Thursday, October 07, 2010

inspiring videos

Nick Vujicic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4uG2kSdd-4

The girl who silenced the world for 5 minutes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPI04IPiwbg&feature=related

Tribute to Mrs Lee Kuan Yew
Part 1/2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBS1TpGZDpw
Part 2/2http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68XkOPFKiUM&feature=related

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Games

Mensa Games

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Heat, Materials, Magnets

Play - Heat- changing states

Play - Heat - changing states (evaporation, condensation)

Play - Heat - MP, BP

Play - Heat - insulators

Play - Magnets

Materials BBC
Play - materials' properties

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Read
Quiz

Play - Mirrors
Play - Light and Dark

Thursday, April 01, 2010

Art lesson - cartoon drawing

Drawing animals
http://www.how-to-draw-funny-cartoons.com/

Drawing cartoon people
http://www.moir.com.au/lessons/lesson1/lesson1.htm

Children's art museum

Kids' art gallery

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Shape poems

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/shape/
Images

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Green Bean Time lapse video

Good as an intro for the topic on Plants' life cycles..

Earth - time lapse

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Fractions




Videos on Khan Academy
Interactive diagram for visually converting fractions
Fraction Scale http://www.mathplayground.com/Scale_Fractions.html
Interactives: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/grade_g_2.html

http://jamit.com.au/fraction-games.htm
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/fractions/index.htm
http://www.kidsolr.com/math/fractions.html

Games:

Number bond game (making 1 whole)
http://www.mathplayground.com/number_bonds_fractions.html



Addition of fractions (game): http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fractions/FruitShootFractionsAddition.htm


P3:
Addition and subtraction, simplifying ans to simplest form:
http://www.arcademics.com/games/speedway/speedway.html

Comparing fractions
http://www.arcademics.com/games/dirt-bike-comparing-fractions/dirt-bike-comparing-fractions.html

Equivalent fractions
http://www.arcademics.com/games/dirt-bike-proportions/dirt-bike-proportions.html





Saturday, February 13, 2010

A year in 90 sec

Good for intro on topic for Cycles..

One year in 120 seconds from Eirik Solheim on Vimeo.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

EMS Clips

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/living_things/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/
www.arcademicskillbuilders.com
www.mathplayground.com

Webquests - Life Cycles

Read and find out more about the life cycles of the Chicken, Frog, Butterfly, Mosquito, Housefly, Cockroach, Grasshopper, Mealworm (Beetle) and Dragonfly
1. http://www.vtaide.com/png/assess.htm#LifeCycles
2. http://www.kidfish.bc.ca/dragonfly.htm#cycle
3. http://warrensburg.k12.mo.us/webquest/cycles/index.htm


If the page links are broken, google for your answers.

(ANIMAL NAME)
1. What does it eat?

2. Where can you find it?

3. Please add any super facts about the animal that your classmates may find interesting.

4. How many stages are in the animal's life cycle?

5. What are the names of each of the stages of itslife cycle?

6. How long does it take for it to go through its life cycle?

Butterflies
See it changing..http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Butterflies/english/faq/answers.html


Read for information on the grasshopper, and answer the questions below.
http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/insects/orthoptera.html
1. What does a grasshopper eat?

2. Where can you find a grasshopper?

3. Please add any super facts about the grasshopper that your classmates may find interesting.

4. How many stages are in the life cycle of a grasshopper?

5. What are the names of each of the stages of a grasshopper's life cycle?

6. How many times does the grasshopper nymph moult?

Read for information on the mealworm/ beetle, and answer the questions below.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/insects/beetles/mealworm/mealwormlifecycle.shtml
1. What does a mealworm eat?

2. Where can you find a mealworm?

3. Please add any super facts about the mealworm that your classmates may find interesting.

4. How many stages are in the life cycle of a mealworm?

5. What are the names of each of the stages of a mealworm's life cycle?

6. How long does it take for the mealworm to go through its life cycle?

Dragonfly
http://www.kidfish.bc.ca/dragonfly.htm#cycle
1. What does a dragonfly eat?

2. Where can you find a dragonfly?

3. Please add any super facts about the dragonfly that your classmates may find interesting.

4. How many stages are in the life cycle of a dragonfly?

5. What are the names of each of the stages of a dragonfly's life cycle?

6. How long does it take for the dragonfly to go through its life cycle?

Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Pop-ups

Greeting card:
Greeting card
http://www.skiptomylou.org/make-a-puppy-ears-card-craft-camp/
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