Kent ICT Blog

Jigsaw Sudoku
Here is a kid friendly version of Sudoku. Click on the "Options" tab to adjust the game by difficulty level and grid size.

http://www.jigsawdoku.com/

Scrabble
A virtual version of the original board game .

http://www.themaninblue.com/experiment/SSCrabble/

Mandy

Mechanical Madness

This interactive activity about simple machines and their functions challenges primary students to use problem solving skills and logic to create a virtual sculpture that will allow a ball to move from the start to the finish line. Choose from three levels of difficulty. 
Tip: Start with easy.

http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/games/game_mechanical.html 

Simple Machines

Learn about simple machines while you explore the House and Tool Shed!

http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/index.htm

Inventors Toolbox

Photographs and explanations

http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/InventorsToolbox.html

Mandy

The Fido Think of a Number Puzzle from 7-up will grab your students attention.

http://www.digicc.com/fido/ 
(click the little guy in the bottom right to proceed to next page)

Do you or your students know how it works?  If anyone would like to tell us please leave a comment below.

Mandy
PS. If you would like to know how, drop me an email

http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/

All KCN broadband schools can access British Pathe and Audio Network - but note that you have to be in school! This is because free entry is granted on recognition of your school's IP address.

James Blomfield at Capel-le-Ferne Primary has been using British Pathe clips with Year 6. Pupils are making short video dramas about WW2 families stuck in their air raid shelters. The children's edited video productions include some Pathe footage, bomb sound effects, Churchill speeches and Vera Lynn!

For Audio Network, go into SEGfL Projects or directly to: www.audio.lgfl.net
Thousands of paid-for music files are available, mainly in MP3 format. You can listen to them directly, but you will need an MP3 player or appropriate storage media to download. The site is easy to search, for example by theme, style or genre. I'm told that the music files are excellent for drama, multimedia and digital video projects.
Helen

http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/earlyyears/resources/illustrations/people/
This isn't a comprehensive collection, but we love the images (I identify with the bin lady). James Barrett heard about it from Vanessa Baxter, Year R teacher at Challock. Great for displays, PSED and Clicker5! There are also musical instruments.
Helen