New lesson2go from ictopus: 135 Citizenship 10-11: Moving On – Planning for Induction Day

In this lesson children will be given the opportunity to reflect upon the concerns that everyone has when faced with a new situation. It is designed to take place shortly before the children go to their secondary schools for an induction day. This lesson also gives an opportunity to emphasise that everyone is different, and that what worries one person will be of no concern to another. There are no right or wrong
suggestions.
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New lesson2go from ictopus: 133 ICT – 9-11 – Branching Stories using Logo

This lesson is an introduction to some of the text handling aspects of Logo. Children will use Logo to create a branching story.
(If you missed SGP133 and the launch of our fantastic Titanic databases, do take a look now!!!)

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New lesson2go from ictopus: 132 Maths – 7-8 – Design a train – first steps in Logo

This lesson is an introduction to the turtle graphics aspect of Logo. Children will use the left, right, forwards and backwards commands, plus some pre-defined procedures to produce one of the four trains illustrated on the attached worksheet.

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New lesson2go from ictopus: 128 English Ages 10-11 – Story by email

This is an exercise in which children collaborate with others, within their class and elsewhere, to produce extended episodic stories over a period of approximately half a term.
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New lesson2go from ictopus: 125 Citizenship – ages 7 – 11: The Right to Clean Water

In this set of 4 lessons (first published through the TRE – Teacher Resource Exchange) children will learn  about the importance of water and the difference between our water supply and that in many developing  countries. They will investigate the problems that arise because of the shortage of clean water and ways in which these may be addressed.

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New lesson2go from ictopus: 119 History Ages 7-11: Pharaohs and Pyramids

For this lesson the classroom will be set up as a tomb dig with items hidden for groups to discover and
investigate. In teams, pupils will be archaeologists and reporters, recording what they find using cameras
and notebooks.

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New lesson2go from ictopus: 118 Science Ages 10-11: Micro-organisms

In this activity children work in pairs or small teams to research one or more microbes using an internet site and prepare a short written document or computer presentation to present this information to their peers. A suggested writing frame is provided.

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New lesson2go from ictopus: 117 Science Ages 5-6: Animal Bodies

A museum website is used as part of a project on ‘Ourselves and Other Animals’. The website includes a
whiteboard activity intended to be teacher led and two interactive activities for children.

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New lesson2go from ictopus: 116 MFL Ages 7-8: Names of Buildings

In this activity the children use an interactive PowerPoint presentation as an introduction to new vocabulary. They work together as a group and then use the vocabulary in independent work. The PP can be adapted to suit different languages and different topics. Simply replace all occurrences of matching pictures and words.

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New lesson2go: 115 D&T Ages 6-7: Close Up On Design

Identifying everyday objects from photographs taken very close-up is a regular feature of magazines. This activity begins with class or group work using ready-made ‘What Am I?’ presentations and then children create their own to test each other.

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