Video of the Week
Grasshopper 744m Test | Single Camera (Hexacopter)
We've followed the development of Grasshopper and in July the 10-story Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing (VTVL) vehicle from SpaceX was tested to 325m.
Watch the latest test to 744m (watch full screen).
Published on Oct 12, 2013
Grasshopper 744m Test | Single Camera (Hexacopter)
We've followed the development of Grasshopper and in July the 10-story Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing (VTVL) vehicle from SpaceX was tested to 325m.
Watch the latest test to 744m (watch full screen).
Published on Oct 12, 2013
Website of the Week
For Student Teachers
Be inspired...... take a look at an innovative way to produce a professional portfolio.
For Student Teachers
Be inspired...... take a look at an innovative way to produce a professional portfolio.
see AITSL - Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership ahttp://www.teacherstandards.aitsl.edu.au/
Source Digital Tools for Innovative Learning at edshelf
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Picture of the Week - Solar Cooking
This week we tested the first SolSource cooker in Australia. It's brilliantly engineered and cooks food quickly using the energy from the sun.
see our Science as a Human Endeavour page for the full story about the development of this invention.
This week we tested the first SolSource cooker in Australia. It's brilliantly engineered and cooks food quickly using the energy from the sun.
see our Science as a Human Endeavour page for the full story about the development of this invention.
In slightly cloudy conditions the temperature was 20 degrees celsius. This summer it's goodbye gas barbecue!
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Book of the Week
"There Once Was a Man Who Swallowed a Germ"
Read a story written and illustrated collaboratively by year four students at Rostrata Primary School and brilliantly guided by their teacher Mrs Bernadine Blechynden. It's about two Western Australian scientists, Professor Barry Marshall and Professor Robin Warren. They invented a medication for stomach ulcers, saving billions of lives. Their story is remarkable and so they won The Nobel Prize for Medicine 2005.
See how we produced the book below
"There Once Was a Man Who Swallowed a Germ"
Read a story written and illustrated collaboratively by year four students at Rostrata Primary School and brilliantly guided by their teacher Mrs Bernadine Blechynden. It's about two Western Australian scientists, Professor Barry Marshall and Professor Robin Warren. They invented a medication for stomach ulcers, saving billions of lives. Their story is remarkable and so they won The Nobel Prize for Medicine 2005.
See how we produced the book below
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Click on the picture to download a copy of the book > compressed (zipped) folder 21.1MB Once the zip file is downloaded, right click on the file and click Extract All. Click on the Adobe Flash symbol to start the book. |
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Click on the picture to download a copy of the poem > "Swallowing Germs" by Bernadine Blechynden |
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Create your own e-book
E-books or flip books have potential to engage students and raise literacy standards. They are an ideal tool for teachers and students to collaborate and share their work. We have used an award winning program called Flipsnack.
http://www.flipsnack.com/ Flipsnack have recently released a special education package.
Click on the picture to go to Flipsnack and make a free book
E-books or flip books have potential to engage students and raise literacy standards. They are an ideal tool for teachers and students to collaborate and share their work. We have used an award winning program called Flipsnack.
http://www.flipsnack.com/ Flipsnack have recently released a special education package.
Click on the picture to go to Flipsnack and make a free book
Video of the Week
The Biggest Organism on Earth
Published on Sep 17, 2013 by http://www.youtube.com/user/minuteearth
The Biggest Organism on Earth
Published on Sep 17, 2013 by http://www.youtube.com/user/minuteearth
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Interactive of the Week
The Gould League have created an investigation for Arctic, Australian, African and Marine food webs
The Gould League have created an investigation for Arctic, Australian, African and Marine food webs
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Classification Year 7 (ACSSU111)
The identification of biological organisms can be greatly simplified using tools such as dichotomous keys. From EEK!-Environmental Education for Kids, WI Dept. of Natural Resources (.http://dnr.wi.gov/eek/) try this Aquatic Critter Key Game. You'll need to print the Aquatic Critter Picture (word document). Thanks to UW-Extension for the aquatic critter information and sketches. 
Click the screen to start the game
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Mission Material
From Active Science. What do you know about the properties of materials? Which ones burn and which ones sink. Which are flammable and soft? Can you make quick decisions? If so, test your knowledge by accepting the Materials Mission. click picture to go to Mission Material |
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Move over Formula 1......... Formula E has arrived!
The cars will accelerate from 0-100kmh (62mph) in three seconds and have a maximum speed of 220kmh (137mph). We’re in a decade of great change; Spanish businessmen Alejandro Agag and billionaire Enrique Banuelos have recognised the need for a more sustainable motor racing competition. The two founders of Formula E will field the all electric cars on circuits in ten major cities during 2014. See the the exciting new FE website launched this week http://www.fiaformulae.com/
Pictures courtesy of FIA Formula E
Earth and Space
Tips for saving water for all grades Year 2 and beyond
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Year Four
Play BBC's Walking with Beasts - Kids Corner, making fossils game to find out more about fossils. 
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Year Three - Five
Explore the planets, comets and asteroids on an interactive virtual fly-through. Zoom in close on a particular planet or choose a different orbit view to see the whole system from afar. The data sheets let you discover more about some of the elements that make up our Solar System. Once you are familiar with the Solar System try World Builder and create a new planet. 
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Year Five
Try the Kids E-Learning Course and find out about the Solar System in a fun way. 
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Planet Science has some interesting facts you may not know about the moon.
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Come aboard the International Space Station with NASA's Virtual Tour
Learn how it works, how the crew lives and take a tour inside and outside the station. Look for the Music Video, it's fantastic. 
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Lunar Cycle Challenge
The goal of the Lunar Cycle Challenge is to drag moons to their places in lunar cycles. There are three levels of difficulty. Year 5 
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