On his web
site, you'll find you'll find some excellent teaching
programs which he wrote when he was a science teacher.
They're popular with our students, and he's giving them away
for free these days.
They include:- Labels,
a a set of biology diagram-labelling exercises. When each
diagram is correctly labelled, the student is invited to click
& match organs and their functions. Aimed at Key Stage
3.
Rock
Cycle, Carbon Cycle, and Nitrogen Cycle
are in a similar style to Labels. There's also B_Ionic,
which deals with Ionic Bonding, and Insulate, which
models the effect on your heating bills of double glazing,
loft insulation, etc.
If you're looking for nifty little programs
to support particular items in the Key Stage 3 and 4 syllabuses,
this site is well worth a visit: www.wallopware.com
www.countingthoughts.com
is a scientific consultancy that develops software for teaching
and research.
They produce a complete computer-based course in secondary
school physics, called SUREHigherPhysics,
aimed at the Scottish Higher course but eminently suitable
for English schools.
This is excellent stuff to use on an interactive whiteboard!
Visit their site and download a free demo.
"Weed",
a shareware simulation of a pondweed photosynthesis experiment
This program is written by Neil Barnett, a science teacher,
for use at school. The classic pondweed photosynthesis experiment
works well, but takes a long time to get results, especially
if you want to investigate the factors that affect the rate
of oxygen production. This program allows students to adjust
the light levels, water temperature and amount of CO2 and
see the effects quickly. Graphs can be plotted and printed,
and the program is supplied with teacher notes. By asking
students to produce a full set of graphs from the program,
you would have a ready-made consolidation/extension lesson
to follow the traditional practical.
I've written a Key Stage 3 and a Key Stage 4 research task
worksheet (Word format) to go with this program, and the author
now includes them with sales to schools. Download the worksheets:vplanetsheets.zip(143k)
Written by James Webb
(Pulsar Publishing), this highly graphical program contains
an impressive amount of information about our Solar System.
The really impressive part is that it’ll even run on
a 386 processor, and the full version only costs around £15.
It's really easy to use, and great for lessons where students
research the Solar System.
Andy Darvill's Science Site: Other
Software
Labels,
a a set of biology diagram-labelling exercises. When each
diagram is correctly labelled, the student is invited to click
& match organs and their functions. Aimed at Key Stage
3.
