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Sound
and Hearing
Information
about sound and how it travels, and also about how we hear
sounds.
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The
Atoms Family
Take a look at
science information and experiments about light,
electricity, and energy.
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Electricity
Basic
information about electricity, particularly static
electricity.
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Light
Find out about
the electromagnetic spectrum, and colour, reflection,
refraction and x-rays.
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Why the
Sky is Blue
Find out more
information about light and how we see things in our
atmosphere.
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Floating
and Sinking
Simple
information about why some things float, and why other
things sink to the bottom.
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Floating
for Teachers
Find a range of
useful experiments that can be undertaken with everyday
equipment, to teach children the basics of
buoyancy.
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What is
Matter?
This site
explains what matter is, and how it is made up of atoms. It
also discusses compounds, solutions and mixtures.
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What's
hot and what's not
This site looks
at the way heat is transferred by conduction, convection and
radiation. It also covers keeping warm, and
insulation.
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Electricity
- lesson plans for teaching circuits
This is a pdf of
a series of five lessons and an extension activity for
teaching electrical circuits. It will open in Acrobat
Reader, and can then be printed out.
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Year
One's at the beach
This is a photo
album of Year Ones on a trip to the beach in Term 1,
2004.
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Different
forms of Energy
There are many
different ways that we can generate power, some using
renewable resources, and some not. Learn about the
advantages and disadvantages of each of them.
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Make
and Do
You can make
lightning for yourself, or make a morse code sender. Find
out how!
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