Heat Transfer Song

HEAT

VOLCANOES AND THEIR TYPES

PLATE TECTONICS

Forces

The first topic in Year 6 is FORCES.

You can find everything about them clicking on the picture.

You can also get it step by step:

1. FORCES
2. FACTS ABOUT FORCES
3. HOW DO WE MEASURE FORCES?
4. SOME TYPES OF FOCES
5. BALANCED/UNBALANCED FORCES
6. FORCES AND MOTION
7. NEWTON'S THREE LAWS OF MOTION

Remember that Science is always very funny!!!

Newton's Three Laws of Motion

FIRST LAW: INERTIA 
SECOND LAW: FORCE = MASS x ACCELERATION (F=MxA)
THIRD LAW: = ACTION / REACTION

FORCES AND MOTION

The momentum of an object is its mass multiplied by its velocity. The larger the mass and velocity the larger the momentum.

Forces change momentum - the larger the force the more quickly the momentum changes.

The resultant force is the overall result of all forces acting on an object.

EUROPE

An interactive map for learning the European countries.

EUROPE Countries Game

How do volcanoes form? PLATE TECTONICS

VOLCANO EXPERIMENT

British History Timeline

Here you are a great website to explore the History Timeline of Britain. Here you can fin everything we will study about British History. Enjoy!

Easy Timelines:

You can learn more about British History in the next link:

Parts of a Plant

Parts of a Plant

 

ARTHROPODS

CHARACTERISTICS AND GROUPS

Arthropods make up part of the group of invertebrates because their skeleton is external.

The articulated exoskeleton (external skeleton) is made up of hard, small plates that cover the body. Like a human skeleton, it supports and protects the body, but it is external.

GROUPS OF ARTHROPODS

Arthropods are the group of animals with the highest number of species. They can be classified into four different groups.

• Insects: this is  the largest group of arthropods. Most are found on land, but some live in fresh water. Burrterflies, grasshoppers, mosquitoes and beetles are insects.
• Arachnids: they live on land and are carnivores. they eat insects like flies and mosquitoes. Spiders, ticks and scorpions are arachnids.
• Myriapods: they live on land under rocks and stones. They eat insects and other small animals. Centipedes and millipedes are examples of myriapods.
• Crustaceans: they usually live in the sea. Their exoskeletons contain a mineral substance that makes them very hard. Lobsters, crabs and prawns are crustaceans. Many human beings like to eat these types of shellfish.

To learn more about arthropods

INSECTS POETRY

ANIMALS CLASSIFICATION

Animals

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FISH

The most primitive group of vertebrates are fish. They are also the most numerous. All fish live in water.

CHARACTERISTICS OF FISH

• The body of a fish is elongated and pointed at the ends. It is very well adapted to living in water. Fish have fins to help them move. The tail fin acts like a rudder and moves the fish forward. The other fins (pectoral, pelvic, anal and dorsal) help maintain the fish's balance and control its direction.
• The skin of fish is slippery. Thin, bony scales protect their bodies. The scales overlap each other, like slates on a roof.
• Fish breathe using organs called gills. The gills are thin red filaments at the back of the mouth. They are protected by flaps called gill covers (or operculum). Fish breathe by absorbing oxygen dissolved in the water through their gills.
• Fish reproduce by laying small eggs in the water. The eggs do not have a hard outer shell. Baby fish, called fry, hatch from the eggs. Femals lay lots of eggs but only a few live to be adults.
• Fish have a special sensory organ on the side of their bodies that other vertebrates do not have. This sensory organ is called the lateral line and allows the fish to detect movements in the water.

PARTS OF A FISH

AMPHIBIANS

Amphibians are vertebrates that live part of their lives in fresh water and part on land.

CHARACTERISTICS OF AMPHIBIANS

• The skin of amphibians is moist and slippery. It has no protective covering so amphibians stay in or near water to keep their skin moist. This is very important, because if their skin dries out, they die.
• Amphibians have four legs. Frogs and toads have longer back legs to help them jjump. They do not have a tail. Other amphibians, like salamanders, have a tail and four legs of the same length.
• Amphibians breathe through their skin and with their lungs.
• They reproduce by laying small eggs in the water. They young are very different from the adults. When they grow into adults they through a process called metamorphosis.

REPTILES

Reptiles are animals with four short legs on the sides of their bodies. When they move they cannot support their bodies very well. For this reason, they often move close to the fround by crawling or slithering. Some reptiles, like snakes, do not have legs.

CHARACTERISTICS OF REPTILES

• The skin of reptiles is waterproof. It is covered with small, hard, horney scales. Tortoises and turtles also have bony scales that form a hard outer shell.
• Reptiles breathe with their lungs.
• Reptiles are oviparous animals. they lay their eggs in the ground and then abandon them on land. They do not look after their young.
• Snakes, tortoises, lizards, chamaleons and crocodiles are all reptiles.

BIRDS

Birds are vertebrates with bodies that are adapted for flying.

CHARACTERISTICS OF BIRDS

• Their upper limbs take the form of wings. Some birds, like ostriches and penguins, cannot fly. they use their lower limbs to walk and run.
• Their bodies, except for their legs, are covered with feathers.
• Birds, like mammals, have a constant body temperature. Their feathers help them to maintain their body heat.
• Birds do not have teeth. Instead, they have hard upper and lower jaws that form a beak.
• They have lungs to breathe with.
• birds are oviparous animals: they reproduce by laying eggs. The eggs have hard outer shell.
• the males make nests for the females to lay their eggs in. When the chicks are born, they stay with their parents for a while to be looked after. At least one parent feeds and looks after them.