The Hour of Code : Now with added Minecraft
The Hour of Code site gets even better. No sooner have they announced a Star Wars module, they go even further and add Minecraft too! The Minecraft Hour of Code has been made in partnership with...
View Article3D Printing for KS1 with Purple Mash 2Design and Make
If you haven’t seen it before, Purple Mash is 2Simple’s creative online space for primary school teachers and learners. It is a cross-curricula resource packed with open-ended creative tools and themed...
View ArticleSketch Nation Create : Simple Game Design App for Kids
Sketch Nation Create is a free game creation app for IOS and Android devices. The app allows children to draw, play and share their own games; designing their own characters, obstacles, challenges and...
View ArticleSquishy Circuits : Fun with Electrical Dough
Squishy circuits allow for a fun blurring of science and art. Children can create fun circuits as easily as rolling out lengths of dough. This can be a lot more interesting than playing with regular...
View ArticleScience Teaching Idea : Food Chains With Stackable Cups
Here’s a quick idea for teaching food chains with stackable cups. I posted this over on Facebook last week and it got an amazing response, plus lots of questions. So I thought I’d explain the idea a...
View ArticleQuick Science Idea : Oreo Cookie Moon Phase Model
Here’s a quick idea for making a model of the phases of the moon using Oreo cookies. Other cookies might work too, but the combination of black biscuit and white cream makes this work really well....
View ArticleExploring the Universe in No Man’s Sky
As you may have noticed from the lack of blogposts, I’m having a bit of summer downtime. And inbetween long bouts of sitting in front of the Olympics (go Team GB!) I’ve spent the last week exploring...
View ArticleCuriosity Box – A Regular Delivery of Science to your Door
The Curiosity Box is a new service that delivers science to your doorstep in a regular monthly box. Aimed at children aged 7-11, each pack provides all they need to carry out several simple science...
View ArticleTake your class back in time with Dinosaurs in the Wild
With Dinosaurs in the Wild, teachers will be able to take school groups of 7-11 year olds somewhere they’ve never been before – 67 million years back in time, to the late Cretaceous period! Specially...
View ArticleScience Explorers App and Primary Resources from BP
The Science Explorer training app is a fun treasure hunt game for 7 to 11 year olds. Get your pupils to solve riddles to find trigger images around the classroom. Hold the tablet’s camera over the...
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