TES 17 August 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.
- A very foreign language(page 36)
- Maths (page 38)
- English (page 39)
- Science (page 40)
- Humanities (page 41)
- ICT (page 42)
- Modern Foreign Languages (page 43)
Caught in a web of jargon
What else?
- Key stage 1: Teaching teachers - Help pupils improve their big writing by refreshing teachers' skills with a training presentation from Literacy Miss
- Key stage 2: Up-level - Get pupils writing super, splendid, scintillating sentences with dillsage's popular game
- Key stage 3: Testing, testing - EstJam's big grammar quiz could help your students write clearly
- Key stage 4: SPG - Show students why spelling, punctuation and grammar are important with this entertaining PowerPoint by dognosh
- Key stage 5: Finding words - Introduce language acquisition with TESEnglish's thorough lesson.
Background research
What else?
- Get started with some images of maths in art, news and real life with andrewchambers' maths displays
- Or use Len Cooper's numbers in nature images to introduce the Fibonacci sequence
See what the TES Community have to say
- One teacher wants to know exactly what the multiplication symbol means mathematically. Can you help?
In the spotlight - Numbers on film
- Functions, numbers and formulas become movie stars in the new TES top 10 maths videos collection
Resource of the week - Thinking time
- Add a little sunshine to the classroom with Ryan Smailes' maths puzzles
Expert choice
What else?
- Watch the video of Gavin's grandad explaining acid rain on TES
- Let students be the experts as they teach each other about acid rain causes, effects and solutions in a lesson by SM_BSc
See what the TES Community have to say
- Teachers are talking about the draft science curriculum. Have you started planning yet?
In the spotlight - Inside look at the animal kingdom
- See the National History Musem's resources on TES
Resource of the week - Punk your science
- Punk Science brings live-action science and comedy to the classroom screen, from TES partner Science Museum Learning
- For a musical start to your lesson try the 'Nanotechnology song' a jolly track explaining a complex science topic in an easy and entertaining format.
Active not passive
What else?
- Help students understand the music of film with Graham Hickey's thorough introduction
- Or for a basic introduction to cinematography, try TES English's camera shots PowerPoint
See what the TES Community have to say
- Teachers are naming their literary heroes in the TES English forum. Shakespeare, Coleridge, Austen and Oscar Wilde are on the list already… who would you add?
Resource of the week - Pronounce on the internet
- Teachers can monitor and test pupils' language practise with online programme Fluency tutor
In the Spotlight - All the world's a stage
- Globe Education is one of the latest partners of TES Resources and has expanded and revised its Discovery Space - an impressive online resource – to offer behind the scenes insights into rehearsing, producing and staging productions, together with archive and current information on shows for students and teachers. You'll also find academic papers here, and links to further information.
A route to the future
What else?
- Check out Digimaps for schools profile on TES for lots of mapping activities
- Help students understand the local landscape with lots of resources from Ordnance Survey
See what the TES Community have to say
- Introducing year 2 children to map work - there are lots of handy tips in this discussion on the TES Geography forum.
Some useful mapping links:
- Bing maps - different map styles and bird's eye views
- Cycling the Alps - animated routes across the Alps by bike
- Mashed World - three way view of Street, aerial and mapping images from Google and Bing
- Quikmaps - add labels, text and a range of emoticons to maps
- OS Digimap for Schools - OS mapping across GB at a range of scales, with wide ranging annotation tools. See free resources in TSL
- OS openspace - split screen aerial and map views
- Scribblemaps - draw, label and add a range of icons to maps
- Street View in Google Maps - map, aerial and street level views
- Tripgeo - animated routes with Street View
- Young geographers go local - a guide to using digital mapping in the primary classroom
- World Wonders - explore some of the wonders of the world close up
In the spotlight - Carbon footprint
- New GreenTV short film campaigns for changes in the way we think about climate change
Resource of the week - Price tag of life
- Helena Handbasket questions whether we can put a price on life in an interactive quiz
Musical sleuth
What else?
- Get creative juices flowing early with QCDA_Resources' primary composition resources
- Inspire some classical compositions with MissBagpipes' introduction to the musical era
See what the TES Community have to say
- Teachers discuss differentiation in the music classroom, do you have any ideas?
Resource of the week - Forever blowing bubbles
- The bubbles lesson packs with audio CDs and CD-Roms for KS1 and upper KS2 are full of ideas to incorporate music and theatre into topic work across the curriculum from the Tudors to light and electricity.
In the spotlight - Paralympic future
Students offered the chance to play in regional and national table cricket games thanks to the Macquarie National Competition.
- Get started with table cricket at your school and find out about the rules and equipment
Tell us at letters@tes.co.uk
Plus ça change
What else?
- Introduce students to latin literaturewith laurahoneybee's PowerPoint
- For 3 presentations to get your year 9s started, check out adutstarr_97's resources
See what the TES Community have to say
- Which is the most popular language and which is the underdog language? Have your say in the TES MFL forum.
In the spotlight - Olé, Olé!
- London's Ciné lumière hosts 8th London Spanish Film Festival this autumn
Resource of the week - Introducing Italian
If you are starting the new year by introducing a new language to students, try these colourful interactive resources:
- Names and numbers - PowerPoint by shropshire14
- Come Stai? - chatterbox81's bright and colourful 'smileys' presentation
- Italian instructions - contributed by MadameSchultz
