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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.

instructions for accessing VLE

woodchurchscience — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:57:59 +0000

how to access science resources on the VLE
get on the internet as usual
go to http://woodchurchscience.edublogs.org
look for VLE tab across the top and click it
enter the VLE using the link
enter your network username and password
you are now in the VLE
down the left hand side is a long list
look for ‘curriculum’ and click it
look for ’science’
choose your year and the resources will display in the middle

you can print off these instructions here.

problems? use the comments button next to this post…

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…

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.

physics games

woodchurchscience — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:07:39 +0000

for engineering fortnight here are some physics games to try out…

bbc bitesize

woodchurchscience — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:48:38 +0000

updated link for bbc bitesize gcse and for ks3.

effects of alcohol on body

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

effects of alcohol on body
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feeling small?…this might put things in perspective

woodchurchscience — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:04:11 +0000

Relative Sizes Of Planets And Stars
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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.

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.

why are some substances magnetic?

woodchurchscience — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:38:28 +0000

a question from rowan sullivan in year 7. explaining magnetism is not easy but I’ll have a go. in unit 8j you will learn that electricity can produce a magnetic field. substances like iron oxide (magnetite) are members of a group of compounds that have the standard formula A(B)2O4. the A and B represent different metal ions that occupy specific sites in the crystal structure. in the case of magnetite, Fe3O4, the A metal is Fe +2 and the B metal is Fe +3; that’s two different metal ions in two specific sites. this arrangement causes a transfer of electrons between the different irons (ions!) in the structure. this movement of electrons generates the magnetic field.
that more or less explains it but some people have devoted their entire lives and careers to explaining the many types of magnetism. i would recommend you read this page (but only if you are having difficulty sleeping).

absorb physics resources

woodchurchscience — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:17:26 +0000

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

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.

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.

journey through a jet engine…

woodchurchscience — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:47:59 +0000

[turn your speakers on!]…then click on this link from rolls-royce and take a journey through a rolls-royce trent jet engine (used on the a380 airbus). watch as the temperature and pressure increases as you pass through each segment of the engine.

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