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#Symbaloo webmix: Short Educational Videos for Wet Lunchtimes: Infants to Sixth approximately
This webmix contains links to short videos for Junior, Middle and Senior students. The videos are between five and ten minutes in length approximately.
There are some simple maths and science videos however most of the videos are in the area of language and literacy.
There are lots of links to Picture Books for students from Junior Classes and there are some great reviews of popular books for Middle Classes. ‘The Literacy Shed’ is most suitable for Seniors.
Most of the links are from Vimeo. Unlike YouTube, Vimeo isn’t ‘blocked’ in school. Click on the grey bar below the webmix where it says ‘View on Symbaloo: Short Videos for Class’ to open up this page.
#Symbaloo webmix ‘Learning to Code’: Resources suitable for Junior Infants to Sixth+ approximately.
This year a number of students
learned how to code.
The youngest students to do this were five.
They enjoyed learning using
‘The Foos’
and Code.org Course 1 and 2.
The older students used
Code.org Course 3 and 4.
They also enjoyed learning using
exercises on the themes of
Frozen,
Big Hero 6,
Flappy Birds
Angry Birds
and they worked on
Code Combat,
Google’s ‘Made with Code’
and Scratch.
When student learned how to code successfully
then they taught other students how to code.
Through their teaching they showed
they really understood what to do.
When students learn to code they are
problem solving, testing, debugging, predicting
and they are learning how to think.
They experience success
and this is rewarding and motivating.
Here is a Symbaloo webmix of the websites
we used when learning to code.
Student Favourite: Incredible Incredibox
Photo Credit: Richard Lemarchand via Compfight
We enjoy making music in real life.
We also enjoy making virtual music.
Incredibox is a great website.
They made us an invitation
we can’t refuse;
to become the conductor of
a group of human beatboxes.
Click on this link to try it.
This activity is fast becoming
one of our favourites.
But we warn you; it can be addictive 😉
Student Request: ‘Word Jungle’: Vocabulary Game
We had the game ‘Word Jungle’
embedded on this page,
but it was just TOO noisy.
Every time anyone opened our page,
they heard jungle drums
and monkeys chattering
and the neighbours were starting to complain 😉
Click on this link to go to Word Jungle
and have fun 🙂
Photo Credit: zanzibar via Compfight
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Rainy Day Fun: Art: Some online activities
Photo Credit: Takashi Hososhima via Compfight
Draw a self portrait
and then make it even more original
by adding animal ears and tail etc.
This is great fun!
Draw a Stickman: An Animation Adventure
Here is another one:
Comprehension; Detective Work; Inference and Prediction (1st/2nd Class approximately)
Photo Credit: Jessica Lucia via Compfight
Comprehension doesn’t sound like fun,
but it is.
It is like being a detective.
Inferring doesn’t sound like fun either.
But try this game from Phil Tulga.com
and we think you will change your mind
Prediction is something we enjoy doing.
Especially when we play this game in class.
School work can be fun when you know how.
Problem Solving in English: For Pokemon Fans: 2nd/3rd approximately
Photo Credit: Julie Elliott via Compfight
Many of our students LOVE Pokemon.
Click on this link for a great reading adventure.
You will have to make decisions
and solve problems in this game
to complete it successfully.
This link comes from the wonderful
Woodlands Junior School in Kent website
and this game was creative by a student
in that school; Mark from Year 6.
Pirates’ Treasure Hunt Game: to teach Longitude and Latitude (9+)
Click HERE for an enjoyable game that helps
when you are learning about longitude and latitude.
Photo Credit: Ludovico Cera via Compfight
Student Favourite: Online Art Activities from National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Photo Credit: Scott Wills via Compfight
Here are some further Online Art Activities
from the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, USA
especially for children.
Student Favourite: Online Art Activities
The following link contains
some online art activities for children
from the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art.
Some online art activities for children
Photo Credit: Marian Bijlenga via Compfight
The children from Room 6 found
the following activities on that website particularly interesting:
* Patterns of Infinity
* Kumasa’s World of Dots
* Justine Cooper’s ‘Call of the Wild’ – A memory game
You may have to scroll down that page to see them.
Student Request: ‘Adventures of a Cardboard Box’
We enjoyed this charming eight minute short film today
about the fun a young boy has
playing with a cardboard box.
‘Adventures of a Cardboard Box‘
Photo Credit: sⓘndy° via Compfight
Afterwards we talked about
how many ways the hero of this story used the box.
We used clues in the story to guess in what country
this film was made.
We also touched on the theme of loss
and how happy memories can help us
when we remember people
and pets that we have lost.
Student Request for ‘Viking Quest’ from BBC Schools
Photo Credit: leg0fenris via Compfight
I was visiting Fifth Class today
and they put in a request
for a direct link to BBC’s ‘Viking Quest’
so here it is:
‘Funky Mummy’: Online Game for revising addition of two, one digit numbers: 1st Class approximately.
Photo Credit: Tjflex2 via Compfight
We recommend this game.
It is called ‘Funky Mummy’.
Add the two numbers together
and see what happens next.
We think this will make you laugh.
We always do!
Photo Credit: Charles Tilford via Compfight
If you get the sums right,
you get to write your name
in hieroglyphics.
Student Favourite: ‘Crossing The Swamp’ – Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication & Division Practice
Photo Credit: Widianto Nugroho via Compfight
‘Crossing the Swamp’ from BBC.co.uk
You also can ‘Add Like Mad’,
try some ‘Subtraction Action’
and practise multiplication
Websites about Outer Space: Design a Satellite
Photo Credit: Pascal via Compfight
We are fans of space travel and outer space.
We think it is fascinating.
We enjoy this problem solving game.
It is about building your own satellite.
Click here to try it.
For big fans of outer space,
click here for another great website
we think you will enjoy.
We know we did.
Student Favourite: Reading ‘The Witch’s Stew’ by Everett Morse – Talking about Parts of Speech
Photo Credit: Dave via Compfight
Today students from 2nd and 4th class enjoyed reading the
‘The Witches Stew’ from Magic Keys.com
We looked for nouns, verbs and adjectives in 2nd
and 4th class also looked for pronouns and conjunctions.
Adverbs were thin on the ground.
Music for Fun – Music Websites – Student Favourites
2nd Class Room Six enjoyed
Primary Resource Co Uk – Early Bird Singers
Photo Credit: Steve Jurvetson via Compfight
and these ones;
Singing Horses from Denny Web.com
Bobby McFerrin.com – Sing and Play with Bobby
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Jelly Bean Factory – A game that teaches about Data
I met Abi today and promised her I would put up a quick link
to the Jelly Bean Factory Game that we played last year in
2nd Class. It teaches about Data. So here it is:
Jelly Bean Factory Data Game from LearnAlberta.ca
Photo Credit: maria via Compfight
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Link to Viking ‘Dig It Up’ Game from the BBC as requested by students
A Learning About Music Website, 2nd Class Room 6 Enjoyed.
This year 2nd Class Room 6 enjoyed this music website.
During the year we learned about sound and rhythm.
I am posting the link here, because perhaps
my students told me
they would like to try these activities at home;
BBC Northern Ireland Schools – Music Website
Photo Credit: JD Hancock via Compfight
Lots of activities on New York Philharmonic Kids.org – Kids Zone
These are other good music websites;
SFS Kids.org – Learning About Music Website
This is an interactive keyboard;
BGFL.org’s Interactive Keyboard
and here is an interactive drumkit;
Primary Resources.co.uk – Online Drumkit
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A link for children who enjoy history
I am posting this link as the children
who love history in 2nd Class Room 6
asked me to:
Click here for the link to BBC Schools Primary History
Photo Credit: Dennis Jarvis via Compfight
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Revising Money for 5-9 year olds
We are revising money
using Moneyville.
It is fun and educational.
Have fun.
Photo Credit: DAVID MELCHOR DIAZ via Compfight.
and these are some memory games
This is a good game for counting in twos, threes, fours etc.
Learning Planet.com Counting Game
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Special Request from the students for link to the BBC’s ‘Time Capsule Game’.
Special Request from the students for this link:
Children’s Lives in Victorian Times including The Time Capsule Game
Photo Credit: suemon123 via Compfight
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Green Schools: Online Games that teach about Food Chains
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We are working on earning our Biodiversity Flag for Green Schools.
We used this great game today to learn about Food Chains.
Sheppard Software Food Chain Game
We also learned about herbivores, omnivores and carnivores
There are even more educational and interesting games here:
Sheppard Software Games for Kids
We like working up the levels on this one:
Build a Food Chain from Cserc.org
As usual BBC Bitesize has an excellent activity
to help us understand food chains.
Just remember that the video at the end
is only available in the UK.
Also from the BBC is this one:
BBC Science Clips on Interdependence Game
This one is also very interesting.
We scored 30.
Could you do better?
How could we improve?
Puzzling Caret – Balance the Food Chain
The above one is set in Sunny Meadows.
This one is set in the Rainforest
Revolution Caret – Rainforest Ecosystem
The following is a clever game
because you can see what happens
if an animal is taken out of the food chain.
This one is much more challenging (for Senior Classes really)
but it shows you how complicated a food chain is.
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