woodchurch science

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.

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.

problems? use the comments button next to this post…

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.

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.

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


via videosift.com

there are four main theories: spin theory, capture theory, double planet theory and large impact theory. do some research using these links.

updated link for bbc bitesize gcse and for ks3.

here are some links for you to use in your research:
geocentric model
heliocentric model
aristotle
nicolaus copernicus
galileo galilei
tycho brahe
johannes kepler
isaac newton

here are a couple of videos you could show to introduce the topic of satellites…first up is a newsreel showing how sputnik was launched in 1957, followed by telstar in 1962…

1950s: Reds Launch First Space Satellite, 7th October 1957


1960s: Satellite Brings The World Closer, 12th July 1962