the questions below. Each answer is worth at least 3 marks and the detail of your answers
should reflect that.
Summary Questions – Exchange, Transport & Homeostasis
1. Define osmosis
2. Define active transport
3. Give 3 biological examples of where osmosis or active transport would take place
4. Define isotonic
5. How do isotonic drinks help to rehydrate cells after exercise? (Remember to refer to the
processes e.g. diffusion/active transport/osmosis)
6. What 3 features of the lungs make them a good surface for gas exchange?
7. Describe the process of ventilation (including named muscles)
8. How does an ‘iron lung’ work as a breathing aid?
9. How is ‘iron lung’ ventilation different to a positive breathing aid
10. What features of healthy lung function are mimicked by an artificial breathing aid?
11. What feature increases the surface area of the small intestine?
12. Give an example of where each of the following would be used in a plant (a) diffusion (b) osmosis
and (c) active transport
13. Why do leaves have stomata which open and close?
14. What feature increases the surface area of the root of a plant?
15. Define transpiration
16. What factors affect the rate of transpiration?
17. How can you measure the rate of transpiration?
18. Which 2 transport tissues are found in plants and what do they transport?
19. What are the four main blood vessels entering and leaving the heart? Where does each one take
blood from and to?
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Why is the heart referred to as a ‘double pump’?
What is the function of valve in the heart?
Name 2 main differences for arteries, veins and capillaries?
What is atherosclerosis and how can it be treated?
What are the four main components of blood and what is the function of each?
Describe 3 adaptations of a red blood cell for its function
Describe 3 key differences between donor blood and artificial blood
What is artificial blood usually made from?
Name 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages of kidney transplants (compared with dialysis)
Define homeostasis
What is the difference between urea and urine?
Describe the process of ‘selective reabsorption’ in the kidney
Which blood vessel brings blood to the kidney?
Draw a diagram to illustrate how a dialysis machine would filter human blood
Explain why dialysis fluid contains the same concentrations of useful substances (e.g. glucose and
mineral ions)
Explain why immunosuppressant drugs are essential for the recipient of an organ donation
Why do organ donations have to be carefully matched to the patient?
Where is blood temperature monitored?
Describe the effects coordinated by the body in response to a rise in temperature
Describe the effects coordinated by the body in response to a fall in temperature
Who is most at risk of hyperthermia and dehydration or of hypothermia?
Explain how the body responds to a rise in blood glucose levels
Explain how the body responds to a fall in blood glucose levels
Define: glycogen, glucagon, glucose and insulin
What is type 1 diabetes?
How does type 2 diabetes differ from type 1 diabetes?
Why is insulin not usually an effective treatment for a type 2 diabetic?
Section 2
Research cell structure (animal, plant and bacteria) and microscopes. Then answer the exam
question below. Persevere, and look things up!
Suggested websites:
biologymad.com
doddlelearn.co.uk
s-cool.co.uk
mrothery.co.uk
biology-innovation.co.uk
aqa.org (this is the specification we do).
As well as teaching to the exam, we think it is important for you to develop as biologists. So you
could also be broadening your mind with reading books, watching documentaries and following up
issues you hear about in the news or personally.
Exam question: tip: look at the number of marks. Use biological words.
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The structure of a cholera bacterium is different from the structure of an epithelial
cell from the small intestine. Describe how the structure of a cholera bacterium is different.
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Scientists use optical microscopes and transmission electron microscopes (TEMs) to
investigate cell structure. Explain the advantages and the limitations of using a TEM to investigate
cell structure.
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Recommended Reading:
• www.biologymad.com
• www.doddlelearn.co.uk
• www.s-cool.co.uk
• www.mrothery.co.uk
• www.biology-innovation.co.uk
• www.aqa.org.uk (this is the specification we do)
Visits
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Chemistry
Assignment:
Please contact the Director of Sixth Form at Don Valley [email protected]
Recommended Reading:
Visits
Computer Science
Assignment:
Can you describe what a variable is?
Can you describe what an array or list is and how they use an index to access items?
Explain what the following code does, and suggest two improvements that could be made:
print('Type the number of the shape you want to find the area of :')
print('1: Square')
print('2: Triangle')
choice = int(input('Enter your choice : '))
if choice == 1:
side = int(input('what is your side length'))
area = side*side
print('the area is', area)
elif choice == 2:
base = int(input('what is your base length'))
height = int(input('what is your height'))
area = 0.5*base*height
print('the area is', area)
else:
print('you didn\'t enter 1 or 2')
Explanation:
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Improvement 1:
Improvement 2:
Create a flowchart that works out the area of a hexagon. It should take one input, called ‘a’, and
output the area back to the user.
Create the flowchart above in a programming language of your choice, with comments to explain
how it works. (You can print the code or screen print, or write it by hand here).
Recommended Reading:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/z34k7ty
Visits
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Design & Technology
Assignment:
DESIGN TECHNOLOGY: PRODUCT DESIGN (Resistant Materials)
This work is set to help you make the transition from Year 11 to your Post-16 studies. It is very
important that you complete it to a high standard as it will help you start to build to the skills you will
need to do well at C6 Doncaster Collegiate Sixth Form.
This assignment involves:
Reading
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Research
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Written work [  ]
The resources you will need are:
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Internet
Power Point or alternative
Ikea visit
Nb. Please ensure that these are accessible and do not require
any financial outlay
INSTRUCTIONS:
Make a power point slide called Chair Investigation:
Visit Ikea, investigate different flat pack chairs.
Comment on:
Size
Fittings
Assembly
Materials
Finishes
Aesthetics
Check out the assembly instructions on the Ikea website. Are they easy to understand (the
diagrams might be useful)
What you will need to submit in your first TECHNOLOGY lesson:
IT IS IMPORTANT
TO NOTE
 your power
point THAT
slide YOUR SUBJECT TEACHER WILL USE THIS WORK TO HELP ASSESS
YOUR SUITABILITY FOR, AND COMMITMENT TO, YOUR COURSE.
Recommended Reading:
• The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. - A celebration of mankind’s capacity to commit to the
creation of beautiful things.
• http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/
Visits
A visit to Ikea in Leeds may support your research
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Drama and Theatre Studies
Assignment:
Please contact the Director of Sixth Form at Don Valley [email protected]
Recommended Reading:
Visits
English Language
Assignment:
What you have to do
Wider Reading For English Language AS and A Level
For the English Language course, it is vital that you read as widely as possible in as many different
genres as possible. This could include (but is not limited to) magazine or newspaper articles, web
pages, blogs, poetry, extracts from novels or plays, speeches, recipes and instructions.
Your summer homework is to start a scrapbook of a range of different texts that you have read.
The examples must be annotated using the terminology you have already used at GCSE level.
You must make links to purpose, audience, genre, and form.
You must include at least 6 different texts in your scrapbook
You will need to be prepared to present your ideas about one of your chosen texts to your group
when you return in September. You can spend some time getting ready for this and use your PEEL
paragraph to help you. Don’t worry this will be in the form of an informal group discussion.
Instructions: follow these instructions for each of your selected texts
1. Read each text you have selected carefully and with an analytical mind.
2. Consider who wrote the text, when the text was printed and the type of publication in which
it appeared.
3. Notice the text’s level of reading difficulty – intended audience and whether it contains any
jargon, scientific terminology or language techniques.
4. Is it aimed at readers in a specific business or industry? Compare the text to other works you
have read on similar topics. Ask yourself what the text adds to the existing body of
knowledge on the subject.
5. Think in depth about the PURPOSE, AUDIENCE and FORM
6. Write a PEEL paragraph on your text using your annotations and using the ideas you
developed while reading and analysing the piece.
7. Begin your PEEL paragraph by citing the author's name, the text’s title, the name of the
publication in which it appeared and the date it was published.
8. Make sure you discuss the PURPOSE, AUDIENCE and FORM in the introduction of your PEEL.
9. Explain the primary idea of the text and whether the author succeeded in conveying his
message. Evaluate how successful the author is in achieving his purpose.
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Examples of annotated texts
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Check list
1. Start my scrap book
2. Gather a minimum of 6 different texts
3. Read and annotate each text separately
4. Write a PEEL paragraph about each text
5. Select a text to present to my group for discussion using my PEEL
paragraph to lead the discussion
Recommended Reading:
Visits
English Literature
Assignment:
1. Research the key elements that you think are evident in a tragic text.
Once you have done that, read the poems in the John Keats Anthology: La Belle Dame Sans Merci,
Lamia, Isabella or the Pot of Basil and The Eve of St Agnes.
Make notes on each poem, writing a summary to help you remember the basic plot for each.
Alongside this, create a ‘tragedy analysis’ sheet for each poem, identifying the elements of tragedy
you can see evident in the poems.
2. Answer the following essay question:
How well do these poems fit into the tragic genre? Select examples from each poem to support your
view. Aim to compare and contrast how tragedy and tragic elements are presented. (1200 words.)
3. Read Death of a Salesmen by Arthur Miller & Answer the following essay question:
How is the American Dream presented? Consider both positive and negative aspects of the dream.
(600 words)
Recommended Reading:
 John Keats Anthology: La Belle Dame Sans Merci, Lamia, Isabella or the Pot of Basil and The
Eve of St Agnes.
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Arthur Miller: Death of a Salesmen
Visits
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English Literature & Language
Assignment:
Research Project Summer 2016: Text-types, Purposes and Audiences
Below are some examples of different purposes and types of writing – how many have you read/do
you read regularly?
Writing to Entertain
• travel writing
• autobiography
• dramatic monologue
• magazine article
• short story
• chapter from a novel
• drama script
• letter to a magazine
• story for a younger audience
• collection of verse
Writing to Persuade
• magazine advertisements
• newspaper editorials
• letters to the editor
• political speeches
• leaflets
• brochures
• charity appeal letters
Writing to Inform
• travel journalism (holiday section of a weekend broadsheet newspaper)
• feature article about a personality (entertainment-based magazine)
• feature article about a city for an in-flight/train magazine
Writing to instruct/advise (some ideas/topics)
• setting up a school eco-garden or similar
• basic cooking for you first year at university
• a beginner’s guide to mountain biking
• becoming a reading ‘buddy’
• how to be a success in sixth form
• getting to grips with new technology
Widening Your Reading
Over the holidays we need you to read and experience a wide range of different texts, many of which
you will be exploring and potentially writing in preparation for your coursework.
One of the best sources for different types of writing is the broadsheet newspaper; publications such
as The Independent, The Guardian, The Observer, The Telegraph and The Times have a really wide
range of material, especially at the weekends when, in addition to the usual news reports and
features, they include magazines and supplements on areas such as travel, the family, sport, culture
(reviews/features on books, theatre, film and music) and sometimes specialist features on food etc.
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Your Task
You are going to compile a language scrapbook of different types of text found in a broadsheet
newspaper. You can also add in some texts from other sources as well e.g. charity campaign letters
from the post at home; music reviews from specialist magazines; and a short story or opening
chapter from a novel. Also include any genres that you particularly enjoy reading or writing.
1.
Buy a couple of different weekend broadsheet newspapers over the holiday period.
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Browse through them and read some of the articles.
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Find examples of the following:
o an opinion piece where someone is arguing their point of view on a topic
o a piece of travel writing from the travel section
o a piece aimed at a family audience e.g. parents
o a restaurant review
o a fashion or home feature/column
o a profile of a writer or personality
o a piece of sports journalism
4.
Cut out your pieces and identify the Text-type, Purpose and Audience for each piece.
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Organise your pieces into broad categories e.g. by purpose.
6.
Mount each piece in your scrapbook leaving enough room around the sides for annotations.
7.
Label the language features of the text. Highlight key words. Think about the effects of the
features.
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Choose one genre to explore in more detail. Think about how the writer has used the
language features to appeal to the audience and achieve the purpose. Make more detailed
annotations on this piece as it is your style sample for your own creative writing.
9.
Use this text as a model and write an example of your own, about a different topic e.g. if
your example is an autobiographical piece of travel writing about Australia, you could do your own
piece in a similar style but about exploring Yorkshire...
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Try to use as many features of the style sample (the exemplar piece about which you have
written) as you can, to try to make your writing as convincing as possible.
Please bring your completed scrapbook and creative writing text with to your first lesson in
September. This is your first deadline and you do not want to miss it!
Recommended Reading:
Visits
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French
Assignment:
All about me: create a PowerPoint in the language you want to study about yourself. You could
include:
 what you like/dislike about yourself/others
 what you did in the summer
 what your style is
 what you want to be in the future
 why you chose to do a language at AS
 your experience of the target language countries (if any)
 what you find easy/hard about the language
Choose at least one of these research projects and produce a one or two page Fact File with your
findings (in English or the Target Language).
a. Research a region where your language is spoken
b. Find out about a special event in a target-language country
c. What is grammar and why does it matter?
Your fact file should contain images and can include links to further information.
Immerse yourself in the language! Try these suggestions:
Films
Websites (select Fr/Sp
language!)
French Amélie
www.tv5.org
Les Choristes
www.mtv.fr
La Haine
www.lesclesjunior.com
Intouchables
www.fr.euronews.com
Spanish
Mujeres al borde de
www.elpais.es
un ataque de nervios www.rtve.es
¡Ay Carmela!
www.cervantes.es
El Laberinto del Fauno
Maria llena de gracia
Recommended Reading:
N/A
Visits
N/A
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Books
Voyage au centre de la
terre - Jules Vernes
Le Père Goriot – Honoré
de Balzac
Le silence de la mer Vercours
L’Etranger - Albert
Camus
Duende - JasonWebster
Como agua para
chocolate - Laura
Esquivel
Cien años de soledad Gabriel García Marquéz
Réquiem por un
campesino español Ramón Sender
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Engineering
Assignment:
Please contact the Director of Sixth Form at Don Valley [email protected]
Recommended Reading:
Visits
Game Design
Assignment:
Please contact the Head of ICT at De Warenne [email protected]
Recommended Reading:
Visits
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Geography
Assignment:
Changing Places
One of the first things you will study in September, is the concept of place and what makes a place
special. In order to have an understanding of this you need to decide what makes a place different,
special or unique.
Task 1
Produce a local ‘sense of place toolkit’ to highlight what is special about your local area.
Toolkit
Think about:
1. What makes your area special, different, unique?
2. What information would people need about the area?
3. Where could they get this information from? E.g. websites, newspapers etc.
4. How could present the information be presented?
4. This doesn’t need to be a long piece of work and could be presented as an annotated map, a
power point, leaflet or a poster.
There are two major cycles we investigate and how they are effected and /or change through time
and place in today’s world. The water (hydrological) cycle and the carbon cycle.
Water & Carbon Cycles
Task 1
The global water cycle is a closed system, the image below shows the global water cycle and all the
systems involved within it – lithosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere and atmosphere.
1. Define these key terms
2. Identify the processes that are involved within this system and label them accordingly on a
copy of the diagram.
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Task 2
The drainage basin system is one aspect of this overall global water cycle.
For the diagram below – define each key component or movement of water through the system and
then try to identify at least 3 chains/connections between these different stores and transfers and
demonstrate these as flow charts/diagrams.
Recommended Reading:
 Geographical magazines such as National Geographic
 Economist
 Broadsheet newspapers e.g. the Telegraph, the Observer, the Times
 www.bbc.co.uk/news
Visits
N/A
History
Assignment:
Please contact the Director of Sixth Form at Don Valley
Recommended Reading:
Visits
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Health & Social Care
Assignment:
The work set here should be completed for when you arrive to your lessons in September. The will
form the basis of some of the units you will study in Y12.
Task one
What is a ‘Duty of care’?
 You will need definitions and examples that can link to two different health and social care
settings.
Task two
Explain why the UK is a multi-cultural society.
 You will need statistics to back up your answer
 You will need to look at the history of immigration to the UK
Task three
Find out what the Harvard referencing system is, give a brief definition then apply it to your task one
and two.
Recommended Reading:
• http://www.scie.org.uk/workforce/induction/standards/cis05_dutyofcare.asp
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/z8j2n39
• http://sixthformstudyskills.ncl.ac.uk/referencing/
• https://www.kes.hants.sch.uk/library-and-resources/how-to-research/a-guide-toreferencing-for-a-level-students
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IT
Assignment:
Using Social Media for Business
You are required to conduct research into how businesses use social media to promote themselves.
You will need to look at a wide range of businesses (large, small, local, national and international)
that sell a wide range of products and services and select one that is local, national and international.
You need to evaluate each social media campaign offering its strengths, weaknesses and how you
would improve these. Also comment on what you would do to enhance the social media campaign.
Perhaps you are already aware of some social media campaigns that have already taken place in
2015 and 2016. Provided below is an example and some examples from 2015. This task can be hand
written or word processed.
Definition of:
A social media campaign is a coordinated marketing effort to reinforce or assist with a business goal
using one or more social media platforms. Campaigns differ from everyday social media efforts
because of their increased focus, targeting, and measurability
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Examples of; (this is just on Twitter)
#ChooseHappiness – Coca-Cola
#ThereWillBeHaters – Adidas football
#ManOnTheMoon – John Lewis
Recommended Reading:
• http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/twitter-reveals-insights-best-social-campaigns2015/1380415
Visits
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Mathematics
Assignment:
De Warenne
Please complete the NO CALCULATOR paper at the bottom of this booklet.
You will be sitting a test on A and A* GCSE material in the first few weeks of the AS level course so
use any material to prepare and revise from any GCSE resources you have.
Rossington All Saints
Please complete the C6 Maths – RASA
This document is a separate booklet attached to this and located on the C6 website.
Recommended Reading:
These books are not compulsory to read; they will give you an insight into the sometimes strange but
always amazing world of Mathematics beyond your current experience.
Alex’s Adventures in Numberland
Logicomix ‘An Epic Search for Truth’
The Math Book
The Music of the Primes
Finding Moonshine
Alex Belios
Doxiadis & Papadimitriou with Papadatos & Di
Donna
Clifford A Pickover
Marcus du Sautoy
Marcus du Sautoy
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Media
Assignment:
Please contact the Head of Media at Ash Hill [email protected]
Recommended Reading:
Visits
Photography
Assignment:
The emphasis of this summer assignment is for you to demonstrate your skill and commitment
towards your chosen course Photography.
You will be expected to produce work based around a loose given theme.
You will be expected to bring any work, experimentations, photographs etc. with you when you
arrive for your first lesson at Ash Hill Academy in September.
We look forward to seeing how creative and forward thinking you can be.
You have been commissioned to create a photograph as new work to be included in the exhibition
Layers: Victoria Crowe and other Artists at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. The exhibition is sponsored
by the Forestry Commission and photographers, artists and designers have been asked to respond to
the theme ‘trees’ to explore the use of layers which may conceal or reveal; build up texture;
experiment with transparency; consider positive and negative space or use a range of levels.
You are to:
 Research the work of Victoria Crowe; who, type of work, when working etc.
 Analysis of two pieces of Crowe’s work: add lots of notes about the specific images you have
chosen to show your analytical & critical understanding.
 Explore trees visually through initial digital photography. Take ‘practice’ photographs - print
out your photographs (contact sheet). Consider how the photographs relate and may be
inspired by Victoria Crowes work and how you as a photographer have recorded your
photographs in relation to composition and lighting.
Remember…………………
 Be experimental and push the creative boundaries.
 You can take your photographs on any media device; camera, phone, i-pad; It is up to you.
 You can present your work however you wish; in a sketchbook, visual sheets, A1/A2 visual
boards etc.
Recommended Reading:
• http://www.victoriacrowe.com/
• http://www.ysp.co.uk/
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Performing Arts
Assignment:
The development of drama through key practioners.
1. Firstly, you must research the following drama practioners and write 1/2 a side of A4 about
each of them. (Size 12 Arial font if you are using a computer)
a. Brecht
b. Artaud
c. Stanislavski
d. Boal
2. Now that you have completed your research work about each of the individual key drama
practioners in drama, you are now to write an essay of between 1000 and 1500 words using
the following title:
How has drama developed over time through the use of key practioners?
Make sure that in your essay you use factual information and examples to back up your reasoning.
Recommended Reading:
• http://www.theatrelinks.com/category/practitioners/
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Physics
Assignment:
A number of tasks have been set which are outlined below. They vary in nature and in time to
complete and are designed to ensure you are in the best position to succeed right from the very start
in this challenging subject.
Tasks 1 should be completed over across several weeks, a little bit each week, whilst tasks 2, 3 and 4
are short tasks that can be completed at any time. Any questions or queries to be directed to Mr
Liddle: [email protected]
We hope you are excited about this next stage in your studies and we look forward to seeing you in
September!
Assignments:
Task 1 – Purchase and complete the ‘Head Start to A Level Physics’ workbook from CPG. [15 hours]
Complete on separate lined paper and keep in a folder.
Task 2 – Create a poster explaining how the 7 different SI units are defined. [4 hours]
 Research what the 7 different SI units are and how they are defined.
 Display as a poster, either using computer software or by hand.
 Use the following website (and others) for information:
http://www.npl.co.uk/reference/measurement-units/si-base-units/
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Task 3 – Explore the following Physics website: [1 hour]
http://www.physics.org/
Task 4 – Sign up for IOP’s free student membership: [10 minutes]
http://www.iop.org/education/student/youth_membership/page_41684.html
Task 5 – Purchase a folder, lined paper and dividers.
You will be expected to bring a scientific calculator to every lesson.
Recommended Reading:
 It’s not Rocket Science, Ben Miller
 The Universe Within, Neil Shubin
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Psychology
Assignment:
Task 1
Over the summer I would like you to prepare for our first topic. We will be studying Social Psychology
and looking at Social Influence.
There are many key studies that we will explore in detail and to get you started I would like you to
watch a film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Py3JJZ2ZrI
The film is about the Stamford Prison Experiment carried out by Philip Zimbardo (1973). This
research illustrates how important social roles are in conformity: individuals learn how to behave by
looking at the social roles others play in certain situations and then conform to them.
When you have watched the film I would like you to answer the following questions:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Why did Philip Zimbardo want to undertake this experiment?
How did he recruit prisoners and guards?
Where did the study take place?
What do you notice about the characters/personalities of the guards and the prisoners when
they begin their new roles?
E. Where do you think that the characteristics of these new roles could have been learnt?
F. What are your thoughts about the ethics of this experiment? Explain why you feel this way.
Task 2
Now watch the BBC Prison experiment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaXXqrUzKHw
A. What are the similarities between this research and the Stamford Prison Experiment?
B. What are the differences between the experiments?
C. What are your thoughts about the ethics of this experiment? Explain why you feel this way.
Task 3
Explain how you would carry out a piece of research to investigate whether individuals conform to
social roles.
A. Who would your participants be? How many?
B. Where would you carry out the research?
C. What would you expect to find?
D. What ethical questions might have to be considered?
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Task 4
Have a look at the internet and/or any newspapers or magazines and see if you can identify other
occasions when individuals have identified with a particular role and have taken it on as their own.
Provide a brief explanation and attach the article to it. Aim to find a minimum of two examples.
Task 5
Make two lists: one of groups that you identify strongly with, one of groups that you strongly reject
or oppose.
A. Next to the groups that you identify with, list the situations in which those groups are most
important.
B. Next to the groups that you reject or oppose, list the situations in which that rejection or
opposition is most important.
C. What makes these groups so important to you? Is there evidence that you are conforming?
Task 6
Finally. Do you have a Facebook account? Did you change your profile picture to include the rainbow
effect recently? Did you change it back again? After how long?
You could have been part of a social experiment. How could this action by individuals explain
conformity?
**conformity** - yielding to group pressure
**ethics** - what is right and what is wrong
Recommended Reading:
• Internet, newspapers and magazines for Task 3.
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RE (Philosophy & Ethics)
Assignment:
Task 1 – Speech
Prepare a 2 minute speech outlining your response to this quote from the film Bruce Almighty.
"God is a mean kid sitting on an anthill with a magnifying glass, and I'm the ant. He could fix my life in
five minutes if He wanted to, but he'd rather burn off my feelers and watch me squirm." Bruce
Task 2 - Research
Research and create a character profile about each of the following philosophers and ethicists.
Include their full name, dates, religious belief and which ethical or philosophical theories they are
most famous for.
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NOTE - You only need to find out this basic information at this point as you will be studying their
theories in more detail as part of your AS course.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Plato
Aristotle
William Paley
Thomas Aquinas
Joseph Fletcher
Jeremy Bentham
John Stuart Mill
David Hume
Richard Swinburne
Richard Dawkins
Recommended Reading:
 Plato, Republic Book V.476f, Book VII.507b-513e
 Aristotle, Physics II.3 and Metaphysics V.2
 Annas, J. (1998) An Introduction to Plato’s Republic, Oxford University Press, Chapters 9 and
10
 Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2004, rev.2013), Plato, http://plato.
stanford.edu/entries/plato/
 Blackmore, S. (2010) Consciousness; an introduction, Routledge, Chapters 1, 2 and 17
 Ryle, G. (1949 - many editions available) The Concept of Mind, Chapter 1
 Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2003 rev. 2009) Ancient Theories of the Soul
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ancient-soul/
 Dawkins, R. (1991) The Blind Watchmaker, Penguin, Chapter 1
 Palmer, M. (2002) The Question of God, Routledge, Chapters 2 and 3
 Van Inwagen, P. ‘Necessary Being: the Ontological Argument’ in Stump, E and Murray, M. J.
(ed) (1999) Philosophy of Religion: The Big Questions, Blackwell
 Plantinga, A. (1978) God, Freedom and Evil, Grand Rapids, II.c
 Augustine, ‘What is evil?’ in Davies, B. (2000) Philosophy of Religion: a guide and anthology,
Oxford University Press
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Science
Assignment:
Complete Worksheets 1-5 at the end of this booklet.
Recommended Reading:
See worksheets below
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See worksheets below
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Spanish
Assignment:
A - El Presente – The Present Tense
Spanish verbs (known as infinitives) end in AR, ER o IR. In order to say WHO is doing the action you
need to conjugate the infinitive.
You do this by taking off the –ar, -er or –ir ending and adding on the new endings.
Personal pronouns
-AR
-ER
-IR
I
Yo
…o
…o
…o
You
Tú
…as
…es
…es
He/She/It
Él/Ella
…a
…e
…e
You (formal)
Usted
…a
…e
…e
We
Nosotros/as
…amos
…emos
…imos
You (lot)
Vosotros/as
…áis
…éis
…ís
They
Ellos/Ellas
…an
…en
…en
You (formal + pl)
Ustedes
…an
…en
…en
P.ej.
• HABLAR
• COMER
• VIVIR
hablamos
como
vives
(we speak)
(I eat)
(you live)
¡A practicar! - Time to Practise! Conjugate the verbs below.
-AR
Yo (I)
Tú (you)
Él / Ella (he/she)
Nosotros (we)
Vosotros (you)
Ellos/Ellas (they)
Hablar
– to speak
Hablo
Hablas
Habla
Hablamos
Habláis
Hablan
Estudiar
- to study
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Repasar
- to revise
Llegar
- to arrive
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-ER
Yo (I)
Tú (you)
Él / Ella (he/she)
Nosotros (we)
Vosotros (you)
Ellos/Ellas (they)
-IR
Yo (I)
Tú (you)
Él / Ella (he/she)
Nosotros (we)
Vosotros (you)
Ellos/Ellas (they)
Comer
– to eat
Como
Comes
Come
Comemos
Coméis
Comen
Leer
- to read
Aprender
- to learn
Romper
- to break
Vivir
– to live
Vivo
Vives
Vive
Vivimos
Vivís
Viven
Fingir
- to pretend
Existir
- to exist
Escribir
- to write
Complete the sentences with the correct verb form and translate the sentence to English
1.
en la clase, (nosotros) …………………………… la cinta de español. (ESCUCHAR)
2.
el lunes, vamos a la piscina y (nosotros) ……………………………… (NADAR)
3.
normalmente, los niños …………………………… la tele cada día. (MIRAR)
4.
Raúl ………………………………… en un bar que se llama Enigma. (TRABAJAR)
5.
¡Hola! ……………………………… Señor Sánchez. (LLAMARSE)
6.
(vosotros) ………………………………… en casa. (QUEDAR)
7.
el fin de semana, voy a Madrid y (yo) ……………………………… zapatillas. (COMPRAR)
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8.
con su trabajo, Alicia ………………………… mucho dinero. (GANAR)
9.
(él) ………………… la ropa. ¡Fatal! (LAVAR)
10.
¿(tú) ……………………………… el desayuno esta mañana? (PREPARAR)
11.
(ellas) ……………………… pescado en el mercado. (VENDER)
12.
¿(vosotros) ……………………………… en Leicester? (VIVIR)
13.
(nosotros) …………………………… hamburguesas en Mc Donalds. (COMER)
14.
cada noche, (yo) ……………………… terriblemente de mi espalda. (SUFRIR)
15.
el fin de semana, (ellos) ……………………………… paga de £10. (RECIBIR)
B - verbos esenciales
There are a few verbs that you can’t do without. Here are the infinitives and parts of them in the
present… can you complete the table?
PERSONAL
SER
ESTAR
HACER
IR
PRONOUNS
Yo
soy
hago
Tú
estás
Él/Ella/Usted
está
Nosotros/as
va
somos
vamos
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Vosotros/as
Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes
estáis
hacéis
son
van
PERSONAL
TENER
QUERER
PODER
quiero
puedo
PRONOUNS
Yo
Tú
tienes
Él/Ella/Usted
Nosotros/as
puede
tenemos
Vosotros/as
Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes
podemos
queréis
tienen
¡A practicar! - Completa las frases con la forma correcta del verbo.
Complete the sentences with the correct verb form and translate the sentence to English
1. …………………………… muchos amigos. (nosotros, tener)
2. …………………………… visitar a Gales otra vez. (yo, querer)
3. ¿Dónde …………………………… los servicios? (estar)
4. ………………………… los deberes cada noche antes de comer. (él, hacer)
5. Mis hijos ………………………… a la escuela andando. (ir)
6. Mis amigos ………………………… de Venezuela. (ser)
7. No ………………………… hijos ya. (ellos, tener)
8. Nunca ………………………… aquí. (tú, estar)
9. Tampoco ………………………… contactarte por móvil. (yo, poder)
10. ………………………… comer a las nueve por favor. (nosotros, querer)
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11. ………………………… instalaros en esta mesa. (vosotros, poder)
12. ¿ ………………………… a la discoteca ésta noche? (tú, ir)
13. ¡………………………… loca!, no ………………………… dinero. (tú, estar) (yo, tener)
14. ………………………… a la piscina en vez del cine. (vosotros, ir)
15. ………………………… gorditos. (vosotros, ser)
Recommended Reading:
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Sport
Assignment:
Please contact the Head of PE at Rossington All Saints [email protected]
Recommended Reading:
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Sociology
Assignment:
Please contact the Director of Sixth Form at Don Valley [email protected]
Recommended Reading:
Visits
Textiles
Assignment:
The emphasis of this summer assignment is for you to demonstrate your skill and commitment
towards your chosen course Art and Design. You will be expected to produce work based around a
loose given theme. You will be expected to bring any work, experimentations, visual recording and
drawing, photographs etc. with you when you arrive for your first lesson in September.
We look forward to seeing how creative and forward thinking you can be.
You have been commissioned to create a piece of work to be included in the exhibition Layers:
Victoria Crowe and other Artists at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
The exhibition is sponsored by the Forestry Commission and artists, printmakers, ceramicists, textiles
designers and photographers have been asked to respond to the theme ‘trees’ or ‘wild garden’ as a
starting point to explore the use of layers which may conceal or reveal; build up texture; experiment
with transparency; consider positive and negative space or use a range of levels.
You are to:
 Research the work of Victoria Crowe; who, type of work, when working etc.
 Analysis of two pieces of Crowe’s work: add lots notes about the specific images you have
chosen to show your analytical & critical understanding.
 Explore ‘trees’ or ‘wild garden’ visually through visual recording. Record using a variety of
media and techniques
 Consider how the recordings relate and may be inspired by Victoria Crowes work and how
you as an artist have recorded your studies in relation to composition and lighting.
 Explore ‘trees’ or ‘wild garden’ visually through photography. Take photographs as a source
to record from and to capture ‘layers’.
 Alternative Processes and Media - such as stitching, textiles, printing, mixed media etc.
.Remember…………………
 Be experimental and push the creative boundaries.
 You can record by using any media, combination of media and even materials which you
would have never thought about making marks with e.g. coffee, shoe polish etc.
 You can present your work however you wish; in a sketchbook, visual sheets, A1/A2 visual
boards etc.
Recommended Reading:
• http://www.victoriacrowe.com/
• http://www.ysp.co.uk/
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Applied Science Worksheet 1: Atomic structure
Study this diagram and then answer the questions that follow.
1. Name the dense central region of the atom labelled A.
2. Name particle B, which has no charge and a relative mass of 1.
3. Name particle C, which has a positive charge and a relative mass of 1.
4. Name the negatively charged particle D that orbits the central dense region of the
atom.
5. What is the atomic number of this atom?
6. What is the mass number of this atom?
7. Identify the element.
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Applied Science Worksheet 2: The electronic structure, atomic number and mass number of the first twenty elements
Complete this table, which relates to the electronic structure, atomic numbers and mass numbers of the first twenty elements.
Number
Number
Number
Atomic
Mass
Element
Symbol
of
of
of
Electronic Structure (orbitals)
Number Number
Protons
Neutrons
Electrons
1s
Hydrogen
Helium
Lithium
Beryllium
Boron
Carbon
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Fluorine
Neon
Sodium
Magnesium
Aluminium
Silicon
Phosphorus
Sulphur
Chlorine
Argon
Potassium
Calcium
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2s
2p
3s
3p
Electronic
Structure
(shells)
4s
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Applied Science Worksheet 3: The Electronic Structures of the First Twenty Elements
Draw and complete the electronic structures of the first twenty elements, using crosses to represent electrons. You must clearly label each element with the
correct number of protons, neutrons and electrons.
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Applied Science Worksheet 4: The Periodic Table
Answer these questions on the periodic table.
1. What names are given to the vertical columns and horizontal rows in the periodic table?
Vertical columns Horizontal rows 2. Complete this table.
Element
Atomic
Number
Period
Group
Metal or
Non-metal?
Block
(s, p or d)
Boron
Oxygen
Sodium
Aluminium
Phosphorus
Iron
3. a) State what happens to the melting points of the elements as a period is crossed.
b) State what happens to the first ionisation energy of the elements as:
i) A period is crossed:
ii) A group is descended:
c) State what happens to the atomic radii of the elements as:
i) A period is crossed:
ii) A group is descended:
4. Consider these three elements: magnesium (Mg), silicon (Si) and chlorine (Cl).
a) Place them in order of their melting points starting with the highest:
b) Place then in order of their first ionisation energies starting with the highest:
c) Place them in order of their atomic radii starting with the largest:
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5. Consider these three elements: lithium (Li), sodium (Na) and potassium (K).
a) Place then in order of their first ionisation energies starting with the highest:
b) Place them in order of their atomic radii starting with the largest:
6. a) Predict which two of the elements listed below are most likely to show chemical
reactions similar to those of chlorine.
argon, bromine, calcium, iodine, magnesium, phosphorus,
potassium, rubidium, silicon, strontium, sulphur
Elements showing similar chemical reactions to chlorine are:
b) Which element of the two that you have given as your answer to 6 a) is likely to be
the most reactive with water?
c) From the list of elements given in question 6 a), select two elements that:
i) Produce basic oxides upon reaction with oxygen:
ii) Produce acidic solutions upon reaction with water (argon, phosphorus and
sulphur don’t react with water):
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Applied Science Worksheet 5: Bonding
1. Complete these sentences by filling in the missing words.
Ionic compounds are formed by the ___________ of electrons between atoms.
Metals form ___________ charged ions by ___________electrons whereas non-metals form
negatively charged ions by ___________ electrons.
Oppositely charged ions attract each other ___________. The ions form giant regular
___________ structures in which ___________ oppositely charged ions attract each other.
Covalent compounds are usually formed between ___________.
They are formed by the ___________ of a _______ of electrons.
Each atom in a covalent bond contributes (a number) _____ electron(s) to the bond.
In both types of bonding the atoms of the elements become more stable by achieving the same
electronic configuration as a ___________.
2 Complete the table by listing the type of bonding in each substances.
Substance
NaF
MgO
CCl4
SO2
CaS
Cl2
Type of bonding
3 a) Identify the type of bonding in KF.
b) Complete this dot and cross diagram for KF, showing only the outer electron shells.
K
F
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4 a) Identify the bonding in CH4.
b) Complete this dot and cross diagram for methane, showing only the outer electron shells.
H
H
C
H
H
c) What name is given to the arrangement of the H atoms around the central carbon atom in
CH4?
d) Draw a three-dimensional representation of a molecule of CH4. Show the angle between the
C-H bonds on your diagram.
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AS MATHEMATICS
1a
1b
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1c
2a
2b
2c
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4
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6b
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8b
9
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14
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