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Set of handouts and activities on a number of Primary topics: Light; Moving & Growing; Variation; Magnets & Springs; Earth, Sun & Moon; States; Materials; Teeth; Healthy Eating; Food Chains; Minibeasts; Life Cycles; Habitats. Well animated student activities that would work very well in interactive white boards. Scroll down for the activity. Requires Flash.

Cross-curricular 'Invigorate' activity. Set of mix and match activities and a quiz to explore Newton's ideas. Investigate paper helicopters, magnetic coins, how to make a rainbow, about scientists today.

A fun game to revise basic magnetic ideas.

An interactive activity on magnetism.

Revision information on magnets and springs. Includes an interactive activity and a quiz.

Ask students to play with the spring friction, softness and masses and see if they can find any patterns. More at http://www.cyberphysics.co.uk/topics/forces/hooke.htm

A visually appealing clip, set to music, showing how a magnetic field can be applied to produce some amazing effects in a ferromagnetic fluid. Just for the awe factor, useful for stimulating questions and discussion.

You tube clip. Looks like a movie special effect but is what happens when a magnetic field is applied to a ferrromagnetic liquid. Useful for discussion on magnetic materials and for stimulating questions.

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