Homework help please

[Beauregard]

Can anyone please recommend some homework sites ?
dd1 age 8(ks2)is bringing home more and more homework and we are struggling to source the info that she needs.
For example this week she needs to research South Africa and can choose to research how animals or plants have evolved post Darwin.
I have found the info on Flora and Fauna but not how things have changed since Darwin's time.

There is a fab one from a school in Kent. Cant remember exact web site but its woodlands junior school in kent. It has loads of different sections, including one called Homework Help. I used it a while back to help DS with his RE homework. If you cant find it, let me know and Ill look for the link.

Have found the woodlands one thankyou.It looks really useful but i still havent found any info.

You could try the Kew Gardens website, or RHS. Kew sponsored something for primary schools to celebrate Darwin's bicentenary,

I teach KS2. Whenever I want to research anything for the class, I type the topic into google then add 'for kids' or 'for children'. Usually get lots of decent stuff.

Or go to the library and look in a book?

Also do complain to the teacher as if they set internet research for homework they should also recommend a few sites

I am wodnering how much evolution has taken place over 150-200 years?
Are you sure this is what she's got to find out?
Just wondering......

I am wodnering how much evolution has taken place over 150-200 years?
Are you sure this is what she's got to find out?
Just wondering......

Well spotted, RollaCoasta - I was too busy being outraged at the idea that research has to happen online!

(I'm sure I proposed to you on a thread a while ago, by the way - did you accept?)

Research information on South Africa-Find info on how it is different today to how it was in Charles Darwin's time(e.g Plants,animals)
That is what it says in dd's homework diary.

Maybe i am misunderstanding ?[thicko]
The homework requirement slips are only very brief and they never recommend any sites.

Seeker -It does not stipulate to research online(i guess it's optional) but we dont always have time to go to the library for all of the homework.Last time we went down for the previous topic there was no info in the library so we had to look online.

mwah mwah seeker!

Perhaps they mean how plants/animals are now being threatened in certain habitats when they weren't in Darwin's time?? Just clutching at straws here really!!

This is from Wiki (South Africa), Pelvic - looks like more has happened than the exodus of the rich white man:

While South Africa has a great wealth of flowering plants, only 1% of South Africa is forest, almost exclusively in the humid coastal plain of KwaZulu-Natal, where there are also areas of Southern Africa mangroves in river mouths. There are even smaller reserves of forests that are out of the reach of fire, known as montane forests. Plantations of imported tree species are predominant, particularly the non-native eucalyptus and pine. South Africa has lost a large area of natural habitat in the last four decades, primarily due to overpopulation, sprawling development patterns and deforestation during the nineteenth century. South Africa is one of the worst affected countries in the world when it comes to invasion by alien species with many (e.g. Black Wattle, Port Jackson, Hakea, Lantana and Jacaranda) posing a significant threat to the native biodiversity and the already scarce water resources. The original temperate forest found by the first European settlers was exploited ruthlessly until only small patches remained. Currently, South African hardwood trees like Real Yellowwood (Podocarpus latifolius), stinkwood (Ocotea bullata), and South African Black Ironwood (Olea laurifolia) are under government protection.

Enjoy - there are links on wiki too.

Thanks for your help
I think a chat with the teacher may be needed also.Just explain that we dont always understand what is required and as it is us that do the homework with dd then we need to know.