Thursday, 28 February 2013

Energy worksheets

Wow - check these out.

Loads of explanations and questions following up in more detail from this terms 'energy' lessons.

http://www.powerworks.com.au/sites/default/files/Primary_Resources.pdf

Think before you print!

Mr Welsh

Tuesday, 26 February 2013

Finding out about Fukushima

Here are some pages to get you started.http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2011/images/03/15/t1larg.map.japan.fukushima.daiichi.jpg
Remember to ask yourself - who wrote this? What do they want me to think? Is this fact or opinion?

From the World Nuclear Association (representing in the nuclear industry):
http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/fukushima_accident_inf129.html

From Greenpeace (a campaigning environmental organisation):
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/nuclear/safety/accidents/Fukushima-nuclear-disaster/

Newsround (BBC news for youg people):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_9430000/newsid_9431100/9431104.stm

Friday, 7 December 2012

Alice in Wonderland

Here's the text:

http://sabian.org/alice_in_wonderland1.php

The chapter numbers are at the bottom.

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?