Food chains are very simple explanations of how plants and animals areinterdependant. In the real world animals can eat a variety of different foods in order to survive and a food web tries to reflect this. This is an excellent resource by Harcourt for use with a whole class and an interactive whiteboard.
Real notes made by a real Y6 pupil to help with Science Revision. Diagrams show the sun as an energy source, green plants as the 'producer' and animals as consumers and as predators or prey, sometimes both. There are examples of food chains from the Arctic and from the jungle
This resource by Ecokids is ideal for use with an interactive whiteboard and a class group. It covers herbivores, carnivores and omnivores at a basic level before explaining that all the energy comes from the sun which is converted to food by plants. Some animals eat the plants to get energy but some animals eat the other animals. Students get the opportunity to construct two differing foodchains - one for the noerthern arctic region and one for a jungle. They also have the opportunity to investigate what happens if any of the elements of a food chain is removed. Very useful.
A set of 5 basic worksheets by Teaching Ideas. From simple recognition of a variety of 2D shapes students progress to recognising each shape and its properties, sides, corners, etc
An excellent tool by Crickweb which enables teachers to demonstrate the use of a protractor using an interactive whiteboard and also provides agreat resource for students to practise estimation of angles up to 180°, providing instant feedback.
A useful revision aid to remind students about the properties of quadrilaterals including square, rhombus, rectangle, parallelogram, trapezium and kite.
This excellent suite of online resources by the BBCdeals comprehensively with 2D and 3D shape. There is an interactive online activity in which students are required to sort shapes by a number of criteria based on their properties. In addition there is a revision section covering triangles., quadrilaterals, circles, polygons, perimeter, area, stmmetry, 3D shapes and nets of 3D shapes. There is a quiz provided in two formats suitable for interactive whiteboard or individual completion by students
A primary objective of this lesson is to allow students to investigate the effects of gravity on a comet's trajectory by changing the angle of approach, the speed, and the masses of the large and small bodies. In the assessment activities, students will use their knowledge to crash a comet into Jupiter or make a comet fly past the planet without colliding with it. Students can work through "Planet Impact!" independently or in groups. The lesson is designed to be user-friendly for all levels of computer accessibility. Teachers Notes and Lesson Plans are available as well as a selection of downloadable resources.
This interactive resource is suitable for use with a whole class on an interactive whiteboard or individual use bt students in a computer suite. It looks at forces in the context of a theme park and covers gravity, friction, stretching, compression, magnetism, balanced and unbalanced forces. The activity has questions and feedback all the way through as students gather facts about force. At the end they are asked to apply what they have learned to recognise where rides are unsafe. The activity provides a printable certificate then gives examples of the application of knowledge abour forces is relevant in the real world. This is an the best resource I have seen on forces for students aged 9 - 11.
A suite of web pages covering all aspects of the Festive season. suitable for children aged 6 - 11 years. Including the Nativity Story, Christmas facts about Advent, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and Epiphany, Christmas customs such as carols, cards, pudding, trees and mistletoe, and a selection of printable colouring and puzzle activities for the primary classroom.
Read about a real life Victorian mill owner from Armley in Leeds.Benjamin Gott was a model of entrepreneurial skill. By taking risks and experimenting with new ways of doing things, he managed to hit the cash jackpot and become a powerful businessman. Can you solve business problems and make money by taking risks?
The ‘Children in Victorian Britain’ website by the BBClooks at the lives of children in the age of Queen Victoria. the tree sections cover children ar work, at school and at play. The site has the option to view as a standard web page or as an interactive flash movie. Both have their relative merits in the classroom depending upon the situation. There is also a series of worksheets and a number of games.
This suite of pages provides a comprehensive resource for teaching about frces at Key Stage 2. As well as text explaining Gravity, Mass and Weight, balanced and unbalanced forces there is a virtual experiment in which students can record their resulrs and a quiz suitable for assessment purposes.
Everything you wanted to know about area and perimeter - includes explanation, examples and exercises (rectangles and triangles).
This activity by Learning Sciences is specially designed for use by whole groups, individuals, pairs or three. Learning Circuits has been designed to support units 4F and 6G of the UK National Curriculum Key Stage Two Science. The students wotrk through a series of activities covering the basics, simple circuits, circuit diagrams, switches, changing circuits, insulators and conductors. There is a quiz, the resource prints a certificate and there is a circuit building activity
