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Science: A STEM Approach – 2nd Class Online Resources

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Living Things I Energy and Forces I Materials I Earth and the Environment
 
Unit Lesson Page Link Description
Living Things 1 4

YouTube Video—Animals & their babies

Living Things 2 9

How to use iMovie

Living Things 3 11

YouTube Video—The Needs of a Plant - Activity TBC

Living Things 3 11

YouTube Video—The Life of a Tomato

Living Things 3 11

YouTube Video (Clay-mation)—From a Seed to a Flower

Living Things 3 11

YouTube Video—Germination of a Seed (Time-lapse) (QR code page 13)

Living Things 3 11

YouTube Video—Time Lapse of Strawberry Plant (QR code page 13)

Living Things 3 12

Interactive game - Green Plants - Replacement TBC

Living Things 4 15

Instagram Video—Cincinnati Zoo Hippopotamus Family

Living Things 4 15

Seesaw application

Living Things 4 16

Instagram Page—Cincinnati Zoo

Living Things 4 16

Ducksters—Mammals

Living Things 5 18

YouTube video—Amphibians | Educational Video for Kids - Activity TBC

Living Things 5 18

YouTube Video—Life Cycle of a Frog - Activity TBC

Living Things 6 21

YouTube video—A Bug's Life – Beautiful Butterfly

Living Things Project 29

StoryJumper—Book Creator

Living Things Project 31

Terrapin—Bee-Bot Emulator

Living Things Project 31

Scratch—Bee-Bot (Mats)

Energy and Forces 1 42

YouTube Video—Gravity, Force, and Work (clip)

Energy and Forces 1 42

Online Quiz Creator—Forces Quiz

Energy and Forces 2 46

cool maths games—Pushing and Pulling - Activity TBC

Energy and Forces 2 46

Image—Forces in Action Playground Scene

Energy and Forces 3 50

YouTube Video—How to Knead Dough - Activity TBC

Energy and Forces 3 50

YouTube Video—Pushing and Pulling: What is the Difference? | Force and Energy for Kids | Kids Academy - Activity TBC

Energy and Forces 4 53

scootle game—Pushing and Pulling - Activity TBC

Energy and Forces 4 53

YouTube Video—Kids Playing Tug of War

Energy and Forces 5 57

YouTube Video—Best Idea Ever! (Sir Isaac Newton)

Energy and Forces 5 57

YouTube Video—Defining Gravity: Crash Course Kids #4.1

Energy and Forces 6 60

YouTube Video—Sink or Float?

Energy and Forces 6 60

YouTube Video—Sink or Float | Fun Science Experiment for Kids - Activity TBC

Energy and Forces Project 67

Image—Example Pulley System 

Energy and Forces Project 69

YouTube Video—Fun Levitating or Floating Beach Ball and Pool Toys with A/C Fan

Materials 1 78

BBC Bitesize—How To Identify Materials (Desert Island Materials)

Materials 2 82

What If Rain Boots Were Made of Paper? By Kevin Beals and P David Peterson

Materials 3 85

YouTube video—The Story of Charles Mackintosh – He Invented Rainwear! - Activity TBC

Materials 3 85

Google Arts & Culture—Charles Macintosh and His Famous Coat

Materials 4 89

Ruby Tuesday Books—Everyday Materials Quiz - Activity TBC

Materials 6 97

YouTube Video—The Paper Recycling Process - Activity TBC

Materials Project 102

taste.com.au—Basic butter biscuit dough

Materials Project 104

Behind the News video—Oil Spill

Materials Project 104

PowerPoint presentation—Absorbency

Earth and the Environment

1 114

YouTube video—Resources: Welcome to the Neighborhood – Crash Course Kids #2.1

Earth and the Environment 2 118

Amnesty International—The Tale of the Orange Juice Picture Sequence - Activity TBC

Earth and the Environment 2 118

Interactive game - Farm to fork (8-11) - Replacement TBC

Earth and the Environment 3 122

discoverwater.org—We all use water

Earth and the Environment 3 122

YouTube Video—How Water Gets to Your Home – And Back to the River - Activity TBC

Earth and the Environment 3 122

Online Quiz

Earth and the Environment 4 126

YouTube video—Real World Science: Rocks and Minerals Promo

Earth and the Environment 4 126

YouTube video—How Eagle Mine Produces Nickel and Copper

Earth and the Environment 6 132

YouTube video—A Story About Sustainability

Earth and the Environment 6 132

YouTube video—Recycling – RTE's Morning Edition

Earth and the Environment 6 132

Turtle Diary—Recycling for Kids - Activity TBC

Earth and the Environment

6 132

Greenpeace—Beyond reduce, resuse, recycle: The 9 'R's of a sustainable life

Earth and the Environment Project 139

lovetoknow—Homemade Water Filter Science Project

Earth and the Environment

Project 141

YouTube video—Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, to enjoy a better life | Educational Video for Kids