WEEK 1
WORLD 03 · SYSTEMS LAB
YEAR 8 · TERM 3
SYSTEMS UNDER PRESSURE
What happens when a system has a problem? How can we make it better?
Science · engineering · environment · survivalTERM 3 · 9 MISSIONS
Your mission board.
Analyse, compare, evaluate, design and defend your decisions.0OF 9
COMPLETE
COMPLETE
01 ⚙ READY
02 ⚙ READY
WEEK 2
Adapt or Change
How do populations change over time?Inherited variation, selection pressures, differential survival/reproduction, adaptation and population change across generations.ENTER MISSION → 03 ⚙ READY
WEEK 3
Mixture Mystery
How can you separate what has been mixed together?Mixtures, solutions, solute/solvent, dissolved vs suspended material, filtration, sieving, magnetism, evaporation, crystallisation and distillation.ENTER MISSION → 04 ⚙ READY
WEEK 4
Change Lab
Did we mix it — or make something new?Physical vs chemical change, evidence for reactions, conservation reasoning, reversibility and limitations of indicators.ENTER MISSION → 05 ⚙ READY
WEEK 5
Circuit City
Why does one circuit fail while another keeps going?Current, voltage, conductors/insulators, series and parallel circuits, open/short faults and resilient circuit design.ENTER MISSION → 06 ⚙ READY
WEEK 6
Pressure Lab
Why does shape change what a force can do?Pressure as force per unit area, contact-area effects, material constraints and applied engineering design.ENTER MISSION → 07 ⚙ READY
WEEK 7
Space Systems
How do scale and gravity organise the universe?Universe structure, gravity, orbital motion, stars/planets/moons/small bodies and Sun–Earth–Moon relationships.ENTER MISSION → 08 ⚙ READY
WEEK 8
Build It Better
Can separate systems work reliably together?Integrated mechanical/electrical/electronic/structural/digital systems; feedback, redundancy, sustainability, ethics and cascading failure.ENTER MISSION → 09 ⚙ READY
WEEK 9
System Failure: Blackout
Can you diagnose a complex system from incomplete evidence?Integrated Year 8 science and technology: electrical, chemical, biological, pressure, thermal and data systems under cascading failure.ENTER MISSION →
MĪHARO · BOOK 5 · TERM 3 READING
TE MĀRAMATANGA
ClarityPart 3: The Choice
Read one chapter alongside each of this term’s nine Homework Club missions. Reading is optional and saves your progress on this device. READ PART 3 →
PROJECT HQ · TERM 3
RESILIENT SYSTEMS CHALLENGE
Pick a system, such as a river, power supply or bridge. Find what could go wrong. Make a plan, test it and show how to make the system stronger.1IDEA
2RESEARCH
3PLAN
4BUILD
5TEST
6IMPROVE
7PRESENT