tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374607312011-12-15T13:45:29.738+11:00I tried to call this site Homework Helper, Homework Central, Homework Ideas, Homework Hints, Homework Homework and even Homewerk Homewerk all to no avail. So now Homework-Clues.blogspot is a collection of tried and true homework ideas that might make working at home as part of a learning community a bit more interesting.An Urban Mercynoreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37460731.post-69663459062688509072007-05-01T09:36:00.000+10:002007-05-01T09:42:15.053+10:00

I love having children keep a dream diary as part of their homework for a couple of weeks. They can then try their hands at a bit of dream interpretation or psychology :)

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Climate change is a concept in the news a lot these days and in my classes over time I have heard the children confuse the concepts of Greenhouse Effect and Ozone Depletion.This research activity that will set the class straight and get them moving towards reducing the environmental footprint of your whole school.cheersAdrian

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The names of diseases are all through our language and all over the media. I find with children they often use these terms in their 'playground language' and carry many misconceptions about the illness or condition with them to adulthood.I've done this medical research activity many times over the years and I find it great for getting the students researching but also talking over the issues with

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Our world is filled with an amazing amount of new fields of Science. There is interesting research being done all over the world and breakthroughs seem almost commonplace.Over my years of teaching I've noticed that Science and Technology is a rapidly changing,dynamic field yet most of our Science syllabuses are unable to inspire a sense of awe & wonder let alone have our students desire to

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Try setting Lego Junkbot for homework and see what happens. My experience shows that girls and their dads have a great time. Mums are a little unsure and the boys in the class just don't tell anyone it is homework ;)NB I've then heard stories of parents sitting up to all hours trying to solve the problems.Have the students outline the hardest level to solve and perhaps why they think you set

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I love to bring it to the attention of my students that there are many inventions in the world that we simply take for granted. Some of these inventions changed the world big time and some have just changed the way we do things.Check out the expanded lesson ideas @ adrianbruce.comNB It is an urban myth that the bra was invented by Samuel Titsling :)

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Since I don't have access to the night sky in my classroom :) One of my favourite homework tasks is to get the kids talking about astronomy. About 3 times a year I send home the month's Sky Map. The children learn so much and it is nice to get a little awe and wonder into the curriculum. The activity always creates heaps of discussion.Soon you'll be able to print out December's chart for either

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Every year I have a huge focus on problem solving as a thinking skill and everyone asks for copies of the problems that I've used over the years. This problem is one of my favourites and is the first on the problem solving section of my website.I have never seen it solved in one session so the kids and their family have seven days to try and solve it for homework.Feel free to download this puzzle

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The homework dragon pulls his soap box towards the microphone, steps up and...Testing! Testing? Testing :)... Is this thing on? :)Homework is the bane of everyone's existence... the teachers who have to set and mark it... the parents who want it because they think it will benefit their children... the parents who hate it because they think that kids should be out having a childhood rather than

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