This site many great ideas about how to use blogs and other ICTs in the classroom. There are also other links to other great resources such as classroom management etc...
How does a boat float?
Look through this list of websites to see what makes a boat float:
Click here to view videos of dream time stories. There are a range of dream time stories about the land and animals.
Click here to read more about how to incorporate ICTs to help indigenous students learn. This site also explains how ICTs are being used in indigenous classrooms today.
Science
http://econtent.thelearningfederation.edu.au/ec/p/home search around in the learning federation and see what you can find out about boats, you might like to have a look at some videos about boat in the past.
http://www.funbrain.com/teachers/subj_sci.html a site that has range of teaching resources, this parts are only science:
Double Fun Match (elements)
Guess the Color (colors of light)
Order Me Around (astronomy, chemistry, history)
Proton Don (elements, periodic table)
Scramble-Saurus (computers, chemistry, physics, animals, food science)
Space Hopper (astronomy, mythology)
Stay Afloat (cells, geology, rainforest, climate, animals)
Who is THAT? (scientists)
http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/weblogs/index.htm
This site many great ideas about how to use blogs and other ICTs in the classroom. There are also other links to other great resources such as classroom management etc...
How does a boat float?
Look through this list of websites to see what makes a boat float:
http://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/video/td/video_pop.html?clip=td/108A&title=A%20Boat%20that%20Floats&ar=16:9&cc=true&filetype=mov&bandwidth=_hi
this is a video of some children who experimented with different materials to see if they could make a boat that floats.
http://www.teachersdomain.org/folder/view/1554741/ This is a website that provides teachers with resources from for all KLAs
http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/eng06_vid_funnyboat/ Watch how these students go to their local dump and and make a boat out of recycled material, they also talk about buoyant force and gravity.
http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/vtl07_vid_squares/ This is cartoon about some children who make a raft just out of squares.
Indigenous perspectives
Click here to view videos of dream time stories. There are a range of dream time stories about the land and animals.
Click here to read more about how to incorporate ICTs to help indigenous students learn. This site also explains how ICTs are being used in indigenous classrooms today.