The Skeleton
Learn about the skeleton and why we need it! © 2012 This website is produced by the Student Recruitment, Admissions and International Development Division at The University of Manchester
How Many Bones Are in Your Body?
How does that old song go again? The knee bone’s connected to the…? Shin bone? Thigh bone? Both? Aarrgghh!
PATHWAY: The Pathway to Inquiry Based Science Teaching
The school constitutes the “epicentre” of formal comprehensive education. Most processes and educational models start there and revolve around the work carried out within its walls. Naturally, the same applies for activities involving the IBSE model, generally acknowledged as one of the most effective teaching approaches;2 the students start their acquaintance with inquiry-based learning at school, with the help of their teachers.
The Brain and Senses
Welcome to the Brain and Senses! Hi, we are Dr Ellen Poliakoff and Dr Luke Jones and we’re experimental psychologists. This means that we find out how people think and how the brain works. When we are not teaching - or lecturing as it's called at University!
CERN - unischoolabs
Let’s take a look at one of the largest labs in the world. (VIDEO) The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a giant scientific facility located 100m under the Earth’s surface, near Geneva on the border of France and Switzerland. It is the most advanced particle accelerator in CERN and is used by scientists in order to study the basic particles of matter. ATLAS is a very big basic particle physics experiment that is performed in the LHC at CERN. (VIDEO)
An Ayurvedic Approach To Parenting
Balancing By Doshas Is Child’s Play Por Wendy Rosenfeldt Jasper never shows much interest in food unless of course it is sweet. He dislikes the wind and easily gets cold hands and feet. He loves stories and games of make believe.
The Human Heart: An Online Exploration from The Franklin Institute, made possible by Unisys
From the moment it begins beating until the moment it stops, the human heart works tirelessly. In an average lifetime*, the heart beats more than two and a half billion times, without ever pausing to rest. Like a pumping machine, the heart provides the power needed for life.
Science Classroom
Science Discovery Days (Student worksheets provided) Scientific Method Unit & Safety Rules (Unit notes, worksheets, and lab ideas provided) Consumer Challenge (Student worksheets provided) Old Wives Tales Investigation (Student worksheets provided) Silly Science (Classification) (Student worksheet provided) Mystery Bags Film Canister Fun Bioglyphs (Student worksheets provided) Pottery Pieces Innovative Inventions - Internet project (Sites from the Kid Zone) (Student worksheet provided) Inventor's Challenge - Internet project (Sites from the Kid Zone) (Student worksheet provided) A Journey Through Time -Internet project (Sites from the Kid Zone) (Student worksheet provided) Science A to Z Puzzle (Student worksheet provided) Super Scientist Challenge (Student worksheets provided) Also check out ... Metric Mania - An assortment of lessons and links for the metric system! | Back to top | Science Discovery Days (T. (Trimpe) Tomm, Havana Junior High, Havana, IL)
Earlychildhood NEWS - Article Reading Center
Sticky, slippery, gooey, heavy, bumpy...that's what sensory experiences are made of. Learning and retention improve depending upon how many of our senses are engaged. Many of our favorite memories involve multiple senses.
Homeschooling in Heels: Human Body Lapbook
January 2011 Update: Just finished some upgrades to the blog, including getting all the lapbooking templates on a more reliable file hosting site. This one has been problematic to download in the past but should work perfectly now (and if not, please let me know!)
Classroom Games Icebreakers
Apr10 How to Play Icebreaker Questions Click here for instructions
CLIL - Teacher's Zone
The aim of this activity is to teach students that breakfast is the most important meal during a day. Age: 8-12 Language focus: - vocabulary: food - structures: What do you usually have for breakfast? I usually have ... / For my healthy breakfast I would like to have ...
