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Water Aid at Work

Posted in Environmental Science, Language Arts, World Studies on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

“M” writes:
For our latest work on our topic on water management A and I went on the Water Aid website to collect information about one place where Water Aid are working -  I picked Madagascar.
Water Aid have put wells close to homes, so women don’t have to walk so far for water, and the [...]

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Moon Watching

Posted in Language Arts, Multimedia, Science on May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

“M” and “A” report:
In our topic on space, we are learning about the moon and its phases.
We had noticed that the moon can sometimes be seen in the sky during the day and we wanted to find out why this is.
We already knew that the moon takes twenty eight days to orbit the earth. We [...]

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Learning About Waste Water

Posted in Environmental Science, Multimedia, Photography, Science on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

As part of our topic on water management we explored the local water treatment works.
Photos and article by M
First the waste water travels down the main pipe line and then enters the waste water treatment works.
Then it enters the screening process where the large objects are separated from the waste water.

After that, the waste [...]

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Learning with ipod touch!

Posted in Multimedia, Technology on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

We now have a iPod touch which works with our wireless network. This means we can download apps from the Apple App store and access the Internet anywhere near our house!
M just edited his last article about waste water management on an iPod touch using a free WordPress App!
Amazing!

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Galileo – a Biography

Posted in History, Language Arts, Science on May 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

As part of their literacy studies this week, “M” and “A” have been writing a biography of Galileo. They have used books and the internet to research into Galileo’s life and work, endeavouring where possible to check the information across a range of sources.
Here is “A” ’s account of Galileo’s early life:
Galileo Galilei was born [...]

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Water, water, everywhere…

Posted in Environmental Science, World Studies on May 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

“Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink”
(Samuel Taylor Coleridge “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”)
So goes the cry of the mariner whose ship is adrift on a “painted ocean”, with not a breath of wind.
Today we watched another programme in the series “Water Water” on Teacher’s TV:
http://www.teachers.tv/video/31909
We learned [...]

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