P7A - Publish 'Structures of the Earth' work on the Web

From October until December 2009, P7a have been discovering about the Structures of the Earth.
To help support this learning, they have been working in groups to create volcanoes, earthquake resistant houses, movies, posters, podcasts, comic books, video and audio messages as well as composing their own music and songs.

Where possible the results of P7a fabulous work have been posted onto the Internet for others to enjoy. Use the links below to enjoy.

Movies about the Structure of the Earth
This is P7a premiere movie.
Structures of the Earth - Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ul6kYjBWd8

Structures of the Earth - Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc1aNIoJ6NQ

(Note due to a maximum length of 10 minutes for a video in YouTube, the video has been divided into two sections).
The pupils created movies (via iMovie) based on the theme of Earthquakes and Volcanoes, (using pictures from Google Images, which we gratefully acknowledge) they then composed accompanying music in GarageBand. The final movies were then merged to create a class movie.

Exploding Volcanoes
The pupils constructed 3D volcano models for homework. The models were labelled to show the features of a volcano.

You can see some of our volcanoes at http://picasaweb.google.com/buckstonep7a/Public_volcanoes#

We really enjoyed exploding some of them on the last day of term in the snow.



Dynamic Earth Feedback
The pupils were very fortunate to be able to visit Dynamic Earth on the 25th November. They greatly enjoyed the experience providing the opportunity to expand their knowledge about the Structures of the Earth in a fabulous learning environment. The children were tasked with finding different ways to feedback to Dynamic Earth about their visit, with a key focus on the information we wanted to feedback. These photographs capture many of the ideas.










Feedback Podcast
A song of the pupils experience has been loaded at http://www.gcast.com/u/buckstonep7a/main.xml

You can subscribe to P7a Podcasts and have them automatically downloaded into iTunes. To do this.
1. - open iTunes
2. - select podcasts
3. - select 'Advanced/Subscribe to Podcast...' from the top menubar.
4. - paste the following url into the pop-up - http://www.gcast.com/u/buckstonep7a/main.xml

Let It Snow!

Have fun in the SNOW!

We wish you a

Merry Christmas!!!

Love from Buckstone P.S.!!!!

Auld Lang Syne - Lyrics

There are numerous versions of this well known song/peom.

Auld Lang Syne

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and days of Auld Lang Syne?

For Auld Lang Syne, my dear,
For Auld Lang Syne,
We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet,
For Auld Lang Syne.

And there's a hand, my trusty fiere
And gie's a hand o' thine
We'll tak' a richt guid willy waught,
For Auld Lang Syne.

For Auld Lang Syne, my dear,
For Auld Lang Syne,
We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet,
For Auld Lang Syne.



See point 5 on, which discusses the various words used.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A10358165

I thougt there rocks where awesome

i thought these rocks where awesome

Rock Detective Videos

The following videos will be useful in helping you in your role as Rock Detective.

Remember you want to find

3 main groups of rock

• describe their features
• how they are formed (where they come from, role of temperature, pressure etc)
• examples of rock type in the group
• what these rocks might be used for and why (strength, if permeable or not etc)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7AWGhQynTY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ-Vr_9t5Sg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i81eVDgvKas&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3yJArifULo

This is a diagram of earth structure!

This is a volcano.It is a special type of volcano.It is called a runny volcano.
We are also learning about earthquakes.

The Needles

Based in the isle of Wight The Needles are a beautiful sight. They come about when the little island broke off the bottom of England. The isle of Wight is made of chalk so it all eroded and that is how the Needles came about!

We have been studying

Structures of the earth

We got to go to Dynamic Earth and find out loads of information about the Earth and how it was made, we also had a debate and a ride through time!

I would recommend it!!!

thanks for reading I hope you visit there in the future!!!

• well our class our doing a project on the earth structure.
• The earth is made of lots of layers.
• It is a bit like a egg the shell is the crust, the next layer is the mantle, and the middle is the core.

Naturally Made

Learning about the structure of the earth is really interesting.
We have learnt that Niagara Falls, Ayers Rock,The Rocky Mountains,Mount Everest etc
are all naturally made by rain,wind,sand etc.

Top 5 Facts about Volcanoes + Earthquakes!!!

1.lava is called magma when it is inside the earth.

2.earthquakes can make buildings fall and people can get hit and die.

3.Edinburgh castle is a volcano..

4.there are no volcanoes in the UK.

5.earthquakes are very destructive

I hope that you have found my facts interesting!!!

The Earth's Structure

The Earth has four different "layers". They include:the crust,the mantle,the outer core and the inner core.

Links to YouTube - Examples of Earth Movies

The following links provide examples of 'movies' which can be created based on a slide show with backing music.

Remember you need to include facts about the area of study as well as providing an appropriate background music.

Earthquakes

California - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a7OizEdAik&feature=related

China - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX-7JZxAqqY

China - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yep9ndr_4hY&feature=related

Volcanoes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPcGqtIlYX0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcFtpWjZwlE&feature=related

Earth Structure & Volcanoes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uS5KfpgMFQ

P7A - World War 2 Presentations

The pupils were tasked with investigating an aspect of the home front. Working in pairs they looked at:

• The Role of Women
• Gas Masks and Blackouts
• Air Raid Shelters
• Evacuation
• Rationing

To report back to the class on their findings the children used various methods, which included:

• Acting out scenarios from the Second World War
• Using animations created on video
• Presenting via a news broadcast / 'weather 'forecast
  
• Using music
• Using audio created on garageband
• Posters
• Quizzes
• Humour
  

This shows the class took a wide and diverse approach to this task. In many cases the pupils also supported their reporting back with a PowerPoint Presentation. These may be viewed by following the links below. Unfortunately, the functionality of Google Docs (where these files are hosted) does not present the 'fully' developed show, ie sounds and order of display are not shown.

Enjoy.

The Role of Women
http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dwk62vc_60cfgs9ndg Purplebear1305 / 1320
http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dwk62vc_50hnfmb8w6 Purplebear1313
http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dwk62vc_30ccqs49cq Purplebear1315 / 1317


Gas Masks and Blackouts
http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dwk62vc_86d3jjw7d3 Purplebear1303 / 1316
http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dwk62vc_71cdqshbct Purplebear1310 / 1327

Air Raid Shelters
http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dwk62vc_107f27fp479 Purplebear1309 / 1325
http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dwk62vc_97dfk7nghc Purplebear1304 / 1322

Evacuation
http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dwk62vc_9hhj34rd2 Purplebear1301 / 1326
http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dwk62vc_21fv385tg4 Purplebear1321 / 1323


Rationing
http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dwk62vc_42gmzh8pft Purplebear1319 / 1324
http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dwk62vc_0ct2fs7cj Purplebear1302 / 1306

Morrison shelters were like big cages and were also used as tables.Anderson shelters were dark, damp and outside.

I am doing a team project on gas masks and blackouts it is very interesting we are nearly done <(".")>

they only got a certain amount of food in the war.

I am doing The Role of Women

This is a really good website to find out about The Role of Women http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/war/women.htm

1940 Fact

77 evacuated children were killed when the ship City of Benares (which was evacuating them) was torpedoed.

I am learning about WW2. Here is some facts about WW2:

After the war, some children didn't return home until March !

When children were evacuated they had to bring more handkerchiefs than underwear!

Rationing

Great website for war information. For example 524 000 mothers and children under 5 were evacuated.
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/war

Here is a picture of a car crashing in to a shop in the blackout. Did you know that more than 4000 people died in road accidents in the blackout than being bombed by Nazis.

Evacuation was an adventure for some but a nightmare for others.

Did you know over 1 million children got evacuated.Parents were given a list to pack for their child.Many children lived in big cities and had to move to the countryside.Evacuation began on the 1st of September 1939.there was major evacuation between 1939-1945 !



P.S THIS WAS BY PURPLEBEAR1323

this is a spitfire

http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-623-687&scache=424g7dc96p&searchdb=scran

this is the link to our picture
http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/media.php?file=postcard/image/0260/02600312.jpg

blackouts

• Blackouts occurred so they wouldn't get bombed by the Germans because they couldn't see them.
  
• A blackout was when you cover up your windows so no light gets through.

• Even policemen stole stuff from your house when you were in your Anderson shelter.

this is a bomber

http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-568-643-C&searchdb=scran this was from purple bear1307

We are learning about Rationing.

Here's a picture of a gas mask.We have been learning about it in class. Did you know that some children had to wear gas mask with Mickey Mouse ers so that they would wear them.

We are learning about air raid shelters. So far we know there at two types of shelters, the Morrison shelter and the Anderson shelter.

this is a picture of a gas mask

I'm doing the Role of Women in World War II.

Hello! I am learning about the Role of Women in World War II. It is very interesting.

scran

yo peeps this is a groovy picture!

• This is a picture of rationing.
• They could only buy a certain amount of meat and other food.
• People used to have to spend a lot of time queuing for food.
  
• Some mum's had a green ration book to get luxuries like oranges and chocolate.
  
• 

These women are at work at ww2!
Most women worked at factories and shops by the end of 1939 most men by then had taken the better jobs.
They only got 5 shillings (25p) a week.
They also worked on farms.

gas masks

GAS MASKS

• Gas masks were issued by the government in case of gas attacks by Germans.
• Gas suits were made for children who were too small for gas masks.
  

• Gas masks had to have been kept in a special box and if you are caught outside without it you could get fined

here's a picture of a gas mask:

I am doing the Role of Women for our project

I am doing the Role of women for my world war project with purplebear1305

This is a Anderson Shelter

Here is a bigger picture

Link to scran

This is a link to scran

http://www.scran.ac.uk/

Test adding a photo

A World War 2 Gas Mask - Note you if using Scran pictures you must use 'thumbnails'

There is a photo above but you cannot see it until logged into scran

To Add a Photo

Photos can either be added from your photo album or from photos on the web which are NOT copyright protected.
To source images which are allowed to be used, then link to
'Open Photo' http://openphoto.net/
'Flickr: Creative Commons' http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
'Creative Commons Search' http://search.creativecommons.org/
 'Scran'http://www.scran.ac.uk/

OR
(a) Select the web link to your photo album. http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/home
THEN
When you have found the picture you want.
(b) If possible - Use the thumb nail picture so the quality is poor if expanded.
(c) Right Mouse Button on the picture and 'copy image location'.
(d) Select the 'Add Image' icon when in the 'Postings' box when editing your blog text, and paste in your URL, (using CTRL-V on a PC, or Apple-V on the Mac).(f) You can resize the picture once added, so that the text flows around it.
(g) NOTE - if the photo is deleted from 'picasa' or other source site, then the photo will no longer be displayed on the blog.

Reminder of how to use the BLOG

Good morning P7a.

You should treat the blog the same way that you look after your jotters and write information in them.

For example:
Always use correct punctuation.
Always check your work.
Always target your work so you are proud to show others.
Always try your hardest to achieve the lesson target.
Always make sure you enter details relevant to the project.

Remember you can always save your work as 'draft' to allow you to check it prior to 'publishing' it.

Let's review the Blog and see if these rules have been adhered to.

Adding Internet Links

Just Cut and Paste in the URL (Web Address), then highlight the text and select the LINK (or chain) button.

To add a photo is a little more complex.

here are some interesting facts about world war two:

• Hitler was Austrian
• About 30 to 100 million were killed.(most of these were civilians)
• around 12,000 heavy bombers were shot down in world war 2
• 40,000 men served on U-Boats during World War 2 and 30,000 never returned

websites that I used to find these facts -

http://www.world-war-2.info/facts/,

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080113113217AACadZJ

(your probably wondering what a u-boat is.The definition is a german submarine)

i love our world war two topic

d:-D

Buckstone p7a is learning about world war two.In these times many children who lived in the city were evacuated to the countryside so they could be protected from bombs.Mothers came alongside children under 5 years old so they were evacuated too.they all took gask masks and their name tags incase they got lost.Children who were younger had a mask with micky mouse ears on it to encourage them to wear it.there is great a great website where you can find out more called BBC Children Of World War 2.

evacuees

during world war two over one million people were evacuated.they were evacuated to the countryside by train.people from the countryside picked children to stay at theirs till the war was over.I have found a great website to find out more about evacuees.here it is http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/war/evacuation.htm

we are learning about world war II
it is really interesting to be hearing about what happened 70 years ago last Tuesday .I cant wait till we do the personal project in partners.

EVERYONE was told to wear a gas mask if they didn't carry it they had to pay a fine if someone didn't have it they were told to pay a fine. Children were given gas masks with Mickey Mouse ears.

my first blog- World War 2

Hello! This is my first blog! At the moment P7 are doing World War 2. We have been finding out about evacuation. In drama we have been acting out being a family where the children have had to be evacuated. We have also been learning about gas masks and how to use them and wrote instructions for them. We watched 'When the Wind Blows.' we did research on the countries that Germany invaded.

P7a - RULES of using the Blog

- Keep your blog message short and to the point.
- Check for grammar, spelling and punctuation before publication.
- Ensure you use appropriate language.
- Only use first names and not full name - for example 'Micky' rather than 'Micky Mouse'.
- DO NOT provide any personal details.

Introduction

This is a Blog site for P7a - to enable them to post details on what they have been learning.