Cabinets & Pods

Pencil Alphabet

Administrator — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 07:30:44 +0000

Dalton Ghetti carves tiny sculptures into pencil ‘leads’ using just a razor blade, needle and craft knife, without using a magnifying glass. See a gallery of his sculptures here

CD Sea

Administrator — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:52:21 +0000

Artist Bruce Munro has laid out 600,000 CDs in patterns in a field in Wiltshire. More pictures here

Kooky Returns

Administrator — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:12:20 +0000

Here is a trailer for ‘Kooky Returns’ – a film due out later this year. The puppet design is by Jakub Dvorsky, who designed the games – Samarost and Machinarium.

And Yet It Moves

Administrator — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:16:24 +0000

A game where you can rotate the world to help you find your way around. Downloadable demo here

Record Tripping

Administrator — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:33:59 +0000

An online game that mixes ‘Alice through the Looking Glass’ with turntable scratching (you’ll need a scroll-wheel on your mouse).link

Alice in Wonderland – 1903

Administrator — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:36:58 +0000

The British Film Institute have restored the coloured tints to this earliest film version of Alice in Wonderland.

Giant Teddy Bears Invade Worthing

Administrator — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:02:15 +0000

An animation of weird happenings on Worthing seafront by Cyriak.

Another ‘Incredible Machine’ – OK Go

Administrator — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:19:52 +0000

We like to feature real-world versions of the ‘Incredible Machine’ games that lots of you like to play at school. Here is a video made for OK Go’s song – ‘This too shall pass’.

Fluid Fire

Administrator — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:14:30 +0000

Years 1 and 2 are studying the Great Fire of London. On this website you could try building a house using the ‘wooden wall’ and ’stone wall’ tools, then see how it burns!

Pickled Unicorn

Administrator — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:05:41 +0000

One of Damien Hirst’s ‘Unicorns’ is currently on display at the Towner Art Gallery in Eastbourne. It has a golden horn and hooves, and is preserved in a tank of formaldehyde. link

The Known Universe

Administrator — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:04:11 +0000

Years 5 & 6 are studying ‘Space’ in their learning journeys this term. Here is a video, made by the American Museum of Natural History, that gives you some idea of the scale of the Universe.

Snowballs

Administrator — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:52:04 +0000

“A History of the Snowman” is a book that traces the history of snowman-building back to the Dark Ages. It also has this painting of a snowball fight that took place in January 1403!

Wizard of Oz

Administrator — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:35:30 +0000

The juniors are performing ‘The Wizard of Oz’ for our Christmas show. You can read the complete, illustrated version of the story (from 1899) here

Machinarium

Administrator — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:25:56 +0000

Another great point-and-click adventure from the company that created Samarost. Play the demo online here

Halloween – paper toys

Administrator — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:09:16 +0000

There are lots of paper toys to make at Ravensblight, including a paper skeleton whose head turns to watch you!

Help choosing your Halloween costume

Administrator — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:17:32 +0000

Visit MPchange click on ‘Change’ then ‘Upload’, send in a photo of yourself and add all sorts of effects. The program automatically makes your face move and blink!

Jet-powered Merry-Go-Round

Administrator — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:59:35 +0000

Electric Car – They Might be Giants

Administrator — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:34:22 +0000

They Might be Giants sing in praise of the electric car, from a new CD/DVD ‘Here Comes Science’.

Here’s another TMBG science song – “Why does the Sun Shine?”

Mexican Jumping Beans

Administrator — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:34:18 +0000

What are they? Find out by watching this BBC Weird Nature video clip.

Blue Beanie

Administrator — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:44:18 +0000

Blue Beanie is a nicely designed point-and-click adventure game to play online. link