Science: A STEM Approach – Primary 3 Online Resources

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Living Things I Energy and forces I Materials I Earth and the environment
 
Unit Page Link description
Living Things 4

Video - Animals and their babies

Living Things 5

How to use iMovie

Living Things 11

Interactive plant sites

Living Things 11

Tomato stop-motion video

Living Things 11

Clay-mation video

Living Things 11

Videos linked to QR codes on page 13

Living Things 11

Videos linked to QR codes on page 13

Living Things 12

Interactive game - Green Plants

Living Things 15

Cincinnato Zoo - Instagram page

Living Things 15

Seesaw application on tablet computer

Living Things 16

Other images from the Cincinnati Zoo

Living Things 16

Explanation of mammals

Living Things 18

Science up Close video about amphibians

Living Things 18

Life Cycle of a Frog file download

Living Things 21

A Bug's Life video clip

Living Things 21

Episode from Miniscule linked to QR code on page 26

Living Things 29

Pupils create a digital book about themselves

Living Things 31

Bee-Bots and other robots

Living Things 31

Explore website to understand how a Bee-Bot moves

Living Things 31

Explore different mats that can be used with a Bee-Bot

Energy and forces 42

Video -Gravity, Force and Work 

Energy and forces 42

Online Quiz - Forces Quiz

Energy and forces 46

Interactive game -Pushing and Pulling

Energy and forces 46

Image - Forces in Action playground scene

Energy and forces 46

Interactive game - Rock and Roll (medium)

Energy and forces 50

Interactive game - Pushes and Pulls

Energy and forces 50

Interactive game - Rock and Roll (hard)

Energy and forces 53

Interactive game - Pushing and Pulling 

Energy and forces 53

Video - Tug of War

Energy and forces 53

Interactive activity - Forces and Movement

Energy and forces 57

Video about Sir Isaac Newton

Energy and forces 57

Video - Defining Gravity

Energy and forces 60

Video - Sink or Float

Energy and forces 60

Interactive activity - Sink or Float

Energy and forces 67

Create a pulley system - Example 

Energy and forces 69

Video - using an airconditioner to make inflated objects levitate

Materials 78

Game - Desert Island Materials

Materials 82

What if Rain Boots were Made of Paper

Materials 85

Charles Macintosh Powerpoint presentation

Materials 85

Alternative Charles Macintosh website

Materials 89

Characteristics of Materials game

Materials 97

How it's Made - Paper recycling video

Materials 102

Design and create decorated biscuits - Recipe

Materials 104

Behind the News video - What an oil spill is

Materials 104

Explore what absorption is - PowerPoint presentation

Earth and the environment

114

Video - Resources: Welcome to the neighbourhood

Earth and the environment 118

Interactive game - Farm to fork (5-8)

Earth and the environment 118

Interactive game - Farm to fork (8-11)

Earth and the environment 122

Interactive game - We all use water

Earth and the environment 122

Interactive game - Getting water to your house

Earth and the environment 122

Online Quiz

Earth and the environment 126

Video - Real World Science: Rocks and Minerals

Earth and the environment 126

Video - Modern Mining-Eagle Mine - Nickel and Copper

Earth and the environment 132

Video - A Story about sustainability

Earth and the environment 132

Online material sorting game

Earth and the environment 132

Watch the news report on Irish recycling

Earth and the environment 132

Interactive game - Waste and Recycling-Sorting  Activity

Earth and the environment

132

More on reduce, reuse and recycle

Earth and the environment 139

How to make water filter

Earth and the environment

141

Video - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle to enjoy a better life