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Links - To Change the World (Part 1)
1. Which room do you like best?
How would you like to change your room? (pages 2-3)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/changingrooms/
Many children will have watched their parents attempting a DIY
task or two. The huge popularity of TV programmes, such as Changing
Rooms, show how many people are keen to change their living environments.
This web site provides web resources with fact sheets and design
tips.
http://calvarychapel.com/children/site/pdf/New/Curr216.pdf
The teachers’ notes for the Encounter Christianity big book
provides a bible reference based around the story of Jesus and Zacchaeus.
This PDF file provides wordsearches, quizzes and colouring pages
on this popular bible story.
2. What can these hands make? What can these hands do? How
can these hands change the world? (pages 4-5)
http://www.ifyoulovetoread.com/book/chten_cats.htm
One fun activity the children can do with their hands is making
a ‘cat’s cradle’. At this web page you can find detailed instructions
on how two people can create this (or tie each other in unbelievable
knots!).
http://www.moytura.com/reflections/prayinghands.htm
One of the best known images of hands is Albrecht Durer's famous
'praying hands'. This site has an image of the hands and a moving
account of how Albrecht's brother, Albert, worked in the mines for
four years to pay for Albrecht to become an artist. As a result
Albert’s own hands, the ones featured in this image, were destroyed
by the manual labour and he could no longer pursue his own dream
of becoming an artist.
A larger version of the image can be found at http://www.ftmagic.com/prayinghands.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk
A brief description of our hands, including the facts that each
hand contains 22 bones and the palm consists of five metacarpal
bones.
3. How many new things have you learned this week?
How do you change when you learn something new?
http://www.kids-online.net/learn/c_n_l.html
The illustration on the Encounter Christianity double
page spread shows different ways that people can learn throughout
life. This particular site gives a simple introduction to learning
to use computers.
There are literally thousands of sites that provide instruction
on learning a new skill. Try out these other sites aimed at helping
children to learn about:
Musical instruments http://datadragon.com/education/instruments/
Science and space travel http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/
Energy and renewable resources http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/index.html
Making a weather station http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/weatherstation.html
4. Can this place ever be the same again?
How has this place been changed?(pages 8-9)
http://www.bbc.co.uk
The BBC’s weather site provides some solid information about the
results of environmental disasters in Britain and how best to prepare
for them.
The devastation created by floods was profoundly moving in the
images that came from Mozambique in 2000. The BBCs reporting can
be found at http://news.bbc.co.uk
http://www.crustal.ucsb.edu/ics/understanding/
There are many web sites on environmental disasters of every
possible variety. This site provides an informative approach, with
sections on how earthquakes occur, famous earthquake accounts by
Darwin and Mark Twain and an earthquake quiz to test your knowledge
of earthquakes. A group of students put together a web site comparing
the problems facing people in an earthquake or when a volcano ignites.
Their site can be located at http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/ev/ev_home.htm
http://www.nationalgeographic.com
The National Geographic’s web site provides some stunning images
of the volcano on Mount Etna. Their online magazine also includes
creature features, brainteaser quizzes and creative activities for
children.
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