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Year 8 Science Useful Websites

http://www.brainpop.com/health/digestive/digestion/ (digestion)
http://www.brainpop.com/health/digestive/digestivesystem/ (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).

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/aerobe1tb&infile=aerobe1tb - Quiz on respiration from BBC Bitesize.

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://www.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.

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 disease-related 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.

Unit 8E. Atoms and elements

http://www.webelements.com/webelements/scholar/ - Interactive periodic table from WebElements™, 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 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://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.

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.

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).

From Doc Brown:

http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/Rocks1mp.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

Unit 8I. Heating and cooling

http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/heat/ - Movie and quiz on heat, from BrainPOP and http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/temperature/ one on temperature.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/schools/gigaquiz?path=ks3bitesize/energyii1tb &infile=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.html - 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).

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/ (rainbows)
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/pinholeCamera/ - 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 8L. 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 brilliant visual representation. It's also available here: hp-bang-olufsen-ad.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/science_year1.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.

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Departments

Year 8 Science Useful Websites

Unit 8J. Magnets and electromagnets