Contents

Quick Quiz answer sheet 1 8B Respiration

End of Year Test – Foundation tier 3–6 2 8B – Quick Quiz 65
End of Year Test – Higher tier 5–7 9 8B – Target Sheet 67
8B – Word Sheets 68
8B – End of Unit Test 70
Biology 8B – Summary Sheets 73
8A Food and digestion 8Ba/1 – Can dead yeast cells
8A – Quick Quiz 16 respire? 75
8A – Target Sheet 18 8Ba/2 – Yeast cells and respiration 77
8A – Word Sheets 19 8Ba/3 – Signs of life 78
8A – End of Unit Test 21 8Ba/4 – Respiration snap
8A – Summary Sheets 25 instructions 79
8Ba/5 – Respiration snap cards 80
8Aa/1 – Testing foods 1 27 8Ba/6 – Some useful tests 81
8Aa/2 – Testing foods 2 28 8Ba/7 – Pea problem 83
8Aa/3 – True and false foods 29 8Ba/8 – Getting warmer 84
8Aa/4 – Food for thought 31
8Aa/5 – What’s in it? 32 8Bb/1 – Back to resting 85
8Aa/6 – RDA 33 8Bb/2 – The circulatory system 87
8Bb/3 – Circulation crossword 88
8Ab/1 – Newspaper article 1 34 8Bb/4 – William Harvey 89
8Ab/2 – Newspaper article 2 35 8Bb/5 – Blood and circulation 90
8Ab/3 – Food wheels 36 8Bb/6 – Blood 91
8Ab/4 – A Big Burger meal 37 8Bb/7 – William Withering 92
8Ab/5 – What’s on the menu? 38 8Bb/8 – Understanding the human
8Ab/6 – Balanced diets 39 circulation 93
8Ab/7 – Salt – good or bad? 40
8Ab/8 – The work of a food scientist 41 8Bc/1 – Exercise and breathing rate 94
8Bc/2 – Respiration and circulation
8Ac/1 – A model small intestine 1 42 summary cards 96
8Ac/2 – In the guts 1 43 8Bc/3 – Breathing and exercise 97
8Ac/3 – In the guts 2 44 8Bc/4 – Exercise and the body 98
8Ac/4 – Teeth and decay 45 8Bc/5 – Marathon running 99
8Ad/1 – Amylase action 46 8Bd/1 – Sheep’s lungs 100
8Ad/2 – Amylase in action 48 8Bd/2 – Air sacs 101
8Ad/3 – A model small intestine 2 49 8Bd/3 – Breathing for respiration 1 102
8Ad/4 – The digestive system 51 8Bd/4 – Breathing for respiration 2 103
8Ad/5 – Flicker-book digestion 52 8Bd/5 – Lung diseases 104
8Ad/6 – Digestion 1 53
8Ad/7 – Digestion 2 54 8Be/1 –
Inhaled and exhaled air 106
8Ad/8 – Saliva and starch 55 8Be/2 –
Burning candles 109
8Ad/9 – When enzymes attack 56 8Be/3 –
A burning experience 111
8Be/4 –
Respiring organisms 112
8Ae/1 – Food for life 58 8Be/5 –
Respiration review 113
8Ae/2 – Digestion concept map 1 59 8Be/6 –
Breathing and respiration 114
8Ae/3 – Digestion crossword 60 8Be/7 –
Do other organisms
8Ae/4 – Food absorption 61 respire? 115
8Ae/5 – Digestion concept map 2 62 8Be/8 – Air and breathing 116
8Ae/6 – Eat to live 63
8Ae/7 – Surface area 64

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8C Microbes and disease 8Da/7 – Identification key 186

8C – Quick Quiz 117 8Db/1 – Tack population 1 187

8C – Target Sheet 119 8Db/2 – Tack population 2 189
8C – Word Sheets 120 8Db/3 – Ecological terms 190
8C – End of Unit Test 122 8Db/4 – Quadrat studies 191
8C – Summary Sheets 126 8Db/5 – Plants and light 192

8Ca/1 – Microbe quest 128 8Dc/1 – Some common

8Ca/2 – Which microbe? 129 invertebrates 193
8Ca/3 – Microbial world 130 8Dc/2 – Invertebrate homes 194
8Ca/4 – Protoctists 131 8Dc/3 – Comparing environmental
factors 195
8Cb/1 – Rising dough 1 132 8Dc/4 – A well adapted creature 197
8Cb/2 – Rising dough 2 134 8Dc/5 – Shellfish decisions 198
8Cb/3 – Making bread 136 8Dc/6 – Survival adaptations 199
8Cb/4 – Yeast respiration 137
8Cb/5 – Yeast populations 138 8Dd/1 – Plant populations 200
8Cb/6 – Populations 139 8Dd/2 – Sampling a lawn 202
8Dd/3 – The lawn 203
8Cc/1 – Growing bacteria 140 8Dd/4 – A tropical environment 204
8Cc/2 – Diseases and their causes 142 8Dd/5 – Looking at a lawn 205
8Cc/3 – Diseases 143 8Dd/6 – Human activities and
8Cc/4 – Microbes recap 144 organisms 206
8Cc/5 – Yellow fever 145
8Cc/6 – Ebola diease 146 8De/1 – Chains, webs and
8Cc/7 – Malaria 147 pyramids 207
8De/2 – Pyramids of numbers 208
8Cd/1 – Washing with soap 149 8De/3 – Changing populations 209
8Cd/2 – Natural defences 1 151 8De/4 – The human population 210
8Cd/3 – Microbes and food 152 8De/5 – Pyramids of biomass 211
8Cd/4 – Diseases concept map 153
8Cd/5 – Natural defences 2 155
8Cd/6 – Louis Pasteur 156 Chemistry
8Cd/7 – Joseph Lister 157
8E Atoms and elements
8Ce/1 – Antibiotics 158
8Ce/2 – Microbes crossword 160 8E – Quick Quiz 212
8Ce/3 – Immunisation 161 8E – Target Sheet 214
8Ce/4 – Microbes concept map 162 8E – Word Sheets 215
8Ce/5 – Disease and immunisation 163 8E – End of Unit Test 217
8Ce/6 – Disease and death 164 8E – Summary Sheets 221
8Ce/7 – Edward Jenner 165 8Ee/1 –
Sorting substances 223
8Ce/8 – Immunisation – it’s 8Ee/2 –
Elements and models 1 224
logical! 166 8Ea/3 –
Elements and models 2 225
8D Ecological relationships 8Ea/4 –
When were the elements
discovered? 226
8D – Quick Quiz 167 8Ea/5 – Where in the world? 1 227
8D – Target Sheet 169 8Ea/6 – Where in the world? 2 228
8D – Word Sheets 170
8D – End of Unit Test 172 8Eb/1 – Element and symbol cards 229
8D – Summary Sheets 176 8Eb/2 – Chemical bingo 230
8Eb/3 – Element cards 232
8Da/1 – Water loss 179 8Eb/4 – The Periodic Table 233
8Da/2 – Sorting kingdoms 181 8Eb/5 – Elementary questions 1 234
8Da/3 – Classifying plants 182 8Eb/6 – Elementary questions 2 235
8Da/4 – Animal acrostic 183 8Eb/7 – What’s in a name? 236
8Da/5 – What’s the plant? 184 8Eb/8 – Playing patience with
8Da/6 – Grouping plants 185 Mendeleev 237

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 8Ec/1 – What is a metal? 1 238 8Fc/5 – Element, mixture or
8Ec/2 – What is a metal? 2 240 compound? 2 294
8Ec/3 – What is a metal? 3 242 8Fc/6 – Element, mixture or
8Ec/4 – Sorting the elements 243 compound? 3 295
8Ec/5 – Cube net 244 8Fc/7 – The ozone layer 296
8Ec/6 – Metal or non-metal? 1 245
8Ec/7 – Metal or non-metal? 2 246 8Fd/1 – What’s in your orange
8Ec/8 – Predicting an squash? 297
undiscovered element 247 8Fd/2 – Gases in the air 298
8Fd/3 – Research a gas 299
8Ed/1 – Element or what? 248 8Fd/4 – Solute calculations 300
8Ed/2 – Elements – what do you
remember? 249 8Fe/1 –
Boiling point of water 301
8Ed/3 – Elements and 8Fe/2 –
Which water is which? 302
compounds 1 250 8Fe/3 –
Salty ice 303
8Ed/4 – Elements and 8Fe/4 –
Spot the difference 304
compounds 2 251 8Fe/5 –
Melting moments 305
8Ed/5 – Elements and 8Fe/6 –
Does hot water freeze
compounds 3 252 faster than cold? 306
8Ed/6 – The impossible compounds 253 8Fe/7 – Boiling points of mixtures 307
8Fe/8 – Melting mixtures of metals 308
8Ee/1 –
Burning magnesium 255
8Ee/2 –
Making compounds 257 8G Rocks and weathering
8Ee/3 –
Naming compounds 258 8G – Quick Quiz 309
8Ee/4 –
An element ... or not an 8G – Target Sheet 311
element? 259 8G – Word Sheets 312
8Ee/5 – Chemical compounds: 8G – End of Unit Test 314
names and formulae 260 8G – Summary Sheets 318
8Ee/6 – Electrolysis 262
8Ee/7 – How much gas? 263 8Ga/1 – Looking at rocks 320
8Ga/2 – Porous rocks 1 321
8F Compounds and mixtures 8Ga/3 – Porous rocks 2 323
8F – Quick Quiz 265 8Ga/4 – Moh’s scale of hardness 324
8F – Target Sheet 267 8Ga/5 – Describing rocks 1 325
8F – Word Sheets 268 8Ga/6 – Describing rocks 2 326
8F – End of Unit Test 269 8Ga/7 – Rocks from space 327
8F – Summary Sheets 272 8Gb/1 – Scenery 1 328
8Fa/1 – Iron and sulphur 1 274 8Gb/2 – Scenery 2 329
8Fa/2 – Iron and sulphur 2 277 8Gb/3 – Limestone scenery 330
8Fa/3 – Elements and 8Gc/1 – Best rock for a statue 1 331
compounds 1 279 8Gc/2 – Best rock for a statue 2 333
8Fa/4 – Elements and 8Gc/3 – Physical or chemical
compounds 2 280 weathering? 334
8Fa/5 – Elements and 8Gc/4 – Out in all weathers! 335
compounds 3 281 8Gc/5 – Heating and cooling 336
8Fb/1 – Is there a reaction? 1 282 8Gd/1 – How far are grains
8Fb/2 – Is there a reaction? 2 283 carried? 1 337
8Fb/3 – Completing a concept map 284 8Gd/2 – How far are grains
8Fb/4 – Word equations 285 carried? 2 338
8Fb/5 – Writing with light 286 8Gd/3 – Moving grains 1 339
8Fc/1 – What sort of water? 1 287 8Gd/4 – Moving grains 2 340
8Fc/2 – What sort of water? 2 289 8Gd/5 – On ice 341
8Fc/3 – Mixtures 291 8Ge/1 – Key ideas 342
8Fc/4 – Element, mixture or 8Ge/2 – Rocks revision 343
compound? 1 292 8Ge/3 – Rocks crossword 344

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 8Ge/4 – The Dead Sea 345 8Ia/1 – Heat energy and
8Ge/5 – Evidence from the rocks 346 temperature 1 406
8Ge/6 – Dating rocks 347 8Ia/2 – Heat energy and
temperature 2 408
8H The rock cycle 8Ia/3 – Temperature survey 409
8H – Quick Quiz 349 8Ia/4 – Temperature versus heat 410
8H – Target Sheet 351 8Ia/5 – Thermometers 412
8H – Word Sheets 352 8Ia/6 – How much energy? 414
8H – End of Unit Test 354 8Ib/1 – Good conductors? 1 415
8H – Summary Sheets 358 8Ib/2 – Good conductors? 2 417
8Ha/1 – Sandstone – squashed 8Ib/3 – Heat flow 418
sand? 360 8Ib/4 – Heat and insulation 419
8Ha/2 – Sedimentary rocks 361 8Ib/5 – Conducting heat 420
8Ha/3 – Glue and sand grains 362 8Ib/6 – Cold feet 421
8Ha/4 – Layers of sediment 1 364 8Ic/1 – Making a thermometer 423
8Ha/5 – Sedimentary rocks 365 8Ic/2 – Explaining convection 424
8Ha/6 – Layers of sediment 2 367 8Ic/3 – The heat goes on 1 425
8Ha/7 – Layers of sediment 3 368 8Ic/4 – Conduction and convection 426
8Hb/1 – How much carbonate? 369 8Ic/5 – The heat goes on 2 427
8Hb/2 – Limestone gridword 370 8Ic/6 – Using convection 428
8Hb/3 – Types of limestone 1 371 8Ic/7 – Convection currents 430
8Hb/4 – Types of limestone 2 372 8Id/1 – Testing insulation 1 431
8Hb/5 – Information from 8Id/2 – Testing insulation 2 433
limestone 373 8Id/3 – Saving energy 1 434
8Hc/1 – Pairs of rocks 1 374 8Id/4 – Saving energy 2 435
8Hc/2 – Pairs of rocks 2 375 8Id/5 – Hot homes 436
8Hc/3 – Metamorphic rocks 376 8Ie/1 – Cooling wax 1 437
8Hc/4 – Diamonds are forever 377 8Ie/2 – Cooling wax 2 439
8Hc/5 – Slate 378 8Ie/3 – Changes of state 440
8Hd/1 – Investigating crystal size 1 379 8Ie/4 – On the beach 442
8Hd/2 – Investigating crystal size 2 380 8Ie/5 – Keeping cool 1 443
8Hd/3 – Density of igneous rock 381 8Ie/6 – Keeping cool 2 444
8Hd/4 – The changing Earth 383 8Ie/7 – Relative humidity 445
8Hd/5 – Igneous rocks 384 8J Magnets and electromagnets
8Hd/6 – Mount St Helens 385
8Hd/7 – A new island! 386 8J – Quick Quiz 446
8J – Target Sheet 448
8He/1 – Rock bingo 387 8J – Word Sheets 449
8He/2 – Rock ‘I’ve got, whose 8J – End of Unit Test 451
got...’ 390 8J – Summary Sheets 454
8He/3 – The rock cycle 1 392
8He/4 – The rock cycle 2 393 8Ja/1 – Magnets and magnetism 456
8He/5 – Uniformitarianism 394 8Ja/2 – Wordsearch – with a
difference 457
8Ja/3 – What is a magnet? 458
Physics 8Jb/1 – Compasses 459
8I Heating and cooling 8Jb/2 – Magnetic pigeons 460
8Jb/3 – True north and magnetic
8I – Quick Quiz 395 north 461
8I – Target Sheet 397
8I – Word Sheets 398 8Jc/1 – Magnetic fields 462
8I – End of Unit Test 400 8Jc/2 – More magnetic fields 463
8I – Summary Sheets 404 8Jc/3 – Magnetic field questions 1 464

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 8Jc/4 – Magnetic field questions 2 465 8Ke/1 – Splitting light 525
8Jc/5 – More about compasses 466 8Ke/2 – Combining colours 526
8Ke/3 – A question of colour 527
8Jd/1 – Making strong 8Ke/4 – Coloured lights 528
electromagnets 1 468 8Ke/5 – Follow the rays 529
8Jd/2 – A reed relay circuit 471 8Ke/6 – Using a spectrum 530
8Jd/3 – Making strong 8Ke/7 – The Snow Queen 531
electromagnets 2 472
8Jd/4 – Changeover relays 473 8L Sound and hearing
8Jd/5 – Relays help sheet 474
8Jd/6 – Electric bells 475 8L – Quick Quiz 532
8Jd/7 – Circuit breakers 476 8L – Target Sheet 534
8Jd/8 – Safer circuits 477 8L – Word Sheets 535
8L – End of Unit Test 536
8Je/1 – Key facts cards 479 8L – Summary Sheets 540
8Je/2 – Electromagnets 1 481
8Je/3 – Electromagnets 2 482 8La/1 – Making different sounds 542
8Je/4 – Recording sound 1 483 8La/2 – What makes the sound? 544
8Je/5 – Recording sound 2 484 8La/3 – Common sounds 545
8Je/6 – Demagnetising magnets 485 8La/4 – Comparing sound and
light waves 546
8K Light
8Lb/1 – Changing the pitch 1 547
8K – Quick Quiz 486 8Lb/2 – Changing the pitch 2 548
8K – Target Sheet 488 8Lb/3 – Vibrations, pitch and
8K – Word Sheets 489 frequency 549
8K – End of Unit Test 491 8Lb/4 – Comparing frequencies 550
8K – Summary Sheets 495 8Lb/5 – Musical instruments 551
8Ka/1 – Making a shadow theatre 497 8Lc/1 – Travelling sound 1 553
8Ka/2 – Casting shadows 498 8Lc/2 – What can you hear? 554
8Ka/3 – Speeding light 499 8Lc/3 – Sound and particles 555
8Ka/4 – Lighthouses 500 8Lc/4 – Travelling sound 2 556
8Ka/5 – Laser light 501 8Lc/5 – Sound history 558
8Kb/1 – What does light do? 502 8Ld/1 – What can we hear? 559
8Kb/2 – Light transmission 504 8Ld/2 – Ear jigsaw 560
8Kb/3 – Pinhole cameras 505 8Ld/3 – Ear diagram 561
8Kb/4 – Investigating light rays 506 8Ld/4 – Ears and hearing 562
8Kb/5 – Objects and light 508 8Ld/5 – The stethoscope story 563
8Kb/6 – How do we see things? 509 8Ld/6 – Ultrasound scans 564
8Kb/7 – How a pinhole camera
works 510 8Le/1 – Soundproof design 1 565
8Le/2 – Soundproof design 2 567
8Kc/1 – Mirror image 511 8Le/3 – Noise nuisance 1 568
8Kc/2 – Reflection in a plane 8Le/4 – Noise nuisance 2 569
mirror 513 8Le/5 – Sound wordsearch 570
8Kc/3 – About mirrors 514 8Le/6 – Ear protectors 571
8Kc/4 – How do we use mirrors? 1 515
8Kc/5 – How do we use mirrors? 2 516
8Kc/6 – Treasure Island 517 Skills sheets
8Kd/1 – Refracting light 518 SS62 – Testing for starch and fat 572
8Kd/2 – Reflection and refraction 520 SS63 – Testing for protein 573
8Kd/3 – Trick questions 1 521 SS64 – Testing for sugars 574
8Kd/4 – Trick questions 2 523 SS65 – What food contains 575
8Kd/5 – Uses of refraction 524 SS66 – Quadrats: the area method 576
SS67 – Datalogging 577

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