Clever optical illusions

Pink Dots

If your eyes follow the movement of the rotating pink dot, the dots will remain only one color, pink. However if you stare at the black ” +” in the center, the moving dots turns to green. Now, concentrate on the black ” + ” in the center of the picture. After a short period, all the pink dots will slowly disappear, and you will only see only a single green dot rotating. It’s amazing how our brain works. There really is no green dot, and the pink ones really don’t disappear. This should be proof enough, we don’t always see what we think we see.

Bird in the bush

What do you see below?

Can you find 2 words written here?

Clue:  They mean the opposite!

Two elderly faces, or a larger scene?

Two elderly faces?  

Can you see the guitarist?

Count the people

Count the people in the picture below.

After they shift, count them again!

Optical Illusion

Can you count the black dots?

Spinning Wheels Optical Illusion

Do the wheels in this cool optical illusion seem to rotate?

Taken from Slodive - sorry can't use link: language

Reflections Rotations Translations

Who uses reflections, rotations and translations in real life?  Here's great example:

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PowerCam app for iPhone/iPod

Here's a couple of ideas for literacy...
Videos and stills with loads of special effects but I particularly like this for graphic stories or animated films... Would work well for Graphic stories Raymond Briggs style.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=996WM9zVboY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2cC0mgPr_k&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Times Tables Competition

Add your ICT login for your name and your school email address to enter this challenge.  If you don't have a school email yet, ask your teacher what to put in.  All challenges end on 2nd March

Try your 2 times tables here:

Have a go at your 3s: Chick Flick


Learnt your 4s yet? Try the skid pan challenge:



Test your 6s here:

 How are you at 7s?

OK Now try your 8s!


9 times table skid pan challenge

Photofit Me

Victorian names

All I can say is I'm glad I'm not a Victorian teacher!

Science ideas

http://bradfordschools.net/blog/primaryscience/

Mr Langley - contains spoilers!

Dear Mr Langley,

It seems you need some clues so have a look at how we learnt about the code.  We're not going to give it away but this should help you with your geocache we think...

Let us know when you've found the cache
;-) (or if you need any more clues)

Good luck!
Year 5

Great searchable clips BBC Learning zone

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/

Little Red Riding Hood - Facebook & Internet Safety

Understand the importance of e-Safety with these three modern day Little Red Riding Hood scenarios.  Enjoy them but think about what they mean to you.



Smartboard tutorials

Excellent step by step videos...

http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/Lesson+resources/toolkit/tipsandtricks.htm

Teacher Tube

Lots of videos for use in classroom on topics - it's the teacher part of YouTube

http://www.teachertube.com/index.php

Fab Phonics!

Currently freeeeeeeeeeee!

Phonics Zone for:

English native & EAL

http://www.lcfclubs.com/englishzone/phonicszone/

NEW BBC clips

Great topic videos

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/

Interactive whiteboard files

Check out this site for some inspiration on different topics:

http://www.iwb.org.uk/

Canterbury Cross Primary

Great learning games:

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/canterbury_cross/index.htm

Numeracy - grid method for multiplying

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/canterbury_cross/downloads/gridmulti.exe

Application can be downloaded to your computer... Right click link and click Save Target As

Smart Board Spotlight

It is possible to use the 'spotlight' tool without being attached to the board.

Simply:
On your computer go to the C:/ drive and Program Files.. look for a folder called Smart Technologies Inc, open it and then open a folder called Smart Board Software... in here will be a file called Spotlight.exe.

Copy this file to your desktop, or make a shortcut to it and put that on your desktop. Then all you need to do is run this file/shortcut to run the spotlight on your desktop.

We're going on a bear hunt

Performed by Michael Rosen

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