Unit 8A. Food and digestion
http://www.brainpop.com/health/digestive/digestion/ (digestion)
http://www.brainpop.com/health/digestive/digestive system/ (digestive system)
http://www.brainpop.com/health/growthanddevelopment/nutrition / (nutrition)
Related movies from BrainPOP.
http://kidshealth.org/kid/body/digest_noSW.html - Text –based info on the
digestive system aimed at kids – good for project work.
http://www.darvill.clara.net/hotpots/digest.htm - Digestion quiz (match the
words to the definitions).
http://science.howstuffworks.com/
Unit 8B. Respiration
http://www.sambal.co.uk/respiration.html - Information on respiration from
Sambal’s Science Web (good for kids’ own research).
http://www.brainpop.com/health/respiratory/respiration/ - The Respiratory
System (be careful to make the distinction between respiration and breathing!)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/schools/gigaquiz?path=ks3bitesize/aerobe1+b&i
nfile=aerobe1+b - Quiz on respiration from BBC Bitesize.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/
Unit 8C. Microbes and disease
http://www.microbe.org/index.html - Stalking the mysterious microbe! A great
site with lots of info including “microbes in the news” and a careers section.
http://www.microbes.info/ - name says it all really! Is quite detailed, but would
be a good place to send kids doing project work.
From BrainPOP:
http://brainpop.com/science/plantsandanimals/bacteria/ (bacteria)
http://www.brainpop.com/health/immune/immune/ (immune system)
http://www.brainpop.com/health/immune/immuneadv/ (immune system –
advanced)
http://www.brainpop.com/health/immune/smallpox/ (smallpox)
http://www.brainpop.com/health/diseases/aids/ (AIDS)
http://www.cressbrook.co.uk/eyam/ - Info on Eyam, the famous plague village
(good for kids’ own research) and
http://www.sycd.co.uk/who_am_i/everywhere/drama.htm - Short plays about
the discovery of vaccines and the plague at Eyam, from the Science Year site.
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http://www.howstuffworks.com/bread.htm - Bread, from How Stuff Works
(contains lots of activities that kids could try at home).
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/webwise/spinneret/circuln/anphag.htm - Simple
animation of a white blood cell engulfing some bacteria.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/ - The National Centre for Infectious Diseases
(probably a bit difficult for pupils, but useful for finding out what diseaserelated issues are in the news at the moment and researching them).
Unit 8D. Ecological relationships
NB: This topic is closely related to 7C, Environment and Feeding
Relationships, so those links may be relevant too.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/living/03_fact.shtml - The 7
characteristics of life (MRS NERG), actually KS2 but good for
revision/summary.
http://www.brainpop.com/science/ecology/foodchains/ - Movie and quiz on
food chains from BrainPOP and
http://www.brainpop.com/science/plantsandanimals/naturalselection/ natural
selection
http://www.alienexplorer.com/ecology/topic4.html - Lots of information about
food chains and pyramids
http://science.howstuffworks.com/
Unit 8E. Atoms and elements
http://www.webelements.com/webelements/scholar –
Interactive periodic table from WebElementsTM, good for kids as it has lots of
detailed information and is easy to use.
http://www.privatehand.com/flash/elements.html - Tom Lehrer’s Elements
Song (requires sound).
periodic-table.pdf – Printable Periodic Table (use right click and Save Target
As to save a copy).
http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/pages/periodic_table.html - RSC’s
Visual Elements periodic table. Great for presentations as it’s very pretty!
From Doc Brown’s Chemistry Clinic:
http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/8Eelements.html Cartoons linking element uses with their names, plus a test.
http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/8Ewf1.htm - gap fill
exercise and
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http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/8Emc.htm a multiple
choice quiz.
http://www.almaden.ibm.com/vis/stm/gallery.html - IBM’s STM image gallery
has some beautiful images of real atoms, recorded with a Scanning
Tunnelling Microscope. The inner workings of an STM are a bit advanced for
Year 8 (!) but they’ll love the pictures.
http://www.brainpop.com/science/matter/atoms/ - BrainPOP movie and quiz
on atoms, and
http://www.brainpop.com/science/matter/atomicmodel/ one on the atomic
model
http://www.particleadventure.org/particleadventure/index.html - The Particle
Adventure (very advanced, gets into quarks and antimatter, but interesting!)
Unit 8F. Compounds and mixtures
http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/atoms/elements.html - Simple animations
of an element, compound and mixture (in the gas phase).
http://www.brainpop.com/science/matter/compoundsmixtures/ - BrainPOP
movie and quiz on Compounds and Mixtures.
http://www.brainpop.com/science/matter/propertychanges/
BrainPOP movie and quiz on the difference between physical and chemical
changes.
http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/emc1mp.htm - Matching
exercise from Doc Brown
http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/8Fwf1.htm - multi-word
fill quiz and
http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/8Fmc.htm - multiple
choice quiz
http://science.howstuffworks.com/
Unit 8G. Rocks and weathering
From BrainPOP:
http://www.brainpop.com/science/earth/typesofrocks/ (types of rocks)
http://www.brainpop.com/science/earth/weathering/ (weathering)
http://www.brainpop.com/science/matter/propertychanges/ (difference
between physical and chemical changes)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/rocks/index.shtml - Essential guide to rocks
from the BBC, site contains loads and loads of useful information, activities
and pictures, including an animation/timeline of Britain’s ‘rocky’ past.
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http://home.att.net/%7Ecochrans/terms01.htm - Glossary of rock words
(handy when someone asks you what, say, breccia is
http://www.ukfossils.info/ - all sorts of information about fossils, and
http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk/fossils.html has lots of pictures to help
with identification
From Doc Brown’s Chemistry Clinic:
http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/8Gwf1.htm (multi-word
fill quiz)
http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/8Gmc.htm (multiple
choice quiz)
http://www.christiaan.com/stonehenge/info/students/ - info about Stonehenge,
might make an interesting extension activity/project.
(NB: see also 9E, Reactions of metals for info on metal ores)
Unit 8H. The rock cycle
http://www.brainpop.com/science/earth/rockcycle/ - BrainPOP movie and quiz
on the Rock Cycle.
http://www.moorlandschool.co.uk/earth/rockcycle.htm - The Rock Cycle from
Moorland School (good for kids’ own research)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/rocks/index.shtml - Essential guide to rocks
from the BBC, site contains loads and loads of useful information, activities
and pictures, including an animation/timeline of Britain’s ‘rocky’ past.
From Doc Brown:
http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/emc1mp.htm - matching
exercise
http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/8Hwf1.htm – multi-word
fill quiz
http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/8Hmc.htm – multiple
choice quiz
http://science.howstuffworks.com/
Unit 8I. Heating and cooling
http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/heat. – Movie and quiz on heat, from
BrainPOP and
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http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/temperature/ one on temperature
http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/schools/gigaquiz?path=ks3bitesize/energyii1tb&i
nfile=energyii1tb - short quiz on heat and energy transfer from BBC Bitesize.
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/blynds/tmp.html - a handy page for research
which has all sorts of information about temperature, its history, temperature
scales, thermometers etc, and
http://www.pa.msu.edu/~sciencet/ask_st/012992.html - explains the nature of
absolute zero.
http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/mummy/pyramid/ - Build a better pyramid by
insulating it (interactive activity)
http://www.howstuffworks.com/thermos.htm - How a Thermos flask works,
including definitions and descriptions of heat transfer by radiation, convection
and conduction.
http://ethel.as.arizona.edu/~collins/astro/subjects/convection1.html - Very
helpful reference for teachers on how to teach the subject of heat transfer.
Unit 8J. Magnets and electromagnets
http://www.brainpop.com/science/forces/magnetism/ - BrainPOP movie and
quiz on magnetism, and
http://www.brainpop.com/science/forces/magneticpoles/ one on magnetic
poles
http://education.magnet.fsu.edu/maglabalpha/html/expeditions/whatmagnet.ht
ml - text-based information on magnets and
http://www.phys.lsu.edu/dept/opps/key_ideas_about_magnets.htm lots of key
facts about magnets (good for research)
http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/whataremagnets.html - Good, simple explanation
of what a magnet is in terms of lots of aligned polar molecules.
http://www.units.muohio.edu/dragonfly/find/find/compass.htmlx - info about
compasses and how to make your own compass
http://science.howstuffworks.com/electromagnet.htm - Electromagnets, from
How Stuff Works (includes useful animation) and
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/speaker.htm how speakers work (may be
handy for research – speakers contain electromagnets).
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/schools/gigaquiz?path=ks3bitesize/elecmag2tb&
infile=elecmag2tb - test on electromagnets (and electrical circuits) from BBC
Bitesize
Unit 8K. Light
Movies and quizzes from BrainPOP:
http://www.brainpop.com/science/light/light/ (light)
http://www.brainpop.com/science/light/color/ (colour)
http://www.brainpop.com/health/senses/vision (vision)
http://www.brainpop.com/science/light/waves/ (waves)
http://www.brainpop.com/science/light/rainbow/ (rainbow)
http://www.brainpop.com/science/space/sun/ (the sun)
http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/emspectrum/ (electromagnetic
spectrum)
http://www.granada-learning.com/resources/online_demos/science.jhtml Interactive game, make the laser light beam hit the target by moving the
mirrors.
http://www.nmpft.org.uk/magic-factory/index2.html - Games about light and
colour from the Magic Factory (National Museum of Photography, Film and
Television).
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/ - Science of shadows, prisms, colour, and
lenses. Includes a timeline, a section on pioneers in the optics field, and a
museum of microscopy
http://www.yahooligans.com/Science_and_Nature/Physical_Sciences/Optical
_Illusions/ - List of links to sites of optical illusions.
http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/education/lessonPlans/pinholeCa
mera/ - How to make a pinhole camera, from Kodak.
http://www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/lasers/mainpage.html Information about LASERS aimed at kids.
Unit 8. Sound and hearing
Movies and quizzes from BrainPOP:
http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/sound/ (sound)
http://www.brainpop.com/health/senses/hearing/ (hearing)
http://www.hpbroadband.com/program/cfm?key=W42MCW80Z - The HP and
Bang & Olufsen advert which ‘shows’ sound waves; very beautiful and a
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brilliant visual representation. It’s also available here: hp-bang-olufsenad.mov
http://www.fearofphysics.com/Sound/dist.html - Introduction to what sound is,
with a simple animation.
http://www.granada-learning.com/resources/online_demos/scienceyear1.jhtml - Who’s ringing the robot’s mobile? Interactive game to match the
waves to the sounds.
http://library.thinkquest.org/19537/ - The Soundry, an interactive web site
about sound containing info about the physics of sound, how ears work,
applications and history. In particular, check out the
http://library.thinkquest.org/19537/Inter.html interactive sound lab.
http://pittsford.monroe.edu/jefferson/calfieri/physics/SoundQuiz.html - Multiple
choice sound quiz
http://science.howstuffworks.com/
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