Belgrove Senior Girls' School

A good project is easy to read and the information is presented neatly.  Here are some guidelines to help you.

• The title of your project is Great Britain and it is due on Friday December 14th.
• All projects can be 3 or 4 pages of an A3 scrapbook- no longer.
• You can find your information in: your SESE copy, worksheets, online, books, newspapers or magazines
• Your project information must be written in your own words.
• Your project must include at least 4 pictures/ maps or diagrams. They can be hand drawn or printed.
• You should include a bibliography which is a list of where you found your information.

Here are some ideas of paragraphs to include, remember you don’t have to include all of them!

1. Where is Great Britain?  How can you get there?
2. What countries make up Great Britain? What are the capital cities? Are there any famous or well- known places to visit?
3. Draw the Flag of Great Britain and Flags of England, Scotland and Wales. Do you know when or where they were designed?
4. Physical Geography- lakes, rivers, mountains, sea
5. What money is used in Great Britain?
6. What sports are popular in Great Britain? What are the most famous? Where are they played?
7. Any event in history that involves England, Scotland or Wales
8. The Monarchy ( Kings and Queens)
9. Famous people from Great Britain? ( pop stars, politicians, sports stars, authors)
10. What animals would you find there? Can you draw them and write about them?

Useful Websites:

• http://projectbritain.com/
• http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/united-kingdom/#united-kingdom-abbey.jpg
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/0/25119208
• http://kids.britannica.com/

Remember, please monitor your daughter carefully when using the Internet as although these websites have been checked for suitability, navigation away from these sites may not be safe for her.

Best of luck!

Mrs Brodie 😊

Sycamore & Ash

Before the leaves fall completely from our deciduous trees we are checking out the Ash and Sycamore trees!

The girls are asked to do a project, IN THEIR OWN WORDS, Max two Scrapbook pages, one for each tree. Project due Monday 12th November.

You must include:

1. Why trees are so important.
2. Types of trees – Deciduous & Evergreen
3. Leaf rubbing of Ash and Sycamore leaves
4. Simple sketch of the leaves
5. Describe the Seeds – (Keys & Helicopters)
6. Some interesting facts about each tree.

Best of luck!

Some useful resources and websites

Handouts and worksheet from school

www.askaboutireland.ie

https://treecouncil.ie/project/ash/

Secrets of the Sycamore

Tá Oiche Shamhna ag teacht!

Check out our Halloween Art.

1. Webquest Worksheet

Research the Nobel Prizes and complete the Webquest worksheet.

2. NANO WOWS

Checkout at least three of the following useful resources:

A space elevator

www.howstuffworks.com/space-elevator.htm

 A robot that could swim in your blood stream

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/nanorobot.htm

www.microscopemaster.com/nanobots.html

 Growing a brain

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKJvFnQYhKc

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130226101400.htm

 An invisible nano-cloak

www.nanowerk.com/news2/newsid=30909.php

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfnbj9r1-2I

 Jeans that clean the air as you walk

www.theguardian.com/science/2012/oct/21/bright-idea-jeans-clean-cities

www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/20078045

 Humans walking up walls

www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19875247

 A TV that rolls up

www.oled-info.com/flexible-oled

http://research.nokia.com/morph

Clothes that charge your phone:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18781878

www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/01/e-textile-charge