St.Mary s Catholic High School Science Holiday Home work Name Year 2 Week 1 There are seven ways in which living things, such as plants and animals, are different to non-living things. Write the correct description (from the box) and give an example of that characteristic for both a plant and an animal. Characteristic Description An Animal Example A Plant Example Movement Respiration Sensitivity Nutrition Excretion Reproduction Growth Descriptions: Remove wastes made in body To change positions To obtain and break food into smaller pieces To detect changes in the surroundings To create new organisms Produce energy from food To increase in size 1
Look at the objects around your home. Choose and write the object in the given table and complete the details. Object What is it used for Material it is made from Why the material is a good choice 2
Some tips: Find a good microhabitat and then start your hunt. Make use of a magnifying glass and a camera (take pictures to collect evidence for your booklet) Record everything that you observe. Decorate and fill your booklet with pictures of the minibeasts, the micohabitat and also you as a little explorer. You could also draw various pictures. Week 2 The lifecycle of a frog What you could do? Research the life-cycle of a frog Draw or use pictures to show the stages involved Write sentences about the stages of a lifecycle. Week 3 You have learnt that some food and objects come from plants What could you do? Talk and write about your dinner or lunch - which foods have come from plants? How do you think they reached your plate? You could draw a picture and label the food that comes from plants. Look at packing of seeds, what will they grow into? You could talk to someone who grows their own fruit or vegetables about what they grow and how. 3
Research the journey of a cocoa bean into a chocolate bar Some objects are made from wood which comes from trees. Can you name any? Week 3 Cut the pictures carefully and use them to make their life cycles. Paste them onto the diagrams. Remember to add the arrows! Which animals change the most between their young and adult forms?... Which animal has the most unusual life cycle? Do any of the life cycles have anything in common? Do you know of any other animal life cycles? Can you make your own life cycle diagram? 4
Week 4 These are some pictures of animals and some pictures of habitats. Carefully cut out each picture. Match each animal to its habitat. of one or two things that the habitat provides for the animal, such as water, food, shelter, warmth, or protection. Which animals were the easiest to match to their habitats? Why? Which animals might belong to different habitats?. Which animals might you find in the wild in this country?. 5
Stick picture of organism What does this habitat provide? Organism What does this habitat provide? Organism What does this habitat provide? Organism Desert habitat What does this habitat provide? 6
Week 5 Leaf factories Leaves help to make for a plant. They contain a green substance called chlorophyll. The leaves take in a gas called. The roots take in and other substances are dissolved into it from the ground. The changes the water and carbon dioxide into the food that the plant needs. This food is a kind of sugar called. Some foods we eat such as rice and potatoes also contain starch. BUT... this food can only be made if the plant gets plenty of. The inside the plant carries all the food around the plant to keep it healthy and to make it grow. Sap is the oozy liquid you can see when you break the open. This whole process of making food is called While this is happening, the leaves give off a gas called (You may choose from these words : oxygen, carbon dioxide, sap, photosynthesis, water, food, light, chlorophyll, stem, starch) Colour the plant. 7
Week 6 Material Search Find the following materials in the box below. Wool, cotton, plastic, glass, paper, gold, straw, stone, slate, copper, cardboard, wood, polyester, steel Colour the natural materials green and manufactured ones red. One is done for you. 8