Science

Links with the Curriculum

(Answer sheets provided for most activities)

‘Making observations’ and ‘Discussion topics‘ are linked to all units:

Egg Experiments:

• Early Years Science Experiments
• Over 20 experiments for the classroom – both fun and educational

• (The following by kind permission of Rawlett Sports College)
• The Big Chick Project – Student booklet
• The Big Chick Project SOW

E Stories:

From basic to advanced, these Power Point shows provide information on the topics below.

Diaries:

• Basic Diary
• Student Diary

Early Years Activities:

• Observation, Discussion and D&T
• Chickies Story (Power Point)
• Early Years Science Experiments

Biological Systems:

• Body Systems & Cells
  (See Power Point Shows)
• Features of a Hen
• Animal IDs
• Classifying (basic)
• Sounds Made by Animals – Basic
• Identify animal needs using mind maps as a guide and relate to man’s essential needs for living
• Animals movement and sound using Resource sheet as a guide
• Mix and Match Basic e.g. male/female
• Mix and Match
• Gender/family names eg. male/female; young/adult
• What am I?
• Animal Identification – basic
• Animal Identification
• Animal groups and their coverings
• Life Cycle (basic) (see Power point Shows)
• Life Cycle
• Detailed Life Cycle information sheet
• The Life Cycle of a hen (e.g. ‘The Living Egg’, ‘Chicken and Egg’ booklets/detailed Life Cycle poster to research)
• Gestation Times of Poultry – also see Hatching Times
• 21 day timeline of hatching process/use a calendar to count back the 18 days from when the eggs were fertilized
• Read and Discuss The story so far…
• Characteristics of Living Things (See Power Point Shows)
• Monitoring a Living Organism (Advanced)
• Candling – Inspecting an embryo (suitable for teacher demonstration)
• Dietary Requirements of Chickens – See Diet sheet
• Is it fresh?
• Survival

Inheritance and Reproduction

• Selective breeding (See Resource sheet Free Range Eggs)

Biodiversity and Interdependence:

Habitats
(see Power Point Shows)

• Animal Homes
• Comprehension to identity purpose of Chickens in the Garden
• Design a hen house (Assessment using positive, negative and interesting points to compare and discuss improvements which could be made.
  See Hen House Fact Sheet
• Design a Hen Shelter
  See Hen House Fact Sheet
• Use Design a suitable environment as a guide

Ecological Relationships:

(see Power Point Shows)

• (A. Food Chains B. Food Chains and Webs, C. Food Chains Quiz)
• Food chains and webs (1)
• Food chains and webs (2)
• Temperature, light and sound
• Survival

Biology For Year 7

• An enquiry based learning project(Kindly supplied by St. Benet Biscot Catholic High School)

Extended Learning Programme for Yr7:

• (Kindly supplied by High Tunstall College of Science)
• Extended learning booklet
• Extended Learning Project (Powerpoint)
• Weight Graph
• Monitoring a Living Organism