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Science: A STEM Approach – 6th 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—Biomes of the World for Children: Oceans, Mountains, Grassland, Rainforest, Desert – FreeSchool

Living Things 1 4

MindMup—Online mind mapping tool

Living Things 1 4

YouTube Video—Animal and Plant Adaptations - Activity TBC

Living Things 1 6

National Geographic—Tundra Biome - Activity TBC

Living Things 1 6 Britannica—Taiga - Activity TBC
Living Things 1 6 biology dictionary—Deciduous Forest - Activity TBC
Living Things 1 6 National Geographic—Rainforest - Activity TBC
Living Things 1 6 National Geographic—Grassland Biome - Activity TBC
Living Things 1 6 National Geographic—Desert - Activity TBC
Living Things 2 8

Image—Different Environments

Living Things 2 8

YouTube video—About Plants & Gardens: How Does Grass Grow?

Living Things 3 12

Image—Forms of Fungi

Living Things 3 12

YouTube video—Fungi Fantastic

Living Things 3 12

Ducksters—Biology for Kids – Fungi

Living Things 3 12

fine cooking—The Science of Baking with Yeast

Living Things 4 16

BBC Two Video—Andes to Amazon – Amazon Wildlife

Living Things 4 16

ActiveWild—Rainforest Layers

Living Things 4 16

BBC Bitesize—Tropical Rainforests

Living Things 5 20

YouTube video—Tundra Biome 

Living Things 5 21

Science Made Simple—How Do Animals Spend the Winter?

Living Things 5 22

Beyond Penguins—Plants if the Arctic and Antarctic - Activity TBC

Living Things 5 22

YouTube video—Fun With Blubber!

Living Things 6 23

The Wild Classroom—Desert Biome - Activity TBC

Living Things 6 23 The Wild Classroom—Temperate Grasslands - Activity TBC
Living Things 6 23

YouTube video—Fighting For Survival In The Kalahari Desert, Africa – BBC Wildlife

Living Things Project 29

YouTube video—One Year in 40 Seconds

Living Things Project 31

YouTube video—Claymation (Animation 101)

Living Things Project 33

YouTube Video—What Is Stop Motion Animation and How Does It Work? | Mashable Explains - Activity TBC

Energy and Forces 1 40

Solar Schools—Sources of Energy - Activity TBC

Energy and Forces 1 40

YouTube video—Fossil Fuels

Energy and Forces 1 40

National Geographic—Non-renewable Energy (QR code page 42)

Energy and Forces 1 40

BBC Bitesize—What Is the Process Inside An Electric Generator? – Higher – OCR 21C (QR code page 42)

Energy and Forces 2 43

Solar Schools—Sources of Energy - Activity TBC

Energy and Forces 2 43

ABC Education—Renewable Energies (QR code page 46)

Energy and Forces 2 43

study.com—Creating Energy from Solar, Wind, and Water Sources (QR code page 45)

Energy and Forces 3 46

YouTube video—How Does Solar Energy Work?

Energy and Forces 3 46

YouTube Video—Solar Thermal 101 - Activity TBC

Energy and Forces 3 46

HomeSteady—How to Connect an LED Light to a Small Solar Panel

Energy and Forces 3 46

study.com—Electric Circuit Diagrams: Lessons for Kids

Energy and Forces 4 50

YouTube video—Introduction to Simple Circuits

Energy and Forces 4 50

YouTube video—Simple Circuit For Kids

Energy and Forces 5 53

YouTube video—The Power of Circuits

Energy and Forces 5 53

YouTube video—Electric Circuits on Paper: The Basics

Energy and Forces 5 53

YouTube video—How To Make A Simple Circuit With On/Off Switch For A Light Bulb

Energy and Forces 6 57

YouTube video—Great Innovators: "Thomas Edison and the Light Bulb," by StoryBots | Netflix Jr

Energy and Forces 6 57

wikipedia image—Incandescent Light Bulb

Energy and Forces 6 57

wikipedia—Light bulb diagram with labels

Energy and Forces 6 57

YouTube video—How A Light Bulb Works

Energy and Forces 6 57

YouTube video—Light Bulb Filament (QR code page 59)

Energy and Forces 6 57

YouTube video—Build a Light Bulb – Sick Science! #079

Energy and Forces 6 58

YouTube video—Energy 101: Light Bulbs

Energy and Forces Project 64

PBS Kids—Hidden Alarm

Energy and Forces Project 64

YouTube Video—How To Create LED Ballon Decorations – Clas Ohlson

Energy and Forces Project 66

YouTube video—How to Make a Electric Bell

Energy and Forces Project 66

YouTube video—Electric Circuits on Paper: The Basics

Materials 2 78

YouTube video—Bill Nye The Science Guy Phases of Matter

Materials 2 79

Quizizz—Phases of Matter - Activity TBC

Materials 3 81

BBC Bitesize—What Is Dissolving?

Materials 3 81

YouTube video—What Dissolves in Water? - Activity TBC

Materials 3 81

YouTube video—The Great Picnic Mix Up: Crash Course Kids #19.1

Materials 4 84

bestrecipes—Basic Biscuit Dough

Materials 4 84

YouTube video—Chemical Changes: Crash Course Kids #19.2

Materials 5 89

YouTube video—Sun, Heat Melt Crayons During Hot Summer Temperatures in Tulsa

Materials 5 89

YouTube video—Small Candle Time Lapse

Materials 5 89

YouTube video—Teachers TV – How Stuff Changes

Materials 5 89

Image—Candle Burning Diagram

Materials 6 91

fineartamerica image—Old Car and Rust Danny Jones

Materials 6 91

YouTube video—Rusting – Iron + Water + Oxygen = Iron Oxide

Materials 6 91

YouTube video—Science Concepts & Projects: Speedy Rusts // Lesson 6 // Part 2

Materials 6 91

BBC Bitesize—Metals and Corrosion

Materials Project 99

YouTube video—Ice Castle Closes Due to Utah's Warm Winter | National Geographic

Materials Project 99

Learning4Kids—How To Make Sugar Crystals On A Stick?

Earth and the Environment

1 108

YouTube video—Natural Disasters: The Destructive Force of Nature

Earth and the Environment 1 108

YouTube video—Severe Weather: Crash Course Kids #28.2 

Earth and the Environment 2 111

YouTube video—Geography Lesson: What Is A Volcano? | Twig

Earth and the Environment 2 111

YouTube video—How to Prepare for a Volcanic Eruption

Earth and the Environment 2 111

Map of the world's active volcanoes

Earth and the Environment 2 112

YouTube video—A Day in Pompeii – Full-length Animation

Earth and the Environment 2 112

geology.com—Mount Vesuvius – Italy

Earth and the Environment 3 114

YouTube video—Introduction to Earthquakes

Earth and the Environment 3 114

ABC Education video—Deadly Earthquakes hit New Zealand

Earth and the Environment 3 114

earthquaketrack.com

Earth and the Environment

3 115

YouTube video—How to Determine Richter Magnitude

Earth and the Environment

4 117

newstatesman image—After Earthquake

Earth and the Environment 4 117

YouTube video—Introduction to Earthquakes

Earth and the Environment 4 117

YouTube Video—How Earthquakes Trigger Tsunamis – Bang Goes The Theory, Preview – BBC One

Earth and the Environment 4 117

jkgeography—Causes of Tsunami

Earth and the Environment 5 120

Image—Tropical Cyclone Yasi

Earth and the Environment 5 120

Behind the News video—Storms Explained

Earth and the Environment 5 120

YouTube video—What are hurricanes, typhoons and tropical cyclones?

Earth and the Environment 6 122

assembly.uca image—Before and After Drought

Earth and the Environment 6 122

Daily Mail—Water companies tell us we mustn't spend more than FOUR minutes in the shower

Earth and the Environment 6 122

YouTube video—Science Behind Drought

Earth and the Environment Project 127

YouTube video—How to Determine Richter Magnitude

Earth and the Environment Project 129, 131

YouTube Video—Natural Disasters Story | Natural Disasters Facts for Kids - Activity TBC