Year 7 Project
Name ………………………………….
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Notes
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15 days
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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.
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Write a conclusion based on scientific understand-
ing using all relevant key terms, does the data sup-
port your hypothesis and why.
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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.
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20 days
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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.
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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.
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Level Ladder - Life Cycle of a Chick
Year 7 Project
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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.
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and Making a Conclusion ..
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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
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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.
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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 ..
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You need to collect and present your data. Design a
results table and decide what type of graph to draw.
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