Prep+Resources

=**Prep Resources**=

1. Musical Statues
[] This short video (1:42) demonstrates musical statues and would be suitable as a resource for **Lesson 1.**



**2. Cool Skateboarding Dog Video - Fun Animal Videos for Kids**
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This is a short humorous video of a dog on a skateboard to show a form of movement outside the classroom or school yard (**Lesson 2**). Is there anything better than the idea of a skateboarding dog? I didn’t think so. Watch this fun video of a bulldog named Tillman as he does his thing on four wheels, cruising down the streets like he owns them. Not only can Tillman push the skateboard to generate speed but he can also steer and control the board in the direction he wants to go. Kids and adults alike watch on in amazement as he rolls past. Of course just like real skateboarders he occasionally makes a mistake and has to start again.

3. Test your dominant side - eye, hand & foot - Fun Science Experiment
[] This is an experiment to see which side of the body is dominant. Students can determine their preferred writing hand etc. So what side do you favor? Are you left handed or right handed? Left footed or right footed? Is your right eye dominant or is it your left? Around 90% of the world’s population is right handed. Why most people favor the right side is not completely understood by scientists. Some think that the reason is related to which side of your brain you use for language. The right side of your body is controlled by the left side of your brain.

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This is an interactive game that shows how movement is affected by weight and gradient. It is useful for **Lesson 4.** Learn about forces in action as you experiment how gradients, weights, motion and resistance affect the movement of various objects with this fun science activity. Try and get the truck down the ramp and to the end of the track by adding a range of weights. Record the results in a table as you watch how the different conditions affect the outcome of the experiments. What happens when you make a steep gradient or add a parachute to the back of the truck? Find out while enjoying this enjoyable activity.

5. Energy transfer through bouncing balls - Fun Science experiment [[image:ball.jpg width="94" height="88" align="right"]]
[] Use this experiment for Lesson 5 to demonstrate bouncing and rolling. If you dropped the balls at the same time, the tennis ball should bounce off the basketball and fly high into the air. The two balls hit each other just after they hit the ground, a lot of the kinetic energy in the larger basketball is transferred through to the smaller tennis ball, sending it high into the air. While you held the balls in the air before dropping them they had another type of energy called 'potential energy', the balls gained this through the effort it took you to lift ...

=**STAYING ALIVE**=

**1. How to take care of a pet.**
A short film to teach kids about the responsibility of taking care of a pet. []

=2.“Take care of your pets” interactive game.=

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 * Take Care of Your Pets ** Have fun with the animals you can create, feed, save or keep in this game. Wait a few seconds for the game to load.

** 3. “When you use your senses” – song **
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Look at a desert environment where bilbies and other animals live. Listen to a description of the habitat. Help bilbies to gather food such as seeds, bulbs and spiders. Avoid being eaten by predators such as cats and foxes. Find enough food before the night ends. Then find a burrow to shelter in. Notice that rabbits compete for the same resources as bilbies. This learning object is one in a series of three objects.
 * __FIND ON SCOOTLE: L896__**

[|http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/login.action?redirect=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zY29vdGxlLmVkdS5hdS9lYy9qb2luR3JvdXAuYWN0aW9uP2tleT1mYlN0Y256*****bA]!! Explore a range of Australian environments: eucalypt forest, hollow log, river bank and desert. Find animals that live there. Examine how each animal's body parts are adapted to living in its habitat. Look at a range of Australian animals such as a kookaburra, wombat, frog and lizard. Explore how their body parts are adapted to functions such as flying or digging. Choose a habitat and build an animal suited to living there. Mix body regions: head, body and legs. = = =WEATHER IN MY WORLD=
 * SCOOTLE: L1471**
 * 1) **Weather colouring book.**

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A weather image is loaded (e.g. lightning) and students can select from colours below to interactively fill in the colours using the mouse.

[] This is an interactive game that involves matching weather elements to eventually reveal a weather picture below.
 * 2. Weather Memory Game from Weather Wiz Kids**

[]
 * 3. WEATHER SONG FOR KIDS: THE SUN COMES UP**

[]
 * 4. INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES: SYMBOLS FOR WEATHER**




 * 5. Learn the Difference between Climate and Weather for Preschool and Primary Kids – ** an entertaining video that explains this. []



**NOTE:** Learning Federation Resources listed in the manual can usually be found On Scootle. []!!

Just log on and type the item code in the search bar.

=**Prep Resources**=

1. Musical Statues
[] This short video (1:42) demonstrates musical statues and would be suitable as a resource for **Lesson 1.**



**2. Cool Skateboarding Dog Video - Fun Animal Videos for Kids**
[]

This is a short humorous video of a dog on a skateboard to show a form of movement outside the classroom or school yard (**Lesson 2**). Is there anything better than the idea of a skateboarding dog? I didn’t think so. Watch this fun video of a bulldog named Tillman as he does his thing on four wheels, cruising down the streets like he owns them. Not only can Tillman push the skateboard to generate speed but he can also steer and control the board in the direction he wants to go. Kids and adults alike watch on in amazement as he rolls past. Of course just like real skateboarders he occasionally makes a mistake and has to start again.

3. Test your dominant side - eye, hand & foot - Fun Science Experiment
[] This is an experiment to see which side of the body is dominant. Students can determine their preferred writing hand etc. So what side do you favor? Are you left handed or right handed? Left footed or right footed? Is your right eye dominant or is it your left? Around 90% of the world’s population is right handed. Why most people favor the right side is not completely understood by scientists. Some think that the reason is related to which side of your brain you use for language. The right side of your body is controlled by the left side of your brain.

[]
This is an interactive game that shows how movement is affected by weight and gradient. It is useful for **Lesson 4.** Learn about forces in action as you experiment how gradients, weights, motion and resistance affect the movement of various objects with this fun science activity. Try and get the truck down the ramp and to the end of the track by adding a range of weights. Record the results in a table as you watch how the different conditions affect the outcome of the experiments. What happens when you make a steep gradient or add a parachute to the back of the truck? Find out while enjoying this enjoyable activity.

5. Energy transfer through bouncing balls - Fun Science experiment [[image:ball.jpg align="right"]]
[] Use this experiment for Lesson 5 to demonstrate bouncing and rolling. If you dropped the balls at the same time, the tennis ball should bounce off the basketball and fly high into the air. The two balls hit each other just after they hit the ground, a lot of the kinetic energy in the larger basketball is transferred through to the smaller tennis ball, sending it high into the air. While you held the balls in the air before dropping them they had another type of energy called 'potential energy', the balls gained this through the effort it took you to lift ...

=**STAYING ALIVE**=

**1. How to take care of a pet.**
A short film to teach kids about the responsibility of taking care of a pet. []

=2.“Take care of your pets” interactive game.=

[]


 * Take Care of Your Pets ** Have fun with the animals you can create, feed, save or keep in this game. Wait a few seconds for the game to load.

** 3. “When you use your senses” – song **
[]



Look at a desert environment where bilbies and other animals live. Listen to a description of the habitat. Help bilbies to gather food such as seeds, bulbs and spiders. Avoid being eaten by predators such as cats and foxes. Find enough food before the night ends. Then find a burrow to shelter in. Notice that rabbits compete for the same resources as bilbies. This learning object is one in a series of three objects.
 * __FIND ON SCOOTLE: L896__**

[|http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/login.action?redirect=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zY29vdGxlLmVkdS5hdS9lYy9qb2luR3JvdXAuYWN0aW9uP2tleT1mYlN0Y256*****bA]!! Explore a range of Australian environments: eucalypt forest, hollow log, river bank and desert. Find animals that live there. Examine how each animal's body parts are adapted to living in its habitat. Look at a range of Australian animals such as a kookaburra, wombat, frog and lizard. Explore how their body parts are adapted to functions such as flying or digging. Choose a habitat and build an animal suited to living there. Mix body regions: head, body and legs. = = =WEATHER IN MY WORLD=
 * SCOOTLE: L1471**
 * 1) **Weather colouring book.**

[]

A weather image is loaded (e.g. lightning) and students can select from colours below to interactively fill in the colours using the mouse.

[] This is an interactive game that involves matching weather elements to eventually reveal a weather picture below.
 * 2. Weather Memory Game from Weather Wiz Kids**

[]
 * 3. WEATHER SONG FOR KIDS: THE SUN COMES UP**

[]
 * 4. INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES: SYMBOLS FOR WEATHER**




 * 5. Learn the Difference between Climate and Weather for Preschool and Primary Kids – ** an entertaining video that explains this. []



**NOTE:** Learning Federation Resources listed in the manual can usually be found On Scootle. []!!

Just log on and type the item code in the search bar.


 * Year 1 Resources**