Websites Recommended by Staff to Parent(s)/Carer(s)
ENGLISH
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KS3 – www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/
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KS4 www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/gcse/english/
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www.englishbiz.co.uk/
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http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM2vdqz-7e4HAuzhpFuRY8w
MATHS
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www.freerice.com Excellent for revision of many subjects, donates food to UN World
Food Programme.
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The Maths Dept uses www.mymaths.co.uk This covers Maths from junior school to A level. Login and password are displayed in classrooms but we cannot put them on website as it is a subscription service. Pupils are aware of the site and have the login details.
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http://www.nationalnumeracy.org.uk/home/index.html
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http://nrich.maths.org/frontpage
SCIENCE
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Please see attached appendix for Science websites listed by year group and unit.
GERMAN
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www.klar.co.uk (KS3 and 4) (Year 7-11) Username: STRICHARDS Password:
HESELTINE
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www.kerboodle.co.uk (Y10-11) Pupils have their individual logon (was given at start of the Year)
GERMAN AND FRENCH
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www.linguascope.com (KS3 Go to ‘Beginner’ section) (year 7-9), (KS4 Go to
‘Intermediate’ section) Username: STRICHARDS Password: howis1
Also our own Moodle website has useful resources for each Year GroupLeave off
‘Moodle’ as the VLE has recently changed and we have not had time to transfer resources yet as far as I know.
Languages Online (Go to ‘Games’ in the index on the left) http://www.languagesonline.org.uk/
Vocabulary Practice http://www.zut.org.uk
This site is free to use at weekends and after 4pm on weekdays
GCSE FRENCH
Bitesize http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/french/
MP3 downloads for Listening Practice http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/audio/french/index.shtml
BBC Languages resources: Ideal for listening practice
French Experience (Basic revision)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/experience/
Ma France (Higher level) http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/mafrance/
LANGUAGES
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languageguide.org – basic assistance with things like numbers, alphabet, basic nouns etc.

HUMANITIES
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BBC Bitesize for key stage 3 History: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/history/ and geography: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/geography/
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And key stage 4 History: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/
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BBC History for Kids: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/
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Mr Donn (good for SEN): http://medievaleurope.mrdonn.org/
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Woodlands Junior School site (good for SEN) http://resources.woodlandsjunior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/history.html
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History Learning Site: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/medieval_peasants.htm
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Spartacus Educational (for higher ability): http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/SpartacusIndexHistory.htm
GEOGRAPHY
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S-cool: http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/geography
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BBC Bitesize: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/
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Revision World: http://revisionworld.co.uk/gcse-revision/geography
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CGP online: http://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/pages/productDetail.asp?book=GRR43D
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Podcasts GCSE pod: http://www.gcsepod.co.uk/subjects/geography/
HISTORY
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www.schoolhistory.co.uk
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www.bbc.co.uk/history
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www.history.co.uk
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www.historylearningsite.co.uk
CLASSICS
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Cambridge Latin Course Website has general civilisation topics per stage and links to other websites, great for research: http://www.cambridgescp.co.uk/cambridge-latincourse/online-activities/book-i/stage-12-vesuvius
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For SEN: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/romans/
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The British Museum: http://www.ancientcivilizations.co.uk/home_set.html
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BBC History: For example http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/pompeii_portents_01.shtml
ICT
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ict/
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http://www.teach-ict.com/
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http://www.ictworkout.co.uk/
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http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gcse/gcse10/ict/Pages/default.aspx
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https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/
PRODUCT DESIGN
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Technologystudent.com
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BBC Bitesize
BUSINESS STUDIES (Y10 and Y11)
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http://www.businessstudiesonline.co.uk/live/index.php?option=com_content&view=ar ticle&id=2&Itemid=8
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/business/
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http://www.businessstudiesonline.co.uk/live/index.php?option=com_content&view=ar ticle&id=55&Itemid=33
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Also: the business studies text book is on moodle and all pupils can access it.

PE
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BBC Bitesize
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AQA Examination websites
RE
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/rs/ - for GCSE
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http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/teacher/re.html
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http://request.org.uk/
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http://www.cafod.org.uk/
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http://thebrickbible.com/ - for bible stories
AS PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICS
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OCR Website (http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/as-a-level-gce-religious-studiesh172-h572/). Excellent resources including past pares, mark schemes and examiners reports.
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The Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy (http://plato.stanford.edu/)- Excellent resource containing both high level and accessible articles on a number of subjects contained within the spec. To be recomm ended over Wikipedia (‘Wrongipedia’ as it can often be!) at all times.
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RE Online (http://www.reonline.org.uk/) Wide ranging resource with some great resources for AS. Go to the ‘Knowing’ section.
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Philosophical Investigations (http://www.philosophicalinvestigations.co.uk/) Excellent resources but beware the exemplar material they include as examples of “A grade” essays go a little bit further than the exam board would expect – they are more full marks essays from a classroom / homework environment than what we would expect candidates to produce in exam conditions.
DANCE
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BBC Bitesize
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Imperial Society for the teachers of dance: www.istd.org
FOOD
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BBC Good Food as a source of recipes
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Jamie Oliver Home cooking skills – a good website for recipes with step by step method in pictures and this is used with the exam board EDEXCEL for certificated courses
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British Nutrition Foundation- a wealth of information for GCSE courses and useful for recipes
DRAMA
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Drama- AQA website.
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YouTube

APPENDIX – SCIENCE WEBSITES FOR EACH YEAR GROUP
http://www.brainpop.com/health/basicsandcells/cells/ and http://www.brainpop.com/science/plantsandanimals/ cellstructures/ - BrainPOP cells movies and quizes, brilliant for KS3, requires sound. BrainPOP also has pages for the various organ systems, see http://www.brainpop.com/health/ for a complete list. http://www.icnet.uk/kids/cellsrus/cellsrus.html
- Imperial Cancer Research Fund site; simple presentation explaining how conception occurs and what's contained in cells. http://www.cellsalive.com/ - brilliant site but too technical for Y7. Useful for teachers and higher years.
http://www.brainpop.com/health/reproductive/babies/ - BrainPOP 'babies' (reproduction) movie and quiz. Would be brilliant as a presentation for Y7s, see also: http://www.brainpop.com/health/reproductive/fertilizationandbirth/ (fertilization and birth) and http://www.brainpop.com/health/reproductive/ (the reproductive system). http://www.parentsplace.com/first9months/main.html
- Absolutely beautiful site with photographs and commentary of the first 9 months of a baby's life(from conception). http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/lifecycle/ teenagers/ - Puberty animation from the BBC, click on the body parts of the boy and girl to see how they change (kids will be in hysterics and the breast and penis animations...) http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/index.shtml?lifecycle
has links to more information on changes that occur during puberty.
NB: This topic is closely related to 8D , Ecological relationships, so those links may be relevant too.
Sing: “There was an old lady who swallowed a fly” to introduce food chains! Lyrics: http://www.thenamelocator.com/r049.html
and tune: http://hometown.aol.com/music4kidsmore/oldladykar.mid
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/living/03b_act.shtml
- Animated food chains movie from BBC Bitesize (actually aimed at KS2, but would make a good introduction as it defines all the words such as ‘consumer’, ‘producer’ etc.). http://www.brainpop.com/science/ecology/foodchains/index.weml
- BrainPOP movie and quiz on food chains. http://library.thinkquest.org/C0113340/ - Biomes Living Worlds from ThinkQuest, lots of detail on the seven major land biomes (tundra, desert, rainforest etc) around the world including how animals are adapted for them. Might make a good project... http://www.hitchams.suffolk.sch.uk/habitats/ - Site on habitats from Robert Hitcham's Primary
School - basic, but might be an ok introduction for low-ability Y7s and has some nice pictures.

http://www.jcwyatt.34sp.com/sciencelhs/y7environment/olp/y7env01.htm
- The full E&FR topic by
Laisterdyke High School.
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/critters/critters.html
- Classifying Critters - this is an interactive activity allowing kids to put various animals into their correct groups. http://www.brainpop.com/science/plantsandanimals/sixkingdoms/ and http://www.brainpop.com/science/plantsandanimals/sixkingdomsadv/ - BrainPOP movies and quizzes on the 6 Kingdoms. http://www.brainpop.com/games/fivekingdoms is a short game which asks pupils to classify organisms into the different kingdoms. http://www.brainpop.com/science/plantsandanimals/naturalselection/ - BrainPOP movie and quiz on natural selection.
http://www.miamisci.org/ph/ - The pH factor; Virtual chemistry lab about the pH scale http://www.brainpop.com/science/matter/acidsandbases/ and http://www.brainpop.com/science/matter/ph/ - BrainPOP movies and quizzes on Acids and Bases and the pH scale. http://www.creative-chemistry.org.uk/funstuff/xword/acids.htm
- Acids, alkalis and salts crossword. http://www.sambal.co.uk/chemistry.html
- Sambal's Science Web, acids and alkalis (info is useful, but mostly text-based).
http://can-do.com/uci/ssi2002/chemicalreactions.html
- Chemical reactions WebQuest, contains a link to a game separating compounds and mixtures, some examples of chemical reactions, a movie, some example experiments and riddles. http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/7Fwf1.htm
- A gapfill quiz on simple chemical reactions from Doc Brown, and http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/7Fmc.htm
a multiple choice quiz. http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/CCA/CCA0/SAMPMOVS.HTM
- Great movies of various
(dangerous!) chemical reactions, including nitrogen triiodide detonation and the reaction of sodium and chlorine. Requires QuickTime. http://www.brainpop.com/science/matter/propertychanges/ - Movie and quiz from BrainPOP on the difference between physical and chemical changes (is linked to the particle model topic below).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/materials/08_act.shtml
- Movie from the BBC, actually KS2 but is very good nonetheless, would make a great introduction. http://www.daniel-powell.demon.co.uk/powell_flash/gas_solid_liquid/gsl.swf
Flash movie about Solids, Liquids and Gases from Ashfield Science. Comes with a thumping sound track!

http://www.brainpop.com/science/matter/statesofmatter/ http://www.brainpop.com/science/matter/statesofmatteradv/ (advanced)
Movies and quizzes from BrainPOP. http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/7Gxw1.htm
- Solids, liquids and gases crossword from Doc Brown, http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/7Gwf1.htm
a gapfill exercise and http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/7Gmc.htm
a multiple choice quiz.
NB: This topic is closely connected to 7G , Particle Model and 8F , Compounds and
Mixtures, so those links may be useful too.
From Doc Brown: http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/7Hwf1.htm
(multi-word fill quiz) and http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/7Hmc.htm
(multiple choice quiz) http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_solution.html
- Text-based definition of a solution (useful for research). http://www.schoolscience.co.uk/content/3/chemistry/materials/ match3pg1.html
- Separating mixtures, how to get pure salt and water from sea water and how to extract pure, ‘clean’ salt from rock salt. Includes info and a short interactive comprehension exercise at the end. http://www.kids.union.edu/fsnChromatography.htm
- Solve a ‘crime’ using chromatography (may be a useful lesson idea for teachers). http://db.bbc.co.uk/leicester/fun_stuff/2003/03/science_week/ smartie_chromatography.shtml
- Kitchen sink experiments from BBCi, separate the colours in
Smarties. http://www.brainpop.com/science/earth/water/ - BrainPOP movie on water and why (liquid) water is so important to life. Not directly related to the solutions topic, but may be useful.
http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/energysources/ - A move and quiz on Energy Sources from BrainPOP (NB: beware, gasoline = petrol). Explains how energy is generated from different sources using generators and fuel cells, how fossil fuels are formed and discusses ways to save energy – very good. http://www.yahooligans.com/science_and_nature/physical_sciences/Energy/ - Lots of links from
Yahooligans about Energy and energy resources (good for project work). http://www.powerplant.com/ - News stories and information about different power plants all over the world, renewable and non-renewable. http://www.srpnet.com/community/kids/tour/ - Virtual power plant tour! Very good interactive movie, has lots of info about different energy sources and how energy is generated from them, and lots of photos of power plants, machinery and workers (would be good for older students too).
http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/frankenstein/safety.html
- Interactive ‘clickable’ diagram about electrical safety.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/schools/gigaquiz?path=ks3bitesize/elecmag1tb
&infile=elecmag1tb and http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/schools/gigaquiz?path=ks3bitesize/elecmag2tb&infile=elecmag2tb -
Activities from BBC Bitesize about electrical circuits, e.g. “which switches need to be closed to make the green light work?”-type questions (N.B. the second includes electromagnets which aren’t covered till Year 8). http://www.crocodile-clips.com/m6_4.htm
- Download some free (registration is all that’s required) software called crocodile-clips, which allows you to create virtual circuits. Comes with worksheets too! http://www.brainpop.com/science/electricity/electricity/ - Talks about electricity in general rather than circuits specifically, but is excellent for putting it all in context (movie and quiz).
Pages from How Stuff Works explaining familiar electrical items: http://home.howstuffworks.com/toaster.htm
(toaster) http://home.howstuffworks.com/burglar-alarm.htm
(burglar alarm) http://home.howstuffworks.com/doorbell.htm
(doorbell) http://home.howstuffworks.com/dimmer-switch.htm
(dimmer switch) http://computer.howstuffworks.com/motherboard.htm
(computer motherboard) http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/rc-toy.htm
(radio controlled toys)
http://www.sciencejoywagon.com/physicszone/lesson/02forces.htm
- Lots of great resources from the Science Joy Wagon, including animations and slide shows (has a really good explanation of
Newton’s laws). http://www.brainpop.com/science/forces/gravity/index.weml
- Gravity from BrainPOP (movie and quiz).
http://www.scienceyear.com/planet10/ - Beautiful 3D animations of the solar system with a haunting soundtrack, includes the ability to zoom in and out and change to different viewing angles. There’s also a fun activity to build your own planet (planet ‘10’). http://www.brainpop.com/science/space/solarsystem/ - The Solar System from BrainPOP and http://www.brainpop.com/science/weather/seasons/index.weml
- Seasons, a great explanation of why we have seasons, the Earth’s tilt etc. http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/moon_phases/ - Animation of moon phases, allows you to see the moon moving around the earth in space AND what it looks like from earth at the same time. http://www.bbc.co.uk/solarsystem/sun_and_planets - BBC’s Planets site, tons of info on all the different planets: history, stats, etc plus jigsaw activities to build the solar system, place all the moons, and identify artificial satellites.
http://www.brainpop.com/health/digestive/digestion/ (digestion) http://www.brainpop.com/health/digestive/digestivesystem/ (digestive system) http://www.brainpop.com/health/growthanddevelopment/nutrition/ (nutrition)
Related movies from BrainPOP.

http://kidshealth.org/kid/body/digest_noSW.html
- Text-based info on the digestive system aimed at kids – good for project work. http://www.darvill.clara.net/hotpots/digest.htm
- Digestion quiz (match the words to the definitions).
http://www.sambal.co.uk/respiration.html
- Information on respiration from Sambal’s Science Web
(good for kids’ own research). http://www.brainpop.com/health/respiratory/respiration/ - The Respiratory System (be careful to make the distinction between respiration and breathing!) http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/schools/gigaquiz?path=ks3bitesize/aerobe1tb
&infile=aerobe1tb - Quiz on respiration from BBC Bitesize.
http://www.microbe.org/index.html
- Stalking the mysterious microbe! A great site with lots of info including “microbes in the news” and a careers section. http://www.microbes.info/ - name says it all really! Is quite detailed, but would be a good place to send kids doing project work.
From BrainPOP: http://www.brainpop.com/science/plantsandanimals/bacteria/ (bacteria) http://www.brainpop.com/health/immune/immune/ (immune system) http://www.brainpop.com/health/immune/immuneadv/ (immune system - advanced) http://www.brainpop.com/health/immune/smallpox/ (smallpox) http://www.brainpop.com/health/diseases/aids/ (AIDS). http://www.cressbrook.co.uk/eyam/ - Info on Eyam, the famous plague village (good for kids’ own research) and http://www.sycd.co.uk/who_am_i/everywhere/drama.htm
- Short plays about the discovery of vaccines and the plague at Eyam, from the Science Year site. http://www.howstuffworks.com/bread.htm
- Bread, from How Stuff Works (contains lots of activities that kids could try at home). http://web.ukonline.co.uk/webwise/spinneret/circuln/anphag.htm
- Simple animation of a white blood cell engulfing some bacteria. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/ - The National Centre for Infectious Diseases (probably a bit difficult for pupils, but useful for finding out what disease-related issues are in the news at the moment and researching them).
NB: This topic is closely related to 7C , Environment and Feeding Relationships, so those links may be relevant too.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/living/03_fact.shtml
- The 7 characteristics of life (MRS NERG), actually KS2 but good for revision/summary. http://www.brainpop.com/science/ecology/foodchains/ - Movie and quiz on food chains from
BrainPOP and http://www.brainpop.com/science/plantsandanimals/naturalselection/ natural selection.

http://www.alienexplorer.com/ecology/topic4.html
- Lots of information about food chains and pyramids.
http://www.webelements.com/webelements/scholar/ - Interactive periodic table from
WebElements™, good for kids as it has lots of detailed information and is easy to use. http://www.privatehand.com/flash/elements.html
- Tom Lehrer’s Elements Song (requires sound). periodic-table.pdf
- Printable Periodic Table (use right click and Save Target As to save a copy). http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/pages/periodic_table.html
- RSC’s Visual Elements periodic table. Great for presentations as it’s very pretty!
From Doc Brown’s Chemistry Clinic: http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/8Eelements.html
- Cartoons linking element uses with their names, plus a test. http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/8Ewf1.htm
- gap fill exercise and http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/8Emc.htm
a multiple choice quiz. http://www.almaden.ibm.com/vis/stm/gallery.html
- IBM’s STM image gallery has some beautiful images of real atoms, recorded with a Scanning Tunnelling Microscope. The inner workings of an
STM are a bit advanced for Year 8 (!) but they’ll love the pictures. http://www.brainpop.com/science/matter/atoms/ - BrainPOP movie and quiz on atoms, and http://www.brainpop.com/science/matter/atomicmodel/ one on the atomic model. http://particleadventure.org/particleadventure/index.html
- The Particle Adventure (very advanced, gets into quarks and antimatter, but interesting!)
http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/atoms/elements.html
- Simple animations of an element, compound and mixture (in the gas phase). http://www.brainpop.com/science/matter/compoundsmixtures/ - BrainPOP movie and quiz on
Compounds and Mixtures. http://www.brainpop.com/science/matter/propertychanges/ - BrainPOP movie and quiz on the difference between physical and chemical changes. http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/emc1mp.htm
- Matching exercise from Doc
Brown, http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/8Fwf1.htm
multi-word fill quiz and http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/8Fmc.htm
multiple choice quiz.
From BrainPOP: http://www.brainpop.com/science/earth/typesofrocks/ (types of rocks) http://www.brainpop.com/science/earth/weathering/ (weathering) http://www.brainpop.com/science/matter/propertychanges/ (difference between physical and chemical changes). http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/rocks/index.shtml
- Essential guide to rocks from the BBC, site contains loads and loads of useful information, activities and pictures, including an animation/timeline of Britain’s ‘rocky’ past.

http://home.att.net/%7Ecochrans/terms01.htm
- Glossary of rock words (handy when someone asks you what, say, breccia is. http://www.ukfossils.info/ - all sorts of information about fossils, and http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk/fossils.html
has lots of pictures to help with identification.
From Doc Brown’s Chemistry Clinic: http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/8Gwf1.htm
(multi-word fill quiz) http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/8Gmc.htm
(multiple choice quiz) http://www.christiaan.com/stonehenge/info/students/ - info about Stonehenge, might make an interesting extension activity/project.
(NB: see also 9E , Reactions of metals for info on metal ores)
http://www.brainpop.com/science/earth/rockcycle/ - BrainPOP movie and quiz on the Rock Cycle. http://www.moorlandschool.co.uk/earth/rockcycle.htm
- The Rock Cycle from Moorland School
(good for kids’ own research). http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/rocks/index.shtml
- Essential guide to rocks from the BBC, site contains loads and loads of useful information, activities and pictures, including an animation/timeline of Britain’s ‘rocky’ past.
From Doc Brown: http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/Rocks1mp.htm
(matching exercise) http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/8Hwf1.htm
- multi-word fill quiz http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/8Hmc.htm
- multiple-choice quiz
http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/heat/ - Movie and quiz on heat, from BrainPOP and http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/temperature/ one on temperature. http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/schools/gigaquiz?path=ks3bitesize/energyii1tb
&infile=energyii1tb - short quiz on heat and energy transfer from BBC Bitesize. http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/blynds/tmp.html
- a handy page for research which has all sorts of information about temperature, its history, temperature scales, thermometers etc, and http://www.pa.msu.edu/~sciencet/ask_st/012992.html
- explains the nature of absolute zero. http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/mummy/pyramid/ - Build a better pyramid by insulating it
(interactive activity) http://www.howstuffworks.com/thermos.htm
- How a Thermos flask works, including definitions and descriptions of heat transfer by radiation, convection and conduction. http://ethel.as.arizona.edu/~collins/astro/subjects/convection1.html
- Very helpful reference for teachers on how to teach the subject of heat transfer.
http://www.brainpop.com/science/forces/magnetism/ - BrainPOP movie and quiz on magnetism, and http://www.brainpop.com/science/forces/magneticpoles/ one on magnetic poles.

http://education.magnet.fsu.edu/maglabalpha/html/expeditions/ whatmagnet.html
- text-based information on magnets and http://www.phys.lsu.edu/dept/opps/key_ideas_about_magnets.htm
lots of key facts about magnets (good for research). http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/whataremagnets.html
- Good, simple explanation of what a magnet is in terms of lots of aligned polar molecules. http://www.units.muohio.edu/dragonfly/find/find/compass.htmlx
- info about compasses and how to make your own compass. http://science.howstuffworks.com/electromagnet.htm
- Electromagnets, from How Stuff Works
(includes useful animation) and http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/speaker.htm
how speakers work (may be handy for research – speakers contain electromagnets). http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/schools/gigaquiz?path=ks3bitesize/elecmag2tb
&infile=elecmag2tb - test on electromagnets (and electrical circuits) from BBC Bitesize.
Movies and quizzes from BrainPOP: http://www.brainpop.com/science/light/light/ (light) http://www.brainpop.com/science/light/color/ (colour) http://www.brainpop.com/health/senses/vision/ (vision) http://www.brainpop.com/science/light/waves/ (waves) http://www.brainpop.com/science/light/rainbow/ (rainbows) http://www.brainpop.com/science/space/sun/ (the sun) http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/emspectrum/ (electromagnetic spectrum). http://www.granada-learning.com/resources/online_demos/science.jhtml
- Interactive game, make the laser light beam hit the target by moving the mirrors. http://www.nmpft.org.uk/magic-factory/index2.html
- Games about light and colour from the
Magic Factory (National Museum of Photography, Film and Television). http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/ - Science of shadows, prisms, colour, and lenses. Includes a timeline, a section on pioneers in the optics field, and a museum of microscopy. http://www.yahooligans.com/Science_and_Nature/Physical_Sciences/
Optical_Illusions/ - List of links to sites of optical illusions. http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/education/lessonPlans/ pinholeCamera/ - How to make a pinhole camera, from Kodak. http://www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/lasers/mainpage.html
- Information about LASERS aimed at kids.
Movies and quizzes from BrainPOP: http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/sound/ (sound) http://www.brainpop.com/health/senses/hearing/ (hearing). http://www.hpbroadband.com/program.cfm?key=W42MCW80Z - The HP and Bang & Olufsen advert which ‘shows’ sound waves; very beautiful and a brilliant visual representation. It's also available here: hp-bang-olufsen-ad.mov
http://www.fearofphysics.com/Sound/dist.html
- Introduction to what sound is, with a simple animation.

http://www.granada-learning.com/resources/online_demos/science_year1.jhtml
- Who’s ringing the robot’s mobile? Interactive game to match the waves to the sounds. http://library.thinkquest.org/19537/ - The Soundry, an interactive web site about sound containing info about the physics of sound, how ears work, applications and history. In particular, check out the http://library.thinkquest.org/19537/Inter.html
interactive sound lab. http://pittsford.monroe.edu/jefferson/calfieri/physics/SoundQuiz.html
- Multiple choice sound quiz.
From BrainPOP: http://www.brainpop.com/health/reproductive/ fertilizationandbirth/ (fertilization and birth) http://www.brainpop.com/health/growthanddevelopment/ heredity/ (heredity) http://www.brainpop.com/health/growthanddevelopment/dna/ (DNA) http://www.brainpop.com/health/growthanddevelopment/genes/ (genes) http://www.learn.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=Unit&WCU=1570 - Selective breeding, text and pictures discussing the breeding of Farmer Brown’s cows and http://www.learn.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=Unit&WCU=1571 why selective breeding is important to farmers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/genes/ - Gene-related history, health and news from the BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/02/99/ food_under_the_microscope/280396.stm
- The GM Food Debate: Food under the microscope (from the BBC).
From BrainPOP: http://www.brainpop.com/health/growthanddevelopment/nutrition/ (nutrition) http://www.brainpop.com/health/respiratory/smoking/ (smoking) http://www.brainpop.com/health/diseases/peakflow/ (peak flow meter & asthma) http://www.brainpop.com/health/nervous/drugabuse/ (drug abuse) http://www.brainpop.com/health/muscular/muscular/ (muscles) http://www.brainpop.com/health/skeletal/joints/ (joints) http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/healthyliving/ - BBC Healthy Living, info about nutrition, weight and lifestyle (good for research). http://www.healthyeating.net/he_1.htm - HealthyEating.net
: lots of information on nutrition and fitness (good for research). http://www.yahooligans.com/Science_and_Nature/Health_and_Safety/
Drugs_and_Alcohol/Smoking_and_Tobacco/ - Lots of links about smoking from Yahooligans. http://www.yahooligans.com/science_and_nature/health_and_safety/
Drugs_and_Alcohol/ - Lots of links about drugs and alcohol from Yahooligans.
From BrainPOP: http://www.brainpop.com/science/plantsandanimals/photosynthesis/
(photosynthesis) http://www.brainpop.com/science/plantsandanimals/pollination/ (pollination) http://www.brainpop.com/science/ecology/rainforest/ (rainforest) http://www.brainpop.com/science/plantsandanimals/seedplants/ (seed plants – technical)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/living/06_act.shtml
- Plants as living things, from the BBC. It’s aimed at KS2, but contains a surprising amount of information in a colourful animated format. http://web.ukonline.co.uk/webwise/spinneret/plants/photsy.htm
- Photosynthesis and respiration comprehension exercise. http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/chlorophyll/chlorophyll_h.htm
- History of photosynthesis and chlorophyll (good for research/project work). http://www.life.uiuc.edu/bio100/lectures/s97lects/07Photosynthesis/ photosynsumm.html
- Photosynthesis summary: quite technical but may be a useful resource for teachers, has lots of diagrams. http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/schools/gigaquiz?path=ks3bitesize/plantproc1&infile=plantproc1 -
Quiz on photosynthesis and plant structure from BBC Bitesize. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/teachers/worksheets/science/ plantprocesses.shtml
- Plant processes worksheet from BBC.
http://www.brainpop.com/science/ecology/foodchains/ - BrainPOP movie and quiz on food chains
(use as revision, they will probably have already seen it in 7C and/or 8D). http://home.howstuffworks.com/question181.htm
- What is fertiliser and why do plants need it, from How Stuff Works (good for research) and http://home.howstuffworks.com/organic-food.htm
: how organic food works. http://www.hanoverhistory.org/ruffin.html
- Information about Edmund Ruffin; farmer and agricultural reformer whose experiments on his farm convinced him that fertilizers, crop rotation, drainage, and good ploughing could revitalize the declining soil of his native state, Virginia (USA). http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/02/99/ food_under_the_microscope/280396.stm
- The GM Food Debate: Food under the microscope (from the BBC).
http://jvsc.jst.go.jp/live/rust/index_e.htm
- Look into the world of rust! Pokémon-style interactive animation all about rust (be a bit careful, it describes all oxides as ‘rust’, and the English is less than perfect in some places because this is a Japanese site). http://www.brainpop.com/science/matter/propertychanges/ - Physical and Chemical changes from
BrainPOP – relevant because it has an animation of sodium + chlorine reaction and discusses rusting. http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/CCA/CCA0/SAMPMOVS.HTM
- Great movies of various
(dangerous!) chemical reactions, including several involving metals.
From Doc Brown: http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/9Ewf1.htm
(multi-word fill quiz) and http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/9Emc.htm
(multiple choice quiz). http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/schools/gigaquiz?path=ks3bitesize/metal1
&infile=metal1 - Quiz on metals and non-metals, from BBC Bitesize.

http://www.digitalbrain.com/digitalbrain/web/subjects/2.%20secondary/ ks4sci/su3/mod2/mod2jo.db_psc?verb=view - Useful products from metal ores and rocks, from
DigitalBrain. http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/minerals/metals.htm
- Pictures of common metal ores.
http://www.brainpop.com/science/matter/periodictable/ - Movie and quiz from BrainPOP on the periodic table and http://www.brainpop.com/science/matter/atomicmodel/ the atomic model. http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/CCA/CCA0/SAMPMOVS.HTM
- Great movies of various
(dangerous!) chemical reactions, including nitrogen triiodide detonation and the reaction of sodium and chlorine. Requires QuickTime.
From Doc Brown: http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/9Fwf1.htm
(multi-word fill quiz) and http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/9Fmc.htm
(multiple choice quiz)
From BrainPOP: http://www.brainpop.com/science/earth/airpollution/ (air pollution) http://www.brainpop.com/science/earth/airpollutionadv/ (air pollution – advanced) http://www.brainpop.com/science/earth/atmosphere/ (atmosphere) http://www.brainpop.com/science/earth/ozone/ (ozone) http://www.brainpop.com/science/weather/globalwarming/ (global warming) http://www.brainpop.com/science/ecology/rainforest/ (rainforest) http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/alphabet63.shtml
- Weather and Ultraviolet light from
BBC Weather and http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/global_warming1.shtml
weather and global warming. http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/climatechange/greenhouseeffect.shtml
- BBC’s climate change debate web site.
From Doc Brown: http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/9Gwf1.htm
(multi-word fill quiz) and http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/9Gmc.htm
(multiple choice quiz) http://www.ec.gc.ca/acidrain/ - Lots of info about acid rain from Environment Canada, good for general research and also has a ‘kid’s corner’ with simplified information. http://auto.howstuffworks.com/catalytic-converter.htm
- How catalytic converters work, from How
Stuff Works. http://www.itopf.com/ - information on (ship-source) oil pollution.
From BrainPOP: http://www.brainpop.com/science/electricity/batteries/ (batteries) http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/heat/ (heat) http://www.brainpop.com/science/matter/compoundsmixtures/ (compounds & mixtures) http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/energysources/ (energy sources) http://www.emsb.qc.ca/laurenhill/science/balance/ - Chembalancer: balance equations with this interactive tool and http://www.wfu.edu/~ylwong/balanceeq/balanceq.html
another, similar tool. http://www.materials-careers.org.uk/discover/ - Discover materials, a lovely interactive resource from the Institute of Materials. Has info on selecting, using and making different materials.

From How Stuff Works: http://science.howstuffworks.com/battery.htm
(batteries) http://science.howstuffworks.com/gasoline.htm
(gasoline aka petrol) http://www.howstuffworks.com/fuel-cell.htm
(fuel cells) http://www.civ.hw.ac.uk/research/fire/information/ - Detailed information and diagrams about the
Fire Triangle (fuel, oxygen, heat).
From Doc Brown: http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/9Hwf1.htm
(multi-word fill quiz) and http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/9Hmc.htm
(multiple choice quiz)
From BrainPOP: http://www.brainpop.com/science/electricity/electricity/ (electricity) http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/ (all BrainPOP energy-related topics) http://www.article19.com/shockwave/ph.htm
- This interactive house lets you turn on household electrical items and see the immediate effect on your electric bill. http://www.phy.hr/~dpaar/fizicari/xfaraday.html
- Biography of Michael Faraday (known for his electricity and magnetism experiments) http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/frankenstein/static.html
- Info on static electricity and how to generate it and http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/physics/electricity/ electricchargeandcurrentrev4.shtml
some great images/animations from BBC Bitesize.
(NB: See 7J for pages from How Stuff Works explaining familiar electrical items)
From BrainPOP: http://www.brainpop.com/science/forces/gravity/ (gravity) http://www.brainpop.com/science/space/ (all BrainPOP space-related topics) http://www.brainpop.com/science/forces/relativity/ (relativity) http://library.thinkquest.org/27585/ - From Apples to Orbits: lovely interactive site about gravity, its history and its effects. Includes an interactive lab. http://sciencemonster.com/ - Take a tour of Mars and the stars! Also includes a virtual globe and information on gravity and inertia. http://www.sprocketworks.com/shockwave/load.asp?SprMovie= missionpathsweb - Play with interactive animations to learn how four different space missions used gravity assists to save fuel and gain momentum. Quite technical but fun. http://www.scienceyear.com/planet10/ - Beautiful 3D animations of the solar system with a haunting soundtrack, includes the ability to zoom in and out and change to different viewing angles. There’s also a fun activity to build your own planet (planet ‘10’). http://www.bbc.co.uk/solarsystem/sun_and_planets - BBC’s Planets site, tons of info on all the different planets: history, stats, etc plus jigsaw activities to build the solar system, place all the moons, and identify artificial satellites.
http://www.fearofphysics.com/Xva/xva.html
- Learn about Position, Velocity, and Acceleration; clear explanation, and an activity which allows you to control position, velocity, and acceleration for two objects at the same time.

http://www.gcseguide.co.uk/travel_graphs.htm
- Simple explanation of Speed, Distance and Time graphs. http://standards.nctm.org/document/eexamples/chap5/5.2/ - Nice animation of two runners running along a track with an accompanying graph. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/gigaflat/physics/ speedvelocityaccelerationfh/speedvelocityaccelerationfh_quiz.shtml
- Quiz from BBC Bitesize
(aimed at GCSE, but good for level 7 pupils).
(There’s a very limited amount of KS3-suitable info out there on this topic) http://www.brainpop.com/tech/simplemachines/lever/ - Movie and quiz from BrainPOP on levers. http://auto.howstuffworks.com/brake.htm
- How brakes work, from How Stuff Works. Includes explanation of leverage and examples of force calculations. http://auto.howstuffworks.com//pressure-gauge.htm
- How tyre pressure gauges work, from How
Stuff Works. Includes a section on understanding pressure. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/systems/ pneumaticsrev4.shtml
- Force and pressure calculations from BBC Bitesize (GCSE Technology!). http://www.hoddersamplepages.co.uk/pdfs/Physics_Page46.pdf
- A sample page from a text book discussing moments and levers.
http://www.brainpop.com/science/scientificinquiry/scientificproblemsolving/ - Movie on solving scientific problems from BrainPOP and http://www.brainpop.com/science/scientificinquiry/scientificmethod/ one on scientific method (this one is particularly good, talks about observation, hypothesis, predictions and experiment). http://www.howe.k12.ok.us/~jimaskew/hsimeth.htm
- How to use scientific method to solve any problem. http://www.tryscience.org/experiments/experiments_begin.html?dna
- Find out how DNA profiling can make sense of a crime scene and help I.D. a culprit from a list of suspects. http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/kroc/scimethod/ - Finding the lighthouse diamond thief by using the scientific method – an online activity based around ‘jigsaw’-type group work. May be best used by teachers to plan a lesson in advance. http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Science_in_Society/
Skeptical_Inquiry/ - Collection of links about sceptical enquiry: very interesting! Sceptical discussion of everything from auras and astrology to UFO abductions and urban legends. http://www.yahooligans.com/Science_and_Nature/Scientists/ - Collection of links about scientists. http://www.yahooligans.com/science_and_nature/History_of_Science/ - Collection of links about the history of science. http://www.yahooligans.com/science_and_nature/Measurements_and_Units/ - Collection of links about measurement and units.