Bottle rockets

Today we're going to make bottle rockets! We will finish them off and launch them in the lesson on Thursday.  Watch this video from the BBC so you know what we're aiming for. There are also lots of tips on the BBC website to help you. Once you're ready, here are the steps for making one:

1. Use a softdrink bottle, with the cap removed and the opening facing downwards (see picture below).
2. Using card and paper, give your rocket fins and a nose cone so it flies striaght and will travel further.
3. You can decorate your rocket if you like, but don't make it too heavy! This will decerase how far your rocket will fly.
4. You don't need to add anything to hold the rocket on a track for launching, as we will use a tripod from class.

headings

This link will help you make graffiti headings for the space posters if you want to.

Space

Today we're going to look at Space and the Solar system, so we know more about we've made on the roof! Answer the following questions in your book:

1. Write down a fact about the planet you made from this interactive.
2. Why does an astronaut weight less on the moon?
3. What force pulls the lander towards the planet? Name one other force involved:
4. What are comets made from?
5. Which planet is the second from the sun? How is it similar and different to Earth?
6. Watch this video. What happens to the water? Why is this?
7. What are the gas giants? Explain what saturn is made out of:
8. Try any of these activities!
9. We've played this before, but you can also try this game to fly a rocket to a space station.

Chemistry - Acids and Bases

1. Try this activity. What colour does cabbage juice indicator go with an acid and a base?
2. Watch the video on the projector, and explain WHY the coke dissolves the tooth:
3. What do you need to mix an acid with to make carbon dioxide?
4. Next lesson (in 2 weeks) we're going to make some rockets. Try this game, and say why you think rockets are thin and pointy shaped?

Chemistry

Today we're going to be looking at some of the Chemistry we've done in class so far this term. Answer the following in yoru books:

1. What is the symbol for carbon?
2. How many electrons does it have?
3. Try this quiz, and write the symbol for one of the elements you find:
4. In this activity, do all elements stick to the same number of others? Why might this be?
5. Try and get the answers correct and then score a goal!
6. Try this game, naming any compounds you construct:
7. Watch this video (on the projector with the sound). What is the pattern as we move down group 1 of the periodic table?

Invertebrates

Today we're going to be learning about invertebrates, and tomorrow we'll be looking at some live ones! Complete the following in your books:

1. What do all invertebrates have in common?
2. What groups of invertebrates are there?
3. Describe three features that the scorpion in this video has to help it survive:
4. What features help an octopus survive?
5. What is an indicator species?
6. What problems can affect freshwater invertebrates?
7. What is special about Caddisfly larvae?
8. What class contains both spiders and scorpions? What is similar about them?
9. What parts of an insect's body can you name from 'building a bug' here?
10. Try this activity. Why are invertebrates improtant for other animals in an environment?

Habitats and Adaptations

Today we're going to start looking at animals and plants.  Answer the following in your books:

1. What does habitat mean?
2. Describe what an adaptation is:
3. Use this link to find out what a lizard's best habitat is.  
4. Click 'view' on this page, and build a fish. What adaptations does it have to help it survive on the reef? 
5. Watch this video, and give three adaptations that the star nosed mole has to help it survive:
6. Complete this activity, writing down one thing you know about one of the groups.
7. Create a new animal with bits of different ones! Describe what yours is made from, and the habitat and lifestyle it would be well suited for.