A My World and Textease support pack for KS2 Science with activities on most aspects of the Science curriculum relating to Light, sound and the Earth and beyond appropriate for this age group including light sources, shadows, how mirrors reflect light, the eye and sight, sound waves, changing pitch and loudness, the ear and hearing, the relationship between the Sun, Earth and Moon, periodic changes, the planets and their orbits. Full documenatation and sample screen shot PDF files may be viewed by clicking the links below.
THE TITLE AND THE CURRICULUM:
The title supports many of the National Curriculum requirements for Key Stage 2 relating to Light and sound plus the Earth and
beyond. Some aspects of the KS3 syllabus have been included to enable gifted and talented pupils to make further progress.
KEY STAGE 2 – SC4 LIGHT AND SOUND:
3a) that light travels from a source.
3b) that light cannot pass through some materials and this leads to the formation of shadows.
3c) that light is reflected from surfaces.
3d) that we see things when light enters our eyes.
3e) that sounds are made when objects vibrate but that the vibrations are not always visible.
3f) how to change the pitch and loudness of sounds.
3g) that vibrations from sound sources require a medium through which to travel to the ear.
KEY STAGE 2 – SC4 THE EARTH AND BEYOND:
4a) that the Sun, Earth and moon are approximately spherical.
4b) how the position of the Sun appears to change during the day and how shadows change as this happens.
4c) how day and night are related to the spin of the Earth on its own axis.
4d) that the Earth orbits the Sun once each year and that the Moon takes approximately 24 hours to orbit the Earth.
KEY STAGE 3 – SC4 LIGHT AND SOUND:
3g) that sound causes the eardrum to vibrate.
3j) the relationship between the loudness of a sound and the amplitude of the vibration causing it.
3k) the relationship between the pitch of a sound and the frequency of the vibration causing it.
KEY STAGE 3 – SC4 THE EARTH AND BEYOND:
4a) how the movement of the Earth causes apparent daily movement of the Sun.
4b) the relative positions of the Earth, Sun and planets in the solar system.
4c) about the movements of planets around the Sun and to relate these to gravitational forces.
4d) that the Sun is a light source.
Click here for full documentation (70.2 KB)
Click here for sample screen shots (27.3 KB)
GENERAL INFORMATION:
PLEASE NOTE: THIS SOFTWARE REQUIRES MY WORLD OR TEXTEASE TO RUN. The Textease format has software speech. The My World format has scaling buttons that are particularly useful for children with VISUAL IMPAIRMENT. The CD-ROM includes both the the My World 3 and Textease format of the software. The My World 3 format self installs. The Textease format must be manually installed.
Both the English and English / Welsh versions of My World 3 are available from ClicSoft.
Light, Sound & The Earth and Beyond is also available in Welsh.
The screens provide a variety of activities including dragging, labelling, sorting and investigative activities. Many may lead to related classroom activities e.g. 'hands on' practical work. Buttons enable pupils to access task, help and research panels enabling them to work individually or in groups with minimal teacher supervision. Text buttons, word and picture banks may be used to add further information to the screens.
A 'New Screen' option accessed via the Task panels is a useful extra function. The new screens are normally blank, but have the same buttons as the related screens. They may be customised by teachers and pupils alike and used to extend topic areas or complete tasks set by the teacher. They are useful when the related screens have fixed graphic / or text and for adapting the set activities for pupils with special needs.
This software is particularly useful for introducing new topic areas and revising previous topics. The nature of both My World and Textease means that the screens are adaptable. The software may be used as both text book and exercise book and may be customised by teachers and pupils alike. The screens do not self correct giving children the opportunity to make and justify their own decisions. With differentiation by outcome, each screen thus provides assessment opportunities.
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