8B

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 * Unit 8B: Going for gold 3 weeks **
 * ** Topic 1: Going for gold ** ||
 * Learning objectives || Learning strategies – p 59 || Resources ||
 * * Recall what digested food is needed for.
 * Describe how energy is released in the body.
 * Describe evidence used to show that something is living.
 * Construct word equations for simple chemical reactions. || * Starter: Quick quiz
 * Sport jobs that need science – AT video
 * Book p21: read and answer all questions
 * Finding out about energy foods: discussion using labels of energy drinks
 * Book p 22-23: read and answer all questions
 * Practical: signs of respiration
 * Practical: yeast cells and respiration – demonstration
 * HW: worksheets || * Quick quiz 8Ba
 * AT
 * Labels of energy drinks
 * Exploring Science Year 8 text
 * Equipment, materials and worksheet 8Ba (4) for signs of respiration
 * Equipment and materials for yeast cells and respiration
 * 789science wikispace
 * Other worksheets: see below ||
 * Connections:
 * IGCSE biology section || Assessment:
 * Plenary: Thinking about respiration – AT presentation || Support/extension:
 * Access: worksheet 8Ba (1)
 * Must: worksheet 8Ba (6)
 * Other: 8Ba (7) (most)or (8) (some) ||


 * ** Topic 2: Round and round ** ||
 * Learning objectives || Learning strategies – p 64 || Resources ||
 * * Recall what system the heart and blood vessels belong to.
 * Explain what a pulse rate is.
 * Recall what the different blood vessels in the body are.
 * Describe how the heart pumps. || * Starter: What is in the circulatory system? Group discussions to identify parts of the system and what each part does
 * Book p 24-25: read and answer all questions
 * Practical: back to resting – measuring pulses
 * Practical: heart dissection – demonstration
 * HW: worksheet || * Exploring Science Year 8 text
 * Stopwatches for resting pulses
 * Equipment and heart for dissection
 * 789science wikispace
 * Other worksheets: see below ||
 * Connections:
 * IGCSE biology section || Assessment:
 * Plenary: More on the circulatory system – return to starter || Support/extension:
 * Access: worksheet 8Bb (1)
 * Must: worksheet 8Bb (7)
 * Other: 8Bb (8) and (9) (most) or (10) and (11) (some) ||


 * ** Topic 3: Into thin air ** ||
 * Learning objectives || Learning strategies – p 68 || Resources ||
 * * Recall some ways in which exercise affects the body.
 * Describe how a lack of oxygen can affect cells.
 * Describe how the products and reactants of aerobic respiration get to and from cells. || * Explain the effects of exercise on the pulse and breathing rates.
 * Starter: changes when exercising: discussion
 * Book p 27: read and answer all questions
 * Practical: exercise and breathing rate
 * War poetry – see p69 planning guide
 * Book p 28: read and answer all questions
 * HW: worksheet || * Exploring Science Year 8 text
 * Equipment and materials for breathing rate
 * Slide of poem p 69
 * 789science wikispace
 * Other worksheets: see below ||
 * Connections:
 * IGCSE biology section || Assessment:
 * Plenary: I can .. cloze exercise || Support/extension:
 * Access: worksheet 8Bc (1)
 * Must: worksheet 8Bc (6)
 * Other: 8Bc (7) (most)or (8) (some) ||


 * ** Topic 4: Exchange rates ** ||
 * Learning objectives || Learning strategies – p 72 || Resources ||
 * * Recall the positions and jobs of the organs in the breathing system.
 * Describe how the lungs are adapted to their job.
 * Recall the differences between breathing,ventilationand respiration.
 * Explain how the lungs are kept clean. || * Starter: thinking about breathing and respiration – AT presentation
 * Practical: lung volumes
 * Book p 30-31: read and answer all questions
 * Air sacs: AT video and worksheet 8Bd (4)
 * Practical: sheep lungs - demonstration
 * HW: worksheets || * AT
 * Exploring Science Year 8 text
 * Equipment, materials and worksheet 8Bd (2) for lung volumes
 * Worksheet 8Bd (4)
 * Equipment and lungs to dissect
 * 789science wikispace
 * Other worksheets: see below ||
 * Connections:
 * IGCSE biology section || Assessment:
 * Plenary: In the hot seats || Support/extension:
 * Access: worksheet 8Bd (1)
 * Must: worksheet 8Bd (6)
 * Other: 8Aa (7) (most)or (8) (some) ||


 * ** Topic 5: Respiration detection ** ||
 * Learning objectives || Learning strategies – p 76 || Resources ||
 * * Recall what inhalation and exhalation are.
 * Recall the tests for carbon dioxide.
 * Describe the differences between inhaled and exhaled air.
 * Describe how other organisms obtain the oxygen they need. || * Starter: practical burning 1 – demonstration
 * Practical burning 2
 * Book p 32-33: read and answer all questions
 * Book p 34: read and answer all questions
 * Plenary: revisit quick quiz
 * Prep: revise for test || * Equipment and materials for burning 1 demonstration
 * Equipment, materials and worksheet 8Be (4) for burning 2 investigation
 * Exploring Science Year 8 text
 * 789science wikispace
 * Other worksheets: see below ||
 * Connections:
 * IGCSE biology section || Assessment:
 * End of unit test || Support/extension:
 * Access: worksheet 8Be (1)
 * Must: worksheet 8Be (7)
 * Other: 8Be (8) (most)or (9) (some) ||