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Sea Life: Movement

by admin on 25/03/2013

Sea Life MovementThis Powerpoint resource for senior classes from Sea Life Bray focuses on the importance of movement as one of the seven life processes which animals carry out. It shows how different animals and fish move, giving examples. It features the octopus, the cownose ray and different types of fish. [click to continue…]

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Sea Life: Adaptations

by admin on 25/03/2013

Sea Life AdaptationsThis Powerpoint resource for senior classes from Sea Life Bray focuses on animal habitats and how, over the course of many years, some animals have adapted their surroundings to make it easier for them to survive there. The presentation shows the different ways in which animals have adapted, giving examples. It also explains to pupils how human behaviour can create unwelcome adaptations to an animal’s habitat. [click to continue…]

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Sea Life: Food Chains

by admin on 25/03/2013

Sea Life Food ChainThis Powerpoint resource for senior classes from Sea Life Bray focuses on food chains. It explains the different life processes that all animals have to carry out. As well as explaining what food chains are and showing examples of them, it also explains the vocabulary associated with them – producers, consumers, carnivores, herbivores, omnivores, predators, prey. It explains what food webs are and shows examples. [click to continue…]

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Sea Life: Classification

by admin on 25/03/2013

Sea Life ClassificationThis Powerpoint resource for senior classes from Sea Life Bray focuses on how the estimated three million different types of animals in the world are classified. It teaches pupils the language of animal classification: Fish, Birds, Mammals, Amphibians, Insects, Reptiles, Crustaceans. It explains to pupils why animals belong to a certain classification. Featuring excellent images, the presentation also encourages pupil participation with a Classification Quiz. [click to continue…]

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Sea Life: Habitats

by admin on 25/03/2013

Sea Life HabitatsThis Powerpoint resource for senior classes from Sea Life Bray focuses on the different habitats of animals. Whether on land or in water, different animals like different habitats. Some animals choose a habitat because it suits them for a particular reason. It also discusses why certain conditions determine whether an animal or fish decides to live in a particular place – oxygen, cover, amount of salt in the water, temperature, food, water quality. Suggestions are given as to how pupils can help preserve the natural habitats of animals. There is also a Creature Quiz.  [click to continue…]

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Sea Life: Reproduction

March 23, 2013

This Powerpoint resource for junior classes from Sea Life Bray focuses on explaining how different animals reproduce and the life cycle of the animal. It explains that some animals give birth to live babies while others are hatched from an egg. Featuring stunning images, there is an interactive element in the presentation in the form of [...]

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Sea Life: Living Creatures

March 23, 2013

This Powerpoint resource for junior classes from Sea Life Bray focuses on the different aspects of the daily life of living creatures. All animals need to Feed, Reproduce, Grow, Move, Sense. Each of these needs is explained in the presentation. Featuring stunning images, there are interactive elements in the presentation about the diet of animals with which pupils can engage.

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Sea Life: Classification

March 23, 2013

This Powerpoint resource for junior classes from Sea Life Bray focuses on how the estimated three million different types of animals in the world are classified. It teaches pupils the language of animal classification: Fish, Birds, Mammals, Crustaceans, Reptiles, Insects. It explains to pupils why animals belong to a certain classification. Featuring excellent images, the presentation also encourages pupil participation [...]

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Sea Life: Movement

March 23, 2013

This Powerpoint resource for junior classes from Sea Life Bray focuses on the importance of movement for the survival of animals. It shows how different animals and fish move and how their senses help in that movement. The connection to human senses is also explored. Featuring stunning images, there are interactive elements in the presentation [...]

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Sea Life: Caring for Animals in their Environments

March 23, 2013

This Powerpoint resource  for junior classes from Sea Life Bray focuses on the different habitats of animals. Whether on land or in water, different animals like different habitats. Some animals choose a habitat because it suits them for a particular reason. It also discusses what happens to an animal if their habitat become damaged. Suggestions are [...]

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The Story of Extinction

January 5, 2013

This video is taken from Dara O Briain’s Science Club series from the BBC. It tells the history of the concept of extinction. A few hundred years ago, extinction as a concept made no sense to anyone. But then fossil finds and advances in geology showed that it’s part of life, and a statistical certainty – [...]

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The Story of the Brain

January 5, 2013

This video is taken from Dara O Briain’s Science Club series from the BBC. It tells the history of how scientists viewed the brain from earliest times. It tells how our understanding of how the brain works and controls our bodies has developed and evolved over the years.

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The Story of Physics

January 5, 2013

This video is taken from Dara O Briain’s Science Club series from the BBC. It tells the history and development of physics from earliest times. Balls, pendulums, apples and magnets all played their part in the story of modern physics, but then things got weird. And when Albert Einstein combined time and space, things got even [...]

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Science Week Video 4: Potato Power

November 14, 2012

Today’s video for Science Week shows you how to turn potatoes into batteries to power something.

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Science Week Video 3: Inflate a Balloon

November 13, 2012

The experiment in this video will show you how to inflate a balloon without blowing into it.

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