Upper school classes might like this site where you can upload photos and create printable templates for lots of lovely craft ideas - books, models and origami. Click here.
24 September 2013
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The 3 Pyramids
You are Ahmose, a priest in a temple. The high priest has died and you must prepare him for his journey to the afterlife by collecting all the objects required to get him there. Be warned~ you have only got until sunrise to complete your mission.
Find out more about the objects you collect in the Three Pyramids game HERE.
The Three Pyramids in the game are based on real Ancient Egyptian pyramids and you can find out more about them on the pdf you can download HERE, Then test your Ancient Egyptian knowledge with the online Three Pyramids quiz.
15th October - Ada Lovelace Day
(Many thanks to Tim Rylands for this post, and several others on this blog!)
The 15th of October is Ada Lovelace Day, a chance to celebrate, and highlight, some of the, often forgotten, yet remarkable, achievements of women, down through the years, to the present day, in the fields of science, technology, engineering & mathematics.
The day could be a fabulous opportunity to stimulate some writing, research and investigations in to women from the past, or today’s pioneers.
Ada Lovelace is widely held to have been the first computer programmer. Close friends with inventor Charles Babbage, Lovelace was intrigued by his Analytical Engine and in 1842, she translated a description of it by Italian mathematician Luigi Menabrea.
Babbage
asked her to expand the article, “as she understood it so well”, and
this was when she wrote several early ‘computer programs’. Her notes on
the engine include what is recognised as the first algorithm intended to be processed by a machine; thanks to this, she is sometimes considered the world’s first computer programmer. Ada’s notes are important in the early history of computers.
She also foresaw the capability of computers to go beyond mere
calculating or number-crunching while others, including Babbage himself,
focused only on these capabilities.
Ada was the only legitimate child of the poet Lord Byron (with Anne Isabella Milbanke, 11th Baroness Wentworth). Ada died of cancer at 36, her potential tragically unfulfilled.
Read more about Ada Lovelace on the Finding Ada page here.
Ada Lovelace Day 2013
is about sharing stories of women — whether engineers, scientists,
technologists or mathematicians — who have inspired many. The aim is to
create new role models for girls and women in these male-dominated
fields by raising the profile of other women in STEM.
It’s really easy to get involved in Ada Lovelace Day: When 15th October starts, just write or record something about a women in science, technology, engineering or maths whose achievements you admire. It can be a blog post, a Facebook update, a podcast, a video – whatever you like.
When it’s published online, visit this page to find out how to add your story to the collection.
Take a look at the wonderful Sydney Padua.com for some exquisite art work, and “The Origin”,a wonderful comic on the back story and early days of Ada Lovelace.
2D Goggles or “The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage”, is a “highly irregular webcomic, with footnotes* with an interesting cast.
Lovelace and Babbage is now a snazzy FREE iPad App, thanks to the good folks at Agant!
It has “The Origin” for free, with “a bevy of brand-new notes and primary docs in fabulous Rotate-O-Vision, for all your Lovelace and Babbage trivia needs”.
The 15th of October is Ada Lovelace Day, a chance to celebrate, and highlight, some of the, often forgotten, yet remarkable, achievements of women, down through the years, to the present day, in the fields of science, technology, engineering & mathematics.
The day could be a fabulous opportunity to stimulate some writing, research and investigations in to women from the past, or today’s pioneers.
Ada Lovelace is widely held to have been the first computer programmer. Close friends with inventor Charles Babbage, Lovelace was intrigued by his Analytical Engine and in 1842, she translated a description of it by Italian mathematician Luigi Menabrea.
Babbage
asked her to expand the article, “as she understood it so well”, and
this was when she wrote several early ‘computer programs’. Her notes on
the engine include what is recognised as the first algorithm intended to be processed by a machine; thanks to this, she is sometimes considered the world’s first computer programmer. Ada’s notes are important in the early history of computers.
She also foresaw the capability of computers to go beyond mere
calculating or number-crunching while others, including Babbage himself,
focused only on these capabilities.Ada was the only legitimate child of the poet Lord Byron (with Anne Isabella Milbanke, 11th Baroness Wentworth). Ada died of cancer at 36, her potential tragically unfulfilled.
Read more about Ada Lovelace on the Finding Ada page here.
Ada Lovelace Day 2013
is about sharing stories of women — whether engineers, scientists,
technologists or mathematicians — who have inspired many. The aim is to
create new role models for girls and women in these male-dominated
fields by raising the profile of other women in STEM.It’s really easy to get involved in Ada Lovelace Day: When 15th October starts, just write or record something about a women in science, technology, engineering or maths whose achievements you admire. It can be a blog post, a Facebook update, a podcast, a video – whatever you like.
When it’s published online, visit this page to find out how to add your story to the collection.
Take a look at the wonderful Sydney Padua.com for some exquisite art work, and “The Origin”,a wonderful comic on the back story and early days of Ada Lovelace.2D Goggles or “The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage”, is a “highly irregular webcomic, with footnotes* with an interesting cast.
Lovelace and Babbage is now a snazzy FREE iPad App, thanks to the good folks at Agant!It has “The Origin” for free, with “a bevy of brand-new notes and primary docs in fabulous Rotate-O-Vision, for all your Lovelace and Babbage trivia needs”.
Forest Academy
The Forest Academy
is a fun, informative, interactive tour through the life cycle of
plants, tree knowledge, biodiversity, forest protection and more. Games,
& quizes earn badges for your backpack. Try some experiments too.9 to 12 year olds could play this game independently or it could be used as a shared class experience in a lesson. (Ideas here).
Teach Your Monster to Read
This
inspiring game develops children’s speed, and accuracy of letter
recognition, by taking them on a fantastic adventure through a magical
world where they meet island kings and collect letters to win prizes.
It also explores blending and segmenting, and introduces “tricky” words
in a fun, interactive setting. It is aimed at beginning readers, both
those who are on track & those who need support. And, it’s great fun
too.The Science of Gardening
This looks best for upper school. The Science of Gardening is a great collection of videos, and interactive activities, about growing plants.
There are three areas: Feed ~ Control ~ Bloom. The first section explores the basics, such as soil types, seeds, and the origins of some of the common cultivated crops.
In “Control”, we find out about biodiversity, growing plants indoors, and plant hybrids, whilst “Bloom” looks at pollination, the survival skills of plants, and why they spend so much effort making themselves attractive.
3D Toad
3D Toad is a collection of rotatable, three dimensional, artefacts that it is possible to spin and zoom in on. A good set of objects to use in many learning opportunities.
Investigate 360° models (some of which have alternate 3D views that can be viewed with 3D glasses) of disections, animal and human skeletons, goelogical and fossil specimens, historical object and more.
Why it's a toad, I've no idea.
Time Toast - make timelines
Once you create your timeline, viewers can click on date points to see what is significant about the event. From there they can expand the entry to see pictures and additional information. Timetoast is free to register and use.
There are some timelines already online, for example this one on the chronology of the Moon Landings.
Timelines are a great way to see what happened when and get all that information in perspective. There are other timeline services which offer more advanced features like adding video, but Timetoast allows you to
* Create online time lines
* Share your time lines with the world
* Embed your timeline onto other sites
* Add images to your timeline
Photofunia
Create a planet!
Free online books
Nicer Tube
Design a Comic Book Cover
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