Here are some examples:
Gifted and Talented Projects for Year 9 Science Students
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Module
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Name of Task
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Instructions
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Resources
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Plants & Photosynthesis and Plants As Food
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Organic Farming Versus Conventional Farming which should we use?
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You need to produce two reports, one for Conventional Farming, the other for Organic Farming. You the need to use this information to write a non-biased newspaper article on the two methods of farming.
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www.face-online.org.uk/
Click on Science in Agriculture, then Horticulture
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Inheritance & Selection and Fit & Healthy
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This house wants to clone Britain’s top footballers to improve the standards of play. Debate.
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Decide which side of the argument you are on? You then have to produce evidence for your argument and write it up as a written report. Think about questions the other side can ask you, how will you answer them? If someone else has chosen the other side, you can have your debate.
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Debate pupil help sheet which has background information and web links. Can be downloaded from www.scienceyear.com
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Gifted and Talented Projects for Year 8 Science Students
Gifted and Talented Projects for Year 7 Science Students
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Module
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Name of Task
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Instructions
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Resources
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Cells and Reproduction
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What is Cancer?
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Produce a power point presentation to explain to other Year 7 pupils what cancer is. You should include:
What it is
Explain about at least 4 different types of cancer and their causes
What ways there are to cure it
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www.cancerresearchuk.org
www.bbc.co.uk/health
www.kidshealth.org
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Classification, Variation and Feeding Relationships
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Which species are in danger of becoming extinct?
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Pick one species that is endanger of becoming extinct and produce a fact file on it. It should include:
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Ways to stop it dying out Reasons why it is becoming extinctInformation about the species |
www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/conservation
www.panda.org
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Module
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Name of Task
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Instructions
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Resources
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Food & Digestion and Respiration
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Produce a scientific discovery timeline
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Use the time line science web pages to produce a timeline for any 50 year period of history.
You can represent the scientific events with picture or words. You may need to stick pieces of paper together to make it long enough
Can you find any other facts out about the scientific discoveries of that period?
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www.timelinescience.org
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Microbes & Disease and Fit & Healthy
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Why should young people not drink, smoke or take drugs?
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Produce a very large (no smaller than A3), colourful and informative poster, to go on display at school. Pick drugs, smoking or drinking and use your poster to tell Year 7 and 8 pupils why they should not do it. Think about the health problems and dangers. Make it visual!
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www.lifebytes.gov.uk
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