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“Inspiring Young People in Maths, Physics and Chemistry”
A short conference at Swansea University on Friday 20th January 9-6pm & Sat 21st January 9-1pm for teachers of Mathematics and Science (Physics & Chemistry) The aim of the conference is to provide a forum for experienced teachers to consider … Continue reading
Space Kinect
We hinted in our previous post that we would try to do something with the Kinect after an exciting demonstration from Gareth Ritter (Willows High) at the ICT for Education Live in Cardiff. So, we went to Willows High School … Continue reading
Posted in Good Practice, New Resources
Tagged Apps, Bing, Bing Maps, Chemical, Creative, Elements, Gareth Ritter, ICT, Innovative, Kinect, Learners, New Technologies, Origin, Personalized Learning, Physics, Space, Universe, Willows High, Worldwide Telescope, X-Box
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Use the Force (resource)!
We are very pleased to finally present to you two resources that have been in development for quite a long time. But, as with all good things, we took our time to review and tweak these resources and we are … Continue reading
Hey Tycho! Look what we know about Supernovae now!
It’s here! At last we have completed and translated an exciting new resource on the Origin of Chemical Elements that is based on fantastic new technologies, like the Microsoft Worldwide Telescope, a free tool that you can use online, or … Continue reading
Posted in Resources in Development
Tagged Brahe, Chemical, Chromoscope, Critical thinking, Elements, Herschel, KS4, Learners, Microsoft, NGfL Cymru, Origin, Physics, questions, Science, Socratic Questions, Space, Telescope, thinking, Tours, Tycho, Worldwide Telescope, WWT
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Choose 1 out! – A new developing thinking tool
In all the excitement in preparing for our first TeachMeet Cardiff I had an inspiration yesterday while I was giving a presentation to Primary School Teachers in Cardiff at the Howardian Centre in Cardiff for @karencymru. I was showing some … Continue reading
Posted in Resources in Development
Tagged AxtiveX Control, choice, Choose one out, CRIPSAT, DCELLS, developing thinking, images, KS2, Learners, Multimodal, Odd one out, Physics, PowerPoint, PPT, questions, template, thinking skills, tools, Triggers
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The Ultimate PowerPoint Macro!
Here at NGfL Cymru we have been experimenting with some PowerPoint Macros that allow you to make your presentations interactive and add features like drag and drop. We have also used what I like to call the “Ultimate PowerPoint Macro” … Continue reading
Posted in Resources in Development
Tagged Drag, drop, educators, effect, electromagnetism, interactive, IWB, Learners, Macro, motor, new, NGfL Cymru, Physics, PowerPoint, PPT, Wales
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The Super Sounds
The Super Sounds Posted: 21st October, 2010 by the Scientific Group Tags: sound, travels What we wanted to find out: we wanted to investigate how sound travels through materials. Sounds go through some materials better than others. Some louder sounds … Continue reading
Posted in Allensbank Primary Blogs, Arfer Da, Good Practice
Tagged AfL, Allensbank, Good Practice, NGfL Cymru, Physics, Primary, Science, sensor, Sound, travelling
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Making Ear Muffs
The science of RYS Making ear muffs Thursday, 21st October, 2010-11-02 We wanted to make ear muffs out of materials and we did experiments to find out which materials insulate sound to your ears. We used: Cotton wool Foil Cotton … Continue reading
Posted in Allensbank Primary Blogs, Arfer Da, Good Practice
Tagged AfL, Allensbank, decibels, Good Practice, NGfL Cymru, Physics, Primary, Science, sensor, Sound
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Travelling Sound
The Lightning’s Blog Travelling sound Posted: 21st October, 2010 by the Lightning Tags: sound, travels, waves, vibrates, materials, insulate We wanted to experiment to find out which materials can insulate sound better than others. We used: cotton, wool, foil, cloth, … Continue reading
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Tagged AfL, Allensbank, decibels, Good Practice, insulate, NGfL Cymru, Physics, Primary, Resources, Science, sensors, Sound, travelling, travels, vibrates, waves
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