Sunday, November 12, 2006
Human Body - Micro Organisms and Disease
Viruses and bacteria are micro organisms.
Human Body - Micro Organisms and Disease
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Human Body - Drugs
Human Body - Drugs
Monday, October 02, 2006
Negative Number - Worksheets
Students are given thermometer readings within the range +30°C to -20°C and asked to calculate by how many degrees the temperature has risen or fallen.
Negative Numbers - Worksheets
Download the file and open it. Simply click in cell C1, type in a new sheet number and press return. Everything on the page changes and you have a new worksheet . Print as normal.
Decimal Addition - Worksheet Generator
Decimal Addition - Worksheet Generator
Downlad the file and open it. To create a new worksheet click in cell B1, change the number of the worksheet and press return or enter on your keyboard.
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Prefixes
Prefixes
A prefix is a letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a root word to make a new word
So the prefix un can be added to the root word happy to make a new word - unhappy.
In this example the prefix un means not so unhappy means not happy.
Here is a list of common and not so common prefixes for you to think about:
Fractions - Worksheet Generator
Answers are provided on a separate sheet.
Downlad the file and open it. To create a new worksheet click in cell B1, change the number of the worksheet and press return or enter on your keyboard.
You can also change the maximum number of the denominator so that the sheet can be adapted and made easier or more difficult
Fractions - Worksheet Generator
Saturday, September 16, 2006
Inverse Operations - Addition and Subtraction - Worksheets
Answers are provided on a separate sheet.
Three separate worksheets cover ranges within 20, 100 and 1000
Inverse Operations - Addition and Subtraction - Worksheets
Monday, September 11, 2006
Human Body - Skeleton - Online Assessment
Human Body - Skeleton - Online Assessment
Sunday, September 10, 2006
Percentages - Worksheet Generator
To download the file right click the link below and select Save Target As...
To create a new worksheet simply click in cell C3 on tne student sheet, type a new number and press return or enter on your keyboard. New worksheets will be created and are ready to print.
Percentages - Worksheet Generator
Mental Methods - Online Activity
Mental Methods - Online Activity
Inverse Operations - Worksheet Generator
Answers are provided on a separate sheet. Downlad the file and open it. To create a new worksheet click in cell B1, change the number of the worksheet and press return or enter on your keyboard
Three separate worksheets cover ranges <10 x 10, <100 x 10 and <1000 x 100.
Inverse Operations - Worksheet Generator
Place Value - Whiteboard Activity
Place Value - Whiteboard Activity
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Place Value - Whiteboard Activity
Place Value - Whiteboard Activity
Triangles - Whiteboard Activity
Triangles - Whiteboard Activity
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Adjectives
Adjectives
Adjectives give the reader extra information about the nouns in the sentence:
The injured dog ran across the busy road.
Now we know a little more about the dog and the road....
Friday, September 01, 2006
Verbs - Tenses
Verbs - Tenses
The tense of the verb lets you know when the action takes place.
If the action has already happened it is in the past and the verb will be in the past tense
Yesterday we walked across the fields to have a picnic.
I was feeling a bit down last Wednesday so my brother took me to the pictures....
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Shape and Space - Angles - Online Activity
Shape and Space - Angles - Online Activity
Friday, August 18, 2006
ICT 4C Branching Databases
ICT 4C Branching Databases
Chose four students from the class as guinea pigs.
Ask the class to look at each individual and identify a unique aspect of his/her physical appearance or clothing, eg:
John is the only person with red hair
Sharon is the only person wearing a skirt
Paul is the only person wearing glasses
Thelma is the only person wearing a hair band
Explain to the students that this information can be used to solve problems involving these students......
ICT 3C Introduction to Databases
ICT 3C Introduction to Databases
Stage 1
First look at the BBC web page Characteristics of Materials on your interactive whiteboard. What you have is a vitrual laboratory in which you can test six different materials metal, paper, fabric, rubber, glass, and plastic to see if they are waterproof, transparent, flexible and strong.
Demonstrate how to drag each material into the testing clamps then click each of the test buttons in turn. Observe what happens and explain how to decide if the material has the property of being waterproof, flexible, etc.
Demonstrate how to use the data capture sheet to record the findings using Y for yes and N for no.
Allow the students to log into their computers and complete the exercise testing each material for each property and recording the results.
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Multiplying numbers by 10, 100, 1000
Multiplying numbers by 10, 100, 1000
Multiplying and dividing numbers by 10, 100 or 1000 is very easy, it is simply a matter of moving the digits to the left or right, for example......
Numeracy - Rounding to the nearest 10, 100, 1000
Numeracy - Rounding to the nearest 10, 100, 1000
Sometimes it is useful to round numbers up or down to the nearest 10, 100 or even 100 to make a calculation easier when absolute accuracy is not required or to make sure that a mistake has not been made when working out a carefully worked out answer.
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Addition - Online Worksheet Creator
Addition - Online Worksheet Creator
You are able to manipulate a number of parameters:
- how many numbers in the sum, the range of the numbers you wish to use,
- the number of decimal places, the number of sums in a row
- the number of rows.
All in all a very flexible resource for busy teachers, ideal for homework activities...
Basic Operations Online Worksheet Creator
Basic Operations Online Worksheet Creator
Monday, August 14, 2006
Shape and Space - Triangles
Shape and Space - Triangles
A 2D shape that has three straight sides is called a triangle, but triangles can be different sizes and shapes and some of these have special names:
Remember : the sum of the angles of a triangle is 180°
A triangle which contains a right angle is called a right angled triangle...
Shape and Space - Quadrilaterals
Shape and space Quadrilaterals
Any 2D shape that has four straight sides is called a quadrilateral. Below we have listed the special quadrilaterals that have their own name.
Remember : the sum of the angles of a quadrilateral is 360°
All the sides of a square are equal length and all the angles are right angles....
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Decimals - Online worksheet creator
Decimals - Online worksheet creator
Sunday, August 06, 2006
Shape and Space - Measuring Angles
Shape and Space - Measuring Angles
Pronouns
Pronouns
Pronouns are words that we can put into sentences instead of nouns.
There are two kinds of pronouns:
- Personal pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, they
- Possessive pronouns : mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs.
Michael is a good boy. Every Saturday Michael gets out a bucket and a sponge and cleans the family cars. Michael's mum and dad are always very pleased when Michael cleans the cars. Michaels mum and dad give Michael £5 for each car that he washes. Michael saves his money all year round and uses it to go on holiday with his friend James. Michael and James like to go to the seaside. Michael and James go to Scarborough for a week every summer...
Numeracy - Place Value
Numeracy - Place Value
We have ten digits in our numbering system
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
These digits are like our alphabet and just as the letters of the alppabet can be combined to make different words so the digits can be combined to create an infinite variety of numbers
2 is a single digit number
465 is a three digit number
How much each digit is worth depends upon its place in the number...
Shape and Space - Lines and Angles
Shape and Space - Lines and Angles
When lines meet at a point or cross each other they create angles...
Saturday, August 05, 2006
Verbs
Verbs
A verb is the action word in any sentence.
All sentences have a verb in them, a verb tells us what what a person or thing is doing or how they are
- moving : run, trot, amble, gallop, skip
- speak : shout, scream, whisper, yell,
- feel : like, hate, love
Every day we take part in thousands of different actions we do, feel or talk about every day and each one of them has a verb so that we can communicate what is happening.
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Nouns
Nouns
There are several categories of nouns:
Common Nouns
The words that give names to the things all around us are common nouns.
- The dog growled fiercely.
- The television blew up.
- The boys played our.
- The dog ate all the biscuits that were in his bowl.
- My sister spilt cola on her new dress.
- Every day the milkman brings milk to our house...
Sentences
Sentences
A sentence is a group of words that makes sense.
Every time that we speak or write we use sentences.
Sentences can be:
statements - giving someone information
- The dog walked down the street
- Which street did the dog walk down?
- Walk the dog down the street......
Monday, July 31, 2006
Materials - States of Matter
Materials - States of Matter
Solid
Solids can be picked up and handled, they keep their shape unless you cut, slice or break bits off to make into new and different shapes. Solids can be picked up and handled, they keep their shape unless you cut, slice or break bits off to make into new and different shapes
Human Body - Balanced Diet
Human Body - Balanced Diet
Friday, July 28, 2006
Human Body - Teeth - Printable Activity
Human Body - Teeth - Printable Activity
Human Body - Teeth - Labelled Diagram
Human Body - Teeth - Labelled Diagram
Human Body - Teeth
Human Body - Teeth
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Human Body - Circulation - Animation
Human Body - Circulation - Animation
Human Body - Beating Heart - Animation
Human Body - Beating Heart - Animation
Human Body - Blood and Circulation
Human Body - Blood and Circulation
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
ICT 4B Modelling Effects on Screen
ICT 4E Modelling Effects on Screen
Session 1
Students should open a browser and navigate online to the Turtle Logo Applet
The object of this is to move the ‘turtle’ round the screen to raw simple geometric shapes. The simple LOGO commands are listed at the top of the page. To draw a square, for example, the commands would be....
Monday, July 24, 2006
Green Plants Science KS2
Green Plants Science KS2
Flowers, leaves, stem, roots and photostnthesis are covered
Flowers
Flowers are used in the process of reproduction. They are usually brightly coloured and have a smell, both of which attract insects. Flowers produce pollen - the plants male sex cells. The pollen joins with the eggs - the plants female sex cells.....
Human Body - Lungs
Human Body - Lungs
Our lungs enable us to take in oxygen from the atmosphere and to dispose of the carbon dioxide, which our cells produce as a waste product.
To breath in your diaphragm (a large muscle below the lungs) contracts, your ribs are raised upwards and air is sucked into you r lungs. When you breath out your diaphragm and ribs relax and the air is forced out again......
Human Body - Joints - Printable Activity
Human Body - Joints - Printable Activity
Human Body - Joints and Muscles - Online Activity
Human Body - Joints and Muscles - Online Activity
Human Body - Movement
Human Body - Movement
Movement
We can move our bodies into different positions because we have joints.
A joint is a place where two or more bones meet.
Muscles always work in pairs.
To move a joint one of the muscles in the pair contracts (gets shorter) and the other relaxes (gets longer).
Human Body - Skeleton - Printable Activity
Human Body - Skeleton - Printable Activity
Human Body - Skeleton - Online Activity
Human Body - Skeleton - Online Activity
Human Body - The Skeleton
Human Body - The Skeleton
The Skeleton does three main jobs:
Protection - The skeleton protects your body parts from being damaged by impact:
- SKULL - protects the brain
- RIBS - protect the heart and lungs
- SPINE - protects the spinal chord.....
Human Body - Major Organs - Printable Activity
Human Body - Major Organs - Printable Activity
Human Body - Organs - Online Activity
Human Body - Organs - Online Activity
Human Body - Major Organs
Human Body - Major Organs
Major Organs
All organs are made up of specialised cells.
Each organ in the human body does a specific job or jobs.
These are the major organs......
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Life Processes and Living Things
Life Processes and Living Things
To remember the life processes just remember MRS NERG she'll help you.....
- Movement - all living things move.
- Respiration - all living things breathe.
- Sensitivity - al living things have feelings and respond to their environment
- Nutrition - all living things need food.
- Excretion - all living things get rid of waste and toxins.
- Reproduction - all living things produce copies of themselves.
- Growth - all living things grow....