Inside Out Web Guides
Unit 5
http://www.lyricsplanet.com/
Use this site to access the lyrics for songs that contain the word ‘wish’ in their title – try under ‘I’ as well as ‘W’ as many songs begin "I wish...". Ask your students to see if they know any of the bands. Ask them to select two or three of the songs and read the lyrics. Afterwards, ask them to write down, from memory, all the wishes made in the songs and to put them in two columns: positive/future or past regrets.
Unit 6
http://www.mensa.org.uk/mensa/puzzles.html
Click on the "Puzzles" tag to take some online Mensa tests which are great language practice for the classroom. Not only will your students test their IQ but, more importantly, they’ll practise their English.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C005266F/home.html
Go to this webpage and click on the image of the body containing the nervous system. Check your answers to the questions at the bottom of page 56 as well as finding out some mind blowing facts. If you’d like take the challenge by completing the online activities connected to the site.
Unit 8
http://www.hawking.org.uk/
Unit 8 starts off with an interesting article on Stephen Hawking, world famous professor of Theoretical Physics. What do your students know about this modern day Einstein? Get them to write down three questions about his life and ideas then browse this website to see if they can find out the answers.
The site also includes a contact e-mail address for Stephen Hawking!
http://www.time.com/time/reports/v21/home.html
What will the world be like in the 21st century? That is the question we are asked in unit 8. Ask your students to write down a prediction under four of the following headings: How we will live, Science, Technology, Health and the environment and America (you may wish to give them prompts by focussing on one or two interesting questions posted under each site). Pair the students up and get them to compare their predictions. Next, ask them to read the brief articles that relate to their predictions (if there is time they can read the more in depth reports) and finally lead a class discussion on whether they agree with what they have read.
