Tuesday 8 October 2013

Inventors of famous potions

Good afternoon year 5! As explained by Alexander Flemming; your task this afternoon is to research famous inventors, ready to write an account of their life and discovery. Below I have posted a few websites which will be super handy in your research. Use these to get you started. Good luck!

Pinks / Blues
Dr.John Pemberton- Coca Cola

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/pemberton.htm

http://inventors.about.com/od/cstartinventions/a/coca_cola.htm

Yellows
Edward Jenner- Small pox vaccine

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/edward_jenner/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/jenner_edward.shtml

Greens
Alexander Flemming- Penicillin

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/fleming_alexander.shtml

http://schools-wikipedia.org/wp/a/Alexander_Fleming.htm

Purples
Frederick Banting and Charles Best- Insulin

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/people/frederickbanting.aspx

http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/article-9273100/Frederick-Grant-Banting




Tuesday 1 October 2013

Penguins are the best!

Hello and welcome to my new year 5 class and their families :) We have had a very busy and productive start to the year and I know all the hard work will continue! Look out for lots of exciting projects, photos and homework to be posted shortly...