Homework calendar

I do not teach s2 Integrated Science in the 2011-12 school year. For your interest, here is a record of S2 homework set in this 2010-11 school year, with due dates. Test dates are also given. 'WS' refers to the 'World of Science' text books 2 and 3 that the students have purchased to accompany this year's course. Students may also sometimes need book 1 which they should have purchased last year. Students are encouraged to read the relevant sections of their text books in addition to completing the formal homeworks.

	Students are reminded that answers should include reasoning and calculations as appropriate.
	Don't forget to include the units when giving the values of quantities.
	Tables and graphs should be drawn with a pencil and ruler.
	Advice for writing lab reports and drawing graphs is given HERE.
	If you need graph paper for your report then you can print this graph paper which is in Word format.
	Always bring your agenda to class and always write your homework assignment and test dates in your agenda.
	Points will be deducted for homework that is submitted late except if this is due to a justified absence.

Beginning in September 2010, I am moving some of the homework questions onto a Moodle Virtual Learning Environment. This has many advantages including:

	less paper used
	colour images possible
	sounds, animations and videos can be included
	students know their score the moment they submit their homework
	detailed analysis of results is possible

See moodle.org/about/ for more information about Moodle. My Moodle website is at http://eeb3.moodlehub.com (do not include 'www' in the address). Students must login using the same username and password that they use to log on to the school network. Students do not need to answer all the questions in one session - they can continue with the quiz at a later time. Once all the questions have been answered and checked they can be submitted for marking - the student should then receive an instant grade. The student may only submit each online homework quiz ONCE (unless otherwise stated). Although the student should receive an overall grade instantly they will not able to know their score for individual answers or know the correct answers to each question until the deadline for submission is passed.

Homework Set	Due date
Complete Forces workbook questions 1-17 (started in class) Some workbooks may have missing questions since some questions have moved online, in which case those questions can be skipped.	20/09
Friction graph and fire station location question (may be on page 5 or 9?)	27/09
Homework Quiz 1 on http://eeb3.moodlehub.com (see top of page). This first online homework consists of 40 multiple choice or fill-in-the-blank questions and was started in class.	30/09
Finish report on viscosity experiment and finish the 12 questions 'Newton's Laws and more' copied into the workbooks on Tuesday 5/10	11/10
Finish report on magnets and all pages to page 9 in Forces workbook.	18/10
Test on Forces	19/10
Finish pages 3,4,9 and 20-22 of Elements and Compounds workbook	11/11
Finish pages 39, 40 of Elements and Compounds workbook	18/11
Finish the 36 online questions on Elements and Compounds on the Moodle site	25/11
Finish all pages of Elements and Compounds workbook up to p34 inclusive but not including pages 30-32	6/12
Finish online quiz Elements and Compounds 2	7/12
Test on Elements and Compounds	14/12
Finish all questions on photocopied sheets (begun in class)	17/01
Complete reports on insulation and conduction (spoon) experiments	24/01
Read and complete ALL pages to page 27.	31/01
Read this 32 page Word document about energy. If you wish to download it then right-click the link and choose 'Save Target as...'. This is a large file (1.4MB) and may take a while to download.	08/02
Complete assembling and annotating diagrams for creation of fossil fuels	10/02
Review for test on energy	15/02
Test on Energy	15/02
Read and complete pages 1-18 of the workbook on digestion, circulation, respiration (started in class)	15/03
Read and complete pages 19-21, complete making the model tooth and complete the report on the saliva experiment (amylase enzyme) (started in class).	21/03
Make a second attempt at the online 40 question Moodle quiz on digestion. Pupils have already made a first attempt and can review their answers to that attempt but without knowing which answers were correct. For pupils who scored 7 or more on the first attempt, making a second attempt is optional.	24/03
Read and complete the section on (Blood) Circulation: pages 33-39 (started in class).	31/03
Review for test, including review of online questions on digestion	10/05
Test on digestion, respiration, circulation	10/05
Read and complete Earth and Space booklet pages 3-7	16/05
Read and complete Earth and Space booklet pages 8,9	19/05
Read and complete Earth and Space booklet pages 22, 23	26/05
Read and complete Earth and Space booklet summary questions (pages 27, 28)	13/06
Review for test	14/06
Test on Earth and Space	14/06
Read and complete pages 1-10 of the booklet 'The Senses'	23/06