The Summer Bridging Work MUST be handed into one of your subject teachers by Friday 15 September 2017.
Your work will be assessed in September by your class
teachers.
Anyone not completing the work or producing work of poor
quality will be re-interviewed regarding their place on the course and in the
Sixth Form.
The aims are for you to understand if you like
the course and for you to be ready to start learning at post-16 level.
All work is due in on
Friday 15 September 2017.
Things you will need to succeed
every day in the Sixth Form:
¨
Pens
¨ Highlighters
¨ A pencil case
¨ Your own lined paper
¨ A single-hole punch (available from the
school shop for £1)
¨ A pair of scissors
¨ Glue
Things you will need for this course:
·
A
lever-arch folder for storing work at home
·
A
ring-binder for work for the current unit
·
A
pack of at least 20
file dividers
·
A
Scientific calculator
·
A
ruler ❋❋❋Summer
Bridging Work biology
The books you need to buy are:
AQA Biology A-Level 2nd
Edition. Glenn Toole & Susan Toole. ISBN 978-0-19-835177-1 You will need to
buy this book. You will be able to purchase this at a reduced cost in September
Your Summer Bridging Work Project:
- Each
student is to research a range of sources (e.g. internet, scientific
journals, newspapers, magazines, leaflets, TV programmes, interviews with
experts etc..) on a particular disease
caused by a microorganism
- Present
your own research in the form of an informative and detailed A3 sized poster
What areas should the poster cover?
- Your poster should
give sufficient information to address the following questions:
- What
is the disease?
- What
organism causes the disease?
- How
does it infect the body?
- What
effect does it have on the body’s systems?
- How
can the disease be prevented and treated?
- What
impact does the disease have on society?
- TIP: if you run out
of space on your A3 sheet – add more information on the other side of the
sheet (to produce a double-sided information sheet)
What else do I need to do?
- On a separate sheet
of A4 paper, produce a list of all sources/references that you have used
in the production of your poster (with sufficient information on each
reference so that it can be easily located by another person)
- Attach your
reference list to your poster
- Be prepared to give
a brief (~2 mins) presentation on the contents of your poster and what you
have found out about your chosen disease
Staff contact: Mr Finch FMA@cheney.oxon.sch.uk
Exam board: AQA
Specification:
Wider Reading and Discovery List:
Magazines/journals
·
New Scientist
·
Scientific American
·
Nature
·
Science
- Biological
Sciences Review
- British
Medical Journal
- Any
scientific articles in newspapers (e.g. the Guardian on Wednesday)
Books
- The
Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins. Bang up to date on the evidence
for evolution- a great introduction to evolution.
- The
Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (the final chapter- although it is all
very well written).
- Why
Evolution is True by Jerry Coyne (one of the best single volume
introductions to evolutionary theory)
- Bad
Science by Ben Goldacre- very good on the scientific method and how
science works.
- The
Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins (a classic, if difficult read).
- River
out of Eden by Richard Dawkins.
- Genome
by Matt Ridley (very good on modern developments in genetics).
- Life
by Richard Fortey (excellent on fossil evidence and the history of life).
- A
Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson.
- Mapping
the Deep by Robert Kunzig
- Silent
Spring by Rachel Carson
- Almost
Like A Whale by Steve Jones
Places of Interest-Oxford
- Natural
History Museum
- Botanical
Gardens
- Harcourt
Arboretum
Websites
- http://www.cellsalive.com/
- http://www.yourgenome.org/
- http://nature.com – The site of the scientific
journal
- http://www.nhm.ac.uk – The London Natural History
Museum’s website with lots of interesting educational material
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science_and_environment - The BBC news page for Science
and the Environment
