Students will be continuing with their work on Unit 2- control and communication. We will review ‘nervous control’ and then focus on ‘hormonal control’.
S4 National 5 Biology (Mrs Wilsons class)
Week beginning 25th January
Absorption in Animals – Lungs
- Students should read the ‘Transport systems in animals’ workbook p35-40 copying all the notes and completing all activities and questions.
- Pupils should also log into Achieve
Mrs Wilsons class code is: RknBso
https://achieve.hashtag-learning.co.uk/user-start/?next=/
Complete the self evaluation for all the subtopics covered in Unit 2 (up to absorption in animals) and all Unit 3 subtopics.
- Watch the PowerPoint covering absorption in animals.
https://video.link/w/6EvJb
- Complete the past paper questions added to your virtual classroom.
- Extension work – https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zcjfmsg/revision/1
- Assignment will be posted later on in the week.
WB 25/1/21 Advanced Higher Biology
Students will be continuing with their work on Unit 2- Organisms and Evolution. We will review Hardy-Weinberg Calculations and the focus on “Variation”.
Higher Physics
Week commencing 25th January
Recording of Capacitors lesson available on Live Lessons team.
Capacitors Quiz to be completed for end of play Tuesday 26th.
Mr Phairs will post video on semiconductors and host tutorial on Thursday Period 1 & 2 regarding quiz and semiconductors.
S4 Physics
Week commencing 25th January
Recording of “Scalars and Vectors” live lesson are available within the live lessons team.
Relevant questions from problem booklets, videos and activities are detailed within the Sway on each class Team.
A quiz will be available within Assignments at beginning of next week, to be completed for Tuesday 2nd February.
S3 Physics
Week commencing 25th January
All S3 pupils should join the “S3 Physics Live Lesson” team, details available within class teams. Mr Savage will host a live lesson on Monday 25th Period 1 & 2. This will also be recorded for those who can’t attend.
Following this, relevant questions from Problems booklets are to be completed (specifics available within class Team) and a quiz to be submitted in the Assignments tab by the end of the week.
Additional Past Paper questions will also be provided, with solutions to follow.
Scholar N5 Biology Sessions
Scholar are running online tutor sessions for the N5 Biology course which are free to access. I would strongly encourage all N5 pupils to tune in to these at the times shown below.
Thursday 11/02/21 @ 6pm – Cell Biology
Thursday 25/02/21 @ 6pm – Multicellular organisms
Thursday 11/03/21 @ 6pm – Life on Earth
Scholar online N5 Chemistry sessions
Scholar are running online tutor sessions for the N5 Chemistry course which are free to access. I would strongly encourage all N5 pupils to tune in to these at the times shown below. These sessions will be delivered by a Chemistry teacher and you will have the opportunity to ask questions.
AH Physics
This week the AH class is working on Topic 9 ‘Polarisation’, the final topic of Unit 2 ‘Quanta and Waves’. It is hoped to start the final unit of the course ‘Electromagnetism’ next week. Hard copies of Electromagnetism Summary Notes, Tutorial Questions, Solutions to Tutorial Questions and the Scholar Study Guide will be posted to pupils by the end of this week. The Waves Topic Test and the Quanta and Waves Unit Test will be carried out during the next two or three weeks. Directed Revision Guides for both will be sent pupils a few days before they sit the tests.
S4 National 5 Biology
Week 2 WB 18/01/21
Please work through the ‘Unit 2 Transport in animals’ workbook pages 29-34 all about the blood.
Watch the Powerpoint presentation on animal transport https://video.link/w/m05Gb.
Complete homework exercise 7a in your ‘Unit 2 multicellular organisms’ homework booklet and try question 5 (section 2) from the 2016 past paper and question 10 (section 2) from the 2018 past paper.
Extension work – BBC bitesize – Transport systems in animals- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zc8pqhv/revision/3
