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Arctic seed bank review

Jul 2nd, 2012

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Reviewer: c honey

Missing attachment?

Jan 28th, 2012

Hi.... I can't seem to open the activity. Does anyone know if it has been removed for some reason?
The teacher's notes do open as a word document, but the actually adobe activity just opens another window with the same webpage :(

Shame as I was hoping to use this for my lesson next week.

Monica

Reviewer: Monica Hernandez

Video for this activity

Sep 29th, 2010

Here is a Youtube video for this activity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuNaDj6VLHw&feature=fvw

Reviewer: toni brodie

Arctic seed bank

Jun 16th, 2010

Great lesson, pupils really liked the discussion (it was made more real having watched a video recently about the Eden project). The card sort is excellent even though my low ability class found it hard. The idea of selecting plants to take is good but the reality of pupils having to search the internet (even given the best sites I could find; www.vegsoc.org, www.fda.com) for the nutritional data is too hard especially given the wide variation in the units of nutritional content used by different websites. Even I couldn't find somewhere that included grains and pulses. I have set them the task to plan meals using their plants for hwk and we shall see...

Reviewer: Zoe Brunink

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May 10th, 2009

The resources are excellent for class discussion. It helps us to use HSW in our science lessons.
Students was really enjoyed the activity. I was able to differentiate the task for the lower ability students.

Reviewer: moeneera karriem

Arctic seed bank review

Nov 10th, 2007

THis is an excellent idea but students need more help with information about what is actually in the seed bank. I have looked on the internet but I am struggling to find any websites which actually tell you. A link for such information would be helpful

Reviewer: Stephanie Boyce

arctic seed bank

Apr 20th, 2007

This was used with a Year 9 top set as a booster activity. I only used acitvity 3 with the class. they enjoyed the activity but did struggle with some anwers. a good and enjoyable starter or plenary.

Reviewer: Lisa Absalom

Arctic Seed Bank

Apr 12th, 2007

A very engaging activity for my level 3-4 Y9's and it worked well when the kids reviewed and commented on each others diet plans. The card sort required drastic slimming down - to the 5 easiest cards - the full set is perhaps better aimed at high ability Y9's and GCSE.

Reviewer: Martin Huxley

Arctic Seed Bank

Jan 22nd, 2007

I did this with Y9 in 1 lesson and 1 homework.
Excellent activity - at one point my kids actually believed we were going to be living in Biomes!
The card match was good- they worked in pairs to produce a poster with this. They carried on with the balanced diet plan and finished it for homework.

Reviewer: Kirsty Fish

artic seed bank

Sep 10th, 2006

Very stimulating for the students

Reviewer: Amanda Jones

Artic Seed Bank

Jul 11th, 2006

A very good resource - like the card sort - can be used as a starter or plenary. However, some useful links for research on the internet would help otherwise there is the potential for a lot of wasted time.

Reviewer: Mark Farrow

Arctic seed bank review

Jul 5th, 2006

fantastic and very interesting website, very useful for HSW lesson planning. I visit this website on regular bases.
Rukhsana Shahid
South Camden School

Reviewer: rukhsana shahid

arctic seed bank

Jul 5th, 2006

Used this as a Year 9 post SATs activity. Kids came out with very imaginative diets - including growing cocoa beans (plenty of fats!) to make chocolate! Combined the activity with making geodesic domes (based on rolled up newspaper tubes, made into triangles) to make a series of 3 lessons - we are planting cress seeds in the domes next lesson. Will use the excellent card sort for other SATS topics.

Reviewer: marion hamshere