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alkene + bromine water video

woodchurchscience — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 17:58:19 +0000

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alkane + bromine water video

woodchurchscience — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 17:56:36 +0000

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the scale of the universe

woodchurchscience — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 20:13:08 +0000

…so exactly how big is it again? … [click here]

bacteria puzzle 7y1 (no prizes now – unclaimed!)

woodchurchscience — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 07:00:21 +0000

a scientist is experimenting with bacteria that are one micron in diameter and that reproduce by dividing every minute into two bacteria. at 12:00pm, he puts a single organism in a container. at precisely 1:00pm, the container is full. at what time was the container half full?
18 answers in and here are the 10 winners: callum arthur, lois keeler, jordan morton, hannah thomas, megan wilson, amber clair, callum ebbs, luke hillan, megan downey, and sean burrell. collect your prizes after half term!

chromatography links for btec 11/7

woodchurchscience — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:21:46 +0000

bbc bitesize
chemguide.co.uk

how science works revision leaflet

woodchurchscience — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:13:17 +0000

the revision leaflet needed for year 7 and year 8 revision can be found here

making bread in a microwave

woodchurchscience — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 08:23:40 +0000

1. Mix one teaspoon of sugar into half a beaker of warm water (37C).
2. Add one dessert spoon of yeast and mix.
3. Leave on a warm radiator to froth up. Say 10 mins
4. Weigh out 300g (a plastic coffee cup level is about 100g) of flour and add one teaspoon of salt and a dash of oil.
5. Add the yeast mixture and just enough more warm water to get a stiff dough.
6. Knead on a floured board until elastic not sticky.
7. Form into little buns and allow time to rise a bit.
8. Bake in a microwave for 3 minutes, one minute at a time.
9. Eat. Note the bread will not brown unless you bake it in a proper oven.
Ingredients: sugar, yeast, flour, salt, oil, microwave, board, bowl, teaspoon, dessert spoon, warm radiator, beaker

year 11 btec fertiliser project

woodchurchscience — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 18:07:48 +0000

you should be able to complete this project over two lessons.
you need to find out about how fertilisers are made.
answer the following questions by following the links:
1. what are fertilisers? link
2. why are they used? link
3. how much fertiliser is used in the uk each year? link
4. what is ammonia? link
5. how is ammonia made? link
6. draw and label your own picture of the process used to make ammonia. here are some possible pictures to use.
explain the following:
7. why is the process carried out at 400-450°C? link
8. the trays inside the main reactor are made of iron. why is iron used and what does it do to the reaction? link
9. the iron trays are made of iron mesh, not iron plates. why would this be better?

super scientist for december 2012 rosalind franklin

woodchurchscience — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:05:04 +0000

this months super scientist is rosalind franklin…as usual any facts to mr warren asap. each entry gets an iris.

no smoking leaflets by 8×5

woodchurchscience — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:55:32 +0000

november 2012 super scientist marie curie

woodchurchscience — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 07:00:10 +0000

win free iris points!
all you have to do is find out any facts about super scientist marie curie
pass the facts to mr warren (we gave away 12 free iris points last month, lets beat that this november).

october 2012 super scientist dorothy hodgkin

woodchurchscience — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:54:38 +0000

win free iris points!
all you have to do is find out any facts about super scientist dorothy hodgkin
pass the facts to mr warren

testing nappies with year 8 and year 9

woodchurchscience — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:53:47 +0000

we tested pampers versus asda own brand nappies. year 9 found that asda were better
(more absorbent) than pampers. year 8 found that they were about the same.

here are two tv adverts:
advert 1
advert 2

virtual cement works

woodchurchscience — Thu, 31 May 2012 18:49:44 +0000

virtual cement works (click here)

virtual limestone quarry

woodchurchscience — Thu, 31 May 2012 18:45:45 +0000

virtual limestone quarry (click here)…

fast link to past papers for biol b3, chem c3 and phys p3

woodchurchscience — Tue, 22 May 2012 11:53:35 +0000

chemistry link here
biology link here
physics link here

in each case choose the button entitled ‘question papers and mark schemes’ and away you go…

test yourself (complete for ks3!)

woodchurchscience — Mon, 21 May 2012 13:08:25 +0000

to access these resources you must have adobe acrobat installed on your machine. most computers will already have it, but if you haven’t got it then download from here.

any access problems then let me know using the comments button at the bottom of this post.

Note: We do not have the answers to these resources. Lots of people ask (see the comments) but the answer is the same. Sorry.

y7 – 7a cells 7b reproduction 7c environment 7d variation 7e acids and alkalis 7f chemical reactions 7g particles 7h solutions 7i energy 7j electrical circuits 7k forces 7l solar system

y8 – 8a food and digestion 8b respiration 8c microbes and disease 8d ecology 8e atoms and elements 8f compounds and mixtures 8g rocks and weathering 8h rock cycle 8i heating and cooling 8j magnets 8k light 8l sound

y9 – 9a inheritance and selection, 9b fit and healthy, 9c plants and photosynthesis, 9d plants for food, 9e metals and metal compounds, 9f patterns of reactivity, 9g environmental chemistry, 9h using chemistry, 9i energy and electricity, 9j gravity and space, 9k speeding up, 9l pressure and moments

sedimentary rock dance

woodchurchscience — Sat, 12 May 2012 18:28:53 +0000

here’s jack and callan just about to launch into mr warren’s patent ‘sedimentary rock formation’ dance

plant samples and sketches 7y2

woodchurchscience — Tue, 01 May 2012 17:58:31 +0000

darwin’s footsteps lesson 4 – the five kingdoms

woodchurchscience — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:08:10 +0000

kid-friendly site that sets out to provide info on the five kingdoms: animalia, plantae, protoctista, fungi, monera
link here

charles darwin homework 1 links

woodchurchscience — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:59:59 +0000

source 1
source 2
source 3
source 4

darwin’s footsteps adaptations lesson 2 starter

woodchurchscience — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:45:59 +0000

fishing fish video (click on video below main pic)
mountain hares wearing wrong coats can get caught out if snow hasn’t yet fallen.

supermarkets eco policies for btec assignment 1.5

woodchurchscience — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:04:00 +0000

asda
local produce
organic produce
plastic bags
recycling

tesco
local produce
organic produce
plastic bags
recycling

sainsbury
local produce (scroll down to ‘local producers’)
organic produce (scroll down to ‘how can you tell that food is organic?’)
plastic bags (scroll down to ‘reduce plastic bag use’)
recycling (scroll down to ‘encourage recycling’)

morrisons
local produce (scroll down to ‘how much food is sourced in Britain’)
organic produce (difficult to find sorry)
plastic bags
recycling

glaucus atlanticus sea slug

woodchurchscience — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:41:59 +0000

an amazing looking creature…The Glaucus atlanticus, or blue glaucus is the only species of the genus Glaucus and only one of two species in the family Glaucidae. The animals float upside down at the surface of the sea, keeping afloat by swallowing air which is stored in their stomachs. Their diet is mainly made up of hydrozoans including the Portuguese Man o’ War – they even eat the stings. As well as getting nourishment from the stings, they use them for their own defence. get more information here

adaptations (fantasy animals) by 8y1

woodchurchscience — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:59:11 +0000

blood circulation – ideas have changed

woodchurchscience — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:52:38 +0000

in ancient times, no-one understood how blood flowed around the body. most theories were based on dissections on dead animals. aristotle believed that the arteries were full of air because they are usually empty in dead bodies.

research the work of Galen, Versalius, William Harvey and Malpighi.

reacting iron wool with halogens

woodchurchscience — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:38:12 +0000

good way of showing how the reactivity of halogens changes down the group.
some youtube videos
video 1 chlorine, bromine, iodine
video 2 chlorine (go to about 55secs)
video 3 iodine

wegener and continental drift animation

woodchurchscience — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:33:42 +0000

animation here … use the play, reverse and forward buttons to show how continental drift works…

letters to ships captain 8y1

woodchurchscience — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:23:23 +0000

healthy diet leaflets by 8×4

woodchurchscience — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:09:14 +0000