Year+5

=Year 5= =Light Fantastic=

1. Electromagnetic Spectrum - Geopgraphy For Kids - By KidsGeo.com
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This website has lots of 'kid friendly' information and activities on the electromagnetic spectrum. The heat produced by the Sun travels from the Sun to the Earth via waves known as electromagnetic waves. These waves can vary greatly in their wavelength. Have you ever thrown a rock into a lake? What happens when you throw a small pebble into the water? The resulting ripples are small, and each wave is close the next wave. The have a short wavelength. Now, consider what would happen if you threw a large boulder into the water. Instead of small ripples, you get large waves.

2. Light Science for Kids - Free Games, Experiments, Projects
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This website has information, links to various activities and interactive games related to the topic. Turn on the lights and discover the science subject of light for kids with our cool range of experiments, free games, science fair projects, fun facts, interesting quizzes, videos and more! Learn about rainbows, camouflage, colour, stars, eyes and all kinds of interesting light topics.

3. The Children's University of Manchester
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This is a website for children that has information about shadows. It also has interactive activities. Useful for Lesson 6.

4. WatchKnowLearn - Free Educational Videos for K-12 Students
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This website has a humourous song about transparent, translucent and opaque materials and other light matters. It would suit Lesson 4.
WatchKnowLearn ratings are intentionally harsher than what you might find on YouTube, for example. Most of our videos have been imported by people who want to use them with kids, not by the creators of the videos. We take a hard-nosed attitude toward quality. Four and five stars should be reserved for really excellent quality. Three stars isn't bad. Two is often watchable and shouldn't be ruled out.

5. How to Make Shadow Puppets - You Tube
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A 3:31 minute video about how to make shadow puppets. This can be used with Lesson 7.

YEAR 5: EARTH’S PLACE IN SPACE

1. Painting - //Measurement of the Earth (Eratosthenes)//
This painting might add a bit of interest to Lesson 1.

The link is [] In the Crockett Johnson painting, the circle represents the Earth and the two line segments drawn from the center display the direction of the two rods. The two parallel lines represent rays of sunlight striking the Earth, the dark-purple region the shadowed area. The angle of the shadow equals the angle subtended at the center of the Earth, hence the circumference of the entire Earth can be computed when the angle and the distance of the cities is known.

**2. Our Solar System – Interactive learning activity**
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**3. Astronomy Hangman for Kids**
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**4. Astronomy Quiz for kids**
Suggestion: Put the students into groups to work on the quiz. Mark as you go.

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**5. Celestia Screenshot gallery** – some interesting photos of parts of the solar system: suit Lesson 6.
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Discussion: Please use this section for feedback, queries etc.

 * Good range of interactive resources. Excellent for engaging the students with the subject. Allowing them to learn more about the subject at their own pace.**
 * Would be of benefit if the website link opened in a new window. (C.PL)**
 * Number 2 has some repeated text. //Thanks, Chris. I have corrected the text. (Corry).//**