woodchurch science

go here for some basic research information about our solar system…
mercury
venus
earth
mars
jupiter
saturn
uranus
neptune
pluto (not strictly a planet any more! see here for details)

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

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.

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go here: eyes on the earth, to see real time satellite tracking data, as well as sea ice, CO2, global temp, sea level and ozone data levels. stunning.

you can now get some updates from woodchurchscience on twitter by following us at http://twitter.com/woodchurchsci

new for 2009…bring in newspaper cuttings of science stories and gain IRIS points. all stories will be published on our twitter feed.

these were the very pinnacle of modern technology about 60 years ago. if you wanted to locate an enemy in the distance, or in the dark. they may look like tubas but in fact they are acoustic locators to pick up distant engine noise. they mimic hearing trumpets, with a similar action.

…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…

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.


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scroll through to about 21 minutes for info about sputnik, telstar and satellite tracking at mission control…guildford.


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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.