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=Year 3= =Spinning in Space= =1. Space Station - Primary Games.com - Free Games for Kids= []

An interactive game to use when introducing the topic. It also incorporates maths by focusing on shapes.

2. Funschool - Space - Games, Printables and Craft for Kids
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This website offers interactive games, craft ideas and other activities related to space. Help spaceman Gordon Flash rescue Princess Tara by making a daring Space Walk. Kids can jump and dodge their way across floating asteroids in this cool arcade-style space game. Get a piece of the interstellar action in Space Defenders! This classic arcade-style paddle-and-ball game is fun for all as kids defend Gator and Worm's spaceship by deflecting the space ball.

3. The Rotation of the Earth - Geography for Kids - By KidsGeo.com
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This website has useful information for **Lessons 1 and 2** and links to games and activities, including a song. What time of day do you feel the most heat outside? Is it hottest during the middle of the night, during the morning, or during the afternoon? The Sun produces so much heat, that it only takes a few hours for it to raise the temperature of the Earth’s surface by several degrees. After rising in the East on a cool morning, the energy from our Sun begins to shine down on us, warming everything around us. As the day progresses, it gets warmer and warmer

4. BBC - Schools Science Clips - Light and shadows
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An interactive activity on light and shadows. Useful for **Lesson 3.**

5. Day and Night and Earth's Rotation - You Tube
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A short video that explains rotation and day and night. Useful as a prelude to last lesson when students make posters.

6. MRN Science - Spinning in Space
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An overview of the Spinning in Space unit with links to lots of videos and other activities. Useful for resources.
What causes day and night? The rising of the Sun and the Moon are daily reminders of the awe and wonder, beauty and power of the universe. Studying the relationships between the Sun, Earth and Moon helps us understand how we experience day and night on Earth. It also helps us understand directions in terms of North, South, East and West, how time is based on the apparent movement of the Sun across the sky and how time can be determined using a sundial.

=MELTING MOMENTS=

1. Interactive Science activity on solids and liquids
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**2. Liquid Basics** – some background information about liquids that would be suitable as an introduction to liquids or revision.
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**3. Interactive activity about solids, liquids and gases for the IWB from Neo K12.**
[] =**4. How is the melting of ice affected by heat?**=

Log on to Scootle and put L7576 into the search bar.
Investigate how heat affects the melting process. Place ice cubes into a container and time how long they take to melt. Repeat the experiment with the container wrapped in wool, and observe the difference in the state of the ice after the given time. Complete the data table and then use the rated findings to answer the conclusion question.

**5. Conducting a fair test**
This worksheet may be of assistance in teaching the concept of a **fair test** and teaching some scientific terms such as **variables** and **hypothesis.** []

= FEATHERS, FUR OR LEAVES? = [] This is a very good introduction to insects and other arthropods in preparation for the “Home Explorer’s” project in Lesson 1. = =
 * 1. ****Let’s talk about insects**

**2. Is it alive? Video from Teacher Domain.**
An introduction to Living and Non-living. []

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This is a good game for learning animal classification.

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 * 4.** **A quick 8 question quiz to review invertebrates and vertebrates** taken from a link (Flash Quiz) from a website called K12 Flash.
 * 5.** McGraw Hill has two **excellent videos** on explaining the differences between Vertebrates and Invertebrates.

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Year 4