Transcript Stretch & Challenge - St Mary's Church of England High School

Stretch & Challenge
Interested in a particular subject area.
Want to Learn more?
A booklet of useful resources & starting places to inspire
curious minds!
Using The Guide
Inside this booklet you will find suggestions of books,
films, websites and other starting points to inspire you.
This is your own personal guide to further your education
and includes all of the subjects on offer here at St.
Mary’s High School.
We’ve tried to keep it simple so if you want to find out
more, stretch your subject knowledge or find new
challenges, this is a good place to start. You can use it in
school or at home or whenever it suits you.
Subjects have been listed in alphabetical order.
Stretch and Challenge - Business & Economics
Information and further research to support Stretch and Challenge students in
Business and Economics.
Websites: Please have a look at some our of suggestion for curious and
inquisitive minds….
www.tutor2u.net
www.bized.co.uk/
www.economist.com
www.startups.co.uk
www.businessstudiesonline.co.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/business
www.necb.org
www.bbc.co.uk/news/business/
www.young-enterprise.org.uk.
www.businesslink.gov.uk
Stretch and Challenge – Business & Economics
Please have a look at some of our suggestions to inspire you.
Books / Magazines:
“Anyone Can Do It – My Story” by Duncan Bannatyne
“The Armchair Economist” by Steven Landsburg
“Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur” by Sir Richard Branson
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder
The Economist
Business Week
Business Review / Economics Review
TV / Radio Programmes:
Dragons Den
The Apprentice
Working Lunch
The Money Programme
Money Box
Stretch and Challenge – English
Language & Literature
Information and further research to support Stretch and Challenge
students in English…
Websites: Please have a look at some our of suggestions for curious and
inquisitive minds…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/
http://www.themanbookerprize.com/
http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/index.html
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/poetsHome.do
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/professions/poets.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/writing/
Stretch and Challenge - English
Please have a look at some of our suggestions to inspire you.
Books:
Anything in bookshops that comes under the heading ‘Classics’ is generally
good to stretch and challenge. There are English reading lists for each year
group; so we would supply the reading list for the year above.
Top Ten Books
1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
3. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
4. Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
5. 1984 by George Orwell
6. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
7. A Streetcat Named Bob by James Bowen
8. The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
9. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
10. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Stretch and Challenge - English
Please have a look at some of our suggestions to inspire you.
Books to… change the way you think
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
A Streetcat Named Bob by James Bowen
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman
Wonder by RJ Palacio
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by
Mark Haddon
The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Stretch and Challenge - English
Please have a look at some of our suggestions to inspire you.
Books to… help you understand yourself
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
The Outsiders by SE Hinton
Stretch and Challenge - English
Please have a look at some of our suggestions to inspire you.
Books to… make you cry
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
Before I Die by Jenny Downham
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Stretch and Challenge - English
Please have a look at some of our suggestions to inspire you.
Books to… make you laugh
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ by Sue
Townsend
Geek Girl by Holly Smale
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Angus, Thongs and Full-frontal Snogging by Louise
Rennison
Stretch and Challenge - English
Please have a look at some of our suggestions to inspire you.
Books to… scare you
1984 by George Orwell
Lord Loss by Darren Shan
The Rats by James Herbert
The Shining by Stephen King
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Stretch and Challenge - English
Please have a look at some of our suggestions to inspire you.
Books to… teach you about love
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Forever by Judy Blume
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Stretch and Challenge - English
Please have a look at some of our suggestions to inspire you.
Books to… thrill you
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Gone by Michael Grant
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Stretch and Challenge - English
Please have a look at some of our suggestions to inspire you.
Books to… transport you
Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
Stretch and Challenge - English
Please have a look at some of our suggestions to inspire you.
Films/TV Programmes:
The History Boys
Dead Poets Society
Frankenstein
Rushmore
My Left Foot
Dream Child
Adaptation
Vincent – Tim Burton (Short Animation)
Father & Daughter (Short Animation)
Other:
Join or form debating society
Join or form a reading/book club
Write articles for local press
Write articles/produce copy for
newsletter
Enter writing competitions
Join creative writing club
Read a variety of newspapers
Start a writing blog – review books
studied in lessons, encourage fellow
students to comment or contribute to
your review.
Stretch and Challenge - Geography
Information and further research to support Stretch and Challenge students in
Geography
Websites: Please have a look at some our of suggestion for curious and inquisitive minds….
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/
http://www.rgs.org/HomePage.htm
http://www.fema.gov/kids/volcano.htm
http://www.fema.gov/
http://www.usgs.gov/
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/
http://www.100people.org/statistics_100stats.php?section=statistics
http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
http://www.earth.google.co.uk
http://www.earthfromtheair.com
http://ww2.defra.gov.uk/
Stretch and Challenge - Geography
Please have a look at some of our suggestions to inspire you.
Books:
Himalaya – Michael Palin
Sahara – Michael Palin
A short history of nearly everything – Bill Bryson
America Unchained – Dave Gorman
Freakonomics – Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
World Almanac
Horrible Geographies Series
Other:
Devastation and Survival – Mark Levine
Dimensions Application for Google Earth
National Geographic
Wideworld Magazine
Films/TV Programmes:
Geography Review Magazine
An Inconvenient Truth
Geography Quiz App
Black Gold
World Fact Book App
Michael Palin Series
Planet Earth (BBC)
Dispatches (Channel 4)
Panorama (BBC1)
Coast Series (BBC2)
Wild China (BBC)
Tropic of Capricorn (BBC)
Equator (BBC)
Stretch and Challenge - ICT
Information and further research to support Stretch and Challenge students in ICT…
Websites: Please have a look at some our of suggestion for curious and
inquisitive minds…
http://www.greenfoot.org/
www.bbc.co.uk (various ICT news stories, latest technology, good multimedia product examples)
www.teach-ict.co.uk (covers the full ICT syllabus)
http://www.xtranormal.com/ (animation)
http://scratch.mit.edu/ (programming/animation)
http://tv.adobe.com (Adobe tutorials for Fireworks, Flash, Dreamweaver and Photoshop)
http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/ (HTML coding tutorials)
http://www.schoolicons.com/eng/index.html (free computer icons)
http://www.homeandlearn.co.uk/ (various software tutorials)
http://www.smartwebby.com/ (loads of web based info and tutorials)
http://bestanimations.com/index.html (free animated gifs)
http://www.computing.co.uk/ (magazine format for all current ICT news stories)
Pivot Stickman Animator (download free from a range of websites)
Films/TV Programmes:
Click (technology programme available on BBC iPlayer)
The Gadget Show – Channel 5
Stretch and Challenge - MFL
Information and further research to support Stretch and Challenge students in
MFL…
Websites: Please have a look at some our of suggestion for curious and
inquisitive minds…
www.france24.com 24 hour news website
www.lequipe.fr Sports results and articles
www.allocine.fr Trailers of all the latest films
www.tf1.fr News website similar to the BBC
www.atantot-extra.com Games website
www.heute.de - 100 second daily news reports
http://www.languagesonline.org.uk/ Spanish and French Resource that is used to practise
grammar and topic areas
http://www.rtve.es/ Spanish News Channel
http://www.cuatro.com/videos/ Authentic Listening resources -Watch trailers of popular
programmes like Factor X (X Factor), films and documentaries.
Stretch and Challenge - MFL
Please have a look at some of our suggestions to inspire you.
Books:
“Le petit prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“Nathan und seine Kinder” by Mirjam Pressler
Films/TV Programmes:
“Au revoir les enfants”
“Mon père ce héros”
“Jean de Florette”
“Astérix aux Jeux Olympiques”
Valentín (PG)
Pans Labyrinth (15)
Amélie (15)
Les Choristes (PG)
“The Edukators”
'Goodbye Lenin'
'Lola rennt'
'Der Untergang'
'Das Leben der Anderen'
Other:
Paris-Match (French)
Hola! (Spanish)
Stretch and Challenge - PE
Information and further research to support Stretch and Challenge students in
PE…
Websites: Please have a look at some our of suggestion for curious and
inquisitive minds…
www.bbcbitesize.co.uk
www.brianmac.co.uk
www.thefa.com
www.lta.org.uk
www.fiba.com
www.fifa.com
www.olympic.org/ioc
www.rfu.com
www.englandnetball.co.uk
Stretch and Challenge - PE
Please have a look at some of our suggestions to inspire you.
Books:
GCSE Physical Education Complete Revision & Practice by CGP Books
My Revision Notes: AQA GCSE PE by Kirk Bizley
Success Guides: Higher Physical Education by Thomas Hardie and Ann Duff
The Sports Book by Ray Stubbss
The Sports Rules Book: Essential Rules for 47 Sports by Tom Hanlon
Fever Pitch: A Fan’s Life by Nick Hornby
Films/TV Programmes:
A Rough Ride: An Insight into Pro Cycling by Paul Kimmage
Ronaldo Tested to the limit
Endless Winter: The Inside Story of the Rugby Revolution
I am Ali
The class of ‘92
Senna
Cristiano Ronaldo: World at his feet
Murderball
Match of the Day
Diamond League Athletics
NBA
ESPN Video
Sky Sports
The Football League Show
BBC Wimbledon
Sport Science
Question of Sport
Stretch and Challenge - Psychology
Information and further research to support Stretch and Challenge students in Psychology…
Websites: Please have a look at some our of suggestion for curious and inquisitive minds…
An interesting blog, run by a clinical psychologist, that focuses on issues associated with clinical
neuropsychology.
www.clinicalneuropsych.blogspot.com
A brilliant new website designed to help anybody looking for informed and detailed information on
psychology. Definitions, history, topic areas, theory and practice, careers, psychology Q & A and
study skills are all covered in detail.
www.all-about-psychology.com
A useful site run by chartered psychologists offering products and information designed to enhance
how you feel, think and behave.
www.psychology4you.com
A free, on-line resource for randomly assigning participants to conditions.
www.randomizer.org
An excellent site, packed full with A Level Psychology resources and up to date news of research
findings from a variety of journals.
www.alevelpsychology.co.uk
Psychology blog run by Adrian Frost, Mike Cardwell and Cara Flanagan.
www.folensblogs.com/psychcompanion/blog
Participate in on-line research and contribute to the development of psychological knowledge.
www.onlinepsychresearch.co.uk
A site that provides comprehensive information about the various career options available in
Psychology.
www.careersinpsychology.co.uk
Stretch and Challenge - Psychology
Please have a look at some of our suggestions to inspire you.
Books:
Eysenck, H.J. (1977) Crime and Personality, 2nd ed/ London: Routledge and Kegan Paul
Harrower, J (2003) Applying psychology to crime. London: Hodder and Stoughton
Kline, P. (1984) Psychology and Freudian Theory: An introduction: London: Methuen
Lange, J. (1929) Crime as Destiny. London: Unwin
Maslow, A.H (1962) Toward a Psychology of being. New York: Van Nostrand
McGurk, B.J and McDougall, C. (1981) A new approach to the theory of the criminal personality: New
York: Academic
Pinel, J (2003) Biopsychology, 5th ed: Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Price, J. (1968) The genetics of depressed behaviour: London: Hodder and Stoughton
Rokeach, M. (1960) The Open and Closed Mind: New York: Basic Books
Sarafino, E. (2006) Health Psychology: New York. Wiley
West, A.N (1973) Who Becomes Deliquent?; London: Heineman
Films/TV Programmes:
Other:
CSI
‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’
Silence of the lambs
Surviving Peter Sutcliffe
One year on- Investigation into the Rachel Nickel case
Cracker
‘My Mum, Heroin and Me’
‘Strange phobias’
The Psychology Review Magazine
British Psychological Society
The Centre for Investigative Psychology
Stretch and Challenge – Philosophy & Ethics
Information and further research to support Stretch and Challenge students in
Philosophy and Ethics.
“Education is what survives when we have forgotten all that we have learned” B. F. Skinner
Websites: Please have a look at some our of suggestion for curious and inquisitive
minds….
www.philosophyonline.co.uk/ A source of information
http://www.philosophyofreligion.info/ Pitched at first year degree/A2 level
http://www.philosophersnet.com/games/ This can give you headaches!
http://www.philosophyexperiments.com/ And this one!
http://www.friesian.com/valley/dilemmas.htm Ethical/Moral Dilemmas
Practice thinking, it does not really matter what with (apart from your brain of course!)
Stretch and Challenge - Philosophy & Ethics
Please have a look at some of our suggestions to inspire you.
Books:
Easy reading?
Sophie’s World - Jostein Gaarder = Basic introduction to the history of western philosophy
The Life of Pi - Molitor Patel = Exploration into the role of faith and perception
The Consolation of Philosophy- Alain De Botton = Some people like it! General watered down
thought.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance- Robert M. Pirsig = Critique of Western Philosophy
Primary sources!
The Republic (Book VII) – Plato= Philosophical and political essay concerning state of humanity
De anima – Aristotle = Philosophical work on the nature of life the universe and everything including
us.
Consolation of Philosophy – Boethius = Why dying to think is better than living to consume.
Meditations on First Philosophy – Descartes = “I think therefore I am” and other unfortunately
illogical gems.
Films/TV Programmes:
Brazil – Terry Gilliangham
Metropolis- Fritz Lang
The Matrix- Wachowski s
Other:
Listen to Radio 4
Read a broadsheet newspaper
Stretch and Challenge - Science
Information and further research to support Stretch and Challenge students in
Science…
Websites: Please have a look at some our of suggestion for curious and
inquisitive minds…
Chemistry
Biology
http://scienceblogs.com/moleculeoftheday
http://www.cellsalive.com/
An interactive site on microbiology, cell biology, immunology and
microscopy
http://www.beep.ac.uk/content/327.0.html
An excellent website on genetic engineering and modification, cloning etc
http://www.ygyh.org/
An interesting website on the causes and effects of genetic conditions
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/drugs/mouse.html
A really fun but very informative website on drug effects on the brain
containing some very complex science.
http://www.abpischools.org.uk/page/student.cfm
An excellent website containing information about modern advances in
medical Science
http://www.ygtactivities.org.uk/ActivityList.aspx?subject_id=2
Villiers park activities for G/T students doing A ‘level Biology
http://nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/landsteiner/
A website containing some excellent interactive activities on a number of
Biological topics including blood groups, malaria, MRI scans
http://www.genome.gov/10000202
Information about the impact of the Human genome project
http://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist
www.rscweb.org/blogs/cw
www.chemheritage.org
www.rsc.org/chemsoc
www.nhm.ac.uk
www.at-bristol.org.uk
www.thinktank.ac.uk
Physics
http://advancingphysics.iop.org/
http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/index.pl
http://www.stimulatingphysics.org/
http://www.lhc.ac.uk/
http://www.nasa.gov/
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/
http://www.darvill.clara.net
Stretch and Challenge - Science
Please have a look at some of our suggestions to inspire you.
Books:
A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson
Highly recommended: a hugely readable introduction to historical developments in many areas of science.
Eating the Sun: How Plants Power the Planet Oliver Morton
An excellent and thorough treatment of photosynthesis, the evolution of the Earth’s atmosphere and the changes
brought about by mankind.
Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another Philip Ball
Can we apply physics to the behaviour of large numbers of people? Gets tricky later on, but fascinating throughout.
Chaos James Gleick
A classic. Introducing Chaos Theory and its implications for mathematics and the sciences.
Bad Science: Ben Goldacre
An expose of poor or downright deceptive science experiments and communication, mostly in medicinal science.
Measuring the Universe: The Historical Quest to Quantify Space Kitty Ferguson
A very readable account of the development of our ideas about space. Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Einstein all prominent.
Einstein’s Universe Nigel Calder
Does what is says on the tin. How did Einstein arrive at his theories of relativity and what implications did they have?
Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution Nick Lane
A biochemist looks at the evolution of photosynthesis, warm blood, death and other features of living things. Advanced.
Bully for Brontosaurus Stephen Jay Gould
One chosen more or less at random from the many worthwhile publications of Gould, a master of communicating
biological science. This one contains collected essays on a range of topics.
The Origins of Virtue Matt Ridley
To what extent is “nice” behaviour determined by genes? How do humans benefit from behaving nicely to each other?
See also Genome and Nature via Nurture: genes, experience and what makes us human.
The Chemistry of Life Steven Rose
An introduction to biochemistry. Which molecules are essential for life? What do they look like and what do they do?
The Periodic Table Primo Levi
How chemistry became intertwined with the life of a remarkable man who lived through key episodes in history. A
classic.
Stretch and Challenge - Technology
Information and further research to support Stretch and Challenge students in
Technology…
Websites: Please have a look at some our of suggestion for curious and
inquisitive minds…
www.ted.com
www.technologystudent.com
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REVdt.htm
www.brainpop.com/
www.design-technology.info/home.htm
www.coolmax.invista.com
www.vogue.com
www.design-council.org.uk
www.bbcgoodfood.com - numerous ideas and recipes
www.jamieoliver.com –Jamies campaigns, ideas and recipes
www.nigella.com -recipes
www.foodafactoflife.org.uk –a wide range of information on food and nutrition
www.eatwell.gov.uk –the Governments guide to healthy eating, food hygiene, current ideas
www.hairybikers.com -recipes
www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk –information on all aspects of school meals
Stretch and Challenge - Technology
Please have a look at some of our suggestions to inspire you.
Books:
Key Designers:
Ross Lovegrove
Frank Lloyd Wright
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Gerrit Reitveld
Vivienne Westwood
Matthew Williamson
Yohji Yamamoto
Yves Saint Laurent
Karl Lagerfeld
9 Heads: A guide to fashion drawing by Nancy Riegelman
Exploring Textile Arts by Elaine Perry
Experimental Textiles by Kim Thittichai
Techno Textiles 2 by Sarah E Braddock Clarke and Marie O’Mahony
Manual Of Nutrition-HMSO
Desserts-James Martin
Cooking Explained-Barbara Hammond
The Hairy Bikers Family Cookbook (Mum knows best) Si King and Dave Myers
Cook With Jamie-Jamie Oliver
Jamie’s Dinners Jamie Oliver
Films/TV Programmes:
The Naked Chef-Jamie Oliver
Blood, Sweat & T-Shirts (BBC)
How To Eat-Nigella Lawson
Project Catwalk/Runway (Sky)
Complete Cookery Course-Delia Smith
The Secret World of Haute Couture (BBC)
The Cookery Year-Readers Digest
‘Textiles’ (YouTube)
Real Food-Nigel Slater
Masterchef
English Bread and Yeast Cookery-Elizabeth David
Come Dine With Me
Best Kept Secrets of the Women’s Institute Series
Celebrity Chef shows (Jamie Oliver etc)
River Cottage (Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall)
The Hairy Bikers