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 New experiments with FRED and his friends
For kindergarten and primary school
Original title: Experimentierfreunde 1/2

Publication: February 2009

Author: Prof. Dr. Gisela Lück, Professor for Chemistry Didactics at University of Bielefeld
Assistant:   Sonja Schekatz-Schopmeier
Illustrator: Antje Bohnstedt and Frankziska Harvey

After the great success of Explorations with FRED (FORSCHEN mit FRED), there is now the continuation New experiments with FRED and his friends with 16 new experiments and new stories about FRED the ant and his friends.

 
  The story: FRED is a little ant, who is always hungry for knowledge. In the first book, he explored the natural laws around his home in the forest. For a long time, he has been dreaming to visit the nearby city and explore it. Will he get there? And which role does Karla the ant play in this story?
There are exciting experiments, such as:
Is it possible to blow a balloon without puff?
How many way are there to extinguish a candle?
Can metal float on water?
What happens with water, oil and ink drops in a glass?
How to make orange perfume?
How to distinguish baking powder from powder sugar?
Can an egg get into a bottle?
How much space do ice cubes need? ... and many more ...
  
New experiments with FRED and his friends is appropriate for children around 5/6 to 8 years and can be used for higher groups at kindergarten and at primary school grade 1 and 2. The experiments demand certain fine motor skills. Describing and reporting the experiments expands the children’s vocabulary, they will get familiar with first technical terms and train their concentration and memorization.

New experiments with FRED and his friends is a folder containing of:
  • 1 teacher’s guide with substantial information on natural sciences and experiments.
  • 1 story book for reading aloud to the children
  • Explorer cards with depictive instruction of the 16 experiments.
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  Smart Text Trainer advanced - Worksheets
from 14 years up and for higher English classes
Copy masters and Teacher’s Guide
to support students on a structured way to writing skills
by Meike Haberer
Publication: February 2008

The Worksheets are the ideal addition to Smart Text Trainer advanced.

28 worksheets facilitate working with Smart Text Trainer advanced independently and to enable students to write structured texts as demanded in higher English classes.

With the combination of Smart Text Trainer advanced and Smart Text Trainer advanced - Worksheets, students get
  • a good preparation for the final English exams
  • and assistance to meet the demands of the Common European Framework for Foreign Languages (CEFR).

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   Smart Text Trainer - Worksheets
from 9/10 years up to 13/14 years
Copymasters and Teacher’s Guide
to support pupils on their way to text production
by Frank Pieper
Publication: February 2008

The Worksheets are the ideal addition to Smart Text Trainer.

For the pupil
36 worksheets offer pupils training and assistance to work with Smart Text Trainer independently and to enable them to create their own texts and stories in English.
With the combination of Smart Text Trainer and Smart Text Trainer - Worksheets, pupils get a good preparation for the English tests in class 8.

For the teacher
The book is well structured and orientated on the CEFR, level A2 and the curriculum.
For each worksheet teachers find essential information for lesson planning such as a variety of options for differentiation and learning methods. The competence list offers a quick overview of the competence fields demands of the CEFR, level A2.
  
  Smart Text Trainer - Worksheets helps pupils to meets the demands of the Common European Framework for Foreign Languages (CEFR), level A2 in the fields of
  • Listening Comprehension
  • Speaking
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Intercultural competences
  • Correctness of language
  • Methodological competences

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  SMART topics
Individual Topic Based Learning
from 10/11 to 13 years and Secondary School
by Meike Haberer and Nina Kampmeier
Illustrations by Dieter Mueller
Publication: February 2008


SMART topics means topic based learning. Based on a certain topic shown in texts, pictures or situations, students solve manifold tasks of different length and difficulty level.
There are 4 packages of SMART topics covering the topics:
School - Body and Clothes - Birthday - Asking and Giving Directions

Each SMART topics package contains of:
  • 16 work cards
  • 8 help cards
  • 1 manual with solutions, competence overview, tests and evaluation sheet
  

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  SMART topics
  • offers assessable, feasible and self-explaining projects for English students of grade 5 to 7
  • and a broad range of tasks and methods for free learning activities
  • meets the curriculum requirements
  • combines the theoretical findings of the latest research in language didactics with the practical experiences gained by testing the tasks with school classes
  • can be used in combination with a text book or independently from a text book.
SMART topics can be used in individual work, group and partner work.

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  EXPERTIKUS
Learning resources for successful experiments in natural sciences

Volume 2: ELECTRICITY and ENERG
Publication: May 2008

Volume 3: PlantsY
Planned: Spring 2009


EXPERTIKUS offers a new concept for natural sciences experiments at primary school

Volume 1: WATER covers the subject areas:
  • Water and nature
  • Water and human
Volume 2: ELECTRICITY and ENERGY covers the subject areas:
  • Electricity and Technique
  • Electricity and Energy
All experiments
  • are for groups of 2 to 5 children,
  • are oriented on the natural surrounding of the children,
  • follow the demands of the curriculum,
  • are realistic and feasible in every class room; no costly objects needed.
The 4-step-method of EXPERTIKUS:

  Method Materials
STEP 1 Introduction of the topic
 Posters and transparencies
STEP 2 Conduction of the experiment
 Experiment cards,
information and instructions
STEP 3 Recording process and interpreting results
 Worksheets
STEP 4 Planning, preparation and presentation
 Guidelines and charts

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   Smart Text Trainer advanced
A structured way to writing skills (12 years up)
Publication: March 2007

Based on the demands of the Common European Framework for Foreign Languages (CEFR)

innovative   -   well structured   -   attractive

Since many years, Smart Text Trainer has been used by students of about 10 to 12 years for composing own texts and stories.
Now, Smart Text Trainer is continued by Smart Text Trainer advanced for students from 12 years up.
Smart Text Trainer advanced offers a structured approach to the tasks of higher English classes. It helps students to meet the demands of the Common European Framework for Foreign Languages (CEFR).

Smart Text Trainer advanced gives students, separately or simultaneously, access to
  • vocabulary
  • structures of different text types, like essay, interpretation, summary etc.
  • linking words
  • abbreviations
  • and more.

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