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tyndall centre website

woodchurchscience — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:19:25 +0000

Climate change organisation website. Good video on this about what they do. Useful for C1b 6.6 especially Triple science.
Click here for Tyndall Centre
Click here for info on John Tyndall

just exactly how big are carbon atoms?

woodchurchscience — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:19:12 +0000

use this to compare atoms (and other things) to the size of a coffee bean or a grain of rice (slide the thing at the bottom).
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/

continental drift animation

woodchurchscience — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:38:10 +0000

here’s one that actually works in school…(link)

animated guide to earthquakes

woodchurchscience — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:26:45 +0000

bbc link, good animation, covers some stuff about tsunamis as well.

learn stuff…and feed the world!

woodchurchscience — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:18:11 +0000

for every answer you get right on this site (www.freerice.com) you donate 10 grains of rice through the world food programme to starving nations. so get learning and get giving. you can change the subject (there’s a chemistry one for naming the element symbols) perfect for revising 8e.

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…

periodic table tetris

woodchurchscience — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:27:16 +0000

try this version of the classic game but with a twist.

james may 20th century…making glass and neon lights

woodchurchscience — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:58:38 +0000

play from the beginning to about 13.5min for skyscrapers and glass making and then from about 22.5min to about 27.5min for how to make neon lighting.

Watch James May's 20th Century Ep. 06 in Educational | View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

new element, Cp, copernicium added to periodic table

woodchurchscience — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:34:00 +0000

discovered 13 years ago, and officially added to the periodic table just weeks ago, element 112 finally has a name. it will be called “copernicium”, with the symbol Cp, in honour of the astronomer nicolaus copernicus. 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.

water treatment and sewage

woodchurchscience — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:50:12 +0000

a very important subject and one we take for granted. here’s a few links to get you started:
sewage treatment, water pollution (easy guide), waste water made clear.

ensure you cover the following topics in your presentation:
screening
sedimentation
biological filters
disinfection
sludge disposal
and try to find some good photographs to illustrate your work…image search

earthquakes…right now!

woodchurchscience — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:39:00 +0000

this link shows you where earthquakes are going off right now! read more about seismology here.

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).

absorb chemistry resources

woodchurchscience — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:14:38 +0000

most of these are excellent interactive whiteboard resources, highly recommended. click here to access, choose your subject then the ‘view online’option.

periodic table gets another new element

woodchurchscience — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:40:56 +0000

more than a decade after experiments first produced a single atom of a new element, a team of german scientists has been credited with its discovery. you can read about it here. there is some stuff about the last element to be discovered (Ds darmstadtium) in 1994 here.

c3 past paper mark scheme 11seps only

woodchurchscience — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:03:26 +0000

here’s the mark scheme for the paper i gave you today. do the paper first….then mark it. why do it any other way?
here’s the grade boundaries: out of 45, A* = 34, A = 31, B = 26, C = 21, (D = 21)…

aqa exam timetable

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

here’s the latest version

c3 5.0 mind map for y11 seps

woodchurchscience — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:45:53 +0000

making biodiesel video for c1b 5.0

woodchurchscience — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:40:12 +0000

Drive Green: How To Prepare Used Cooking Oil For Biodiesel

c3 4.0 energy mind map (for y11 seps)

woodchurchscience — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:56:55 +0000

fluoride in water. right or wrong? for C3 (y11 seps only)

woodchurchscience — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:44:09 +0000

is it right that we have mass medication? what are the benefits and deficits? here are a few links:
link 1
link 2
link 3
link 4

to soften or not to soften for C3 (y11 seps only)

woodchurchscience — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:34:53 +0000

is softening water good for our health? what are the arguments for and against?
research this topic and produce a single page poster detailing the whys and wherefores.
here are some links:
link 1
link 2
link 3

c3 3.0 water mind map (for y11 seps)

woodchurchscience — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:32:21 +0000

nevada copper

woodchurchscience — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:44:27 +0000

here’s a link to the copper mine that was seen in the ‘rocket science’ program. the company is called nevada copper. you can download a copy of their information booklet here.

rocket science starts tonight

woodchurchscience — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:24:09 +0000

see mr smith in action tonight on bbc2 9pm as he tries to motivate a year 8 class with the science of fireworks.

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.

elements history links for C3 1.8 (year 11 seps only)

woodchurchscience — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:57:59 +0000

information about actinides
general element information at webelements.com click on each element, then down the side for historical information.
wikipedia periodic table page. each element has some history attached to it.

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.

pictures of rotary kilns for c1a

woodchurchscience — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:27:34 +0000

here are a few pictures showing the scale of rotary kilns for cement manufacture. they’re about 30m long and about 3m in diameter, operating temperature about 775degC.
pic 1, pic 2

caesium reacting with water

woodchurchscience — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:09:13 +0000