Wishing you all a wonderful National Library Technician’s Day.
Here are a couple of ‘fun sites’ to help you enjoy your day.
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Help Lydia the Librarian find books for the kids before they get upset and leave! The better your memory the better you’ll do at Lightning Librarian. |
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Use the arrow keys to guide the Robo Librarian. Pick up books for points. Do not run into people or book carts. Use the spacebar to jump over objects. You get bonus points for jumping over book carts. |
On a more serious note you may like to share these great interactive sites with your Science Learning Area specialists.
View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth. Then move through space towards the Earth in successive orders of magnitude until you reach a tall oak tree just outside the buildings of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida. After that, begin to move from the actual size of a leaf into a microscopic world that reveals leaf cell walls, the cell nucleus, chromatin, DNA and finally, into the subatomic universe of electrons and protons.
Explore an evolving design of a Mars habitat based on current concepts of engineers and designers. As you walk through the simulation, discover science, technology and hazards of a near future mission to the red planet.
First there was mud. Then there were worms. and now there is Yucky! Test your skills with Whack-A-Roach. All you need to know about barfing, belching and blackheads! Plus mad scientist fun in Yucky Labs!
DET teachers are able to access The
Learning Federation Learning Objects via the
DET Portal. [log in required]Useful digital resources to support Science programs in this collection include
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Early Childhood
Explore how to build food chains to describe interactions. Look at the feeding patterns between plants and animals. See an energy source, producer and consumers arranged into a food chain such as Sun>plant>mouse>cat. Notice that the Sun always comes first. This learning object is one in a series of six objects.
Also: Food Chains - Forest, Desert, Farm, Town, Wetlands
Look at a range of animals such as a crab, octopus, snake and tortoise. Group the animals into vertebrates and invertebrates.
Look at groups of animals: invertebrates, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. Explore characteristics of common species.
Move animals from a boat to their new home in a zoo. Put them on a cart, then use monkeys to push or pull them up a hill. Use the minimum amount of force needed to move each animal. For example, use a single monkey to push a pelican or use three monkeys to pull a zebra. This learning object is the last in a series of three objects that progressively increase in difficulty.
Clean up Old Bernie’s Pond. See how it has become polluted and invaded by introduced species. Restore the pond by choosing actions such as planting native species and removing sources of pollution. Look at the effects of each change. Earn points to get a certificate.
Middle Childhood
Explore the uses of a microscope. Use a microscope to examine slides of four different plant and animal cells. Place each of the slides in turn on the microscope stage. Adjust the light, focus and magnification to get the best image. Compare the different cells, and then sum up your findings by answering the conclusion questions.
Investigate a range of animal eyes: dog, cat, bee, fish, eagle and human. Discover how these animals see things in different ways because their eyes have different structures. For example, look at an animal’s field of view, how it focuses and sees colours. This learning object is one in a series of seven objects.
Also: rock bridge puzzle, stone wheel puzzle, slingshot puzzle, wall tile puzzle, killer bees puzzle, door keys puzzle, mission 1, mission 2
Experiment with the structure of human arms and legs. Replace the arms and legs with body parts such as owl wings or dolphin flippers. Look at the skeletal structure of the new animals. Describe the functional effects of replacing the limbs. Explain how the structure of an animal’s body is related to its function and environment. Print a worksheet of your customised design for a ’superhuman’.
Early Adolescence
Explore subatomic particles and how they combine to form atoms and ions. Compare different ways of modelling atoms. Use nuclear symbols to represent different isotopes. Build atoms and ions by combining protons, neutrons and electrons. This learning object is a combination of three objects in the same series.
Explore how criminal suspects are described in police profiles. Build a profile describing yourself or a friend. Take fingerprints, draw an identikit picture and record physical characteristics such as height, weight and blood type. This learning object is one in a series of eight objects.
See how genes and genetic engineering work. Build models of DNA, and work out how it is copied as cells divide. Discover how the codes carried in the genes are copied and used to build proteins. See how gene splicing can be used to benefit human lives. For example, model the transfer of a human gene into bacteria, so they produce insulin. This learning object is a combination of five objects in the same series.
Investigate the role of physical forces in how bicycle wheels work. Test how wheel size, tyre pressure, tread and load affect rolling resistance. Then choose wheels best suited to track conditions in a time trial. This learning object is one in a series of four objects.
Check the CMIS Theme page for more recommended resources to support teaching and learning in the Science learning area. Topics include: Astronomy, Flight, Minibeasts and Threatened Species.
The Science - K-10 Syllabus webpages provide support for teachers as they continue with implementation of the Curriculum Framework. The Science pages detail syllabus content at each year of schooling and phase of development from kindergarten to year 10 and provide classroom-ready resources to support the teaching of Science outcomes.
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