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Water |
The properties of water and the water cycle |
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Listen to a story about the water cycle (the story of a drop of water traveling through the sea, up into the clouds, falling on the earth, absorbed by soil, into aquifers etc) |
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Water |
The properties of water and the water cycle |
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Experiment with filtering water with different materials. |
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Water |
The properties of water and the water cycle |
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Learn about the water cycle and the patterns of water moving through the landscape. |
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Water |
The properties of water and the water cycle |
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Learn about the properties of water: boiling point, freezing point, capillary action and how it applies in a garden. |
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Water |
The properties of water and the water cycle |
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Watch diffusion of a something (e.g. a dye) and see how it is absorbed by a plant. |
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The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms |
The Microscopic World |
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Observe microscopic creatures through a microscope. |
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The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms |
The Microscopic World |
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Activate yeast to make bread, observing and hearing an explanation that the action of yeast is what creates the bubbles of air. |
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The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms |
The Microscopic World |
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Role play a 'living beings' court in which some bacteria are being accused of being bad. Children act as the lawyer, prosecution, jury, judge. The children defend the positive contribution that bacteria make to the world and show that most bacteria are good. |
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The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms |
The Microscopic World |
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Make yoghurt, explaining that it is made by the multiplication of a particular bacteria. |
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The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms |
The Microscopic World |
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Act out the roles of different bacteria within a human digestive system, to appreciate how important bacteria are. |
