Microbes and micro-organisms

Books about microbes and micro-organisms will have a Dewey number of 576.

Here are some websites that may help your research…

Health and disease – this revision bite from BBC Bitesize has links to information about microbes, spreading microbes, defence against microbes and antibiotics.

Microbes from Key Stage 3 science has links to keywords, revision notes and a quiz.

Microbes and disease – here’s a quiz to test what you know about microbes. 

Here are two pages from the BBC website that explain the good that microbes do and the harm that microbes do.

Germs, germs everywhere is a website designed by some primary school children that has lots of information about germs.  They also have a page stating which sources they used to find their information.  Could be worth a look.

Climate change

Some UK cities held events to support World Environment Day on Thursday 5th June. Other towns and cities are also looking at how they can be more sustainable and combat climate change.  Click on the cities to find out more.

Birmingham  –  Cambridge  –  Leicester  –  London  –  Sheffield

Aerogel

Ms Seaman’s class are researching Aerogel.  This is a relatively new product so we don’t have much information in our books.  Here are some websites that may help your research

Aerogel – this Wikipedia entry has a lot of information.  It s quite hard to read the whole article.  The section on ‘uses’ will give you lots of ideas for what Aerogel is used for.

What is an aerogel? – this webpage from Aspen Aerogels (a company that makes products using Aerogel) will help you find out more about aerogels.  Click on ‘Products’ at the top of the page to find out what aerogels are used for.

Scientists hail ‘frozen smoke’ as material that will change the world – the article from the Times newspaper in 2007 is obviously excited about aerogels.  Do you think aerogel’s will change the world?  Why?

Noise pollution

Noise pollution from Wikipedia – this article outlines the health and environmental effects of noise pollution 

What is noise pollution? from the Right to Quiet Society

What is noise pollution? from Pollution Issues outlines the different types of noise pollution, issues surrounding noise at work,  its effects on health and the law concerning noise pollution.

Noise maps – use the menu at the left hand side of the screen to select the type of noise pollution you are interested in (road, rail, industry or air) and then enter the school postcode – S62 7GA to see a noise map.

Building an Olympic Village

Here are some websites to help you plan your Olympic Village.

Sports’ Governing Bodies – use this Sport England webpage to find out more about the different sports and their requirements.

Olympic Sports – use this webpage from the British Olympic Association to investigate Olympic Sports.  Click on a sport to find information on the history, rules and technical requirements.

There is lots of information on the official London 2012 website.  Use this link, and scroll to the bottom of the page to find information about the different venues that will be used for the London 2012 Olympics.  You can also see videos showing the preparations for building the main Olympic Park and see the plans for how it is all going to be built.

Not sure how to create your models?  Check out these websites for some ideas on creating 3D shapes.

Nets (3D models) from SEN teacher.  Don’t let the web address put you off.  This website has printable nets for making cubes, cones, pyramids, tetrahedons and many more. 

Solid shapes and their nets  has nets of various 3D shapes.

Looking for an unusual shape?  Try this site, Paper Models of Polyhedra.

Heat transfer

Use these websites to find information on how to improve the energy efficiency of your home.

The Energy Saving House from the Energy Saving Trust has lots of ideas to increase your energy and will tell you how much money you can save.   You can also find information on insulation from the Energy Saving Trust.

You can find out ways to save energy from the Big Green Switch website.

Find out about energy use in buildings and the environment in the Energy Chest.

Need to revise your knowledge of energy – check out the Energy resources and energy transfer revision bite from BBC bitesize.

Tudor fun

Have you finished all your work on the Tudors?  Have a go at these websites to see how much you’ve learned…

Tudor life

Target the Tudors

Dressing up

Tudor activities

Walk the plank

Caves

Ms Allen’s class are looking at how caves form.  Here are some websites she wants you to look at.

Cave boasts UK’s biggest chamber –  article from the BBC website about a cave in Derbyshire.

The virtual cave – lots of information about caves, including an excellent animation that shows the different shape formation of caves.

Global futures – history

Looking for information about the Rawmarsh area?
This webpage from Wikipedia outlines the history of Rawmarsh and its industry and transport.

Rawmarsh Welfare Football Club
Rawmarsh Welfare – this webpage from the Football Club History Database shows Rawmarsh Welfare’s results from 1953-1982

Gordon Banks – Rawmarsh Welfare’s most famous player

Rawmarsh Welfare was part of the Yorkshire Football League.  You can find out more about the League in this Wikipedia article.

Warren Vale mining disaster 1851
Warren Vale colliery disaster – this article from Rotherham Web explains how the disaster was reported in the Times newspaper.

Abraham Thompson was one of the men who died in the colliery disaster.  You can find out more about him in this webpage.

Rawmarsh School history
Hilary Jackson came to Rawmarsh School in the 1950s when it was known as Rawmarsh Secondary Modern School.  Scroll down this webpage to find out what school was like then, and some of her teachers.

Global futures – recycling

You can find books on recycling, waste, climate change and much more in the library. 

For recycling, look for books with a Dewey number of 338.  You can find the Dewey number on the spine of each book. 

If you want some information on climate change and global warming look for books with a Dewey number of 551.52.

Books on energy and energy conservation will have a Dewey number of 333.79.

Here are some websites that may help you too.

Greener living from Tesco includes information about what Tesco is doing to reduce carbon emissions and ideas for what you can do at home, in the garden and in workplaces.

Info Zone from Recyclezone includes a glossary and ideas for how you can recycle at home and school.

Recycling guide – includes why we should recycle, how we can recycle at home and facts and figures that will be useful for Task 2.

Recycle now – includes what we can recycle and how different materials are recycled.

Recycling – this webpage from Wikipedia explains the history of recycling, the cost of recycling and legislation about recycling.

Meadowside School in Gloucestershire has been specially designed to be sustainable.  They also recycle a wide variety of materials. Click this link to find out more recycling-list-2 .

Rotherham Council has lots of information on its website about recycling different materials including textiles, paper, metal cans and glass.