Year 7 Project

Name ………………………………….

1

Notes

22

Notes

21 2

15 days

3

Page: Level 5 Self

Assess

Peer

Assess

9+10 List the variable in your experiment and choose

which you will control, change and measure.

9+10 Explain why you have picked equipment for an

experiment.

9+10 Write a risk assessment - what are the hazards

and the risks and how will you control the, with

very little help.

11+12 Independently design a results table.

graph Independently decide what type of graph to draw

and draw a graph independently with no more

than one plotting error.

graph Identify anomalous results.

13+14 Pick out more than one result that supports your

conclusion.

13+14 Explain your conclusion using your scientific

knowledge and understanding (e.g. why did it hap-

pen that way?)

Page: Level 6 Self

Assess

Peer

Assess

9+10 Recognise & write which variable is dependent and

9+10 Write a risk assessment independently.

graph When appropriate draw a line/curve of best fit on

your graph.

graph Include all things needed for a good graph without

prompting.

13+1

4

Write a conclusion based on scientific understand-

ing using all relevant key terms, does the data sup-

port your hypothesis and why.

13+1

4

Use select points from the results collected to sup-

port your conclusion.

Page: Level 3 Self

Assess

Peer

Assess

9+10 Select the equipment for your experiment with some

help.

9+10 Identify some hazards with some help.

11+12 Record results on whole numbers.

graph Plot a bar chart of your results with help from your

teacher.

13+14 Spot straight forward patterns in your results.

Level Ladder - Life Cycle of a Chick

Investigation

Page: Level 4 Self

Assess

Peer

Assess

9+10 State what you are trying to find out and say how

you are going to make your experiment a fair test.

9+10 Select appropriate equipment for your experiment

independently.

9+10 Identify hazards in your experiment independently.

11+12 Design a table to collect your results with some help

to the correct degree of accuracy.

graph Plot a graph of your results with some help with the

scale.

13+14 Describe the patterns you can see in your results.

13+14 Write a simple conclusion about what your results

13+14 Identify which result helped you decide on your

conclusion.

19

20 days

4

Your task is to monitor the chicks, from hatching to ap-

proximately 1 week old. There will be a number of

things you may wish to monitor. These include: colour,

weight, height, activity, amount of food eaten etc.

There are others, but they must be observed without

harm to the chicks.

You need to write an introduction to your investigation.

It must include:

• A Hypothesis - what you are trying to find out.

• The Variables - Independent, dependent & control variables

• An Equipment List - and why you need the equipment

• A Risk Assessment - Identifying any hazards in your investi-

gation and how you will control them.

5

Page: Level 5 Self

Assess

Peer

Assess

3+4 Describe fertilisation

3+4 Explain how more complex features help animals

to survive before and after hatching.

1+2 Use terms producer/consumer to describe organ-

isms in a food chain.

1+2 Explain how chicken is classified.

3+4 Describe the job of each part inside an egg.

3+4 Describe how an unborn chick obtains nutrients.

7+8 Create a classification key independently that will

allow you to identify at least 5 chicks.

Page: Level 6 Self

Assess

Peer

Assess

Explain how the egg develops.

Identify specific adaptions and characteristics

that are advantageous under particular con-

dieiont.

Identify similar features and behavior in animals

that live in the same environment.

Create a classification key independently that will

allow you to identify ALL the chicks.

Describe simply how genetic variation occurs.

18

Level Ladder - Life Cycle of a Chick

Year 7 Project

Page

:

Level 3 Self

Assess

Peer

Assess

3+4 Recognise that living things reproduce.

1+2 Identify simple features of chickens.

7+8 Identify similarities & differences between organ-

isms of the same species.

1+2 State how a chicken is classified.

Page: Level 4 Self

Assess

Peer

Assess

1+2 Using simple examples, describe how chickens are adapted.

1+2 Draw a simple food chain and describe it using terms:

3+4 Label the different parts inside an egg.

5+6 Sequence the stages of chick development.

7+8 Create a classification key with some help.

17

6

and Making a Conclusion ..

7

Hen Female chicken

Rooster Male chicken

Chick Baby chicken

Fertile egg Egg capable of producing a chick

Yolk Yellow part of the egg, providing nutrients for the

Air sac Air bubble at the blunt end of the egg

Nest Where the hen sits to keep the eggs warm

Incubator Controls the temperature of the eggs

Pipping First signs of the chick hatching

Hatch Chick emerging from egg

Dander Covering on down of newly-hatched chicks

Feathers Outer covering of chickens

Egg tooth Hard lump on beak to break through the shell

Brooder House to keep chicks warm

16

15 8

Your task is to monitor the chicks, from hatching to ap-

proximately 1 week old. There will be a number of things

you may wish to monitor. These include: colour, weight,

height, activity, amount of food eaten etc. There are oth-

ers, but they must be observed without harm to the

chicks.

You need to write an introduction to your investigation. It

must include:

• A Hypothesis - what you are trying to find out.

• The Variables - Independent, dependent & control variables

• An Equipment List - and why you need the equipment

• A Risk Assessment - Identifying any hazards in your investiga-

tion and how you will control them.

9 14

You need to describe the pattern you can see in your re-

sults and explain your conclusion using your scientific

knowledge and understanding (e.g. why did it happen

that way?).

You must also identify which results helped you decide on

your conclusion and include these in your explanation.

and Making a Conclusion ..

13 10

You need to collect and present your data. Design a

results table and decide what type of graph to draw.

11 12