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60 Second Science Quick science activities for young people. Love it! Animated Science There are animations, photos, videos, and forums all aimed at secondary school science.  The author is a practicing teacher and the site was originally intended for the use of his pupils. The animations are designed to be suitable for use in the classroom or at home on PC or multimedia projector. They span various topics such as electricity, radioactivity, waves, forces, rocks, bonding and earth sciences. There is also a large collection of photos which are intended for educational use. Association for Science Education Useful. There are some excellent resources and ideas for SEN (follow the links to SEN CD Rom). AstraZeneca Science teaching Trust A useful collection of CPD materials in the teachers' section. BBC Science Clips Loads of interactive activities for primary children. Excellent. Brainpop Science Information and activities for children on a wide range (more than 150) of science topics. This excellent resource contains all sorts of child-friendly things and lots of ideas for things to do. Unfortunately, there's now charge for what they used to give for free - except for a few samples. It is quite expensive but membership gives access to similar collections for Technology, English, Maths, Art & Music, Social Studies and Health. There is also a support section for teachers. The pages have rather a lot of graphics to load and can be a little slow if you don't have a broadband connection but worth waiting for. Brantacan This site is obviously produced by an enthusiast. There is an excellent section about Bridges, as well as sections about Colours, Nature's Maths, Physics, Snakes, Sound and Water. There is a link from the water pages to a fascinating section about Spiders' Webs. The site looks at the science and maths in these topics but shows an awareness of the artistic dimension, too. This is well worth a look. BA The British Association for the Advancement of Science The premier organisation promoting the cause and advancement of science. Channel 4 Science pages More than just information about their programmes, this site has links to lots of useful things. The Constants and Equations Page This is really useful.  Do you want to know the mass of the Earth, its volume or the time of sunrise in Kabul on January 18th? Do you know how many gallons there are in a dry pint? Do you know what a slug or G-pound is and how many Kg it is equal to? This site has over 4500 pages of information about scientific, mathematical or astronomical constants and equations. Dataloggerama Roger Frost, Science teaching guru tells you all you need to know about datalogging - what hardware and software you could use, how to use it, ideas for projects and much more besides. EcSite Looking for your local science centre or museum? This is the site for you. It is a network site for finding out what is available / going on in different areas of the UK. Enchanted Learning American site specifically designed to be easily negotiable for children. Covers a great deal of biology, but has an extensive dictionary and encyclopaedia. Many, many printouts of living things. Arts and crafts. Continually updated, almost day-by-day.  Quickly responsive to requests from teachers for specific materials. Designed and run by Jeananda Col, who says, "Our mission is to produce the best educational material, emphasizing creativity and the pure enjoyment of learning." This is an excellent website, well worth a visit. ExamCentre Examcentre is aimed at 16-18 yearolds who are studying for science exams and at their teachers. There are forums where students can discuss their subjects and ask questions and a forum for teachers, too. There are also over 300 articles on scientific topics, written by experts. Sadly, the team who run this site have recently had to introduce a moderate membership fee for access to the articles (£10 p a) in order to maintain the sites ability to provide a high quality service. Probably well worth it if you, or your students are that stage of things. Exploratorium The Museum of Science, Arts and Human Perception. This is a well structured, attractive, child-friendly site with lots of interesting and esoteric stuff about science  - try Searching for Extremophiles in Kamchatka, Accidental Science in the Kitchen, Weather in Outer Space and much more... Goalfinder This site, based in India, has a large number of science animations, covering a wide variety of topics. The people behind this site are committed to the idea of curiosity as a driving force in learning about science. Most of the animations are members only and must be paid for, but there is a selection of shorter ones that are downloadable for free. Heroes of Science and Technology Lots of information on Richard Arkwright the Cotton King. Also info on the inventors of steel and the toilet, plus four other lesser known inventors. Need to subscribe to access the whole A to Z of inventors. This one is the work of Adam Hart-Davis in his more serious mode. How Stuff Works The name says it all. A huge collection of interesting stuff - car engines, combination locks, food, the immune system - readable and informative explanations of everyday technology and natural processes. You could get stuck here for years! (You'll have to put up with the advertising, though). Inside Out This is the education website of the Royal Institution and, therefore, well worth looking at. Mad Scientists A collection of scientists / researchers / lecturers will answer any questions on a scientific subject that are posted to them. Or read previously posted answers (There's a rather odd random selection page). No excuses now for not knowing the answers. This is a pretty strange site but brimming with interest. Ontario Science Centre Online Science Zone Lots of really interesting fun things to do. Kids will love it - and it's educational. Planet Science Not about Space, as you might think, but a superb resource from NESTA. Masses of good quality science resources for KS3-4 and now with stuff for under 11's, too. There are resources for teachers as well as activities and information for pupils. Preschool Science This is a different site to the one we used to link to. This is an American site offering lots of information and ideas for preschool science activities. Primary Resources for Science Part of the larger Primary Resources Website. Has worksheets, lesson plans etc. for nine science activities in its science section. Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab A collection of free activities and links for parents, teachers and children of all ages. Looks like fun. The Science Learning Network SLN explain themselves thus: The Science Learning Network (SLN) is an online community of educators, students, schools, science museums and other institutions demonstrating a new model for inquiry science education. The site has links to the member museums (including our own Science Museum, London) and a superb collection of resource links. Sci-Journal An award winning on-line journal where children can publish the results of their own investigations and read about the scientific studies of other young people. They say: All the articles we publish have been produced by students, often as part of classes in school or college work. Are you looking for ideas about practical work, science labs, science investigations, practical science, or even Sc1's and POAE's? Do you get involved in science fairs, technology fairs, science competitions, laboratory work, science fieldwork or science hypothesis testing? Have you got something interesting to tell other people about some science work you've done? Science Active A useful collection of science stuff for KS3, KS4 and beyond. Includes information for students and downloadable files (mainly PowerPoint presentations). Science Explorer Look no further - science experiments galore! Science Interactives from Utah Education Network  Lots of interactive Flash movies on a wide variety of topics. (You can also find interactives for other ages and subjects by tracking back to 3-6 Home and then using the options at the bottom of the page). Science Museum, London Clicking on this link takes you to The National Museum of Science and Industry. You can reach three museums via this link. The Science Museum has information about exhibitions and collections in the museum, visitor information, movies and sound about Renaissance engineers, a look inside Apollo 10 and the chance to build a rocket online. The National Museum of Photography, Film and Television has information about the museum, visitor information, and information about photography. Chance to Make your own television programme. The National Railway Museum has information about exhibitions and collections in the museum, visitor information, story of the railway, railway posters and photographic exhibition. Science One Stop A very flashy website which is actually a well-structured links list. The site arose out of the Planet Science project (There's a link to that a little further up the page) and is run by ASE. There are lots of useful links here for anyone who teaches science s well as lots of other interesting things (including a section for technicians). Science Web This site is sponsored by the Wellcome Trust's Medicine in Society Programme, but don't be fooled, it covers all aspects of science. If you are teaching KS1 or KS2 science then this is a must visit site. There are resource packs to go with each of the QCA units,  kid's questions asked and answered and a selection of good ideas for finding other resources. This is now a membership site but membership is cheap and can be paid for with ELCs. Sheffield College Science Weblinks A useful collection of links Spolem.co.uk This is a really slick links list, concentrating on scientific topics and including links for KS2 up to  A Level. Lots of useful links. Teaching Ideas for Primary Science Resources for 9 different science activities are currently available. Suitable for Key Stages 1 and 2. Time Have fun with this site! Learn all about time and try some of the exciting activities which include such interesting topics as Time Machine, Exact Time and Beat the Clock. Why Files (The Science Behind the News) This is a large, up-to-date database answering topical science questions. The University of Wisconsin updates the site. If a science related topic appears in the news, for example, a new discovery in medicine or a space event, this site attempts to explain the science behind it. Some KS2 pupils may also find this site worth looking at. Highly recommended.
Periodicals
Nature The website of the premier scientific journal. New Scientist Keep up to date with all the news in the world of science. Science Worlds This is a free magazine aimed at A level students. Their website has a useful collection of fascinating answered questions about science.
The Biological World
Animal Information Database Everything you ever wanted to know about animals - and a bit more! ARKive A huge collection of photographs of named animal species. There are two sections: one of endangered species, the other of British species. Excellent! Bagheera The website for endangered species. Cells & Heredity A links list with lots of links to stuff about cells and heredity. Well worth a look. Zoom Dinosaurs Lots of info about dinosaurs! EcoKids Great Canadian site for kids. Lots of Flash activities that are both educational and fun. Euro Turtle Conservation and biology of the Mediterranean sea turtles. Grassland Explorer These two sites are all part of a much larger site called Nature Explorer. It is attractive and easy to navigate. They are designed to support Key Stage 2/3 Life and Living Processes. Also available on the Nature Explorer site are "Pond Explorer", "Kingfisher Trail", "Sunrise Trail", Woodland Explorer and "Infant Explorer" (a literacy site for Key Stage 1). Very useful! (PS Spot the spelling mistake on the shield bug page!) The Great Plant Escape An interactive site all about plants. Kids will enjoy this one, it's fun and informative Marwell Zoological Park More animal information. Natural History Museum Yes - That big place in South Kensington. Galleries, interactive features and ant colony webcam!. Loads of info on the natural world. Nature Grid This is the website of Kent LA's Canterbury Environmental Education Centre. It's a great place! As well as lots of information about the Broadoak Nature Reserve in Canterbury, of wider interest is the curriculum area, with links to pages about how the site can help with National Curriculum studies. Best of all are the Virtual tours in the Nature Explorers section. There are sections about ponds, woodlands, grasslands, rivers. There is also a part for infants and more... RSPB Find out all about birds in their youth pages. Secret Garden This is an great site that shows you the natural world of flowers from a different angle - x-rays. See the beauty of flowers as you have never seen it before. Switcheroo Zoo This is weird, but kids will love it. Make your own hybrid animals and find out about the animals that you have used parts of while you do it. There's lots more, too. Treasures@Sea A host of differentiated activities and information about the sea and animals in general. An excellent resource for classroom use. Water An excellent American site with lots of ways to investigate water. Combat pollution and clean up a virtual oil spill. Follow the toilet flush to learn about sewage and recycling, or create your own miniature water cycle. World Wildlife Fund A great site for animal and conservation information.
Environmental
EarthGuide An interactive and easy-to-use educational resource about Earth, oceans and the environment. Animations, teaching ideas, information, news and much more. Evergreen Project Adventures Environmental education site from the Missouri Botanical Garden. Useful, interesting and simple. There are teachers pages and children's activities and information focusing on biomes of the world, freshwater and marine ecosystems. (There are also adverts for products to purchase). Garbage Reducing waste in the environment. Ocean Planet Discover all about the oceans and seas of the world. Topics include pollution, sea surprises, and biodiversity. Suitable for use in the KS 2 classroom for geography or sea related themes. There are also numerous links to educational resources and activities. Recycle City A great place to find out about environmental issues. Wild About Woodlands From the Woodland Trust. There are loads of interactive games and activities for both primary and secondary pupils.
The Geological World
The Grand Canyon Explorer Have you heard about the amazing names geologists have given the layers of rock in the Grand Canyon? Do you know where the layers of rock came from, and how the Grand Canyon was formed? If you're curious, here's a place to start! Great site but the front page is huge and takes ages to download. Volcano World The place to go for the latest news on volcanic eruptions. Volcanoes A great site for information on rocks and our earth.
The Human Body
BodyQuest Anatomy - aimed at 11-16 year olds. This is a ThinkQuest site and well worth a look. Come To Your Senses Explore the five senses with the help of Mr Potato Head! This site is ideally suited to older Key Stage 2 pupils. It is packed with information, activities and pictures and will provide a useful resource as part of a human body science topic. Constipation Concentration Warning! This site contains rude noises. Match the sounds to discover the science behind these involuntary human responses. Key Stage 2 pupils will find this a hilarious addition to science topics on the human body. This is just one of the games in the Ontario Science Centre's Games Zone. Eat 5 A Day A useful little site which extols the virtues of eating a healthy diet (Shame about the song!). You can discover facts about all kinds of fruit and the site is dotted with fruity characters who talk to you and tell you about themselves. Linked from this site is the Fruit and Vegetable Encyclopedia which has masses of information about nutritional values, growing and harvesting, recipes and lots more. EyeTricks A great collection of optical illusions, but lots of ads, too. Human Body Adventure Here's a great site for children! Explore the human body and find out how it works and what it does. Nutrition for a Living Planet An excellent source of information and sensible advice about nutrition. How much should you eat, what's good for you and what's not. Optical Illusions Find out about optical illusions and how they work. A fun resource for KS2 groups studying the workings of the eye or brain. Sandlot Science A great site for optical illusions. masses of examples and explanations. Skull Discover the secrets of the human skull.  While the text may be too detailed for use with KS2 pupils, they will certainly enjoy the Quick Time movies and could easily navigate their way around the skull. An interesting and informative resource for biology students. The Tress Test Experience this strange auditory illusion, and discover the 'verbal transformation effect'. What words can your pupils hear? An interesting experiment for Key Stage 2 pupils studying the senses or the human body in science. You Must Be Hearing Things It's not only your eyes that can be fooled into seeing things, but your ears can be fooled into hearing things! Yes, they are possible. Don't believe it? Check it out 'ear!!!! Great for Key Stage 2. Your Gross and Cool Body Discover the sights and sounds of the human body at this site where biological facts and illustrations are presented in an amusing and informative manner. You can explore bodily functions (e.g. spit, snot, or ear wax) or select a body system for further explanations and descriptions. Key Stage 2 pupils will enjoy this fun classroom resource. Yuckiest Site on the Internet Especially for young scientists interested in the body and insects. This one really appeals to kids. As well as telling all about the stuff they are most interested in (ie poo, pee, burps, farts, hiccoughs etc.) it also has sections about Roaches (cockroaches) and Worms.
Microscopy and Minibeasts
Bug Club The Bug Club the junior section of the Amateur Entymologists Society and is a club devoted to young people and the "Young at heart" who find insects and other creepy crawlies interesting and even fascinating. BugScope This is a great site if you want to look at pictures of bugs taken with a scanning electron microscope. The Bugscope project provides schools with the opportunity to send in their own specimens and examine them, operating the SEM remotely. The images are then added to their database for anyone to browse. Bugscope is based at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois.  The Bumblebee Pages If you want to know something about bumblebees, then this is the place for you. Quality scientific information presented in a friendly and readable way. The pages are well illustrated, too. Beltsville Electron Microscopy Unit Another American site with some fascinating electron microscope images. MicroAngela Explore familiar and unexpected views of the microscopic world with these colorized images from electron microscopes. Insects, moulds, cells, sea creatures. Most are serious scientifically useful images, but beware a few are jokes! (They are pretty easy to spot) Microbes.Info If you want to find out more about bacteria, viruses, fungi or anything else in the world of microbiology then this comprehensive and well organised links collection is a great starting place. It will probably be of most use to those studying at A level or higher, but there is plenty for lower level study too, especially in the FAQ section. The Scanning Electron Microscope Breathtaking pictures of small things blown up to huge sizes. Most belong in the Living World section but some are inanimate objects. You'll never touch a mascara brush again once you've seen what it looks like close up. Yucky Bug World - Cockroaches A great resource for studying minibeasts. There are suggested activities for both KS1and KS2 at the ‘Teacher Center’ (qv). Yuckiest Site on the Internet Especially for young scientists interested in the body and insects. This one really appeals to kids. As well as telling all about the stuff they are most interested in (ie poo, pee, burps, farts, hiccoughs etc.) it also has sections about Roaches (cockroaches) and Worms.
The Physical World (including Chemistry)
1001 Periodic Table Quiz Questions Free downloadable (mainly) chemistry quizzes for ages 8 - 18.Worth looking at. Atoms Family An introduction to some of the basic principles of physics. Topics include kinetic and potential energy, atoms and matter, light and electricity. This fun and informative site contains animated illustrations and simple experiments which can be used for science lessons across the Key Stages. Cavalcade O' Chemistry "I've put a bunch of free stuff on the internet for chemistry teachers. It's all free, and there's no annoying sales pitch for anything. After all, I'm a regular classroom teacher like yourselves," says Mr Guch. ChemSketch A useful freeware download for A level chemistry - for producing equipment diagrams.   Crocodile Clips Crocodile Clips is a commercial company selling interactive science software to schools. Most of their stuff is aimed at KS3+ but they have a very useful freebie in their Free Software section - An interactive electrical circuit maker. You can drag and drop components and then make the circuits work on screen. When you switch on the bulbs virtually light up! And the brightness varies according to the number of bulbs and batteries connected. Simple enough for KS2 and meaty enough for KS3+. Discover Petroleum - the Institute of Petroleum All you ever needed to know about oil - and a little bit more! Great, easily accessible information and pictures and some interactive games to develop deeper understanding. Engineering Interact Although it sounds like it should be on the DT page, this is actually a science site (from Cambridge University). There are interactive games and teaching modules , closely tied to the requirements of the UK National Curriculum. Essential Guide to Rocks A BBC site which says it all! It's A Breeze: How Air Pressure Affects You Key Stage 2 pupils will find this a useful site to enhance work in science on air pressure. Find out why ears pop, how much pressure we are under and why we don't collapse. Mechanical Toys All about toys that move! Rubber bands, springs, flywheels, candles and gravity power the toys which range from camphor boats to rubber-band guns. Get loads of ideas! Met.Office Find out all you ever needed to know about the weather. Online Experiments Colorado State University's Little Shop of Physics website is devoted to science education. Click the link for Online Experiments - Kids will love them. Have fun and learn some useful science at the same time! The Particle Adventure The Particle Adventure is an award-winning site that allows you to explore the world of fundamental particles and forces and then to investigate the experimental evidence and techniques. Lots of cartoons and trivia questions to keep you interested. School Science This one is a growing resource. Interactive pages suited to KS4 and beyond. Tick VG! The Interactive Periodic Table is superb. You roll the mouse over the element and a panel pops up giving you such information as physical data, discoverer and date and lots lots more. Water Rocket Index Do you want to know about water rockets? Well this is the place for you. There are pages about making them, using them, safety, problems etc. A great site for young rocket scientists (and older ones, too!). Paul Grosse, the author says, "..water Rockets for education or hobby for all ages. Just for fun or up to PhD fluid dynamics. Parachutes, aerial photography, launchers, even a screensaver. Site referenced by NASA as a teaching resource. Computer Model and HTML help in four different languages for free download". Water Science for Schools Exactly what it says - enjoy!
Space
Arty The Part Time Astronaut Superb! Highly interactive site. Join Arty and explore the solar system. There are online activites, downloads and information. The level is ideal for KS2 and could even be accessible to upper KS1. Amongst other goodies this site contains the clearest explanation of the phases of the moon that I have seen. BNSC - The British National Space Centre Click on the Learning Zone area. There you will find information and activities for both younger and older students. Well presented and informative this is a welcome addition to the plethora of space-related websites. Major sections of the text are downloadable as Word documents or PDF files and they are developing a teacher support area. Constellations and their Stars Lots of information about and lists of constellations and stars. Also photos, interactive star charts, links etc. Dustbunny's Astronomy for Kids Great site all about astronomy. Information about the planets and when they can be seen (regularly updated) as well as word searches, electronic postcards with space pictures, answers to scientific questions about space and a good links page. Earth and Moon viewer A definite must for work on the Earth in Space! View a map of the Earth showing day and night regions right at this moment, as seen from the sun, the moon, or a satellite. Or view the moon from above named locations. There is also a link to an interactive orrery. NASA Website An excellent site. Everything you every wanted to know about spaceflight, past and present. Lots of photographs, pictures, animations, videos and audio clips. National Space Science Centre This is the UK's Space Science Centre (What do you mean, you didn't know we had one?) Find out more ... Nine Planets Another excellent site packed with interesting information, photographs, pictures, animations and videos. It is written in a format that will appeal and interest primary school children. Text is large and clear and difficult words can be looked up via a dictionary. If the link above is a bit slow try this one. Planet 10 This is a great interactive site. Children can take a tour through the Solar System or design a replacement for Planet Earth. Kids love it. Solar System A site researched and built by Year 6 children at Hugo Meynell School, Staffs. Don't miss it! Solar System Journey Travel through the Solar System and get an idea of its real scale (something that most texts / sites don't address). Space Lots of information about the planet Mars and linked activities. You can lead a virtual expedition to the Martian surface and get instructions to make a model of the Sun - Earth - Moon system. Space Place Younger children will LOVE this site, packed with all sorts of interesting activities about space and astronomy from NASA. Get out your sticky tape and scissors and prepare for some fun! Very slow to download initially. StarChild An excellent site for youngsters with a real interest in astronomy. Its pages are written on two levels - level one aimed at the primary age range and Level 2 at secondary. Don't miss it! Sundials A great little resource if you want to produce templates for sundials for your children to make. You can download a program called Shadows which will calculate and draw the correct template for any given latitude / location. You can photocopy them onto card and your children can make their own sundials. The program can produce 8 different kinds of sundial (eg horizontal, vertical). My year 5's thought it was great fun. Understanding the Universe Part of Discovery Channel's website. Tour the Universe, explore awesome ideas about time and space, find out about famous space scientists (and not so famous ones, too) Views of the Solar System Learn all about the Sun's planets and trace the history of man's conquest of space. Who's Out There? - A SETI Adventure A site suitable for older children which examines the possibility of life in outer space. Part of the main SETI (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) site. There are a lot of other interesting things in the SETI site. Look under Education and Public Outreach. Windows to the Universe Lots of information about the Earth and the universe. The site contains interactive literacy games, puzzles, and colouring book plus an extensive range of classroom activities for teachers. An exciting resource for Space topic work from KS2 onwards. Your Weight on Other Worlds Does just what it says on the packet! Work out what you would weigh on Mars, or Venus, or Jupiter, or..... You can click on the pictures of the planets and get to the pages of The Nine Planets

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