Teaching Science through Stories
Looking for inspiration for science activities in the classroom? This site has some great ideas taking stories as a starting point. Well worth exploring.
Finish the Story: Bushfire
Edit the comic book adventure called Bushfire to make the story more interesting. Choose a conclusion for the story and then improve the grammar by looking changing nouns to pronouns, by adding adverbs and choosing saying verbs.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
An animated story of the traditional story of the Three Bears. There is a sequencing activity to print out to go with the story.
Jack and the Beanstalk
Listen to or read the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. Excellent animation.
Food a Fact of Life
The website is a comprehensive education programme which communicates up-to-date, evidence-based, messages around ‘food’ to all those involved in education. The are excellent free lesson plans and printable or presentation resources to support teachers.
The Treasure Map
An animated story about children who find a treasure map. Great as a story or it could be used as a story writing idea. Good also for following directions. Best in full screen mode.
Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock
An animated story of Anansi with support materials. The story is in two parts.
Santa's Little Helper
It's Christmas Eve and Santa is getting ready to make his delivery of presents to boys and girls all round the world. Find out in this story how he can deliver all the presents in time.
Guided Reading and Reading Games with Roy the Zebra
A wonderful guided reading story with accompanying printable worksheets and guided reading discussion sheets. There are 80 interactive literacy games, stories and songs for use in school or at home. Well worth a look!
Jack and the Beanstalk
An animated story of the fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk in short video clips from the BBC.
