Useful websites:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/phys
ical_processes.shtml
This is an interactive website where students can
explore the concept of forces and motion, friction,
magnets and springs.
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/Phys/Class/newtla
ws/u2l2b.html
Website for teachers that provides background
information about forces.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=561731865234
9295608
This is a video made by a young girl. She explains how
carbon dioxide emissions we create from cars, electrical
power stations that provide houses with electricity,
burning fossil fuels are creating global warming. She
provides some suggestions on how we can help solve the
problem.
http://www.n-ergise.net/page/important.cfm
An explanation of the importance of energy in our lives,
climate change and tips on how to save energy at home.
It also has basic information about renewable energy
and the main renewable technologies.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/index.html
Information about energy and different sources of
energy.
http://www.teachers.tv/video/28898
Teachers TV is an excellent resource for your own
Continuing Professional Development (CPD). It is UK
Government sponsored and aimed at promoting excellent
classroom practice. This video is for use with children.
It would be useful to show this during the unit on Energy
and / or at the beginning of this unit. It discusses
hydrogen gas as a non-polluting alternative source of
energy. Use the search engine: Science Tube.
http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/green
house/
Animated diagram of the greenhouse effect for teacher
and students.