TES 27 April 2012
Links to resources, events, reviews and forum posts featured in TES this week
For your ease of use, all the links to items featured in the Resources section of the magazine are now accessible from this web page. Either use the links below to access subject areas or scroll down the page.
- The Gnome Experiment (page 40)
- Maths (page 42)
- English (page 43)
- Science (page 44)
- Humanities (page 45)
- Food Technology/ Sport (page 46)
- Modern Foreign Languages (page 47)
- James Nester is an originator and co-ordinator of The Gnome Experiment working closely with German company Kern & Sohn. For more information, email him or tweet@KernGnome
Recommended
- Key stage 1: Junior explorers -Take students on a virtual galactic tour and look at the Earth from Outer Space in a lesson from mariyahali's.
- Key stage 2: Earth V Jupiter - Explore the difference between weight and mass in this BBC Class Clips video where Feme goes planet hopping.
- Key stage 3: Apple falling from a tree - Investigate Newton with MissAli87's colourful, differentiated presentation.
- Key stage 4: Solar system top trumps - Explore the features of Earth's planetary neighbours with Cressida-bowden's game.
- Key stage 5: Universal gravitation - Calculate Newton's law with a thorough guide from the Institute of Physics.
See what the TES Community have to say
- JWeight and mass are commonly confused. What misconceptions have your pupils made? Share them in the science forums.
A resource a day helps you inspire and engage every day. Find a topical resource for every day of the week.
Learning from mistakes
What else?
- Need help identifying the causes of common misconceptions? Try Secondary Maths NatStrats'NatStrats' learning from mistakes module
- Get creative with differential equations in phildb's Pendulum lesson.
- Turn students into square root stalkers as they find and follow answers in mrbuckton4maths' loop card activity.
See what the TES Community have to say
- Share your ideas to help students spot mistakes before entering the exam hall.
Resource of the week
Sing a song of chance
- KerithLT's lesson brings a musical edge to the game of chance, offeringan innovative approach to teaching probability.
In the spotlight
Exam Solutions
- Started in 2006 by Stuart Sidders Exam Solutions have provided video tutorials for Core Maths ( Pure Maths), Statistics, Mechanics and Further Maths on their website, YouTube and now TES
Monster inspiration
What else?
- Why don't we see the Megalosaurus rooming the streets of London? Get students sorting raj.nandhra'stheory cards to decide why the dinosaurs died out.
- Prepare your students for a mission to mars with heathermacrae's cross-curriculamars roamer design activity
- Unravel the history of evolution with louarmour's toilet roll Darwinism lesson
See what the TES Community have to say
- One teacher is looking for advice on setting up an 'Eco' week at schoolCan you help?
In the Spotlight - Enquiring scientists
What else?
- For games to inspire older learners, try the TES games for grades collection and turn revision into play.
Resource of the week
Eco-traveler
National Schools Partnership, Thomson and First Choice have come together, as part of their Holidays Forever sustainability initiative, to develop the Eco-traveler educational programme for a second year. Get pupils creating posters about recycling, saving water or CO2 conservation and they could win £2000 for your school in the Holidays Forever competition.
Law in their hands
What else?
- Develop students' formal tone with a presentation from rec208
- Inspire a classroom of sleuths to find criminals for the court room with LizzieKitteh's Detective scheme of work
- Get role-playing to investigate guilt in Macbeth, with krista_carson's murder mystery activity
See what the TES Community have to say
- Share your ideas for creative formal writing tasks.
In the spotlight
Far, far away
To launch the six month residency of House of Fairy Tales at Hall Place explorers of all ages are invited to a free day of activities.
Resource of the Week
This is a robbery
- Thieves have broken into a local jewellery store and stolen priceless stock- use imwell's newspaper report lesson to help students make sense of the chaotic event.
Win the chance to have exclusive use of a private Spanish island for a week.
Citizenship/History
History made real
Andrew Chater has created Timelines TV which covers broad chronological sweeps of British history.
What else?
- Question how much the German people knew what was really going on in during the Battle of Poland with this short video from BBC Class Clips – History
- Or hear a re-enactment of Anne Frank as an actress reads from her diary, speaking about her hopes and dreams
- Nearly 400 BBC Class Clips History videos are available on TES
See what the TES Community have to say
- Teachers discuss how to access older BBC docu-dramas useful for the history classroom.
Resource of the week
Uganda after Kony
- ActionAidSchoolsTeam's resource pack will help students to consider life after Kony
- Discuss the power of social networking in society today with a lesson from Mrbrightside83
In the Spotlight: Faith Shorts 2012
What else?
- The Tony Blair Foundation's annual film competition is calling for entries for 2012
- Watch some of last year's films on TES
Can't cook, won't cook
James Martin presents Saturday Kitchen on BBC 1 and is also head judge for the Red Tractor beef and lamb Make it with Mince Challenge.
What else?
- Prepare students for the kitchen with foodafactoflife's basic skills pack
- Give your students a licence to cook with anexciting activity pack from JSharp72
- Get revision heating up with with processes and techniques cards from aoifekilbane
See what the TES Community have to say
- A number of teachers will start teaching Food Tech for the first time this September. Share your advice and teaching ideas.
Resource of the Week - Leaders of tomorrow
Declane Gane put together his own book: 'So you want to be captain?' to help aspiring young sportsmen and women.
Follow Declan Gane on twitter @declangane
- Or visit the website
In the Spotlight - Seeds of Hope
- Action Duchenne, a charity raising awareness of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, is running the Seeds of Hope appeal for a third year. Encourage children to learn about the environment while raising awareness and funds for charity
Previous TES links
Featured links from previous editions
- TES 16 September
- TES 23 September
- TES 30 September
- TES 7 October
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- TES 28 October
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- TES 30 March
- TES 6 April
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- TES 20 April
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- Blog or Wiki – Set up a departmental blog or wiki that everyone can access from home and school and to which you can all contribute. I'd recommend Posterousfor a quick and easy blog where you can upload resources and Wikispacesfor a wiki.
- Twitter – I can't recommend Twitter highly enough for its ethos of sharing and supporting.
- Clare Seccombe is an MFL teacher and consultant who has taught in primary and secondary schools as well as being an advisory teacher for primary languages. She created and maintains the MFL Sunderland website. Follow her on Twitteror visit her blog
What else?
- Try MFLTeacher1's lesson and discover different opinions about the Olympics – while developing French comprehension skills
- Or practise tenses and describe a trip to the games with annaeuan's presentation.
See what the TES Community have to say
- One NQT teacher is looking for advice on making MFL revision exciting. Can you help?
Resource of the week - WordUP
Students can develop language skills on the go with Collins' new WordUP language app, available for the iphone, ipad and android platforms.
In the Spotlight - Olympics Collection
The Olympics provides a great opportunity to focus on the different countries, cultures and languages of the world. TES MFL advisor, Rachel Hawkes has selected some of the best Olympic-themed resources shared by teachers on TES in the Languages- Olympics collection.
