Cabinets & Pods

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

The Falcon

Administrator — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:17:31 +0000

An animation using parts from vintage cameras.

Stykz

Administrator — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:16:42 +0000

Those of you who enjoy using Pivot Stickfigure Animator at school might like to try Stykz, it has most of the features of Pivot with many new additions. It is available for Windows PCs and Macs, with a Linux version coming soon. link

Monkeylectric bike lights

Administrator — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:01:21 +0000

Computerised LED systems for your bike wheels. The personal version with a choice of patterns:

and the commercial version with wireless control to produce any designs on the wheels:

Splitter

Administrator — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:34:20 +0000

Another game with realistic physics. Slice planks and ropes to get the ball to the target. link

Wolf & Pig

Administrator — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:11:54 +0000

Here is a stop-motion animation of a wolf chasing a pig using 1300 photos moved around a room.

Tilt-shift video – Bathtub 4

Administrator — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:42:04 +0000

This is a great example of using tilt-shift to make real video look like a miniature world.

Oceania

Administrator — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:15:52 +0000

Turning a handle makes sea-creatures and plants move in these artworks by Casey Curran.

More Shadow Puppets

Administrator — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:01:44 +0000

Here is a nice video from Make: on how to build your own shadow puppet theatre:

and here is a film of ‘Jack & the Beanstalk’ by Lotte Reiniger – probably the most famous animator of shadow puppets: