online resources... is there life?
Online version available here
This online resource and CD ROM enhances teaching and learning about the Earth and Solar System. It also includes chemistry practical work in novel contexts.
Highlights of the interactive and downloadable materials include:
planet 10
- An interactive world builder and Solar System fly-through...
Space Station Survival
- A virtual mission to the International Space Station with the help of audio, images and video clips. When disaster strikes, pupils use science to come to the rescue...
Secrets of the Ice
- We have alien contact, but not as we expected. A strange 'ice core' crashes to Earth. Can pupils use chemical tests to decode the message?
Lift off!
- Launch pupil interest in forces with your own school rockets...
Top Science
- A card game in the mould of Top Trumps in which pupils use information about the Solar System to play their hand...
How to get involved in producing further ASE resources - like this set
Contact:
Jenifer Burden
ASE Science Year Project Director
e: jenifer@planet-science.com
Technical support
Unfortunately we cannot provide technical support for the resources. However, technical information, contact details and updates to the resources can be found at www.sycd.co.uk, a new site from the ASE.
How to get your CD ROMs
One free copy of each ASE Science Year CD ROM is available to all UK middle and secondary schools. English schools should register by email to jenifer.burden@scienceyear.com, including full name, address and postcode details of your school. Please note that schools in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland do not need to register. CDs will be sent to them from the relevant education office.
Individuals may purchase the full set of CD ROMs for £20.00 (ASE members) or £30.00 (non-members) to cover replication, postage and administration costs. Orders >from overseas will be subject to additional postage charges.
Order future ASE CD ROM Resources from ASE Booksales:
e: roboxley@ase.org.uk
t: +44 (0) 1707 283001
Find out more about how the ASE supports its members at our website: www.ase.org.uk
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