Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Christmas Resources

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.

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Become a Victorian Millionaire

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?

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Children in Victorian Times

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.
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Sunday, November 11, 2007

Forces in Action

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.

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Friday, November 09, 2007

Area & Perimeter

Everything you wanted to know about area and perimeter - includes explanation, examples and exercises (rectangles and triangles).

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Thursday, November 08, 2007

Electricity : Circuits

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

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Percentages Worksheets


This fantastic suite of percentages workshets is put together by Numeracy World.

Percentages, fractions & decimals
Learners need to fill in the gaps to show the percentages, fractions and decimals that are represented by shaded squares and circles.

Circle Percentages
Percentages are illustrated here as sectors of circles. Learners need to write the percentage that each sector represents.

.... and many more all with answers

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