This week pupils will begin the work on Unit 2 Key area 5. This will focus on Parasitism. Pupils will learn about parasite niche and parasitic life cycles.
week beginning 22/02 Senior National 5 Biology
This week pupils will be working on consolidating their learning on limiting factors of Photosynthesis. Pupils should have completed task 1-5 on the learning grid prior to the class tutorial on Thursday.
Perseverance rover landing on Mars – LIVE from NASA’s feed
This Thursday The Royal Society of Chemistry will be streaming the Perseverance rover landing on Mars – LIVE from NASA’s feed (we have their approval in writing which is pretty insane. :)) – in collaboration with the UK Space Agency.
You can stream it live on our TikTok channel tomorrow (18th February) at 20:15: https://www.tiktok.com/@royalsocietyofchemistry (you can view it on desktop, the app is not mandatory).
The actual landing is predicted to be at 20:55, but it can happen earlier or later – it is over 200 million miles away so who knows how accurate this prediction is!:)
The mission is searching for signs of ancient life on Mars which involves a lot of chemistry of course – including collecting and analysing samples of rock and regolith that will be coming back only in 2031.
As well as leading the search for alien life on the red planet, Perseverance will test out a new instrument, Moxie, that aims to convert the Martian air into oxygen.
N5 Chemists
Higher Physics
Week commencing 15th February
Mr Phairs will upload a recorded video on the topic of particle accelerators onto each Class Team.
Summary Notes are to be read and relevant notes taken.
Past Paper style questions posted on Teams are to be attempted and the Quiz which will be posted later in the week to be submitted.
Mr Phairs will be hosting a different style of tutorial session on Thursday morning where he models answers to the past paper questions.
S4 Physics
Week commencing 15th February
Both N4 and N5 level pupils should firstly watch the recorded lesson on Velocity-Time Graphs, available on the Live Lesson Team.
Relevant pages of Summary Notes should then be completed, and the problems detailed on each class Team should be completed.
A quiz will be assigned later in the week.
Mr Savage will host a live tutorial session on Thursday, detailing how we would approach past paper questions and answering any questions asked.
WB 15/02 – AH Biology
Well done to the pupils who submitted their meiosis essay last week! This week pupils will begin Unit 2 Key Area 4, the lessons this week will focus on parental investment in different species.
Week beginning 15/02 – S4 National 5 Biology
This week pupils will start Unit 1 Cell Structure and function. Pupils should read through the Unit 1 Cell structure and function workbook and copy the notes, diagrams and tables from pages 7-10 and 17. Pupils should also read through the PowerPoint and copy the tables with the correct cell heading on slides 13, 14, 18 and 21. There will be a live lesson periods 1 and 2 on Tuesday 16/02 where we will go over the class notes and PowerPoint for this week giving pupils a chance to take their class notes. Pupils should also try the past paper questions on cell structure and function and the revision questions for photosynthesis. There will be a live tutorial periods 3 and 4 on Friday 19/02 to go over all past paper questions set this week.
Homework 1 from the Unit 1 homework booklet has also been set and will be due in on Tuesday 2/03.
S4 National 4 Biology 15/02
Pupils should recap Mitosis by watching the BBC Bitesize video then attempting the test. We will be starting Aseptic Techniques and Cell Culturing this week, so pupils should read over slides 11-13 from the Unit 1 PowerPoint (in files, on Teams), and answer the questions on slide 14, plus complete the mindmap. A tutorial will take place on Tuesday at 9:45 – 10:30 to go over the answers, as well as introduce the next part of the course DNA. Pupils are asked to submit a wordwall assignment for Friday 3pm and do the Kahoot quiz covering this weeks work.
Higher Human Biology 15/02
Pupils should test themselves on 2.6 by doing the Kahoot quiz which can be found on the Learning Grid. We will move onto 2.7 this week which covers pathology of cardiovascular disease. Pupils should watch the recorded PowerPoint video on YouTube to help complete the pupil notes. A tutorial on Wednesday P2 and 3, will go over the answers. Then the live lesson on Friday P1 and 2 will go over the answers to Homework 8, and focus on past paper questions from 2.7.
