Science: A STEM Approach – Primary 5 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

Google Earth

Living Things 4

Video - Ecosystem

Living Things 4

Rainforest photographs

Living Things 4

Digital concept map creator

Living Things 4

More information on ecosystem

Living Things 5

Display an image of the forest growth of the Daintree

Living Things 7

Poem : I Wish I Was a Cassowary 

Living Things 7

Video - Curious Cassowary facts

Living Things 8

Identify the animal - Cassowary

Living Things 10

Video - Decomposers

Living Things 10

Research decomposers, producers and consumers - QR code page13

Living Things 16

Decomposers, producers and consumers  game -  URL page 13

Living Things 16

Video - Cassowary Mission

Living Things 16

 Cassowary research website

Living Things 16

Video of chick cassowary linked to QR code - Page 19

Living Things 16

Video of a subadult cassowary linked to QR code - Page 19

Living Things 16

Video - Four Stages in a Butterfly's Life cycle

Living Things 16

Daintree Rainforest fauna website

Living Things 16

The life cycle of a cassowary

Living Things 21

Information about the cassowary plum

Living Things 21

Life cycle of a tomato

Living Things 21

Video - Why do Plants make Fruit

Living Things 21

Cassowary plum tree at different stages

Living Things 21

More information about diet of the cassowary

Living Things 25

Where the Forest Meets the Sea Video

Living Things 25

Video and song - Daintree Rainforest Conservation

Living Things 25

Research websites linked to QR code - Page 27

Living Things 25 Research websites linked to QR code - Page 27
Living Things 25 Research websites linked to QR code - Page 27
Living Things 31

Make stop motion video - Example where the forest meets the sea

Living Things 33

Teachers set up teacher website account

Living Things 33

Pupils login

Living Things 33

Saving the Amazon Rainforest video

Living Things 33

Parent letter for permission to use website - Info

Energy and forces 44

Angry Birds game

Energy and forces 44

Video - How to make a Simple Catapult

Energy and forces 44

Interactive game for revision of push and pull forces

Energy and forces 48

Video-Forces: Pushes, Pulls and Friction

Energy and forces 48

Video - Friction

Energy and forces 48

More information on friction watch

Energy and forces 53

Video - Best Idea Ever!

Energy and forces 53

Video - Defining Gravity

Energy and forces 53

More information on Gravity

Energy and forces 58

Video - How to demonstrate Air Resistance

Energy and forces 58

Video - Air Resistance

Energy and forces 62

Magnetic field experiment

Energy and forces 62

Videos about magnets and magnetic fields

Energy and forces 65

Detailed information about static

Energy and forces 65

A series of static experiments 

Energy and forces 66

List of materials affected by static

Energy and forces 75

Special effects - UFO travelling across a skyscape

Energy and forces 75

Video - Floating ring magnets

Materials 88

Cartoon image

Materials 88

Wool video

Materials 88

Computers with a digital graphing tool

Materials 88

PDF showing properties of wool

Materials 93

Cartoon of polyester candy

Materials 93

Science article - Which gym clothes trap the most body odour

Materials 96

Materials and their Properties interactive game

Materials 96

More info on the properties of wood

Materials 96

More info on the properties of metal

Materials 96

More info on the properties of ceramics

Materials 96

More info on the properties of plastic

Materials 99

Image of rubbish

Materials 99

Image of rubbish bins

Materials 99

Interactive game

Materials 99

BTN video - Landfill

Materials 99

Video - What Materials Biodegrade

Materials 102

Great Pacific Garbage Patch images and information

Materials 102

BBC newsround information

Materials 102

BTN story about ocean rubbish

Materials 102

Plastic infographic

Materials 102

More information on gyres

Materials 109

Watch the video about rubbish in the future

Materials 111

Video - Introduce the topic of bioplastic

Materials 111

Video about how to make bioplastic

Materials 111

Example of a created product

Earth and the environment

120

Image of a Geologist

Earth and the environment 120

Video - What is a Geologist?

Earth and the environment 120

What is a Rock?

Earth and the environment 120

Images of rocks from different landforms

Earth and the environment 120

A collection of fossils can be viewed

Earth and the environment 124

Soil composition pie chart

Earth and the environment 124

Video - The three soil types

Earth and the environment 124

Information about soil

Earth and the environment 128

Images of red sand beach

Earth and the environment 128

Images of black sand beach

Earth and the environment 128

Geological Society - Definition of weathering

Earth and the environmentt 128

BBC Bitesize website - Weathering page 6,7 and 8

Earth and the environment

128

Video What is Weathering

Earth and the environment 132

Google Earth

Earth and the environment

132

Video-Weathering, Erosion and Deposition

Earth and the environment 132

Water erosion experiment video - QR code page 136

Earth and the environment 132

Wind erosion experiment video- QR code page 136

Earth and the environment 132

Glacier erosion demonstration video - QR code page 136

Earth and the environment 132

Interactive game - Shape it Up

Earth and the environment 132

Further information on weathering and erosion

Earth and the environment 132

Further information on weathering and erosion

Earth and the environment 137

YouTube video of flooding in the UK and Ireland

Earth and the environment 137

Video - Storm Erosion

Earth and the environment 140

Website about the ways humans contribute to erosion

Earth and the environment 145

View story about flooding - Design a barrier

Earth and the environment 147

Video - Pupils imagine they are junior geologists

Earth and the environment 147

Video - Erosion in action - QR code page 149