These activities from The British Science Association can be used at home or school.
Numeracy games and video clips
These games from BBC Schools Numeracy will help make maths fun at home.
Cocoa in the snow in January
The Science Museum is offering lots of exciting activities for families over the Christmas period. Why not get over there for some fun? Click here for information.
Maths Games
Cool Maths Games (actually Cool Math Games, as it's a US site) contains a good selection of games, some obviously containing maths skills, others less so; but all are fun. The children I teach love them.
Decorating a pumpkin
With Halloween approaching you may like these suggestions for decorating your pumpkin.
See the Parentdish website here.
Words the Vikings gave us
Many words that we use have origins in the Norse languages used by the Vikings over 1000 years ago. Have a look at this interesting BBC video for more information - here.
Looking for something to do?
If you'e ever stuck for something to do try Funology.com for some great ideas. There are things to make, recipes, science experiments and games and jokes. Give it a try!
Scott's Last Expedition - The Natural History Museum - finished 2nd September 2012
I recently went with my son to Scott's Last Expedition, at the Natural History Museum (the exhibition has now finished).
As you may know, Scott died returning from the South Pole just over 100 years ago. This great exhibition showed how he and the members of his team lived in the harsh Antarctic. You could see an outline of the hut they lived in, see what they ate and wore and find out about the huge amounts of scientific research they carried out on the animals, weather and glaciers they saw around them.
My son wants to be an explorer. Seeing exhibitions, at museums like the Natural History Museum, will make you want to become an explorer too! You can find out about Scott here and here.
Who is the brown dog in the picture at the top of the page?
He is our 14 year old chocolate labrador, Cocoa. He loves walks and sniffing things. Here is a photograph taken while he was on holiday - he's hoping for a bite of my sandwich!
More will follow as we get this site up and running!
As you may know, Scott died returning from the South Pole just over 100 years ago. This great exhibition showed how he and the members of his team lived in the harsh Antarctic. You could see an outline of the hut they lived in, see what they ate and wore and find out about the huge amounts of scientific research they carried out on the animals, weather and glaciers they saw around them.
My son wants to be an explorer. Seeing exhibitions, at museums like the Natural History Museum, will make you want to become an explorer too! You can find out about Scott here and here.
He is our 14 year old chocolate labrador, Cocoa. He loves walks and sniffing things. Here is a photograph taken while he was on holiday - he's hoping for a bite of my sandwich!
More will follow as we get this site up and running!
