BBC Technology: Things We Wear
Find out about materials and their uses as well as designing your own clothes. Practice laying out a pattern and look at a fabric under microscope.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/aroundscotland/technology/
Edheads
Explore and identify many different simple machines, ranging from very simple to more complex. A great interactive website to show how simple machines operate.
http://edheads.org/
Puzzle Solvers at Cryptic Manor
Check out technolgy puzzles and cryptograms aimed at three different levels and designed by the National Security Agency in the United States. Discover the hidden links to the challenging puzzles which can either be printed out or completed on line. This site is best used with the guidance of a ‘mentor’ who can access hints and information from the Mentor’s section on each page, or suggest strategies from the Strategy section.
http://www.nsa.gov/kids/home.cfm
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Creating a website
Have a go at designing your own website. Go to this link and follow the step-by-step instructions to create a website that is entirely your own! We suggest you print out the guidelines, so you can follow them as you go.
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5 + A Day - Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
Find out how to stay healthy by eating five or more fruit and vegetables a day. There are games, and puzzles for you to complete, and you can see how your sports and TV heroes get their 5 + a day.
http://www.5aday.co.nz/funzone/funzone.html |
Midlink Magazine
MidLink Magazine is an online digital magazine by students for students aged between eight and 18 years. The multimedia student projects include videos, photographs, and information about a variety of topics.
http://longwood.cs.ucf.edu/~MidLink/
The Paddler Steamship
This website discusses how a paddle steamer works. The animation shows the principle of steam-generating paddle motion.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/launch_ani_paddle_steamship.shtml
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