Download Year 7 science Home learning project What are cells? You are an

You are an explorer who has arrived in a strange land. You are discovering many new and
exciting things. It is your job to communicate these things to the people back home. You
are going to produce an information pack detailing your finds. There is a task for every
day of the three weeks. You can complete them in any order but they all must be handed
in at the end. Use the success criteria grid to help you reach your target level.
What is inside the cell?
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How are cells suited to their
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Tasks Week 1
CORE TASK: Create a poster showing a plant and an animal cell with
key labels.
EXTENSION TASK: Explain what each part of the plant cell and animal
cell does.
CORE TASK: Identify the differences between a plant and an animal cell
and record these in a table.
EXTENSION TASK: Explain why animal and plant cells need to be
different.
CORE TASK: Draw a picture of a microscope and label it.
EXTENSION TASK: Write a detailed set of instructions explaining how
to use a light microscope safely.
CORE TASK: Write a magazine an article on the history of the
microscope.
EXTENSION TASK: Name the inventor of the microscope and explain
what it is used for.
CORE TASK: Compare a light microscope and an electron microscope.
You may wish to draw a table.
EXTENSION TASK : Draw a time line showing how our ideas of cell
structure developed as microscopes have improved.
Tasks Week 2
CORE TASK: Research and write about the following types of specialised
cells: Red blood cell, white blood cell, sperm cell, egg cell (Ova), nerve
cell.
EXTENSION TASK: State their scientific name, function and say how
they are adapted to suit their job.
CORE TASK: Research the following types of specialised cells: Palisade
cell, root hair cell, ciliated epithelial cell.
EXTENSION TASK: State their scientific name, function and say how
they are adapted to do their job.
CORE TASK: Pick one of the specialised cells you have researched on
night 1 or night 2 and make a 3D model of it. Make sure you label all of
the parts.
EXTENSION TASK: Make it as detailed as possible.
Year 7 science Home learning project
What are cells?
How do things grow and repair?
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Tasks Week 3
CORE TASK: Write a guide on how flowers reproduce.
EXTENSION TASK: Include diagrams and use correct scientific terms.
CORE TASK: Explain the process of human fertilisation.
EXTENSION TASK: Discuss the cells involved and make sure you use
the correct scientific terms.
CORE TASK: Describe how cells divide in order to multiply.
EXTENSION TASK: Discuss how they do this in both sexual and asexual
reproduction.
CORE TASK: What are stem cells? Research stem cells and their uses.
EXTENSION TASK: Say whether you think stem cell research is a good
idea or not. Give some reasons.
CORE TASK: Should we be allowed to clone things? Write a speech
detailing whether you agree or disagree with cloning, give a reason for
your choice
EXTENSION TASK: Give detailed reasons for your ideas.
Here is a few websites you may find useful:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/science/organisms_behaviour_health/cells_syst
ems/revise3.shtml
http://www.centreofthecell.org/centre/?page_id=1&ks=3
http://www.biology4kids.com/files/cell_main.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/stem-cells
Year 7 science Home learning project
What are cells?
draw the basic structure of Plant and animal cells
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draw a picture of a microscope and label it
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explain how a modern microscope is better than an earlier version
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label a cell diagram and describe what each part does.
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list the common features of a plant and animal cell; I can list what is different.
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write about how a light microscope is similar and different to an electron
microscope
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explain how specialised cells work
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explain the way that cells reproduce
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describe how ideas about cells have been used in the real world.
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use my imagination to write about how cells work in living things even though
I might never see them.
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write about an example of how our knowledge of cells has helped us to solve a
problem or help humanity.
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describe how new science ideas help scientists pose new questions
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Year 7 science Home learning project
What are cells?
Teacher
assessment
N.C Level
Assessment Criteria
I Can...........
Self assessment
What are Cells? – Level guide
link my work on cells to different areas in science
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use my knowledge of cells to explain some of the new areas of science
such as stem cell transplants, cloning etc.
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explain how some scientists who have worked on cells have made the world a
better place
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explain how scientific facts can help prove that a theory works
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Year 7 science Home learning project
What are cells?