Nursery Rhyme Adventures

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Nursery Rhyme Adventures

• Welcome to the world of nursery rhymes. Through a
  journey of different times and places you will
  visit some strange and interesting characters. At
  each part of the adventure you will need to use
  you science to help these characters.

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Humpty Dumpty
Humpty DumptySat on a wall,Humpty DumptyHad a
great fallAll the king's horsesAnd all the
kings men,Couldn't put HumptyTogether again.
After all the kings horses and all the kings
men fail to put Humpty together again, they
promise never to let such an accident happen
again. The King orders you to find the best
material to place under the wall as a safety net.
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Theres a hole in my bucket

• Theres a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear
  Liza, Theres a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, a
  hole.
• Then mend it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
  Then mend it, dear Henry, dear Henry, mend it.
• With what shall I mend it? dear Liza, dear
  Liza,With what shall I mend it, dear Liza, with
  what?
• With straw, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear
  Henry,With straw, dear Henry, dear Henry, with
  straw.
• The straw is too long, dear Liza, dear Liza,The
  straw is too long, dear Liza, too long.
• Then cut it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear
  Henry,Then cut it, dear Henry, dear Henry, cut
  it!

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• With what shall I cut it? dear Liza, dear
  Liza,With what shall I cut it, dear Liza, with
  what?
• With an axe, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear
  Henry,With an axe, dear Henry, dear Henry, with
  an axe.
• The axe is too blunt, dear Liza, dear Liza,The
  axe is too blunt, dear Liza, too blunt.
• Then sharpen it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear
  Henry,Then sharpen it, dear Henry, dear Henry,
  sharpen it.
• With what shall I sharpen it? dear Liza, dear
  Liza,With what shall I sharpen lt, dear Liza,
  with what?
• With a stone, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear
  Henry,With a stone, dear Henry, dear Henry, with
  a stone.

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• But the stone is too dry, dear Liza, dear
  Liza,But the stone is too dry, dear Liza, too
  dry.
• Then wet it! dear Henry, dear Henry, dear
  Henry,Then wet it! Dear Henry, dear Henry, wet
  it!
• With what shall I wet it? dear Liza, dear
  Liza,With what shall I wet it? dear Liza, with
  what?
• With water! dear Henry, dear Henry, dear
  Henry,With water! dear Henry, dear Henry, with
  water.
• With what shall I fetch it? dear Liza, dear
  Liza,With what shall I fetch it? dear Liza, with
  what?
• With a bucket! Dear Henry, dear Henry, dear
  Henry,With a bucket! dear Henry, dear Henry,
  with a bucket!
• But there's a hole in my bucket! dear Liza, dear
  Liza,There's a hole in my bucket! dear Liza, a
  hole!

You have come across a boy who is having big
problems with his bucket! All the water in his
bucket is escaping through a hole. Which will be
the best type of material for blocking the hole?
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London Bridge is Falling Down
Later in your journey you come across a crowd
staring at a bridge. Unfortunately the bridge has
started to fall down. What are you able to do?

• London bridge is falling down,Falling down,
  falling down,London bridge is falling down,My
  fair lady.
• Build it up with wood and clay,Wood and clay,
  wood and clay,Build it up with wood and clay,My
  fair lady.

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Wash the Dishes

• Wash the dishes,Wipe the Dishes,Ring the bell
  for teaThree good wishes,Three good wishes,I
  will give to thee.

You continue on your journey around Nursery Rhyme
Land. You soon come across a woman who is having
difficulties with washing her plates. Can you
help to find out which is the best type of
washing up liquid?
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English Country Garden

• How many kinds of sweet flowers growIn an
  English country garden?We'll tell you now of
  some that we know,Those we miss you'll surely
  pardon.Daffodils, Heart's Ease and
  Flox,Meadowsweet and Lady Smocks,Gentain,
  Lupine and tall Hollihocks.Roses,
  Foxgloves,Snowdrops, blue forget-me-nots,In an
  English country garden.

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• How many insects come here and goIn an English
  country garden?We'll tell you now of some that
  we know,Those we miss you'll surely
  pardon.Fireflies, Moths, Gnats and Bees,Spiders
  climbing in the trees,Butterflies drift in the
  gentle breeze,There are snakes, Ants that
  stingAnd other creepy things,In an English
  country garden.

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• How many songbirds fly to and froIn an English
  country garden?We'll tell you now of some that
  we know,Those we miss you'll surely
  pardon.Bobolink, Cuckoo and Quail,Tanager and
  Cardinal,Bluebird, Lark, Thrush and
  Nightingale,There is joy in the springWhen the
  birds begin to sing,In an English country
  garden.

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• How many kinds of sweet flowers growIn an
  English country garden?We'll tell you now of
  some that we know,Those we miss you'll surely
  pardon.Daffodils, Heart's Ease and
  Flox,Meadowsweet and Lady Smocks,Gentain,
  Lupine and tall Hollihocks.Roses,
  Foxgloves,Snowdrops, blue forget-me-nots,In an
  English country garden.

Next on your journey you meet a young girl who is
playing in her garden. oh please can you help
me? she asks kindly. I have so many lovely
plants and animals, but I dont know how I can
sort them into groups.