Light and Shadow
With the amazing sunshiny weather there are lots of things you can do to
find out about light and shadow.
Here are some challenges for you to do-
1) What are sources of light? Find pictures of sources of light to create a sources of light collage.
2) Where in the school is the shadiest place? Where is the sunniest place?
Use a light sensor to test places around the school.
3) Use this link to find out more about light and shade
4) Which material is best at blocking the light?
Forces and Magnets
Magnets
Remind yourself about the work you did on forces in Year 2 on this -
What forces are being used here?
Soil
What is soil? How is it made?
Why do you think soil is important?
Are all soils the same?
We'll be finding answers to these questions this week.
Floods
Types of rock
This week we're finding out about the 3 types of rocks and how they're made.
VOLCANOES!
This week we're going to discover what volcanoes are, where they happen, why they happen and what effect volcanoes have. Here are links to help you.
Newsround guide to volcanoes
Rocks and Soil
Here are some activities which will help you with your learning about rocks and soil.
Designs for flight
Have a look at these designs for paper planes. You could try some at home.Amazing aeroplanes!
Leonardo da Vinci
We're looking at the inventor, artist and all round genius Leonardo da Vinci.
He designed flying machines over 500 years ago, however they were never made in his life time.
Here are some links to give you more information about Leonardo da Vinci.
Wright Brothers
FLIGHT
Here are some links to information about the invention of flying machines. Use these to help find out about when people first began to fly. Are there more events here to add to your timeline?
ANIMAL KINGDOM
When you've finished creating your healthy teeth leaflets - click on the link below and take the challenge, then you can go on the teeth and eating link.
TAKE THE CHALLENGE
TEETH & EATING - Try the activity and then the quiz
Having found out about diet, we are now going to look at teeth. After all, it's quite difficult to have a balanced diet if you can't eat! We are going to look in detail at the teeth in our mouths, what their jobs are and the importance of looking after them.
TAKE THE CHALLENGE
TEETH & EATING - Try the activity and then the quiz
Having found out about diet, we are now going to look at teeth. After all, it's quite difficult to have a balanced diet if you can't eat! We are going to look in detail at the teeth in our mouths, what their jobs are and the importance of looking after them.
ANIMALS AND THEIR DIET - These websites will help you find out about the diet of different animals, to help you with your zoo keeper project.
ANIMAL'S DIETS
ANIMAL FACTS - Use the green box on the right of this web page to scroll down and find the animal you are interested in.
A-Z OF ANIMALS
ANIMAL FACTS - Use the green box on the right of this web page to scroll down and find the animal you are interested in.
A-Z OF ANIMALS
If you finish your work on a balanced diet - try these activities.
A HEALTHY LUNCH BOX
A BALANCED PLATE
UNMUDDLE THE MEALS
FOOD GROUPS GAME
We are going to start our new topic 'The Animal Kingdom'. It will have a science focus and we will learn about diet and teeth. But what do you know and what do you want to find out?
We'll watch this video to help get us thinking!
THE MAYANS
For our new topic, we are going to stay in South America, but go back over 3000 years to the start of the Mayan empire. We will develop skills as historians (people that study history) as we investigate this great civilization.
This week, we are going to be researching what life was like in the Mayan times. We will use these web links.
Over the next few days, we are going to get really creative. We will be composing and performing our 'rainforest' compositions (music) and then trying to create our own rainforest paintings, in the style of Guatemalan artisit, Antonio Coche Mendoza.
Here is some examples of his colourful work. Look at them carefully. What can you see?
THE AMAZON RAINFOREST
RAINFOREST INFORMATION - We will use this website to research what can be found in a rainforest.
RAINFOREST FACTS - What to find out about the rainforest? This website might answer some of your questions.
ABOUT A RAINFOREST
THE AMAZON - The kids discovery site provides lots of information
AMAZON - WWF explains why this rainforest is important and what will happen if we don't look after it.
Here is a recording of what it would sound like to be in the Amazon rainforest.
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