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