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Kar2ouche - A Midsummer Night's Dream

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: English
Age Range: 12 to 18
Key Stage: KS3, 4 & 5

Kar2ouche A Midsummer Night's Dream immerses students in a fantasy world full of bright characters and stunning backgrounds.

It provides them with all the tools they need - the complete text and audio from the play, all the characters and a wide variety of backgrounds, props and sound effects, - to make their own class production, construct an animation of Bottom's dream, set key scenes to music, and even illustrate a front-page newspaper story, headlined 'The Elopement'.

The wide range of lessons and activities included provides the ideal way to introduce Shakespeare to younger students or to support GCSE coursework.

The activities are divided into four main sections:

Introducing the Play - establishing storylines and context
Closer Reading - in-depth readings of key scenes and extracts to develop understanding of plot, character, themes, images, relationships, the author's craft, etc.
Extending Study - ideas for more challenging tasks, additional activities for students who finish early, and fun things to do at home or after the lesson
Unit of Work - an outline for approximately 20 lessons, about one-third of which use Kar2ouche, which shows how Kar2ouche complements existing teaching methods and is likely to be used by long-term supply, trainee and newly qualified teachers
Each Kar2ouche titles comes with a comprehensive Teacher Support Pack. This is supplied on CD and, for network site license editions, in hard-copy format. Additional hard-copies can be purchased separately.

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Kar2ouche - Ancient Greeks

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: History
Age Range: 9 to 11
Key Stage: KS2

Kar2ouche Ancient Greeks enables teachers and students to engage with this period of ancient history, by providing a wide range of characters, backgrounds, props and soundfiles to use in role-play.

Characters include Greek warriors, gods and goddesses, and children and adults from all levels of ancient Greek life. Backgrounds include Greek landscapes, houses, schools, the Acropolis and a recreated Parthenon. Students can also scan their own drawings or holiday photographs from Greece and use them as backgrounds.

Ten activities provide suggestions for how the software can be used to develop specific history skills, such as understanding chronology, interpreting evidence and synthesising information from a variety of sources. And Kar2ouche provides the tools for you to devise your own lessons to supplement or replace those provided.

The first eight suggested activities have History as the main focus, while Activities 9 and 10 are oriented more towards developing literacy skills. They include Athens and Sparta; Greek armies, soldiers and fighting ships; Greek gods and goddesses; the Greek theatre; the ancient Olympic games; a Greek school; day-to-day life in ancient Greece; three famous Greek thinkers: Archimedes, Aristotle and Socrates; the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur; and the battle of Salamis.

Each Kar2ouche title comes with a comprehensive Teacher Support Pack. This is supplied on CD and, for network site licence editions, in hard copy format. Additional hard copies can be purchased separately.

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Kar2ouche - Bullying

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE)
Age Range: 11 to 14
Key Stage: KS3

Kar2ouche Bullying presents a range of issues relating to bullying through virtual role-play, and encourages students to define bullying, discuss why it occurs, identify signs of bullying and consider possible responses.

Many of the issues that are discussed are sensitive and potentially uncomfortable, especially if they are to be performed in front of peers. By using the computer and virtual role-play, students can deal with situations, ask questions and challenge assumptions in a less personally threatening or embarrassing way.

Using the hard copy worksheets and pre-prepared storyboards and activities provided in Kar2ouche, students can listen to and discuss the issues raised. Then, using the characters, backgrounds, props, sound and text available, they can add to the pre-created storyboards or produce their own scenarios to demonstrate their understanding and knowledge about issues such as:

What is bullying?
Who bullies, who is bullied and why?
What are the signs of bullying and who can help?
What can you do?
Making sense of bullying
Suggested activities, which can be modified to suit different teaching styles and objectives, include Killer Statements, Kelly Bullies Nita, and a Bullying Presentation.

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Kar2ouche - Clique Francais

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: Modern Foreign Languages
Age Range: 14 to 16
Key Stage: KS4

Kar2ouche Clique Français is produced in association with Harper Collins and is designed to deliver all the speaking and listening requirements of the GCSE and Standard Grade French examination.

A series of structured, interactive activities - including role-playing and creating storyboards - builds on students' knowledge and understanding of the language, their language-learning skills and cultural awareness. Because activities are presented in a fun and engaging way, students not only learn new vocabulary; they also develop the confidence to use it.

Activities feature over 40 role-play scenarios, covering five key topics at Foundation and Higher Level for Key Stage 4, ages 14 to 16. Each topic uses a standard five-stage progression to take students step by step from receptive use of the language through to practising their speaking skills.

The software covers the following topics:

Holidays and Travel
My World
Work and Education
Entertainment and Media
My Role in Society

The accompanying Education Support Pack includes comprehensive written lesson ideas, learning objectives and key vocabulary and structures to assist teachers in their planning. The storyboard scripts are provided in French and English with a view to providing students with dialogues for revision.

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Kar2ouche - Creative Writing

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: English
Age Range: 7 to 9
Key Stage: KS1

Use creative role-play, picture making, storyboarding and animation to help students express, explore and think about different topics and experiences across the curriculum.
Students compose role-plays, storyboards, movies and animations onscreen in minutes using drag and drop commands. Each title comes with a themed resources library including characters, sounds, backgrounds and props. You can add text, speech and thought bubbles, record voices and add sound effects, create and import images to provide personalised backgrounds to a storyboard, then share work as QuickTime movies or editable Kar2ouche files.

With Kar2ouche Creative Writing, students can read, listen to and watch pre-made storyboards of fairy stories and traditional tales, such as the Three Little Pigs and Cinderella, and then produce their own versions as well as their own creative writing stories.

A comprehensive Teacher Support Pack is included free with network editions.
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Kar2ouche - Criminal Law

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE)
Age Range: 11 to 14
Key Stage: KS3

Kar2ouche Criminal Law integrates class, group and pair discussions with a range of computer activities to help students to understand more about the nature of crime, and the way in which the criminal justice system operates in England and Wales.

Discussion is essential, and role-play allows students to rehearse situations, empathise with others and investigate issues in more depth. Many of the themes may be sensitive and potentially uncomfortable, especially if they are to be performed in front of peers. However, by using virtual role-play, Kar2ouche gives students confidence to ask questions, challenge assumptions and examine issues to understand them with greater clarity.

Suggested activities include:

Crime - helping students consider the differences between moral wrongs, and civil and criminal law
Offenders - exploring one aspect of youth crime (shoplifting), the treatment of offenders and the dilemma between truth and loyalty Jason's Dilemma - using a real case to explore issues related to theft and people's rights when they are under arrest
Criminal Courts - investigating the different types of courts (magistrates', Crown and youth) and the roles of the officials involved
In Court - examining the procedures in the Crown Court and the roles of the defence and prosecution lawyers.

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Kar2ouche - Debut: French

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: Modern Foreign Languages
Age Range: 9 to 11
Key Stage: KS2

In Début: French, students join a family of aliens as they set out to discover the country, people, culture and language of France.

A series of structured, interactive activities are used to develop students' knowledge and understanding of the language, their language-learning skills and cultural awareness. They allow students to hear native French speakers, take part in dialogues and create virtual role plays.

The software consists of eight units, each made up of three activities, covering the following themes:

The aliens arrive in France - an introduction to the country, and greetings
Numbers and dates - days of the week, months of the year, and birthdays
In the classroom - the most common actions and objects
Do you like that? - learning to express opinions
In fashion - colours and clothing
My family - family members, pets and friends
At home - describing a house, and meals
How are you feeling? - parts of the body, feeling unwell, and healthy living.
Each focuses on oracy, literacy, knowledge about language, intercultural understanding and language learning strategies.

Developed in collaboration with Warwickshire LEA for the Key Stage 2 Languages Framework.

Each Kar2ouche title comes with a comprehensive Teacher Support Pack. This is supplied on CD and, for network site licence editions, in hard-copy format. Additional hard-copies can be purchased separately.

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Kar2ouche - Developing French

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: Modern Foreign Languages
Age Range: 11 to 14
Key Stage: KS3

Kar2ouche Developing French engages students in a wide range of stimulating activities, enabling them to complete storyboards, create animations and produce their own publications using characters and environments based on a group of French teenagers and their families.
There are five units that provide suggested activities at three different levels - Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced. They allow students to practise their oral and written skills in real, relevant contexts, such as:

Me and my friends - introducing yourself and your friends
My home - describing your house, family and pets
My life - describing your school timetable and daily routines
My hobbies - free-time activities, planning an evening out and describing a date
My holidays - the weather forecast, asking for and giving directions and describing a journey.
Each unit includes text and audio scenarios; useful vocabulary and phrases for the particular context; verbs, including tenses; words that convey opinions and attitudes;
adjectives and adverbs; words relating to time, sequences and numbers; connectives and prepositions. A glossary provides the full alphabetical list of vocabulary along with English translations.

The software is designed to complement Key Stage 3 QCA schemes of work for Years 7 to 9.

Each Kar2ouche title comes with a comprehensive Teacher Support Pack. This is supplied on CD and, for network site licence editions, in hard-copy format. Additional hard-copies can be purchased separately.

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Kar2ouche - Developing Spanish

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: Modern Foreign Languages
Age Range: 11 to 14
Key Stage: KS3

Kar2ouche Developing Spanish engages students in a wide range of stimulating activities, enabling them to complete storyboards, create animations and produce their own publications using characters and environments based on a group of Spanish teenagers and their families. There are five units that provide suggested activities at three different levels; Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced. They allow students to practise their oral and written skills in real, relevant contexts, such as:

Me and my friends - introducing yourself and your friends
My home - describing your house, family and pets
My life - describing your school timetable and daily routines
My hobbies - free-time activities, planning an evening out and describing a date
My holidays - the weather forecast, asking for and giving directions and describing a journey.
Each unit includes text and audio scenarios; useful vocabulary and phrases for the particular context; verbs, including tenses; words that convey opinions and attitudes;
adjectives and adverbs; words relating to time, sequences and numbers; connectives and prepositions. A glossary provides the full alphabetical list of vocabulary along with English translations.
The software is designed to complement Key Stage 3 QCA schemes of work for Years 7 to 9.

Each Kar2ouche title comes with a comprehensive Teacher Support Pack. This is supplied on CD and, for network site licence editions, in hard-copy format. Additional hard-copies can be purchased separately.

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Kar2ouche - Drug Awareness

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE)
Age Range: 11 to 14
Key Stage: KS3

Kar2ouche Drug Awareness encourages students to explore for themselves the issues surrounding drugs, their effects and why people take them. Not only will they be able to understand what drugs are, the health risks associated with their use and the legal implications, they will also consider their own roles as responsible citizens.

Using the copiable worksheets and pre-prepared storyboards and activities provided, they can listen to and discuss the issues raised. Then they are encouraged to produce their own virtual role-play scenarios - using the characters, backgrounds, props, sound and text provided - to show their understanding.

Five units focus on the following areas:

What are drugs? - defining drugs and considering their legal status and uses in society
Drugs and the law - understanding the law and classification system for drugs and the possible consequences of misusing drugs
Effects of drugs on the body - researching and discussing the short- and long-term physical effects of drug abuse
Why people take drugs - considering why some people use drugs and why others do not
Creating a drug education pack - working in groups to put together a short programme and poster aimed at a school audience.

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Kar2ouche - Earth and the Environment

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: Science
Age Range: 12 to 16
Key Stage: KS3 & 4

Kar2ouche Earth and the Environment covers two areas of scientific theory that have recently undergone rapid changes: our understanding of the Earth itself, and the most important environmental problems facing the world today.
The first set of activities looks at the development of geology as a science, in particular the work of Alfred Wegener and how his ideas were initially rejected. Leading scientists from the last 200 years are presented as 3D characters that present their theories. Modern characters then discuss the problem of predicting changes in the Earth's crust, such as earthquakes and volcanoes.

The second set of activities looks at the many environmental issues that confront us: in particular, global warming and the depletion of the ozone layer. Each problem is considered from a historical point of view, and students are asked to suggest possible solutions.

The themes covered are:

Making rocks - how different types of rock are formed
Collecting evidence - how ideas about the age of the Earth have changed
Wegener's big idea - the theory of continental drift
Cracked Earth - the theory of plate tectonics
Global warming - how the Earth's temperature has changed over time
The hole in the ozone layer - what ozone is, CFCs and carbon dioxide emissions
Each Kar2ouche title comes with a comprehensive Teacher Support Pack. This is supplied on CD and, for network site licence editions, in hard-copy format. Additional hard-copies can be purchased separately.

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Kar2ouche - Earth and the Universe

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: Science
Age Range: 12 to 16
Key Stage: KS3 & 4

Kar2ouche Earth and the Universe takes students through the history of man's study of the Universe, from ancient times to the present day.

Leading astronomers over the ages, such as Aristotle, Ptolemy, Copernicus, Galilei and Hubble, are presented as 3D characters to explain their theories. Students can use the different characters, text and backgrounds supplied to show their understanding of the subject in a variety of storyboard activities.

The activities provide a variety of tasks to examine a wide spectrum of scientific theories, and range from creating straightforward storyboards to describe a sequence of events, to constructing a museum exhibit or a television debate.

The suggested activities cover:

How and why the skies were observed in ancient times
The different ideas people had to explain the movements of stars and planets
The development of the heliocentric solar system, and the reactions of the Christian Church
Newton's ideas on gravity
The development of optical and radio telescopes and photography
How satellites are used
Arguments for and against spending on space technology
The search for extra-terrestrial intelligence
The discovery of other galaxies
Pulsars and the expansion of the universe
Ideas about the origins of the universe

Each Kar2ouche title comes with a comprehensive Teacher Support Pack. This is supplied on CD and, for network site licence editions, in hard-copy format. Additional hard-copies can be purchased separately.

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Kar2ouche - Egyptians

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: History
Age Range: 9 to 11
Key Stage: KS2

Kar2ouche Egyptians features two compelling stories to give students an insight into life in ancient Egypt.

Tutankhamun's chief adviser narrates the story of the Pharaoh's life and death. He describes the coronation and life as a young Pharaoh in Egypt, and when Tutankhamun dies suddenly, he explains what happens when a Pharaoh dies, including the rituals of mummification and burial.

The myth of Isis and Osiris enables students to discover the beliefs held by the people of ancient Egypt. It provides an additional framework for a range of lesson plans and activity suggestions.

The characters, backgrounds, props, sound and text that are included allow students to focus on the story in a variety of ways, following activity suggestions that explore a range of Historical, English and Literacy themes:

History - five lesson suggestions requiring pupils to complete tasks such as creating timelines, investigating artefacts, and comparing the lifestyles of the rich and poor in ancient Egypt
English - suggestions for creative and factual writing, from planning through drafting and self-evaluation to the production of finished pieces
Literacy - suggestions for lessons linked to specific National Literacy Strategy objectives

Each Kar2ouche title comes with a comprehensive Teacher Support Pack. This is supplied on CD and, for network site licence editions, in hard copy format. Additional hard copies can be purchased separately.

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Kar2ouche - Electricity & Forces

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: Science
Age Range: 12 to 16
Key Stage: KS3 & 4

Kar2ouche Electricity and Forces provides an engaging way for students to develop their understanding of the unseen energies that affect us all.

The leading physicists from around the world and throughout history are presented as 3D characters that narrate a brief outline of their life story and explain their scientific ideas and the evidence for them.

Galvani and Volta argue about 'animal electricity', while Faraday investigates electricity and motion. Modern, fictional characters are also included to present arguments for different methods of generating electricity, with a debate about the pros and cons of using nuclear energy. Radioactivity is also covered in the context of the structure of the atom.

The way in which ideas about forces have changed over time is illustrated by the testimony of the ancient Greeks, such as Aristotle and Archimedes, and later renowned physicists, such as Newton and Galileo.

The suggested activities included will encourage students to show their understanding of these ideas by completing a series of tasks, ranging from creating straightforward storyboards to describe a sequence of events, to constructing a photostory or a newspaper article.

Each Kar2ouche title comes with a comprehensive Teacher Support Pack. This is supplied on CD and, for network site licence editions, in hard-copy format. Additional hard-copies can be purchased separately.

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Kar2ouche - Elements & Atoms

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: Science
Age Range: 12 to 16
Key Stage: KS3 & 4

Kar2ouche Elements and Atoms introduces students to a selection of scientists whose stories and ideas can be used to illustrate the development over time of man's knowledge about the nature of matter.

Each historical character narrates a brief outline of his or her life story and then explains their scientific ideas and evidence for them. Students can use the different characters, text and backgrounds supplied to show their understanding of the ideas in a variety of storyboard activities, ranging from creating straightforward storyboards to describe a sequence of events, to constructing a museum exhibit or a television debate.

The scientific ideas covered start with ancient Greek theories and how they gained acceptance in the Islamic world, and then the work of alchemists and how they contributed to the development of the science of chemistry. The debate over the theory of phlogiston, Dalton's ideas about atoms, Mendeleev's development of the Periodic Table, and the discovery of the structure of the atom are also addressed.

Modern, fictional characters are also included to lead a debate, in which students are asked to consider the arguments for and against the use of radioactive materials in medicine.

Each Kar2ouche title comes with a comprehensive Teacher Support Pack. This is supplied on CD and, for network site licence editions, in hard-copy format. Additional hard-copies can be purchased separately.

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Kar2ouche - Famous People from History

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: History
Age Range: 7 to 11
Key Stage: KS1 & 2

Kar2ouche Famous People from History provides an extensive range of characters, backgrounds, props and soundfiles that will enable you and your class to engage with a wide period of history from BC 450 to the present day. It is aimed at both Key Stage 1 and 2 students.

The Characters include 19 famous people, such as kings, queens, religious leaders, explorers, inventors and writers, and a selection of modern day characters to enable students to create storyboards of interviews or TV documentaries and to comment from a modern perspective on the lives of those from history.

There are five suggested activities for using the software:

What does Famous mean? - giving reasons why a particular person from history has achieved fame
Florence Nightingale - creating a storyboard of her life
Shakespeare - describing the main events in Shakespeare's life
Famous People from History - finding out about the lives of 12 famous people and putting them in the correct chronological order
Anne Frank's Story - comparing the students' typical day with Anne's diary
Thus students are able to develop their chronological understanding, their ability to gather, interpret and synthesise information as well as empathise with others.

Each Kar2ouche title comes with a comprehensive Teacher Support Pack. This is supplied on CD and, for network site licence editions, in hard copy format. Additional hard copies can be purchased separately.

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Kar2ouche - Hamlet

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: English
Age Range: 12 to 18
Key Stage: KS3, 4 & 5

Was Hamlet truly mad, or was he a cunning schemer? How can his relationships with the women in his life be interpreted? These are just two of the themes that teachers and students can address with Kar2ouche Hamlet - a great way to introduce a complex play at A level.

The complete text and audio from the play, the complete character set and a wide variety of backgrounds, props and sound effects are included. Students can produce their own interpretations of scenes from the play by posing the characters, adding their own text, recording their own voices and adding their own sound effects or music, to demonstrate their understanding and insight into the story.

Three suggested activities are provided for students to use to discuss and share their points of view:

The Play's the Thing - designed to encourage closer reading of Act 3 Scene 2 and its relationship to the play as a whole
Frailty, thy Name is Woman - focuses on Gertrude's character and how this is developed during the course of the play
What Happens in Hamlet? - students decide which three quotations best summarise each act of the play and produce a storyboard frame for each
Each Kar2ouche title comes with a comprehensive Teacher Support Pack. This is supplied on CD and, for network site licence editions, in hard-copy format. Additional hard-copies can be purchased separately.

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Kar2ouche - Health & Disease

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: Science
Age Range: 12 to 16
Key Stage: KS3 & 4

Kar2ouche Health and Disease covers a variety of topics based around the central theme of health and disease.

Students can investigate changing ideas about the heart and circulation, helped by scientists such as Aristotle, Galen and William Harvey. This topic is then extended into modern heart transplants and the problems faced by Christaan Barnard and his team. The factors behind heart disease and the ethics of using animals to provide organs for transplants can also be considered.

Also covered is the development of ideas about the spread of disease. This includes deficiency diseases, illustrated by the work of James Lind, the germ theory of disease, the discovery of penicillin, the development of vaccination and Edward Jenner's experiments. Students can also learn about modern medical issues such as the MMR vaccination debate, the link between smoking and lung cancer, and the spread of AIDS.

Students can use the different characters, text and backgrounds supplied to show their understanding of the subject in a variety of storyboard activities. The suggested activities provide a variety of tasks that range from creating straightforward storyboards to describe a sequence of events, to constructing a museum exhibit or a television debate.

Each Kar2ouche title comes with a comprehensive Teacher Support Pack. This is supplied on CD and, for network site licence editions, in hard-copy format. Additional hard-copies can be purchased separately.

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Kar2ouche - Literacy: Improving Writing

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: English
Age Range: 11 to 14
Key Stage: KS3

Aimed at years 7 to 9, Kar2ouche Improving Writing provides structured activities to help students to develop their competence and confidence when writing for a specific purpose or audience. Its highly visual presentation style stimulates students' interest in the subject, while the texts provide models for students to analyse to inform their own writing.

In addition to the suggested activities - built around all of the writing triplets - a range of ideas are included for alternative and extension activities to support each type of writing.

Most activities begin with a narrative storyboard that establishes the context for the writing task. This is followed by one or more storyboards that provide writing prompts and/or introduce particular sentence or word level skills. The final storyboard can lead students to a piece of extended writing, while the plenary activities provide guidelines for peer or self-review.

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Kar2ouche - Living Things & Healthy Lives

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: Science
Age Range: 9 to 11
Key Stage: KS2

Kar2ouche Living Things and Healthy Lives allows students to develop their knowledge of Science through exploration, discussion and visualisation. Their work in the virtual world of Kar2ouche will complement both practical experiments and research in the classroom.

There are four suggested units that allow you to integrate class, group and pair discussions with a range of computer activities. This helps you to work with students as they develop their knowledge and understanding of scientific ideas and processes. In each unit there is a range of suggested activities closely linked to Key Stage 2 of the National Curriculum.

The units are comprised of:
Healthy Eating and Teeth - focusing on the need for a balanced and varied diet, the importance of dental care and the relationship between teeth and what we eat
Moving and Growing - looking at the functions of bones, how animals can be grouped according to their skeleton, and the life cycle of humans
Blood and Circulation, and Drugs - learning about the heart and circulatory system, and discovering the harmful effects of some drugs on the body.
Micro-organisms - finding out about the harmful and beneficial activities of micro-organisms.

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Kar2ouche - Living Things in their Environments

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: Science
Age Range: 9 to 11
Key Stage: KS2

Kar2ouche helps students develop contextual understanding, critical interpretation and individual expression through a wide range of activities including interactive role-play, picture-making, storyboarding, animation, publishing and movie-making.
Living Things In Their Environments enables students to use Kar2ouche to help them develop their knowledge of Science through exploration, discussion and visualisation.
Using a wide range of appropriate characters, backgrounds, props, text and audio, students complete activities such as reordering a pre-made storyboard to show they understand how the process of pollination works, or choosing the correct habitat for certain animals. Activities are mapped to the relevant KS2 NC references.
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Kar2ouche - Local Democracy

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE)
Age Range: 9 to 11
Key Stage: KS2

Kar2ouche Local Democracy helps students to develop an awareness of democracy, community and local government. Not only will they learn about rules, laws, and crime and punishment, they will also consider their own rights and responsibilities as citizens.

A series of interactive storyboards encourages them to produce their own election manifesto to represent their views; produce a poster showing the differences between what people want and their rights and needs; and investigate why rules and laws are necessary and why people commit crimes.

Activities cover the following subjects:

Democracy - the importance of democracy and how it works; exploring who is responsible for making decisions at local and national level
Local Government - how voting in an election enables people to express their views; exploring the role of a local councillor
Rules and Laws - how and why rules and laws are made and why they can change in different situations
Rights and Responsibilities - the difference between needs and rights, and how students have various rights and responsibilities at home, at school and in the wider community
Crime and Punishment - why people commit crime, how it affects others, what should be done to punish criminals, and how victims can be supported.
Each Kar2ouche title comes with a comprehensive Teacher Support Pack. This is supplied on CD and, for network site licence editions, in hard-copy format. Additional hard-copies can be purchased separately.

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Kar2ouche - Macbeth

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: English
Age Range: 12 to 18
Key Stage: KS3, 4 & 5

Kar2ouche Macbeth provides the ideal way of helping students to visualise scenes and relate to characters from Shakespeare's tragedy.

The complete text and audio from the play, the complete character set and a wide variety of backgrounds, props and sound effects are provided for students to use to produce their own unique interpretations of scenes from the play. They can demonstrate their understanding of the story by posing the characters, adding their own text, recording their own voices and adding their own sound effects or music.

A comprehensive range of suggested lessons and activities is included, providing an ideal tool to support GCSE coursework:

In the Hotseat - gain insights into the characters of Macbeth, Lady Macbeth and/or Banquo, and see how quotations from the text can be used to support their views
Before They Were Infamous - the ways in which Macbeth and Lady Macbeth change during the course of the play
Macbeth Sorted - a revision activity to remind students of the main events of the play, in which they have to annotate a series of frames depicting ten key moments from the play and sort them into the correct sequence
Each Kar2ouche title comes with a comprehensive Teacher Support Pack. This is supplied on CD and, for network site licence editions, in hard copy format. Additional hard copies can be purchased separately.

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Kar2ouche - Maths & Problem Solving

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: Mathematics
Age Range: 9 to 11
Key Stage: KS2

Kar2ouche Maths and Problem Solving was developed to give mathematical concepts and skills a context that is real to the students, interesting and fun. It encourages students to apply learning and so demonstrate understanding as opposed to practising skills in a repetitive and disembodied way. Most of the activities are structured to provide: a compelling narrative context; practice in key skills and concepts; starter storyboards that establish the problems to which students apply the necessary skills in order to find solutions, and a plenary where they discuss the methods they have used. Activities include a range of problems based on: money; distances; time; measurement (mass, capacity, temperature); different scales and so forth.
The Education Support Pack, included free with the network license licence, contains lesson plans, activities and worksheets.

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Kar2ouche - Me & My Friends

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE)
Age Range: 7 to 9
Key Stage: KS1

Kar2ouche Me & My Friends will help students to develop awareness of their relationships with others. The storyboard and role-play activities enable them to understand more about their friendships, resolving problems, keeping safe and looking after their own bodies. In doing so, they will also learn to consider their own roles as responsible citizens.

The activities provided are divided into five sections that are linked to the Key Stage 1 National Curriculum for PSHE and Citizenship. However, all of these activities can be adapted for use at different times with different year groups. And students can use the wide range of characters, backgrounds, props and audio material to create totally new activities.

The five suggested activities include:

What is meant by the terms 'citizen' and 'citizenship'?
What qualities make a good friend, how can we improve our friendship skills and What can we do when relationships go wrong?
Learning the names of the main body parts and how to look after our own bodies
Potential problems posed by modern-day society
The use and misuse of medicines, and the potential dangers of the misuse of household products.
Each Kar2ouche title comes with a comprehensive Teacher Support Pack. This is supplied on CD and, for network site licence editions, in hard-copy format. Additional hard-copies can be purchased separately.

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Kar2ouche - Moving on: Primary to Secondary School

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE)
Age Range: 11 to 12
Key Stage: KS2 & 3

Kar2ouche Moving On has been designed specifically to address the practical and emotional issues that children face during their move from Primary to Secondary school. The activities are aimed mainly at Year 6 students, although there are some designed for Year 7 as well as activities that encourage communication between the two years.

The ideas and issues, discussion and role-play activities are based directly on needs identified during extensive research, and address issues such as making new friends, coping with change, and asking for help. They allow students to rehearse situations, anticipate events that might arise and plan how to make best use of their time and resources. By using the computer and virtual role-play, students can deal with situations, ask questions and challenge assumptions safely and in a way that avoids embarrassment and prepares individuals for transition.

The activities are divided into nine units that are linked with the Key Stage 2 National Curriculum for PSHE and Citizenship. They integrate class, group and pair discussions with a range of computer activities, and comprise:

Who Am I?
Can You Help Me?
What Can We Find Out?
All About Us
Where Am I?
What's The Time?
What Do I Need?
Would It Help If...?
What Can I Do?

Each Kar2ouche title comes with a comprehensive Teacher Support Pack. This is supplied on CD and, for network site licence editions, in hard-copy format. Additional hard-copies can be purchased separately.

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Kar2ouche - Much Ado About Nothing

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: English
Age Range: 12 to 18
Key Stage: KS3, 4 & 5

Kar2ouche Much Ado About Nothing allows students to read between the lines of Shakespeare's comedy of mistaken identity and plot twists, and develop their own interpretations.

There are innumerable ways to interpret and retell the story. Past versions on stage and in film have represented it in a variety of forms - from a farcical, light-hearted, comic crowd-pleaser to something with potentially much more menace - while the Kar2ouche version is set in the American Civil War.

By visualising scenes, students find the language more accessible, deepen their understanding of character and theme, and gain a greater insight into the play's structure.

There are many suggested activities provided in the software, including:

Barebones Much Ado - students create a summary of the narrative, incorporating key quotations and creating memorable visuals to accompany their notes
Class production - pairs of students are asked to capture the main action in a single scene
What happens when? - students open an out-of-sequence summary of the play and arrange the frames in the correct order
Finishing off - students have to complete a partially prepared storyboard comprising some quotations, some modern English summaries and a selection of images, by choosing a style of interpretation and filling in the gaps
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Kar2ouche - Music: In2arts Opera

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: Music
Age Range: 12 to 18
Key Stage: KS3, 4 & 5

Produced in association with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Kar2ouche In2Arts:Opera proves that opera can be fun and interesting at the same time. Benjamin Britten's opera, Peter Grimes, is a perfect starting point to show how opera can be a form that spans the Arts and illuminates many issues that are still relevant today, such as financial worries, social exclusion, love, religion and death.

A number of cross-curricular activities stimulate students to use their investigative and creative skills to discover the building blocks and conventions that make up opera. The activities guide students towards creating their own original work, by taking them through composing and performing their own operatic conventions, painting their interpretations of the music, role-playing the main characters and reflecting upon different points of view.

The six musical activities cover:

Why do we sing?
The role of the chorus in Peter Grimes
Aria, recitative and duet
The jigsaw
Overtures and interludes
Peter's soliloquy
The 17 suggested activities are fully mapped to the National Curriculum Key Stage 3 for Music, English, Art, Drama, PSHE, Geography and History.

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Kar2ouche - Narrative Texts & Creative Writing

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: English
Age Range: 9 to 11
Key Stage: KS2

Use creative role-play, picture making, storyboarding and animation to help students express, explore and think about different topics and experiences across the curriculum.
Students compose role-plays, storyboards, movies and animations onscreen in minutes using drag and drop commands. Each title comes with a themed resources library including characters, sounds, backgrounds and props. You can add text, speech and thought bubbles, record voices and add sound effects, create and import images to provide personalised backgrounds to a storyboard, then share work as QuickTime movies or editable Kar2ouche files.

Kar2ouche Narrative Texts & Creative Writing uses the work of established authors to stimulate students` own creative writing. Extracts from authors such as Alan Garner, Nina Bawden and the poet, UA Fanthorpe, will help students to plan, write and improve their narrative skills.

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Kar2ouche - Natural Selection & Genetics

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: Science
Age Range: 12 to 16
Key Stage: KS3 & 4

Kar2ouche Natural Selection and Genetics starts with Darwin's voyage on HMS Beagle, as he explains his ideas about natural selection, and follows the development of these ideas as they influence other scientists' subsequent theories on evolution and inheritance.

It looks at the controversy caused by Darwin's theory of evolution, and discusses alternative ideas about the origin of life. Mendel presents his work and the discovery of genes, while Crick and Watson explain the sequence of discoveries that led to our modern understanding of the structure of DNA.

Modern, fictional characters are used to present various arguments for and against the use of genetic engineering, cloning and gene therapy. They also represent current debates between creationists and supporters of the theory of evolution, and students are encouraged to use the information provided to formulate their own views on these topics. They can present their ideas by using the characters and backgrounds provided in the storyboard activities, which range from straightforward storyboards to describe a sequence of events, to constructing an encyclopaedia entry or a television interview.

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Kar2ouche - Normans

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: History
Age Range: 11 to 14
Key Stage: KS3

Kar2ouche Normans is mapped to the Key Stage 3 History curriculum and helps students to understand and interpret life in Norman times.

They can use the wide range of characters, backgrounds, props, text and audio to learn about the period and then produce their own storyboard versions of events, guided by ready-made activities, such as:

Norman Conquest - why was England invaded in 1066? Students interview the three claimants to the English throne, produce a storyboard of a news programme on the day of the Battle of Hastings, and can create - and even animate - their own version of the Bayeux Tapestry.
Norman Rule - how did the Norman Conquest change life in England? Students create storyboards about the Domesday survey, the feudal system, and the design and construction of motte and bailey castles.
Norman Kings - students can take on the role of a TV producer on a documentary about William I. They can also interrogate the people who were present when William Rufus died, and create a storyboard about Stephen's and Matilda's claims to the throne.
Church and State - students recreate a day in the life of a medieval monk and complete a storyboard about the background to Thomas Becket's murder.
Each Kar2ouche title comes with a comprehensive Teacher Support Pack. This is supplied on CD and, for network site licence editions, in hard-copy format. Additional hard-copies can be purchased separately.

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Kar2ouche - Primary Shakespeare

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: English
Age Range: 9 to 11
Key Stage: KS2

Use creative role-play, picture making, storyboarding and animation to help students express, explore and think about different topics and experiences across the curriculum.
Students compose role-plays, storyboards, movies and animations onscreen in minutes using drag and drop commands. Each title comes with a themed resources library including characters, sounds, backgrounds and props. You can add text, speech and thought bubbles, record voices and add sound effects, create and import images to provide personalised backgrounds to a storyboard, then share work as QuickTime movies or editable Kar2ouche files.

Kar2ouche Primary Shakespeare introduces students to famous scenes from three of Shakespeare`s most widely studied plays: A Midsummer Night`s Dream, Macbeth and Romeo & Juliet. Activities are provided, relating to specific objectives in the NLS for Years 3 to 6.

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Kar2ouche - RE: Learning from Religion

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE)
Age Range: 12 to 16
Key Stage: KS3 & 4

Kar2ouche Learning from Religion gives students the opportunity to learn from religion by investigating the diversity of different faiths and considering their own beliefs and values. As they develop their understanding of unfamiliar religions, they will discover a number of shared beliefs, values and practices.

Many of the themes for discussion are sensitive and potentially uncomfortable, especially if they are to be performed in front of peers. However, by using the computer and virtual role-play, students can deal with situations, ask questions and challenge assumptions in a less personally threatening or embarrassing way.

Suggested activities offer examples of just some of the ways in which Kar2ouche Learning From Religion can be used in the classroom to encourage students to analyse, interpret, consider and evaluate religious issues, and to develop their own sense of identity and belonging as citizens.

There are three units that provide a range of suggestions for using the software to address the following issues:

Religion in the Media - considering the potential impact of the media on religion
Religion and the Environment - exploring responsibility, stewardship and religious attitudes to conservation
Religion and Forgiveness - looking at religious attitudes to forgiveness and the effects of this concept

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Kar2ouche - RE: Understanding Religion

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: Religious Education
Age Range: 7 to 11
Key Stage: KS2

Kar2ouche Understanding Religion gives students the opportunity to learn about - and from - religion, by encouraging them to investigate the diversity of different faiths while considering their own beliefs and values.

They are asked to analyse, interpret and evaluate a wide range of issues from different religious perspectives, and to develop their own sense of identity and belonging as citizens. As they develop their understanding of unfamiliar religions, they will discover a number of shared beliefs, values and practices within and between religions.

By using the computer, students can deal with situations, ask questions and challenge assumptions in a less personally threatening or embarrassing way.

There are five units - each divided into four activities - covering Christianity and one other faith:

How do religions remember?
How do faith communities help people to feel involved?
What is the role of places of worship?
How are people inspirational?
How are religious ideas expressed through symbols?
The activities introduce the concepts and relate them to the students' own experiences, then develop these concepts in relation to particular faiths. Finally, they provide space for students to reflect on what they have learnt. A suggested extension activity provides structure to research an additional faith.

Each Kar2ouche title comes with a comprehensive Teacher Support Pack. This is supplied on CD and, for network site licence editions, in hard-copy format. Additional hard-copies can be purchased separately.

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Kar2ouche - Reading & Writing Stories

Publisher: Immersive Education

Subject: English
Age Range: 9 to 11
Key Stage: KS2

Use creative role-play, picture making, storyboarding and animation to help students express, explore and think about different topics and experiences across the curriculum.
Students compose role-plays, storyboards, movies and animations onscreen in minutes using drag and drop commands. Each title comes with a themed resources library including characters, sounds, backgrounds and props. You can add text, speech and thought bubbles, record voices and add sound effects, create and import images to provide personalised backgrounds to a storyboard, then share work as QuickTime movies or editable Kar2ouche files.

Extracts from stories by authors such as Aesop, C S Lewis, Jill Murphy, Alan Garner and Anne Fine encourage students to develop their own creative writing skills, including creating atmospheric settings, planning original stories and sequels, writing impressive openings, and experimenting with structure and timing.

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