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Why are people fascinated by the
slimy, smelly, gross and horrid? This
attractive and simple to use site
is divided into a number of sections:
Gross & Cool Body, Yucky Fun
and Games, Worm World - find out
all about worms, Roach World
- find out all about bugs and Ask
Wendell - ask questions and see
if the answers appear on the site.
The Gross & Cool Body section
introduces information about the body
with the somewhat unsavoury side,
i.e. many bodily functions tend to
smell or make a sound. This certainly
grabs pupils' interest and leads them
on to an exploration of the human
body. Each page contains details written
and explained in a way that children
will understand and find stimulating.
The site contains facts such as, 'If
you strung all the nerves in an adult's
body end to end they would measure
47 miles!', which lead pupils on to
more information about the brain and
nervous system. Through the site,
pupils are asked questions, listen
to sounds and encouraged to explore.
This site may not be to everybody's
taste, but it certainly grabs pupils'
attention and makes science learning
fun.
http://www.yucky.com
Distance Time Graphs
http://www.webphysics.tec.nh.us/vidshell/clips.html
http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/block/Block.html
http://tre.ngfl.gov.uk/uploads/materials/9235/remmechanics.ppt
Making Soap
http://www.britsoap.co.uk/soap-making.htm
http://www.gsn.uk.com/soap.html
http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/soap.html
Dominica
http://www.ndcdominica.dm/index.htm
Electricity
http://ippex.pppl.gov/interactive/electricity/moving.html
http://www.pearsondigital.net/interactive/circuit/circuit.html
http://education.leeds.ac.uk/projects/lis/ElecCircuitsScheme.pdf
Sound - Finding images
http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/vision.html
http://www.google.com/imghp
Leaning styles & multiple intelligences
http://www.literacynet.org/diversity/music.html
http://www.ldpride.net/learning_style.html
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/muscat_notes/580pks4.htm
The Periodic Table
http://www.webelements.com/
http://education.jlab.org/beamsactivity/6thgrade/tableofelements/
http://www.chemicool.com/
http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/periodic_table/index.html
http://www.creative-chemistry.org.uk/gcse/periodic.htm
Literacy
Alpha Galileo http://www.alphagalileo.org/index.cfm
Alpha Galileo is an Internet-based
news centre for European science,
medicine and technology.
It is really intended for journalists
to give them access to press notices,
event information, contacts and resources.
Fun Size Units
The Constants and Equations Pages
http://tcaep.co.uk/index.htm
This is an on-going project to list
together as many different constants
and equations as possible. It lists
a large number of constants and for
the more fundamental ones gives a
definition. There is also a section
devoted to equations. You may copy
an equation and paste it into a Word
document which could be useful, especially
for those containing slightly esoteric
symbols, if you were writing worksheets.
There is also a conversion function
that allows you to convert from one
unit to another; apparently 567 blinks
is 489.888 seconds!?! Another section
on symbols lists different Greek symbols,
mathematical symbols and electronic
symbols. Symbols from the latter section
can be copied and pasted so again
these could be useful if you were
preparing worksheets.
The BBC website is huge and full
of quality sites demonstrating the
Beeb's commitment to digital content.
Many of the sites play an integral
part in the television programmes,
by enhancing and extending the viewing
experience. Here is a list of some
of the best.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/programmes/tv/blueplanet/
- The Blue Planet
http://www.bbc.co.uk/beasts/
- Walking with Beasts
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dinosaurs/
- Walking with Dinosaurs
Channel 4 also has strong digital
content linked to its television programmes,
in particular its school programmes.
Secondary Online Science (SOS) contains
a range of interactive science games
aimed at pupils aged 11-13 years,
which are fun to play and are supported
by teacher pages illustrating links
to science curriculum areas. For example:
Energy Quest - energy, energy
resources and nutrition
Food Invaders - nutrition,
respiration, energy resources and
energy transfer
Mine Grab - electricity generation,
fossil fuels and energy
Pool Grinder - acids and bases,
neutralisation, rocks and simple chemical
reactions
http://www.channel4.com/learning/secondary.html
Another great site on the Channel
4 website is Robots. Using the Shockwave
plug-in, pupils can build and experiment
with robots. Once they have built
their robot it can be placed into
different environments where pupils
can observe how it operates. They
can then make any changes necessary
to make it work more effectively.
This is a great interactive site and
well worth looking at.
http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/R/robots/
A highly interactive animated site
that uses the Shockwave plug-in for
your browser (available as a free
download from the site). The site
is split into four areas. In The
Lab you can meet real scientists
who work for Pfizer, find out what
they do and the equipment they use.
The Time Machine lets you travel
back in time and discover the effects
medicine and disease have had on history.
The Discoveries area allows
children to use a virtual electron
microscope, play science word games
and undertake some simple experiments.
Finally, the Explore area has
a library, links to other websites
and a very interesting and informative
section about microbes. All in all
this is a very slick site and offers
plenty of activities to incorporate
into science lessons.
http://www.pfizerfunzone.com/funzone/index.html
The science behind the news. This
American site takes topical world
news issues and looks at the science
involved. The main feature at the
time of writing deals with the science
of solar storms. It contains facts,
diagrams and spectacular pictures
about sunquakes, solar physics and
the Northern Lights. The site has
other sections, including an archive
section containing articles ranging
from genetically modified four-legged
chickens to finding water on the Moon.
The Cool Images section has some spectacular
images where pupils are asked to guess
what they think they might be. They
can also be downloaded to use in the
classroom as resources.
http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/
The Internet has over a billion pages
so searching for information can be
a ponderous if not a risky pastime.
If you are looking for a search-engine
to use in schools, try Yahooligans.
Especially designed for children,
it only produces search results on
sites suitable for pupils. For example,
typing the word sex will only give
you information about plant and animal
reproduction.
http://www.yahooligans.com
Part of the excellent discovery.com
website, Planet Earth provides daily
news reports of ecological and natural
disasters. These short reports make
excellent starting points for discussion
and creative writing with a science
theme. Pupils could produce newspaper
front pages and presentations based
on these reports. They will also prompt
pupils to undertake further research.
http://dsc.discovery.com/guides/planetearth/planetearth.html
This is a small simple website containing
some useful data that pupils can use
to make graphs. From these they will
be able to discuss the effects of
an increasing population on the planet.
It uses simple numbers that give a
brief insight into births, deaths
and disease, but these figures are
enough to prompt discussion and allow
pupils to think about the global population.
The website displays a real-time clock
showing how quickly the world population
is increasing. There is a small calculator
that lets pupils enter their age and
the site will tell them the Earth's
population at the time they were born.
Using the real-time clock they will
be able to work out by how many the
population has increased in their
lifetime. The figures are quite staggering.
By graphing the results pupils will
be able to estimate the potential
world population in 10 years' time.
Lots of numerical activities can be
devised using the information on the
site. The results will lead pupils
to further research, discussion about
ethics, how science can help or hinder
and give them a greater sense of world
community.
http://www.popexpo.net/eMain.html
The Internet is full of webcams,
but not many show live footage. This
Gorilla Cam from the New England Zoo
gives you insight into the lives of
their gorillas. As this is live you
will need the Realplayer plug-in.
When you log on to the camera you
join a list. When it is your turn,
you get twenty seconds to control
the camera yourself. There is something
special about controlling a camera
from your classroom that is on the
other side of the Atlantic and being
able to watch these wonderful creatures.
http://www.livewave.com
This website has a lot going on and
may take some getting used to. Pupils
have to fill in a form to submit a
question. A question will only be
answered if it has not been asked
before; the site suggests that 60-70%
of questions have been asked before,
so first it is best to explore the
archives and the Frequently Asked
Questions (FAQs). The most frequently
asked question is, 'Why is the sky
blue?'. The answers are graded according
to age suitability. Try the random
knowledge generator, to give you not
only a list of questions for your
pupils to think about and discuss,
but more importantly the answers.
So if you are interested in finding
out why hot water is used to make
ice rinks, check out this site.
http://www.madsci.org
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