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Embedding ICT across the curriculum Kent Weather Watch 2008-9 A project for primary and secondary pupils around the UK and the World Following the success of Kent Weather Watch we are pleased to announce that the project will be continued to July 2009...
Free Entry! ------- WIN A PRIZE -------- Free Entry! Click here to download the flier Introduction | How to participate | How to submit photos | Curriculum links The Weather Watch 2008-9 Digital Photograph competition is open to all pupils aged between...
“ Visualgeography.com lets you explore the world through images, flags, money, language, maps and other information.” View photos of a country, listen to the native language of that area, learn more about transportation, education, religion, people, etc...
In an English activity this week 5-6 year old children use their developing understanding of context and grammatical cues to help them predict hidden words in a text. Simple turtle graphics using a freely available online application provides a mathematical...
As you may know, Kent is running a Weather Watch project this year. http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/weatherwatch/ We are now looking forward to our first ever Weather around the World Day on Wednesday 21st May 2008 Colette Cotton (Leading ICT Teacher –...
A workshop with contributions from Helen MacGregor ASK Music Advisor, Michele Gregson ASK Art Advisory Teacher and Kent Leading ICT Teachers Schools taking part in Weather Watch 2008 are invited to attend a Music and ICT workshop at Oaktree Primary School...
Little Bear & Sophie Bear are travelling teddies who live with Mrs Keen, an Essex based Early Years teacher. Children can read a diary of the bears exciting adventures. Adults will find teaching resources, recommended books for early years children...
Panprama photos are great to show on the interactive whiteboards. ( Quicktime needs to be installed) Click and drag from side to side as well as up and down. Seaside Cornawall http://www.panoramas.dk/fullscreen6/f38-cadgwith-cornwall.html Blackpool http...
We’re hearing a lot of talk about our eco-footprint these days but how do we know how big ours is? zerofootprints.com enables children to calculate their carbon footprint. By simply answering 25 fun interactive questions, pupils will easily discover how...
Seeing is believing! What will they think of next? Technology is moving a a rapid pace. I thought Google Earth by itself was a fantastic tool but now someone has come up with away of interacting with the application whilst standing at the back of the...
Tony Cassidy has created a fantastic powerpoint slide with multiple live streaming webcams. He has an example on his blog as well as instructions for making your own. Image your students faces when they walk into the classroom to see this on the interactive...
We have highlighted www.geograph.org.uk before but it is worth mentioning again. It has grown into a huge resource of pictures freely available under the Creative Commons Licence . (Many Flickr users have also chosen to offer their work under a Creative...
QuikMaps is a web application that allows users to annotate Google maps by using an editor that supports clicking and dragging. You can draw and attach various labels directly to the mapping space and they'll stick there, and the map itself has the basic...
Why not use a little ICT in your geography lessons to make maps more engaging? Geo Greetings lets you create greeting messages using buildings or other objects that resemble the alphabet from images found on Google Maps. Have a look at our example: http...
Lego’s “ Junkbot ” is a cool online activity that explores how legos can be combined into different shapes to accomplish objectives. It’s very addictive! Check it out for yourself! http://www.lego.com/eng/create/activities/junkbot/Default.asp Mandy
I am sorry this is too late for the classroom, but you can still enjoy this at home if you have Google Earth installed. ( Google Earth is free) You can track Santa with Google Earth. First you need to have Google Earth installed on your computer. Then...
From Karen Brooker at York Road Juniors: www.old-maps.co.uk This is quite a useful site for looking up what certain villages/towns etc looked like in Victorian times. In the "gazetteer" you will find a list of places covered (even down to villages)! If...
Follow this link http://www.redbox.gov.uk/index.asp?AG=0 to a planning simulation with lots of scope for Upper Junior Financiers. (I went bankrupt several times before I got the hang of it!!) However, it may prompt for an ActiveX update before working...
World Geography Quizzes Great as a whole class activity or individual. Students can click on the region of the world and practice at different levels of difficulty. http://sheppardsoftware.com/geography.htm Windows Local Live - Maps and bird's eye views...
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/earlyyears/resources/illustrations/people/ This isn't a comprehensive collection, but we love the images (I identify with the bin lady). James Barrett heard about it from Vanessa Baxter, Year R teacher at Challock. Great for...
http://www.geograph.org.uk/ I found this quite by chance. The project opened a year ago with the aim of publishing a photograph to represent every square kilometre of the UK. 25% is already covered, and there's a clickable map to give easy access. There...
http://jam.bbc.co.uk The BBC Digital Curriculum has been launched. It's totally free, and safe, with no external links other than into the main BBC site - and you don't see these within the activities. It covers Years 1 to 11. Creating a log on - it assumes...