Interactive Whiteboard Resources: Science, Key Stage 1 & 2- Topmarks Education Our BodiesFlash An excellent lesson on naming the parts of the human body. Ourselves Science ClipsFlash For 5 - 6 year olds, this site looks at differences between living and non-living things, the names of the main body parts of humans and animals and how animals move in different ways. Healthy EatingFlash A series of superb interactive screens which introduce children to healthy eating. Make a Balanced PlateFlash Sort the foods on the plate to see which food groups they belong to. Unmuddle the MealsFlash A drag and drop activity where meals are divided into their ingredients. A Healthy LunchboxFlash Select items for a healthy lunchbox by dragging and dropping the various foods. Farm to Fork ChallengeFlash A game where children see if they know the stages that food goes through from the farm to their plate. Listen and MatchFlash A matching sounds game. Sound and Hearing Science ClipsFlash The Hand Washing ChallengeFlash
RMT Sols&Territoires Dirt the Movie Kids only Ice Station Antarctica New recruits wanted for an online expedition to Antarctica. Are you up for the challenge? Dinosaurs Find out how dinosaurs lived, what they ate, and whether they really died out 65 million years ago. Star attractions Check out some of our most amazing exhibits, including the blue whale and this komodo dragon. Make a volcano erupt See how many different types of volcano you can build in this explosive game. Fun spring activity Create a 5-star hotel for bees and watch them in action. I want to be an 'ologist Want to find out how to become a scientist? Fantastic fossils Explore fascinating fossils found around Britain. terre tv environnement
Soil Mineral Depletion - Can a healthy diet be sufficient? | Institute for Optimum Nutrition You eat a nutritious diet and avoid anti-nutrients, so you should be getting all the minerals you need to stay healthy. Or are you? Martin Hum digs up the dirt on why the nutrient content of our food is on the decline. "We know more about the movement of celestial bodies than we do about the soil underfoot". To understand the story of soil minerals, we have to go back 12,000 years to the end of the last ice age. To a large extent minerals have been, and continue to be, recycled in natural ecosystems – taken up by plants, consumed by animals and then returned to the soil through their wastes and decomposition of their bodies. But things have gone badly wrong. Most of the blame lies with artificial chemical fertilisers. We now know that, under ideal circumstances, plants absorb 70 to 80 different minerals from the soil, while the number returned to it by plants grown with commercial fertilisers can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
KS2 Science Finding out how you move and grow. Can you label the human skeleton? When you've finished move onto the animal skeletons. Do you know which groups living things belong to? Magnets have north poles and south poles. What does a year look like in space? © v2vtraining.co.uk The application consists of two sorting activities and one writing frame to support work towards the end of the unit. Solid, liquid and gas are called the three states of matter. Materials have different properties that make them useful for different jobs. Pupils can research information about teeth types, tooth structure and tooth decay. Use an information panel where pupils can research details about food groups and a balanced plate approach to a healthy diet.Balanced Plate lesson outline An information panel to explains the terms used in, and concepts behind, food chains. This resource consists of a labelling activity, an animation of the water cycle followed by another labelling activity.
National Geographic Magazine - NGM.com By Brad Scriber and Emily Krieger, National Geographic staff Though people have spoiled huge tracts of the world's soil, there's good news: It can be restored, and many proven methods are surprisingly simple. In the African Sahel, a zone between the Sahara and tropical forests that has been hard hit by drought and famine in recent decades, much of the land has a hard time absorbing rainwater. In Haiti, a nation that is almost completely deforested, much of the soil has washed away. No-till farming refers to the increasingly popular practice of not tilling, or turning over, the earth. Bibliography Cofie, Olufunke, Boubacar Barry, and Deborah Bossio. Werner, Christine, and others. Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods. Lal, Rattan, and others. Comis, Don. McClintock, Nathan. Other Resources Montgomery, David R. "Black Is the New Green." Wood, William. Other National Geographic Resources Salopek, Paul. "A World Transformed." Norris, Scott. Glasener, Erica.
Eating Soil: Holy, Nourishing or Just Plain Dirty? Is there such a thing as soil-borne wellness? Researchers are discovering an even bigger yield from fruits and vegetables than previously expected, although the concept of eating soil is an ancient Chinese tradition. The Tomb Sweeping Festival (also known as the Qingming festival) dates back more than 2500 years and is always held on the 104th day after the winter solstice, which usually occurs around April 5th. This marks a time when people visit the graves of their forefathers, pray at a shrine for the Buddhist King of Remedies and eat the soil surrounding the holy temple. The festival is an outgrowth of Hanshi Day, which translates literally into day with cold fold only. “The weirdest thing was that it wasn’t just one person who ate of the soil. If you can get beyond an immediate revulsion, think about it for just a minute. Will dirt tastings soon become as prevalent as wine tastings? Will hosts of these sessions serve soiled napkins to get testers in the mood? (Link)
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