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    Selections Grade 4: Hurricane Helen

    How tidy or messy are your young learners' bedrooms? Talk about this and "actual" hurricanes with this lesson by Adrian Tennant.

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    Experiments: Magnetic pennies

    A fun Science Museum experiment that gets students thinking about magnets and how they work. The step by step teaching notes and worksheets help teachers and pupils get the most from the experiment and develop language learning skills. The lesson culminates in an open-ended investigation. Key vocabulary and practical teacher’s ...

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    Experiments: Gas from garbage

    This experiment is designed to demonstrate that biomass, especially when stored in warm, damp conditions, produces gas. Step by step teaching notes and worksheets help teachers and pupils get the most from the experiment and develop language learning skills. Pupils are guided through predicting the results and writing up the ...

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    Experiments: Energy Pairs

    This simple experiment reinforces vocabulary and concepts associated with energy. Students match sentences halves to make statements on energy or ‘energy pairs’. Matching and gap-fill activities help students revise and consolidate concepts connected to energy, including renewable and non-renewable sources and how we use energy in our everyday lives. Students ...

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    Experiments: Follow the energy path

    A simple but revealing experiment in which pupils measure and record the temperature of hot water as it cools down in two different containers: one metallic, one ceramic. Matching and word-order activities help students to revise relevant vocabulary. Students then write a report using the past tense. Key vocabulary and ...

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    Experiments: Ear gongs

    In this experiment, pupils see how sounds travel much more effectively through materials such as metal and string than through air. Matching and gap-fill activities help students revise relevant vocabulary and verbs in the imperative. Students then complete a report using present and past tenses. Key vocabulary and practical teacher’s ...

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    Experiments: Conductors and insulators

    Which materials are good conductors and which are good insulators? This experiment uses polystyrene foam, metal, wood, glass and plastic to explore the properties of conductors and insulators. Step by step teaching notes and student worksheets help teachers and students get the most from the experiment and develop language learning ...

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    Experiments: 3D shadows

    In this experiment, pupils learn how to produce the illusion of a 3D shadow using two different coloured light sources and colour-filtered glasses. Matching and gap-fill activities help students revise related vocabulary and prepositional phrases. Students then discuss the outcome of the experiment with a partner and write a report ...

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    Business Spotlight: Emotional roller coaster

    This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight magazine, looks at the personal conflicts two managers faced as they took the most difficult management decisions of their careers. 

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    Live from London: Art

    We went to Trafalgar Square to find out what tourists and visitors of the National Gallery had to say about art.

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    Selections Grade 2: Anna's first day

    Encourage your young learners to talk about their first day of school with this lesson by Adrian Tennant.

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    Experiments: Shape-shifting slime

    In this experiment, students transform a boring polystyrene cup into something more interesting. Matching and gap-fill activities help students revise related vocabulary and verbs in the imperative. Students then discuss the outcome of the experiment with a partner and write a report using the past tense. Key vocabulary and practical ...

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    Board game: Frequency adverbs

    A board game at elementary level to practise the present simple with frequency adverbs and time expressions for groups of three to four students.

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    Selections Grade 5: The Science Fair Gadget

    Boost your students' creativity and imagination while discussing their favourite inventions with this lesson by Adrian Tennant.

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    Business Spotlight: Specialist or generalist?

    In this lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight magazine, an American career coach discusses why we should consider becoming specialists (rather than generalists). 

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    Who can you trust?

    In this lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight magazine, an American career coach talks about practices and methods used to tell when someone is lying. 

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    Symbols on maps

    A labelling activity familiarises pupils with the common icons and geographical symbols found on maps, while consolidating vocabulary such as: church, museum, monument and bus stop.

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    Map reading

    Helps young learners develop map-reading skills and spatial awareness. Pupils use a grid map and cardinal directions to measure distances and find places in a town. Teacher’s notes provide step-by-step instructions and suggestions for additional map-reading exercises and classroom activities.

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    Geography vocabulary

    This reference sheet illustrates useful geography vocabulary, including words for geographic features, natural disasters and natural resources, while worksheet exercises help consolidate the terms.

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    Geography expert quiz

    Pairwork information-gap activity in which students label a map of the world with well-known rivers, mountains, deserts, seas and oceans. They compare answers with a partner to find out how good their knowledge of geography really is!