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Ancient buildings

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As a component of Stage 2’s science & technology investigations into Buildings & Bridges, we will be learning about ancient structures in the library.


1 The Great Pyramid of Egypt, how it was built – new solid theory, new evidence. JP Houdin. 2011


Why did we stop building pyramids?


Lost temples: Mayan pyramids of Chichen Itza


Athens Acropolis and the Parthenon


Rome, Italy: The Colosseum


The lost city of Pompeii


Ancientvine – Virtual Roman house 3D reconstruction


Stonehenge prehistoric monument


Hadrian’s Wall


Everything you need to know about the Great Wall of China

Natural sounds, natural disasters

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Next week, Stage 2 students will be predicting and researching the sounds of natural disasters in their science and technology unit, “Light, sound and communication”. These Youtube video clips will be useful:


Mount St. Helens disintegrates in enormous landslide


Amazing standstill tornado


Scientist gets too close to lava lake! – Richard Hammond’s Journey to the centre of the planet – BBC


Super creepy sounds in the sky during a storm in Finland!


The most shocking video of the tsunami in Japan


Skiing – Avalanches


Untamed Earth – Avalanche! (snow avalanche; lava avalanche)


Nyamulagira volcano continues to erupt


Hurricane effects: strong winds and lightnings