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!