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online reaction timer

woodchurchscience — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:37:44 +0000

try this to test your reactions…

breathing earth…births/deaths/CO2

woodchurchscience — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:40:21 +0000

this site (breathingearth.net) shows how many people are being born and dying around the world and just how much CO2 is being produced. interesting and just a bit worrying…

diabetes – an introduction

woodchurchscience — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:50:47 +0000

someone asked about diabetes today: here’s some information for you… http://bit.ly/50S9t …it gives you some background about the various types of diabetes

12 year old hamburger…

woodchurchscience — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:37:42 +0000

…looks almost good enough to eat but it’s 12 years old…karen hanrahan has been using the same McDonald’s hamburger as a prop in her “Healthy Choices for Children” class since 1996 — 12 years! — and it’s hardly aged a day in all that time. read more here…

how should we teach science?

woodchurchscience — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:13:17 +0000

the government wants opinions from science teachers in order to shape the new GCSE Science curriculum. obviously the consultation process is enough to put anyone off so this site (http://howscience.co.uk) makes it easier for teachers (or anyone really) to sound off about what’s right and/or wrong about science teaching in the uk.

effects of alcohol on body

woodchurchscience — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:11:34 +0000

effects of alcohol on body
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virtual body parts

woodchurchscience — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:53:45 +0000

interactive brain, skeleton, heart and digestive system: the link is here. great for interactive white boards. thanks to james hollis for link.

year 8 and year 9 homework files

woodchurchscience — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:50:19 +0000

If you are in year 8, please bring back your red, green or yellow homework files (you don’t need them any more and you’ll get a new one soon for year 9).

If you are in year 9, please bring back your red, green or yellow files (you don’t need them any more as you get different homework for keystage 4).

who pooped?

woodchurchscience — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:46:11 +0000

try recognising some animals from the poo they make, get it right and print out a whopooped certificate! Really tasteful. click here to try.

aqa exam timetable

woodchurchscience — Tue, 19 May 2009 12:51:33 +0000

here’s the latest version

bbc science video archive

woodchurchscience — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:24:18 +0000

this link takes you to the bbc’s archive of videos for use in schools. includes science, geography, re and citizenship. you need a username and password to access, which i have. come and see me or email me and i’ll give them to you.

updated link for y10 past papers

woodchurchscience — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:59:23 +0000

aqa have changed their link. this is the one you need for the most to date past papers and mark schemes.

cell doll

woodchurchscience — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:49:17 +0000

researchers have found a way of cultivating cells in a doll shape, which can survive for a few days. read more on michael davies’ blog here

gas exchange in alveoli for 8b3

woodchurchscience — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:13:23 +0000

you should see a little animation here. it’s what’s going on inside the alveoli in your lungs. oxygen and carbon dioxide are being exchanged across the thin walls of the alveoli.
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darwin day

woodchurchscience — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:16:28 +0000

surely no denizen of woodchurchscience could disagree with the notion of celebrating the life and works of charles darwin with a public holiday – unless perhaps you think some other scientist would be more deserving.
if darwin is your man then tell gordon brown by signing this petition on the number 10 website.

charles darwin was a truly remarkable scientist. his work on evolution deserves to be honoured in some way. making his birthday (12th february) a bank holiday would be a simple way of doing this.

juicy heart pictures

woodchurchscience — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:28:47 +0000

if you want to se some lovely photographs of a real human heart then head over to michael davies’ blog where he’s posted some great photos.

how science works hangman

woodchurchscience — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:03:05 +0000

here’s a good game to test your knowledge of how science works words. usual rules apply.

it’s official: chocolate is good for you!

woodchurchscience — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:52:25 +0000

at last some medical proof that chocolate is good for you: but with some caveats attached. a report from the journal of the american medical association states that dark chocolate (not white) lowers high blood pressure. read more here

sharks facing extinction

woodchurchscience — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:58:29 +0000

more than a quarter of sharks and rays in the north-east atlantic face extinction from overfishing, conservationists warned today. a “red list” report from the international union for conservation of nature (IUCN) found that 26% of all sharks, rays and related species in the regional waters are threatened with extinction. seven per cent are classed as critically endangered, while a fifth are regarded as “near-threatened”.
read more here.

specimen papers for year 11 january exams

woodchurchscience — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:51:26 +0000

if you are revising for year 11 exams in january (or even for the mocks!) this link contains the specimen exam papers for b2, c2 and p2 exams. there are no past papers available yet.

ks3 wordsearch resource

woodchurchscience — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:35:12 +0000

here’s a link to word searches for every ks3 unit from 7a through to 9m(!) all in pdf format and ready to download.

resources for 8a food and digestion

woodchurchscience — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:26:44 +0000

here’s a load of resources for 8a. some are projectable for use in classrooms. this one is particularly good.

fighting infection links

woodchurchscience — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:54:22 +0000

for 8C4
produce a powerpoint presentation, word document or publisher document about these important pioneers in the world of vaccination and immunology.
use these links to help with your research
lady mary wortley montague information
lady mary wortley montague images
edward jenner information
edward jenner images
there is also some information in the y8 textbook pages 30-31

a quick how science works quiz

woodchurchscience — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:51:24 +0000

try this hsw quiz (only 10 multiple choice questions). courtesy dr welch.

comments or queries to me please…press the comments button.

year 10? revising?

woodchurchscience — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:16:58 +0000

start here, your first stop

photosynthesis song

woodchurchscience — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:39:30 +0000

link to a song about photosynthesis

no more bees? no more humans?

woodchurchscience — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:54:11 +0000

we’ve had a question from abbie wilson in year 7 about bees. einstein once said that if all the worlds bees died out then humans would follow within four years! here are a couple of articles about this problem which is worrying conservationists worldwide. article one – last flight of the honeybee, and article two – so what’s plan bee?

but here’s something to look into…did einstein really say that? here’s a letter in this weekend’s guardian:

Alison Benjamin states in Last Flight Of The Honeybee? (May 31), “According to Albert Einstein, our very existence is inextricably linked to bees.” There is no evidence for this being true, as can be found easily by reference to the myth-busting snopes.com. Snopes’ conclusion is that the supposed quote was probably concocted as part of a campaign by European beekeepers protesting about perceived threats to their livelihoods. Martin Whittaker, Edinburgh

zoom zoom zoom: digital microscopes

woodchurchscience — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:29:50 +0000

if you get bored during the half term holiday and want to have a go using digital microscopes the learning lighthouse clc at birket avenue in moreton is holding free science sessions on wednesday 28th May 10am to 12noon and also 1pm to 3pm. The sessions are for ages 10 to 13.

You will get to use our digital microscopes to examine all sorts of objects under magnification. Take photographs of these objects and then work with adobe photoshop to add filters and change colours. bring some small objects you wish to examine. this is a family learning activity and all children must be accompanied by an adult who will be expected to participate, so bring your granny for a fun day out!

8yv boys cleaning the school pond

woodchurchscience — Sun, 18 May 2008 20:44:20 +0000

here’s a few pictures of stephen, phil, dillon and robert cleaning out the school pond as part of the go for green project.

revision material for b3, c3 and p3

woodchurchscience — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:55:56 +0000

the three powerpoint presentations from educationusingpowerpoint are now available for download. don’t forget you need the latest username and password to access them. ask your subject teacher.