The Week Junior UK – 24 August 2019

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martwatches arepopular with adults:Apple is

thought to have sold morethan 11 million of its

AppleWatches in 2018 alone. Nowacompanycalled

Xploraisl aunchingabrand new smartwatch for

young people,called the XploraGo.

Likeits equivalents for adults, the gadget tracks

how many steps its wearer takes every day,int he

hope that they’ll feel encouraged to go out and be

active as much as possible. The XploraGowill have a

website offering prizes asrewardsfor physical activity

–the first set of prizesrelates to the new filmDora

and theLost City of Gold.

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READFORGOOD STORYMAKER

readforgood.org/the-storymaker

Itching to writeastory but struggling for

inspiration? This helpful tool on the Read for

Good websitecould crack your writer’sblock:

it gives you prompts to help you makeastory

in 30 seconds–which youcanthen develop

yourself by writing.

CAN WE MINE IN SPACE?

tinyurl.com/TWJ-spacemine

If humans aretosurvive on Mars, they’ll need

resourcessuch as fuel for spaceships,water to

drink and materials to build bases onfar-flung

planets. This videoexplains how soon we might

be able to mine asteroids to provide astronauts

with the essentials for life in space.

SECRETS&HACKS

JEFF MOORE

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he RichardCloudesley School inLondon isaschool

for young people with physical disabilities and

additional sensory needs. It has now become the

first school in the UK to schedule gaming classes and

use specialcontrollers to help its pupils develop their

physical andcommunication skills, while having fun

with their friends.

The XboxAdaptiveControllerwasdesigned by

Microsoft, the maker of the XboxOne console, to help

people with limited mobility to play games. Itcan

connect buttons, switches and joystickstogether with

the assistive devices used by people with physical

disabilities, so that theycanplay.

Peggle 2and Scribblenauts Showdown aretwo

of the games being used in lessons. It is hoped other

schools will create the same classes.“It’sabout

learning the social skills:theresilience, losing and

winning, all of those things that actually haveahuge

impact on therest of your life,”headteacher Francis

Gonzalez told the BBC, when it visited the school.

Awatch made for

young people

Fun gaming lessons forBritish school

The students use

specialcontrollers.

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GET WALKING DIRECTIONS IN AR

On some phones,

Google Maps

cannow show

augmented-reality

walking directions.

Search foraplace,

tap Directions and

then thewalking

button:if you see a

buttoncalled Live

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the new feature.

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with thewatch.