Concept Cartoons
Mr Zippy's Trainers
Experience the Moon
Classroom Percussion
Kites
Gravity & Space Game
Speed Pairs
The poetry of science
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6.1 Concept Cartoons
A new approach to teaching, learning and assessment in science, Concept Cartoons feature cartoon-style drawings showing different characters arguing about everyday situations. This computer-based version is designed to intrigue, to provoke discussion and to stimulate scientific thinking about freezing.

6.2 Mr. Zippy's New Trainers
An interactive animation that requires younger children to choose aspects of trainers that will keep Mr. Zippy's feet dry and help him to run fast. The children then design their own trainer on screen.

6.3 Experience the Moon
Extending the learning of more able pupils by challenging their intellectual capabilities. The pupils use independent research skills to produce a well-reasoned analysis of a travel poster for holidays on the Moon, in order to produce a travel brochure that is informative and scientifically correct.

6.4 Classroom Tuned Percussion
A four part unit, including teachers' notes and practical activities, that enables pupils to explore the properties of a range of materials and link them to their uses through investigating tuned percussion instruments.

6.5 Kites
An exploration of the variety of kite designs around the world, together with the scientific principles that keep kites aloft. A fun way of exploring some types of forces through making and flying kites.

6.6 Gravity and Space Traffic Lights
A quick revision game on gravity and space that also enables the teacher to assess the effectiveness of the teaching and level of knowledge and understanding in the class.

6.7 Speed Pairs
A game where pupils put together the start and end of a scientific statement. The activity reinforces pupils' knowledge of aspects of electricity, forces and motion, and light and sound.