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Every Scottish school received a copy of Tam O'Shanter direct from LT Scotland and this will allow teachers to see how the software works and realise the potential of titles with content specific to their syllabus. There are titles available for most curricular areas. Biology, Chemistry and Physics teachers could consider the titles summarised below.
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Article written by Jim Birney, Education Adviser ICT, Fife Educaton Information reproduced by the kind permission of Chris Wild at Immersive Education.
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Kar2ouche includes a significant number of titles with an excellent collection of images, sound clips and editable texts and much more. Purchase a title and use the prepared storyboards to set the scene, to introduce a topic in a new, media-rich environment and encourage pupils to create or modify scenes to describe a process or reconstruct a historical event. Kar2ouche helps students to develop contextual understanding, critical interpretation and individual expression through a wide range of cross-curricular creative activities including interactive role-play, picture-making, storyboarding, animation, publishing and movie-making. The company's catalogue (available as a downloadable Adobe Acrobat file) offers a good reason:
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Ages 11-18
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Earth and the Environment The structure of the Earth has been unknown until relatively recently and Earth and the Environment looks at the development of geology as a science, in particular the work of Alfred Wegener and how his ideas were initially rejected. The story then continues to cover the development of the modern theory of plate tectonics. It then moves on to look at the ways we gather information about the planet we live on and the difficulties of predicting geological events such as earthquakes. The second part of the CD looks at the many environmental issues that confront us: for example, global warming and the depletion of the ozone layer. Earth and the Universe How ideas have changed about the place of the Earth in the Universe. People in Science: Elements and Atoms How ideas about atoms developed and how the structure of the atom was discovered. People in Science: Natural Selection & Genetics From Darwin's ideas about natural selection to the structure of DNA. People in Science: Health and Disease From causes of disease to modern day methods of cure and prevention. People in Science: Electricity and Forces Looks at how ideas about electricity and forces have changed. |
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Other titles, mostly designed for the 7 - 11 age group include: Living Things and Healthy Lives From dental care to diet, micro-organisms to moving and growing. Learn how to create a healthy balanced meal, how our bodies work, and explore the role that micro-organisms can play in making us healthier or unhealthier. Living Things In Their Environment Explore the make-up of plants and investigate how they grow and reproduce. Learn that animals are classified into different groups and understand more about where they live and what they eat. |
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Krucible is a suite of integrated, interactive simulations designed to engage students of all abilities in topics often considered difficult to teach. Click here for more on the classroom benefits of Krucible.Included are four open-ended virtual physics simulation laboratories for studying Energy, Forces and Waves as well as a real-time graph-plotter and more than 75 curriculum-mapped activities and pre-made experiments suitable for Key Stage 3, 4, AS & A2. |
