Wednesday 30 September 2009

Kids National Geographic: People and Places

Hi everyone,
Just what we need to look at other cultures and countries around the world. Video and stories.

National Geographic Kids: Animals

Hi,
This web has great info as well as videos on lots of animals and the photos are fab too!

Tuesday 29 September 2009

how the body works

It has a video on how the digestive system works. I'm planning to use, then I'll tell you!!! Elisa

Sunday 27 September 2009

Animal Web Cams at the Smithsonian National Zoo

A wonderful way to see animals real time. The zoo has several web cams so we can drop in and visit any time. The selection of animal photos is also worth looking at. This will make a great addition to any animal class.

Thursday 24 September 2009

The Romans

More about the Romans, this is a very well explained web on the Romans it includes clothes as well as life style.

Droplet and the Water Cycle

A NASA educational link with a great information and an animated game explaining how a droplet of water travels.

Castles

All about castles, why, who, where, including the biggest!

Houses and Homes Thoughout History

The evolution of our houses and the different types of homes we have.

The Inner Body: Secondery

This is for secondary it's a fantastic web with clear diagrams and good explnations.

How the Body Works: Lots of systems and parts

Hi everyone,
Do take a good look at this one. There are lots of body parts all with video, vocab games and activities. This is the main page just click on the body part you want when it's in the centre, then chose an area, video ect. and have fun with the teacher and pupil. The graphics are very atractive too!

The Five Senses Lesson Plan

A full lesson plan on the senses incuding ptintables.

Biomes Lesson Plan

A science teaching lesson on biomes. Includes printable teaching worksheets.

The Circulatory System and The Heart

Detailed explination of how the circulatory system heart and lungs work.

Quiz on Materials

a great quiz to revise and learn about materials.

The Digestive System

Click on the parts and learn how the digestive system works.

The Human Skeleton

Make a skeleton and learn about the bones.

The Digestive System

Looking at how the intestines work, it includes a diagram similar to the one in the students' books.

The senses

All the senses explained including the sixthe sense

How ears work and parts of the ear

Explaining and understanding how the ear works with vocabulary explanations.

How eyes work & parts of the eye

A good explanation of how the eye works and comparing it to a camera. It also includes the parts of the eye.

echalk

Hi everyone,
You'll love this site! There are loads of activities and games to use with the interactive whiteboard. Suitable for primary and secondary. You need to subscribe, though.
If you don't want to pay you can still use the activities but you'll see "PREVIEW" on the screen.

Parts of the Eye

Suitable for younger primary learners to learn the parts of the eye.

Wednesday 16 September 2009

The Romans in Scotland

See how the Romans lived.

The Romans: Photos

30 plus photographs from Rome, Pompeii and Herculaneum.

River jigsaws

Seven photo jigsaws based on the topic of Rivers. Customise using the picture, style, number of pieces and rotation features.

Investigating Coasts

A simple three part activity comparing, annotating and labelling coastal features using photos and diagrams.

Teeth

Pupils can research information about teeth types, tooth structure and tooth decay.

Plant Life Cycle

There are two labelling activities and one sorting task to support work towards the end of the unit. The three sections are as follows: 1) Labelling a life cycle diagram of a flowering plant. 2) Sorting plants by method of seed dispersal. 3) Labelling the reproductive organs of a flower.

Food Groups

Taking a look at the 5 food groups fab for all of primary.

Light and Shadow

Suitable for 4th primary lower levels

Health and Growth

This is wonderful for 2nd and 3rd of primary. Food and growing

Saturday 12 September 2009

Science Topics in Powepoint Format

Loads and loads of powerpoints for your Science classes!
You can download them and save them on your PC or USB and take them with you.
Laura

Video Resources for Science Teachers

Scroll down the page and you'll find videos for your Science classes (5th and 6th Grade).
Laura

Friday 11 September 2009

Class tools book maker

Make a book with turning pages, a very good tool.

Wednesday 9 September 2009

Label Fruit Vocabulary Game

Simple matching game

Label the veg IWB game

A wonderful link to lovely science games

This site has lots of different science games for all abilities. There is also fab stuff for English too.

Environmental Challenge

The environment is in danger we must look at the problems and save our planet.

Living Things

What when where? Fun for younger learners

Saturday 5 September 2009

A Virtual Zoo

This is a very interesting website about all types of animals. You will find lesson plans, a virtual zoo, animal profiles and online software to create new animals.
Very useful for 5th and 6th Grade.

Thursday 3 September 2009

The Middle Ages links for castles

A very interesting link for famous castles with lots of info on life at the time.

Science for primary

Dear Amanda,

I have found this wonderful website to use with the whiteboard. I am sure that our children will love it.

Tuesday 1 September 2009

cooltoolsforschools

This web has almost everything you could want to use and some you hadn't even thought of!