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5-14 ICT in Learning and Teaching
Environmental Studies Web Links
P4/5: It’s Alive
Vertebrates:
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/science/pdfs/3invert.pdf (worksheet on
vertebrates & invertebrates)
http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/kingdomanimal.html (lists vertebrates &
invertebrates)
Simple keys:
http://www.yptenc.org.uk/docs/factsheets/env_facts/freshwater_detective.html
(use a key to identify freshwater invertebrates)
http://www.naturedetectives.org.uk/resources/identification/idsheet_leaves.ht
m (leaf identification sheet)
http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/trees/index.htm (for identifying trees and
shrubs)
Senses:
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chsense.html (experiments and
activities)
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/amaze.html (animal senses)
http://www.activescience-gsk.com/games/play/index.cfm?module=1&group=1
(senses game about animals)
http://place.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/sound/index.htm (Magic
School Bus game about sounds)
Life Cycles:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/lifecycles.shtml (colouring sheets,
etc.)
http://esd.iu5.org/LessonPlans/LifeCycle/animals.htm (life cycles of various
animals)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/life_cycles.shtml
(plants)
http://www.ngflcymru.org.uk/vtc/Phase2delivery/Wales/Science/Keystage2/Lifeprocessesan/
Lifecycles/Introduction/default.htm (interactive whiteboard lessons on life
cycles of plants [1], frog and human [2])
© Aberdeenshire Council 2006
ICT Support: Environmental Studies Weblinks
NGfL
5-14 ICT in Learning and Teaching
Environmental Studies Web Links
Human Body:
http://www.schoolscience.co.uk/content/4/biology/abpi/heart/heart4.html
(heart)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/living/05_act.shtml
(activities, fact sheet and test on organs and bones)
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/5to14/resources/illustrations/humanbody/index.as
p (human body royalty free clip art)
http://www.schoolscience.co.uk/content/4/biology/abpi/asthma/index.html
http://vilenski.org/science/humanbody/hb_html/respiratory.html
http://www.smm.org/heart/lungs/top.html (animated diagram showing working
lungs – heart on site too. Flash required)
http://www.lung.ca/children/grades4_6/respiratory/how_we_breathe.html
http://www.schoolscience.co.uk/teachers/sep/downloads/4/biology/abpi/digesti
on.pdf (worksheets and lesson ideas)
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/digest_noSW.html (interactive site)
http://vilenski.org/science/humanbody/hb_html/digestivesystem.html
Rare & extinct animals:
http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/ (wonderful pictures and videos)
http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html (information on many
endangered species)
http://www.swt.org.uk/wildlife/species.asp (Scotland’s endangered species there is a link to a PDF information sheet at the bottom of each animal page)
http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/nature-online/dino-directory/ (natural history
museum site)
Pollution & conservation:
http://www.epa.gov/kids/ (American Environmental Protection Agency – lots of
good activities, lesson plans, etc.)
http://www.zoobooks.com/newFrontPage/animals/virtualZoo/animals/e/endan
geredanimals/lossofhabitat2.html (illustrates loss of animal habitat due to
humans)
© Aberdeenshire Council 2006
ICT Support: Environmental Studies Weblinks