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Lost in migration review

Aug 18th, 2011

This was a great activity, tried it on a low ability year 8 group, who after a bit of explaining got the hang of it and enjoyed it.

Reviewer: Karen Duxbury-Watkinson

lesson plans made easy

Apr 3rd, 2011

The website makes lesson planning quite easy!!

Reviewer: Jennifer Strasbaugh

year 8 physics

Nov 4th, 2009

Very useful and intriguing.Had a very good discussion and the more able students came up with other ideas as to why the birds were migrating like climate change.

Reviewer: Innocent Mutumba

Magnets and Electromagnets

Mar 28th, 2009

I used this with SEBD Year 8 pupils. It was a very good way to engage them, although I needed to give a little more information about migration in general.
They enjoyed the practical bit with the compass and tried very hard trying to beat the "clamp stands" bridges.
My pupils came up with some great ways to help the birds, including covering bridges and metal structures with bubble wrap!
Overall this worked well.
Thank you.

Reviewer: Paula Inglis

Lost in migration

Nov 12th, 2007

Great for motivating lower sets and encouraging practical based investigation.
A simple way to get students discussing what they've done and why.

Reviewer: Alex Sampson

Lost in migration review

Feb 27th, 2007

A simple, quick and engaging activity which worked well with a lower ability yr 8 class. The students found doing a practical in order to answer a more general question exciting and the reply to the letter gave an opportunity to develop skills in drawing conclusions. It also sparked discussion as to whether the practical was a good model of bird migration and allowed students to evaluate and suggest improvements to their work with this in mind.

Reviewer: Ian Jordan

Lost in Migration

Jul 21st, 2006

I did this activity at an interview, with a class I didn't know. It worked really well as a short activity to get the children thinking about materials around them.

Reviewer: Tracy Page

Lost in migration December 2005

Jan 3rd, 2006

Super activity, class given laminated sheets to work from and use their initiative, with a little guidance and help if necessary. The super sceptics - year 8 - were most impressed with their findings, which they did not expect, even though it had been explained! For some of these children, I think science has just earned more respect!!! What more can we ask?

Reviewer: Sally Lea

Lost in Migration

Oct 15th, 2005

The activity worked well with a small year 9 class. This provoked some discussion and allowed the students to share their ideas in small groups. All groups produced some good written response, although this is the part they found most challenging.

Reviewer: Ian Platten

lost in migration

Jul 6th, 2005

This was a simple activity which my y8 lower abiity set enjoyed and were able to link up with info they'd learnt in class

Reviewer: Sue Whelan

Lost in Migration

Mar 12th, 2005

This worked really well to end a topic with a middle ability class. They were able to apply the knowledge they had learned throughout the Magnets and Electromagnets topic. It is an enjoyable 10 minute activity for them to investigate the problem of birds getting lost during migration.

Reviewer: Emma Griffiths