Hummingbirds feed on the nectar of plants and are important pollinators, especially of deep-throated, tubular flowers. Like bees, they are able to assess the amount of sugar in the nectar they eat; they reject flower types that produce nectar which is less than 12% sugar and prefer those whose sugar content is around 25%. Nectar is a poor source of nutrients, so hummingbirds meet their needs for protein, amino acids, vitamins, minerals, etc. by preying on insects and spiders, especially when feeding young.

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Online Revision

January 8, 2008

Online Revision Portal is now open at

www.webschool.org.uk/revision

Mrs Walker’s Online Revision Page is located at

www.webschool.org.uk/biology/

Our Interactive Science Activities

January 4, 2008

Hot Potatoes is a powerful resource for producing a range of interactive activities.

All you need to do is enter the data for your exercises (questions, answers, responses etc.), and press a button. The program will create the Web pages for you, if needed. They can then be uploaded them to one of our websites.

Alternatively, you can PRINT paper versions of your exercises. The choice is yours.

You can include your own images, or images from our Image Galleriers, such as www.webucate.org . This will eliminate any problems with copyright issues.

Hot Potatoes is free for use by state educational institutions which are non-profit making, on the condition that the material produced using the program is freely available to anyone via the WWW.

Download the software from http://hotpot.uvic.ca/

The tutorials are provided in the software. OR You can access the online tutorials at http://hotpot.uvic.ca/wintutor6/tutorial.htm

HERE ARE SOME ACTUAL ONLINE ACTIVITIES ALREADY DEVELOPED ONLINE…

Interactive Revision (24/7 Access) Here is a number of quick starters/plenaries, or whatever you need to use them for (AfL) . Complete Zip Packages (B1a1 and B1a2)…includes web versions and Hot Potatoes versions.

They can be installed on any computer. Hot Potatoes is NOT required if you install the web version (htm files)

b1astartersplenaries.zip

b1a2starterplenaries.zip

Web versions (online) can be accessed here…
b1crossword.htm

controllingconditionsmatch.htm

corrdinationmatch.htm

menstrualcyclematch.htm

reflexactionmatch.htm

b1a2crossword.htm

b1a2healthyeatingcloze.htm

b1a2weightproblemscloze.htm

Physics Topics Heat Transfer (Cloze Test)

www.planetscience.org/revisiontime/heattransfer.htm

Heat Transfer (Crossword)

www.planetscience.org/revisiontime/heattransferxword.htm

Heat Transfer ( The Vacuum Flask: Multiple Choice)

http://www.planetscience.org/revisiontime/vacuumflask.htm

Renewable Energy (Cloze)

www.planetscience.org/revisiontime/renewables1.htm

Electromagnetic Waves (Drag and Drop)

www.planetscience.org/revisiontime/emwaves.htm

Other Examples of ONLINE REVISION GCSE SCIENCE

Radiation and Life (1)

Food Matters (1)

Dr.Wabo’s Schemes of Work (Yr 11)

September 5, 2007

1. Applied (Forensics) : Analysing Evidence from a Crime Scene

analysingevidencecrimescene.zip

2. Additional: How can we use ions in a solution

usingions.zip

Both resources have also been uploaded to the www.webucate.org website

Liz’s Schemes of Work (Yr 11)

September 2, 2007

Here are Liz’s Schemes of Work for Additional and Additional Applied

Additional Applied : Exercise and the Body exerandbody.zip

Additional : Radioactivity: radioactivity.zip

These resources have also been uploaded to the

www.webucate.org KS4 (Year 11) Zones at

http://www.webucate.org/ourgallery/index.php?cat=35

Gifted and Talented Projects (Yrs 10/11)

September 1, 2007

Here is the full set of G and T Projects for all the courses in Year 10 and Year 11. giftedscience.zip

Awards/Prizes will be provided for all the identified students who complete these assignments.

The bonus for us is that we can use the presentations as part of the teaching resources….and even ask the students to present their findings to the science classes.

giftedscience.zip