Here are a few links for the Key Skills project on landmines:
Adopt-A-Landmine
Landmine Action
MAG (Mines Advisory Group)
Landmine Survivors Network
International Campaign To Ban Landmines
I read in the news today that Danish researchers have produced a plant that can detect landmines. News story at Yahoo!
I am a huge fan of Pingu and I feel that this Pingu Smacking game is utterly distateful.
You are a yeti and you have to see how far you can hit a falling Pingu with your club. How horrible.
My best score so far is 583…………..
(For more wholesome Pingu fun, try here)
Do you want to be part of the world’s biggest bird event?
Just watch your garden (or local park) for an hour on either Saturday 24 or Sunday 25 January 2004 - and note down which species of bird you see.
According to the RSPB website, capercaillies are to be found in Scotland; I think we should all look hard to find them elsewhere in the UK. Please let me know if you see a bird that looks like this…..
Good luck to all students taking the Key Skills tests today!
Here are some last minute revison tips:
I have uploaded lesson plans, homework and other stuff for my Year 7 and Year 8 ICT classes.
Click here for Year 7.
Click here for Year 8.
I have written two quizzes to test vocabulary for the ‘Creating a leaflet’ unit. Quiz 1 / Quiz 2
Good luck!
Two quizzes for revision:
Speadsheets
The internet
Here are two links to online tests that may help you revise for the Key Skills ICT exam:
Childline: help and advice
Don’t suffer in silence: advice from the government
Bully Free Zone
Anti-bully: Useful advice on what to do if you are being bullied, see bullying, or you are a bully
CBBC Newsround: bullying survey and information
Mobile phone bullying
Sites containing information about the use and misuse of alcohol:
Life Bytes
Wrecked
Department of Health - Alcohol Information
Some quizzes that I have written using Hot Potatoes:
ICT quizzes
Speadsheets
The internet
Javascript
Maths quizzes
Brackets
Linear Sequences
Decimal Division
Decimal Multiplication
Some useful sites to help make good PowerPoint presentations:
Electric Teacher
PowerPoint In The Classroom
Florida Gulf Coast University
PowerPoint Basics
Have fun, but please bear in mind that there are some people who feel that PowerPoint is evil.
