Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Voices from the British Empire

Remind yourselves of the countries in the Empire here:

http://www.commonwealthonline.org.uk/learning-teaching/learning-country/

Thinking about being a girl in the Empire:

http://www.girlmuseum.org/Exhibitions/EmpireGirls/Admin/HomeandAway-ActivityGuide.pdf

Australian: Aborigines and Convicts.

Australia was inhabited by the Aborigines before British settlers arrived and took over the land. The British government basically used Australia as a prison for criminals or 'convicts'. This was called 'transportation

What happened between the settlers and the Aborigines?

What did it feel like to have settlers come to your country? What was it like to be transported to Australia just for stealing a loaf of bread?

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/empire/pdf/g2cs2bkgd.pdf

Friday, 16 November 2012

Classifiying reversible and irreversible changes

Have you got your worksheet to record what you find out about reversible and irreversible changes?

This first page shows water as a liquid evaporating:

http://www.middleschoolchemistry.com/multimedia/chapter2/lesson2

Lesson 3 (down the page) shows condensation.

Complete a row of your worksheet using what you have learned.

Can you think of another change? Melting chocolate? Disolving sugar in tea? Burning a candle?


Thursday, 8 November 2012

Reversible and irreversible changes

Here's a load of resources to help us learn about reversible and irreversible changes:

http://www.cwmbachjunior.co.uk/6d-science.shtml

Think about your learning question from Thursday's quiz.