Heres a link to a great lesson starter/plenary idea from the ICT Games website. Science Bingo. It uses the Primary Science vocab words from the Kent Scheme of work, which will suit most Primary Science classes.
Download a pack of Bingo cards to photocopy for the children – then use the Word generator to select words [...]
NeoK12 is a very useful site that catalogues thousands of educational videos for teachers and students to use. They are grouped by topic – with a particular emphasis on Science, but also Social Studies, Maths and Literacy.
There are also links to images and quizzes which could prove handy.
Many of the videos come from YouTube, so [...]
I’ve mentioned before that I am a big fan of Wordle. It’s a fantastic tool for making word clouds – and as such can be used for text analysis (try it with some written work and see what words you over-use) or just for fun image creation.
There was a ripple of outrage yesterday on Twitter [...]
I’ve had quite a few requests recently about how to change the default fonts in Smart Notebook. A lot of teachers do not like the font choices that you get by default and would either like to make the fonts larger, or use more school-friendly fonts like Sassoon Primary.
I’ve produced this quick helpsheet that should [...]
02.24Science Storybooks
Just a quick post to flag up this fun little resource site for Science called Science Storybooks.
It contains a stack of Flash animations that can be used to introduce many different science concepts, some include songs that would provide a fun way to start a lesson.
The resources are completely free, and also contain links to [...]
I love Canada, I love the Olympics, and I love The Big Picture website. So when you get all three combined, it’s just fantastic
The Big Picture have produced 45 excellent photographs from week 1 of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.
Some of these would be excellent to use in Science lessons to illustrate forces [...]
Just a quick post. You may not be aware that it’s now possible to use the power of Google to search only for Promethean flipcharts using this custom search engine:
A similar feature exists for Smartboard users if you want to find Smart Notebook resources.
Thanks to fellow twitterer Sophie Bessemer for tipping me off about these science resources from BP Educational Services, the education department of the energy company.
Secondary Science teachers might want to check out the Carbon Footprint Toolkit. This teaches students about carbon emissions and their impacts, choices for carbon reduction and alternative energy supplies. The Toolkit [...]
As a companion post to 10 Primary Science ideas for your Whiteboard, here are 10 secondary school Science websites you might enjoy:
Absorb Learning from Yenka : Hundreds of free IWB animations for KS4/KS5 Chemistry and Physics.
ARKive : thousands of free wildlife videos and photographs, including great Darwin resources.
FreezeRay : large bank of interactive Science animations [...]
Teaching with Smartboard is an excellent resource for all Smartboard users.
The site hosts regular video podcasts which explores SMARTBoard teaching techniques to maths teachers. Each episode lasts from 10-20 minutes. Our emphasis and purpose is to create lessons that are engaging for students.
Dave Sladkey is a high school math teacher and Scott Miller is the [...]