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| 12 Primary Science Activities |
| Twelve KS2 Science Activities covering: Sound, Solar System, Light and Shadows, Magnets and Springs, Rocks and Soil, Solids and Liquids. |
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| Aston Hall for Kids |
| An interactive resource based on Aston Hall including fun activities including Tudor food i.e. make a heraldic tart, decorate a sugar paste plate and goblet and decorate a boar's head.
Flash player required. |
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| Bedazzled |
| An online magazine where you can discover more about style, fashion and accessories from the past to the present. From Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Suitable for Key Stage 3 - 4. |
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| Bemused! |
| Bemused about Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery?
Well don't be. Be excited, be aware, be informed, be amused, don't just sit there...be involved.
Visit Bemused, a new website featuring videos, activities, gallery and a 'your say' topic areas. |
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| Black History Month Quiz 2006 |
| This is the Black History Month quiz for 2006. It is based on Britain's (and Birmingham's) links with the slave trade, hence the name Breaking the Chains. It is more than a quiz. Hopefully, it will encourage students to find out more and to carry out some enquiry work of their own. It will also act as a launch for the Breaking the Chains project for 2007 where Birmingham will commemorate the 200th anniversary of the ending of Britain's involvement in the slave trade. |
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| Blakesley Hall for Kids |
| An interactive resource including 'The Building', Servants Room', Kitchen' and other interactive activities. Flash player required. |
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| BMAG Schools Website |
| This is the Schools website created by the Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery Schools Liaison Team, and includes learning support and interactive learning activities. |
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| British Museum: Ancient Civilisations |
| This actoivity allows learners to study ancient ciovilisations from the viewpoint of six themes: cities, writing, buildings, trade, technology and religion. |
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| Channel 4 Origination |
| This site used to be called the Black History Map. This provides a gateway to websites about Black and Asian history, across the British Isles.
Information can be accessed according to: location (via the map, e.g. can access information in the West Midlands about either Birmingham or Coventry); time period (via the timeline); or subject (via the search facility).
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| Christmas Around The World |
| A factual Christmas website with a collection of 30 countries and how they celebrate Christmas, particularly focusing on history and tradition.
The information is factual and presented as detailed text. It could be used as pupil research to produce reports or presentations using skills such as skimming and scanning, note making and a range of speaking and listening skills through presentations.
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| Clip Art for Language Teachers - Link 2 |
| A good collection of simple line-drawings to be used by MFL teachers. Some of the drawings are accomplished, others amusingly primitive, but most are very clear. They are designed to be as culturally and linguistically neutral as possible. As well as nouns on several topics (such as "things", "food and drink" and "places"), there are illustrations of key verbs, adjectives and pronouns as well as a good "medical" section. |
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| Colour Perception |
| Quite simply these are some of the most staggering optical effects I have ever seen. I guarantee you will not believe your eyes. This resource has been generously donated by eChalk Ltd. |
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| Coloured Text Mind Masher |
| Are you ready for your left brain to battle with your right brain. Sounds bizarre. Try this classy mind boggler if you're brave enough. This resource has been generously donated by eChalk Ltd. |
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| Control Resources |
| Resources are intended for use with interactive whiteboards and to enable (kinaesthetic) pupil interaction whilst promoting discussion. Several pages of increasing difficulty, are available and can be used as starters or in the plenary session. Principally aimed at Levels 3 and 4 they can be used as quick reminders when working at higher levels.
(YOU NEED TO EXTRACT FROM THE ZIP FILE) |
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| Create a Masterpiece |
| Fun interactive Art activity - add some mystery symbols to a famous painting and find the hidden meanings! Flash player required. |
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| Curator Collection Game |
| Can you catch all the falling items without breaking any? A fun interactive game showing historical items from the Egyptian, Roman, Victorian and World War II periods. Flash player required. |
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| Curriculumbits.com |
| This is a free online library of e-learning resources in a growing range of Key Stage 3 and 4 subjects, currently including Art and Design, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, English, Mathematics, French, German, Geography, Physical Education, Performing Arts and Business
Studies.
All of the resources are developed by e-learning specialists in collaboration with teaching staff to ensure that each activity meets specific objectives of the National Curriculum. Video, audio,
animation and interactivity have been included for engagement of students and facilitation of learning. |
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| Digital Handsworth |
| An excellent website on the history and people of Handsworth. A main feature is the collection of Vanley Burke photographs on it. |
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| Dimple or Pimple |
| Pre-conceptions and assumptions are important...they even affect the way we see the world around us. This resource has been generously donated by eChalk Ltd. |
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| Exploring Perspective |
| This is a set of interactive scenes where you can play with differing perspectives and see the effects of size and scale. You can also explore how some famous artists have used perspective to give their paintings more realism. |
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| Extraordinary Earth |
| An interactive resource where you can investigate many objects from around the world and discover funny fascinating facts about the object! Flash player required. |
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| Finger Spelling |
| This is an activity designed to familiarise students with a version of sign language called the British two-handed finger spelling alphabet. There are three different activities which test your knowledge of the alphabet. |
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| Food Stories - closed version |
| Where does food come from? Have you ever wondered, when you sit down to eat a meal, how many different stages your food has gone through before arriving on your plate? Well, now you can find out how one popular foodstuff is made. Have a go and see if you can identify all the stages of manufacture correctly. |
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| Food Stories - open ended version |
| Where does food come from? Have you ever wondered, when you sit down to eat a meal, how many different stages your food has gone through before arriving on your plate? Well, now you can find out how one popular foodstuff is made. Have a go and see if you can identify all the stages of manufacture correctly. |
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| Freemind |
| Freemind, a free mindmapping tool. |
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| German Football Game: Torwand |
| Get ready for the 2006 World Cup by playing the web version of German TV's goal-scoring game Torwand. Play solo, against an opponent by e-mail or against another person sitting at the same computer. Teachers: the Goethe Institut could bring a real Torwand to your school - for more info go to this URL: http://www.goethe.de/ins/gb/lon/lhr/akt/ftb/de388902.htm |
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| Google Earth creates time machine to visit Ancient Rome |
| Google Earth has reconstructed a virtual ancient Rome in its popular 3D map tool.
An awe-inspiring simulation tool which allows users to recreate a sense of the original unspoilt buildings of Rome, visit Julius Caesar's Forum, stand in the centre of the Colosseum or swoop over the Basilica. |
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| Herakles |
| The story of Herakles and his Twelve Labours is one of the most exciting and famous of all the Greek myths. You get the chance to read this exciting story and then complete the 12 tasks. Perfect opportunity to combine literacy skills with history in this cross curricular website.
An Etymological Dictionary of words and their Greek origins has also been provided to enhance the children’s understanding of language.
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| Identification Keys |
| Introduce your class to ID keys with this lovely whiteboard activity. The resource also includes printed materials for pupils to devise their own keys. This resource has been generously donated by eChalk Ltd. |
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| Language of the Month |
| This website offers free language programs, audio files and other resources to promote language awareness at different key stages in schools. The project has recently won a European Award for Languages from CILT. |
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| Learn about Landscapes |
| A fun interactive activity where you can discover useful tips about drawing landscapes including perspective and much more. Flash player required. |
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| Life of Gandhi |
| A H A T M A
LIFE OF GANDHI 1869-1948.
Script, commentary and direction by Vithalbhai Jhaveri.
Produced by The Gandhi National Memorial Fund.
This website gives access to the first complete biographical documentary film of Ghandi’s life.
The film is very very long and would need editing to make a useful teaching resource but that is possible to do. The story is narrated and has English, Hindi and German sub titles.
Obviously the footage is old but it should have impact on the pupils with its authenticity – ‘real life footage’.
The footage could be used as part of an assembly or lesson and would fit particularly well in Black History month.
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| Make Beliefs Comix |
| This is a free online tool for creating comic strips, which could be used by pupils to support a wide range of curriculum areas, especially literacy, EAL, community languages, communication skills-based learning and special education needs such as autism or emotional difficulties. Because the resource offers a choice of emotions which can be portrayed by the comic characters, a particularly relevant use could also for the development of emotional intelligence, behaviour and PSHE issues best represented by examples in contexts. |
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| Message in a Portrait |
| Discover the hidden coded messages and clues within the portraits. Flash player required. |
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| MFL Resources Site |
| A treasure-house of free teacher-contributed resources of all kinds (worksheets, PowerPoints, games, OHTs) for and by UK language teachers, this excellent web site is associated with a Yahoo group of similar name. Please note that the actual Yahoo group is on the US Yahoo site, not the UK one. Join up and contribute! |
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| Moonlander Game |
| Use your thrusters to overcome the effects of gravity and bring the moonlander safely down to earth. This resource has been generously donated by eChalk Ltd. |
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| Moving Here |
| There is a lot on this site but it does not appear overwhelming to the user due to the organisation of material and design. As the title of the website suggests the subject of 2000 years of migration to England is central. There is a vast amount of information about various communities including; Caribbean, Irish, Jewish and South Asian Communities. Although the website is useful for those communities it is by no means exclusive. Anyone may use and enjoy the facilities on this site. It is accessible to all and incredibly user friendly. |
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| Mr Jolly Espanol |
| For use with the SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard. This activity allows pupils to reconstruct the story of Mr Jolly using words and pictures in Spanish. The downloadable file has been compressed in WinZip. |
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| Music for Diwali |
| As the online resources for digital media continue to grow, a wealth of material can be found spanning virtually every taste, interest and occasion. With the Hindu festival of Diwali approaching it is worth taking a look at the music resources available in video format. Both YouTube and GoogleVideo have some excellent sitar recitals available for Diwali. The link here gives a taster of the delights available. Click on the link to see and hear a Sitar Diwali Celebration filmed at Washington University. |
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| Myths |
| This is a fantastic site for myths. There are interactive presentations on myths from Norway, Babylon, China, Maori, Yorruba, Egyptian, Inca, Mayan and Inuit. For more you could purchase the CD ROM. There is also great support material on cooperative learning. |
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| nPower education games |
| 2 games from nPower
Climate Cops – The Earth is in danger and needs your help – have you got what it takes to become a Climate Cop? Complete the 3 missions to gain entry into the Climate Cop Academy
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Complete the missions
Help our friendly npower orbs find all the good ways and all the bad ways of using energy around the homes of the Silly’s and the Electra’s
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| Planet Earth 3D Virtual Globe |
| This beautiful resource gives you a huge photographic globe of the earth. Click on the arrows to rotate it clockwise or anti-clockwise. A gorgeous whole class resource. Unless you're on broadband this resource may take a minute to download. This resource has been generously donated by eChalk Ltd. |
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| Play Music |
| This is a really useful site for teaching about orchestral instruments. It is bright and colourful, suitable for Key Stage 1 through to Key Stage 3. There are lots of different aspects to it, some suiting older and some suiting younger children. The website covers all of the sections of the orchestra, giving well written information about each of the instruments. It gives examples of music played by most instruments and has an interactive game for each section of the orchestra. Explore and have fun! |
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| Poetry Archive |
| Ever needed a certain poem and just can’t lay your hands on it? Well look no further. The Children’s Poetry Archive has a huge bank of poems online for your convenience. Many of these poems have been read specially for the site by famous poets like Allan Ahlberg and Michael Rose to really bring this poetry to life. |
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| Pollen Park |
| Pollen Park has been specifically developed for children studying Key Stage 2 of the National Curriculum, Unit 5b, Lifecycles. The website can provide your class with valuable learning support, offering both education and entertainment.
Pollen Park endeavours to explain the complex process of plant reproduction in a straight forward manner; information is presented clearly and logically separated into obvious sections, enabling users to navigate freely, making their own relaxed decisions and discoveries.
It is a superb site built by Christina Handford. |
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| Pro/Desktop Tutorials |
| A valuable resource produced by the Warren Comprehensive school. Animated Pro/Desktop tutorials. The tutorials use a series of flash movies with annotations to take students from how to set up the page through to assembly drawings. They cover KS3, GCSE and A level. |
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| Pseudo Motion Images |
| These amazing patterns confound your brain into imagining a rotating motion that just isn't there...utterly amazing (if a little unnerving). This resource has been generously donated by eChalk Ltd. |
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| Quality Curriculum Support Online |
| There are tons of free learning activities on this subscription-based website. It is also cross-referenced and offers a catalogue of websites covering all curriculum areas from Foundation to KS3.
The website is also speech-enabled. |
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| Ready 2 Learn |
| A KS2/3 resource providing a year's set of mini-lessons suitable for class assembly, PSHE, citizenship, RE, ... |
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| Rotating Gears |
| As you move your eyes around the image you'll see the pseudo motion of the gears rotating in the periphery of your vision. Very macabre. WARNING: don't look at this for too long...you'll start to feel sick. This resource has been generously donated by eChalk Ltd. |
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| San Fransisco Symphony Orchestra for kids! |
| This is a website for children, provided by the San Fransisco Symphony Orchestra. It is fun to look at and easy to navigate. You can listen to the sound of all the instruments found within the Symphony Orchestra, as well as viewing the instrument from a variety of angles. There is also a very well crafted ?composerizer?, which would make an excellent introductory activity. There are loads of other, well thought out activities. The only thing to beware of is the American vocabulary, for example, ?measures? instead of ?bars?. |
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| Sarehole Mill for Kids |
| A fun interactive resource including 'How the Mill Works', 'The Garner', 'The Mill Pond and Rivers' and more. Flash player required. |
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| Scratch |
| Scratch is a graphic animation and prgramming tool developed as part of the 'Lifelong Kindergarden' project. Pupils can simply aminate images and sequence instructions. |
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| Signs and Symbols |
| Find out more about signs and symbols in art, colour and its meaning and take the fun quizzes. |
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| Soho House for Kids |
| A fun interactive resource about Soho House, it includes 'The Lunar Society', 'Steam Engine Builder', 'The Herb Garden' and more. Flash player required. Flash player required. |
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| Spiral Pinwheel Illusion |
| Stare at the centre of the pinwheel for about 30 seconds then look at the back of your hand. You should see a scary flesh creep effect. This resource has been generously donated by eChalk Ltd. |
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| Survival Guide |
| This is a simple multi-lingual resource, supported by audio, which helps non-English speaking recent arrivals to gain basic communication skills. |
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| Teach-ICT |
| Probably the ONE site you need if you teach ICT at KS3 or KS4! Here you can find everything from Video training for popular software to schemes of work, games and workbooks for virtually every course in ICT you can think of. Cannot recommend it too highly. |
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| Templates - An Interactive Whiteboard Resource |
| Open ended resources without content that can be used from Foundation to KS5. Titles: 10 linked pages, Blank Shopping, Cycle 4, Euro Shopping, Multiple Word Bank, One Word Bank, Presentation 6, Romans, Shopping Veg 2. |
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| The Breathing Shapes Illusion |
| When our view of reality is obscured it isn't always easy to see the wood for the trees. This resource has been generously donated by eChalk Ltd. |
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| The National Archive: Black Presence |
| The National Archive charts the Black presence in British history. An extremely informative website with original pictures and documents. It also gives you further reading. |
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| The National Maritime Museum website |
| It is divided into five main sections: Triangular Trade, Oppression and Survival, Resistance, Abolition and Impact. The site encourages young people to create their own exhibition about the Transatlantic Slave Trade. |
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| The Pre-Raph Pack |
| This new web resource provides a wide range of information about the Pre-Raphaelite artists, the techniques they used and the context in which they worked. The new resource also includes a timeline spanning one hundred years and a large range of images and information from the collections at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery presented in an accessible and stimulating way.
Suitable for Key Stage 4-5. |
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| The Tech |
| Introduction to and basics of robotics, with activities. Good resource. Key stages 3, 4 and Advanced Level. |
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| The Tech Museum of Innovation |
| The Tech is a cosmopolitan museum singularly focused on technology: how it works and the way that it is changing every aspect of the way we work, live, play and learn.
Its people-and-technology focus and the integration of advanced technologies into visitor experiences and infrastructure, distinguishes it from other science centres. |
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| Timer |
| A huge timer for you to start and stop as you please. The time is given in Hours, minutes, seconds and hundredths of a second. Handy for timed tests, exams and activities. This resource has been generously donated by eChalk Ltd. |
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| Trees |
| A whiteboard activity to revise the names and functions of the parts of a plant and to say what each part does. |
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| Understanding Slavery |
| Originally created for the 2007 Citizen Resource launch, this website connects the transatlantic slave trade to the meaning of citizenship, by relfecting on the issues around the slave trade during world history and natue of citizenship. Provided by Understanding Slavery, group of five museums (NMM, BECM, NML, BCMGA and HMAG). |
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| Virtual House |
| This is a virtual tour of a house aimed at supporting EAL speakers. The resource is available in a number of community languages. |
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| Virtual Keyboard |
| Try your hand at composition or play along to the drum beats with the Virtual Keyboard. This activity supports the 'composing and appraising skills' aspect of the Music Programme of Study. The sounds created by the keyboard have been sampled to provide realistic representations of the different instruments. |
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| Virtual Orchestra |
| This site is provided by the Northumberland Grid for Learning, and features teachers from their county music service. It covers a large range of orchestra instruments, each of which you can see in close-up and listen to. The sounds are not synthesised, but are recordings of the actual instruments, which is a great bonus |
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| Virtual Ripple Tank |
| This beautiful resource allows you to demonstrate such wave phenomena as interference, diffraction (single slit, double slit, etc.), refraction, resonance, and the Doppler effect. A wonderfully visual teaching aid for the interactive whiteboard. (requires a java enabled browser) This resource has been generously donated by eChalk Ltd. |
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| Virtual Studio Sequencer |
| A powerful studio sequencer. Click and drag sounds to the studio tracks, then click 'play' to hear the results. Lots of options to change the sounds and the music dynamics. There is also a save and load function. |
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| Wave Laboratory |
| Simply the best way to show you pupils what transverse and longitudinal waves really are. The application allows you to explore progressive and standing waves as well as reflection and interference. An outstanding whole-class teaching resource. This resource has been generously donated by eChalk Ltd. |
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| Weoley Castle for Kids |
| Weoley Castle was once a Medieval manor house with an interesting history. Discover more about the castle through the interactive timeline and see what the castle used to look like.
A fun and interactive website for children at Key Stage 1-2. |
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| What is the Hajj- Virtual Tour |
| If you are not able to go to Hajj then experience the next best thing, the Virtual Hajj.
From arriving in Jeddah to the plains of Arafat and the Grand
Kaíaba, experience the Hajj online. |
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| What Rock am I? |
| To understand that rocks can be grouped according to observable characteristics. |
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| WinDiets |
| Whether your interest is in maintaining a balanced diet for health, knowing about food allergies or counting calories, knowing the nutritional value of food is vital to understanding how our bodies will react to it. This site provides software to help check foods. |
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| World of Teaching |
| Microsoft Power point presentations on science (and other subjects) that are free to download and use. |
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| Yom Kippur resource page |
| A portal page with a number of different activites including wordsearch, lesson plans and a comic strip |
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