Food Chains Activity : Chain Reaction

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.

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2D Shape Woksheets

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
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Worksheet 1 is a picture which shows the main two dimensional shapes with their names.
Worksheet 2 is a picture of lots of shapes. The children should colour in the different shapes using the colours identified in the key.
Worksheet 3 is a matching exercise.
Worksheet 4 requires the children to count the different types of shapes, and fill in their answers in the table on the worksheet.
Worksheet 5 asks the children to complete a table, filling in the properties of different shapes. They are required to work out the number of edges and corners each shape has.
With overview and answers

Estimating Angles

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.

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Properties of Quadrilaterals

A useful revision aid to remind students about the properties of quadrilaterals including square, rhombus, rectangle, parallelogram, trapezium and kite.

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Properties of 2D & 3D Shape

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

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Planet Impact - Gravity

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.

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Forces in Action at a Theme Park

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.

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