InnovationOpportunityAchievement Y12 - How can you support your child with Independent Learning Challenges in Term 3? University Technical College Bolton

Innovation Opportunity Achievement

Y12 - How can you support your child with Independent Learning

Challenges in Term 3?

University Technical College Bolton

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personalised learning and clear goals, will stretch their boundaries and learn more than they thought possible in order

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Homework V Independent Learning

• Homework is only effective when a student is provided with a meaningful opportunity to review and consolidate learning independently from their taught lessons.

• Hence, here at UTC Bolton, we refer to homework as independent learning.

• Independent learning tasks are only set when sufficient learning has taken place to review and consolidate knowledge, understanding and skills.

Introducing our Independent Learning Calendar• Every parent has usually asked

the question, ‘Have you got any homework?’.

• The familiar response, ‘No!’, often ends the dialogue.

• Our Independent Learning Calendar lets you see what topics are currently being taught across the curriculum and what independent learning challenges have been set.

Independent Learning Calendar Term 3 January – February 2016

Subject Area: Y12 Geography

Week Topic Outline Independent Learning Additional Activities

Other Useful Resources

1 The Impact of Migration on Population Structures. Links between Populations and Resources.

What are the available strategies to make resource management more sustainable?

http://www.s-cool.co.uk/a-level/geography

http://www.coolgeography.co.uk/A-level/AQA/Year%2012/AS_Revision.htm

Develop fieldwork opportunity to walk into local area to look at how population changes an area

http://www.coolgeography.co.uk/A-level/AQA/Year%2012/Population/Population%20main.htm

2 The Social, Economic and Political Implications of Population Change.

Prioritise – what do YOU think are the biggest challenges at the moment?

3 Managing Population Change in an MEDC

Research facts and figures to link into case study

4 Assessment preparation and completion Revision and completion of assessment

5 Managing Population Change in an LEDC and comparisons

Research facts and figures to link into case study

6 How can Population change begin to affect the character of a place (both urban and rural)

Does your local area show signs of change linked to population change?














Independent Learning Calendar Term 3 January – February 2016English Literature

Week

Topic Outline Independent Learning

Further Reading Other Useful Resources

1-6

Play ReadingA Streetcar Named Desire

Read the play York Notes http://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jun/10/tennesseewilliams 1-

6A Streetcar Named Desire

Research the context between 1911-1983(women in the early 20th Century)

http://tennesseewilliamsbiography.com/

The World of Tennessee Williams- W.R Leavitt

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http://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jun/10/tennesseewilliams








Independent Learning Calendar Term 3 January – February 2016Subject Area: ChemistryWeek Topic Outline Independent Learning Further Reading Other Useful Resources

1 Periodicity Periodic table trends poster homework

Oxford OCR Text book p 90-94, 99-104

http://www.ptable.com/

2 Ionisation Energy https://www.sophia.org/concepts/ionization-energy

Oxford OCR Text book p 94-99

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvQ52dGX2gM

3 Gruoup 2 and Halogens Compare and contrast chemistry of Group 2 and the Halogens.


Revise GCSE chemistry

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/z3vwxnb/test4 Qualitative analysis Make a flow diagram for

testing different anionsOxford OCR Text book p 115-118

https://chemrevise.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/3-1-4-qualitative-analysis.pdf 5 Enthalpy http://www.bbc.co.uk/bi

tesize/quiz/q65863831Oxford OCR Text book p 122-132

https://chemrevise.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/3-2-1-enthalpy-changes.pdf

6 Bond enthalpy Create a step by step guide for working out enthalpy change of any reaction



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Revision of module 3 Creative a revision video http://chemrevise.org/ocr-revision-guides/

http://www.ptable.com/

https://www.sophia.org/concepts/ionization-energy






http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/z3vwxnb/test




https://chemrevise.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/3-1-4-qualitative-analysis.pdf




http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/quiz/q65863831

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/quiz/q65863831









http://chemrevise.org/ocr-revision-guides/

http://chemrevise.org/ocr-revision-guides/

Independent Learning Calendar Term 3 January – February 2016Subject Area Psychology Unit 2 – Cognitive PsychologyWeek Topic Outline Independent Learning Further

ReadingOther Useful Resources

1 Multi store model, episodic and semantic memory • What was Hebb and Penfield’s contribution to the trace-decay theory.

• How can theories of memory be used to explain dementia?

Edexcel for A LevelStudysock.guru

http://www.simplypsychology.org/memory.html

2 Working memory model and reconstructive memory model

• Describe two theories of memory• Evaluate why people forget


http://www.simplypsychology.org/working%20memory.html

http://www.simplypsychology.org/eyewitness-testimony.html

3 Classic and Contemporary study • Evaluate Baddeley (1966b) study with regards to how it helps us to know about how memory works.

• Evaluate Sebastian and Hernandez-Gil’s (2012) study with regards to how it gives evidence for the working memory model.


www.studysock.guru


4 Case studies of brain damaged patients and analysis of data

• Explain, using HM as an example, how case studies of people with brain processes information and, in particular, how memory works in the brain


www.psychologytoday.com/blog/trouble-in-mind/201201/hm-the-man-no-memory

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2649674/.

5 Experimental method issues • Explain the value of quantitative data in the study of patients with brain damage and the value of qualitative data too.


www.studysock.guru

6 Statistics and analysis • Discuss the use of inferential statistical tests in psychology• Explain what features in a study need to be known in

order for an appropriate statistical test to be chosen


www.studysock.guru

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWCoj0fCtnU

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http://www.studysock.guru/




http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/trouble-in-mind/201201/hm-the-man-no-memory



http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2649674/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2649674/





Independent Learning Calendar Term 3 January – February 2015Subject Area A-Level Computer Science

Week Topic Outline Independent Learning Further Reading Other Useful Resources

1 Python Programming Programming Challenges www.codeacademy.com Challenges sheet issued in class

2 Binary Answer the question: Why do computers represent all data in binary?

Dynamic Learning


4 Binary Create a poster showing how to convert between binary, hexdecimal and denary

Dynamic Learning


6 Binary Write an overview of the relative merits and drawbacks of lossy and lossless compression

Dynamic Learning

7 Python Programming Complete challenges over Easter

www.codeacademy.com Challenges sheet issued in class

http://www.codeacademy.com/




Independent Learning Calendar Term 3 January – February 2015Subject Area A-Level Maths


1 A Biography of Blaise Pascal –his life, his work and its application to modern life.

Pascal’s Life Plus magazineNrichMy Maths

UTC resource centre and University of Bolton library

2 Pascal Project Pascal’s work and its contribution to modern day life

3 Pascal Project Pascal’s Triangle what is it, why developed and its applications

YouTube

4 Pascal Project How does Pascal’s triangle connect to Binomial Expansion

5 Pascal Project The Binomial coefficient – what is it,How does it work.

Wolfram Mathworld

6 Pascal Project How does the Binomial coefficient connect to Binomial Expansion.

7 Pascal Project Produce a presentation

Independent Learning Calendar Term 3 January – February 2015Subject Area A-Level Physics


1 Particle Physics and Waves Complete a mind map of both particle physics and waves, in preparation for the mock exam

AQA website, http://www.aqa.org.uk/

Kerboodle

2 Wave- Particle Duality Find 1 SEM and 1 TEM micrographs in Medicine and Engineering . Explain how it is produced, with the aid of a labelled diagram – A3 poster

http://www.iflscience.com/technology/some-spectacular-sem-images-microscopic-world

Kerboodle

3 Wave vs Particle Model A4 sheet stating the arguments for and against the models

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/mod1.html

Kerboodle

4 Physics and the Human Genome Project Explain how electricity is used as part of this process – A4 summary sheet

http://www.genome.gov Kerboodle

5 Solar Panels A4 poster, showing how solar panels work

6 Speed Cameras Investigate the type of speed cameras that are available in the market, A3 poster

http://www.speedcamerasuk.com/

kerboodle

7 P60 comet Investigate, using equations of motion how the Philae robot landed on the 67p comet

http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/ Kerboodle

http://www.aqa.org.uk/






http://www.genome.gov/



Independent Learning Calendar Term 3 January – February 2016Biology

Week Topic Outline Independent Learning

Further Reading

Other Useful Resources

1 Prokaryotic cells Using recycled material make a detailed annotated model of a prokaryotic cell.

Scool.com/biology mad.com /bbc bitesize.com/Biology- Campbell and Reece

Edmodo / LdriveAlevel/ Biology text books

2 Viruses Make a teaching resource that explains the life cycle of a virus



3 The cell cycle On AQA/Edexcel website answer all questions on the cell cycle Edexcel unit 1 /2AQA unit 2

Scool.com/biology mad.com /bbc bitesize.com/Biology- Campbell and Reecehttp://qualifications.pearson.com/en/support/support-topics/exams/past-papers.html

Edmodo / LdriveAlevel/ Biology text bookshttp://www.aqa.org.uk/exams-administration/exams-guidance/find-past-papers-and-mark-schemes

4 Mitosis Using pipe cleaners explain the step by step process of mitosis – make stop frame animation



5 Meiosis Using pipe cleaners explain the step by step process of meiosis make stop frame animation



6 Revision Booklet Interactive animation one with examination questions.


Edmodo / LdriveAlevel/ Biology text bookshttp://www.aqa.org.uk/exams-administration/exams-guidance/find-past-papers-and-mark-schemes

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InnovationOpportunityAchievement Y12 - How can you support your child with Independent Learning Challenges in Term 3? University Technical College Bolton