KS2 Science Finding out how you move and grow. Can you label the human skeleton? When you've finished move onto the animal skeletons. Do you know which groups living things belong to? Magnets have north poles and south poles. What does a year look like in space? © v2vtraining.co.uk The application consists of two sorting activities and one writing frame to support work towards the end of the unit. Solid, liquid and gas are called the three states of matter. Materials have different properties that make them useful for different jobs. Pupils can research information about teeth types, tooth structure and tooth decay. Use an information panel where pupils can research details about food groups and a balanced plate approach to a healthy diet.Balanced Plate lesson outline An information panel to explains the terms used in, and concepts behind, food chains. This resource consists of a labelling activity, an animation of the water cycle followed by another labelling activity.
Educational Videos and Games for Kids about Science, Math, Social Studies and English The Science Behind Fireworks - How Do They Produce the Brilliant Colors and Designs? By Blog Editor Susan Wells ** This article is strictly for the entertainment and information of our readers. Leave the display fireworks creation, development and launching to the professionals. It is a violation of federal, state and local laws to make or use fireworks without the required permits. Fireworks are as much a part of the Fourth of July as hot dogs, watermelon and red, white and blue. Before we dive into the science behind fireworks, let’s start with a little history. Fireworks were first used to celebrate independence in the United States on July 8, 1776. Designing and building the ultimate firework display or just a firecracker requires a strong knowledge of chemistry and physics. Colors – Different metal elements and metal compounds create each color. Effects – the use of different elements also creates special effects. What’s Inside of a Firework? Black Powder – the propellant. How Do They Create Multi-Explosions, Effects and Colors in One Firework? How Are Patterns Created?
ReadWorks Adds More Science Passages Aligned to Common Core Standards ReadWorks is a nonprofit service that has cataloged hundreds of lesson plans and more than one thousand non-fiction reading passages aligned to Common Core standards. Recently, ReadWorks added a new batch of science passages with accompanying question sets to use in elementary and middle school. With a free ReadWorks account you can search for lessons and reading passages by grade and skill. Intro to ReadWorks from ReadWorks on Vimeo. 5 Fun Physics Games for Students One of my former colleagues always seemed to have his physics students in the hallway, in the stairwells, or outside for various physics demonstrations. His students always seemed to be having fun. I was a little jealous that he hadn't been my physics teacher too. Funderstanding, a learning systems design firm, offers a free roller coaster design activity. Engineering Interact is a site for elementary school students designed by the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. X Construction is an Android app that allows you to design railroad bridges and test whether or not they could support a train crossing. Autodesk Digital STEAM Applied Mechanics is a free iPad app that contains five simple games. Hill Climb Racing is a fun Android game that has a little bit of physics built in.
The Mountain Where Rain Never Falls The sixth in a series of seven fables/lessons/meditations on probability. Another day of hiking brought the teacher and the student to an empty hut by a mountain stream. “We will rest here a while, and wash our clothes,” the teacher said. When they had laid their clean clothes on sunny rocks to dry, the student pointed to the clouds gathering in the valley below. “Looks like rain. “The rains have reached this place only once in the last 100 years,” the teacher said. The student thought for a moment. “A very low probability,” the teacher nodded. Later, the teacher plucked a blade of grass. “Well, there’s no dew roughly 10 times per year,” the student said. Later, a large brown bird flew directly overhead, barely 50 feet up. “Still small,” the student said. Later, as clouds began to darken the sky, the teacher pointed west, where pale stripes of color stood out against the gray sky. “Still low!” Just then, a light rain began to fall. “No trick,” the teacher said. “How can that be?” “No.”
Take A Tour Of This Insane Solar Thermal Energy Plant Sometime in the next few months, the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System will flip the switch on the largest solar plant of its kind in the world: a 377-megawatt, 3500-acre solar thermal energy system. It’s located in California’s Mojave Desert, near the Nevada border, and it’s ridiculously big. ‘ ‘I would suggest going to check it out in person during your next Vegas binge weekend, but from the 15 freeway it’s little more than a silvery blur — a rippling, mirage-like, silvery blur that feels like it might sear your retinas if you look at it too long. A boiler atop one of three towers where the mirrors focus the sun’s light. Unlike traditional photovoltaic cells, where semiconductors create an electronic circuit to convert solar radiation into energy, Ivanpah uses “heliostats”, or giant computer-controlled mirrors, that focus the sun’s energy onto boilers located atop 140m towers, creating steam that powers turbines, thus creating energy. It’s like a funhouse!
Outdoor Summer Science Fun - Sick Science! Bubble Snakes We love bubbles at Steve Spangler Science. We’ve made frozen bubbles, smoky bubbles, giant bubbles, bouncing bubbles and fire bubbles to name a few. This time, we make colorful, snaking bubbles that come out of a homemade bubble blower. Bubbles usually only come as individual spheres of soap and water. For more on the science of bubbles, how to make the perfect bubble solution and how this works, visit the Bubble Snake Experiment page. Materials Empty 16 oz plastic bottle Bowl of bubble solutionBox cuttersPiece of fabric (similar to a washcloth or sock)Liquid food coloring Make the Snakes Find a clean, empty plastic bottle. For all of our Bubble experiments and activities, visit The Lab on SteveSpanglerScience.com.
Virtual Science Experiments on your Interactive Whiteboard Virtual Experiments is a very useful website from Reading University that provides simulations of many standard school science experiments which can be carried out on your interactive whiteboard. The site is suitable for GCSE and also for A Level students. Some of the experiments available include: Photosynthesis with Elodea, Transpiration, Reflection and Refraction, Chemical Clocks and looking at the Viscosity of Glycerol. Most of the experiments have a full-screen option so that they work well on a whiteboard. While simulations cannot and should not replace doing the experiment for real, they can provide useful ways of recapping or revisiting a practical. Sadly, the experiments are in Flash, so you or your students can’t access them on an iPad. You can access the experiments here: