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Make a Horse Puppet for Chinese New Year

How about making this cute hobby-horse puppet as the horse is one of the Chinese Zodiac animals? Fits in well with a Chinese New Year topic.

6-11 year olds
Pupils

Paint

A simple paint website which includes adding graphics by stamping. There are different and background scenes themes such as minibeasts, clothes, transport, animals, people, underwater and body parts. Created pictures are printable.

5-7 year olds
Pupils

States of Matter

An animation where you can watch how atoms and molecules behave when heated or cooled and compressed as they change between solid, liquid and gas phases.

11-16 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Cube Nets

See if you can predict which of these nets form into a cube. Make your prediction and then watch the animation to see if you were right.

7-11 year olds
Pupils

Big Picture

Big Picture, from the Wellcome Trust, is aimed at post-16 biology teachers and students has a fantastic array of free online resources including activities, animations, videos, lesson plans, articles, images, and more.

16-18 year olds
Pupils

Magic Verbs

Choose a better verb to make the sentences more interesting. The characters are animated to match the verbs. The game is lends itself well to starter or plenary sessions displayed on an interactive whiteboard.

6-11 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

How Electricity Works

An animated guide to the science of electricity. It covers how it works, how it is measured, how it reaches our homes and green options.

14-18 year olds
Pupils

Wonderful Words, Creative Stories about Space

improve two simple sentences by adding descriptive words. Observe how your choices affect the animated images. Use your sentences as inspiration for a story about space. A good site for demonstrating how to write more interesting sentences.

7-9 year olds
Pupils

Make a Rabbit Puppet

Here we show you how to make a simple rabbit puppet which could be an Easter bunny or would fit in well with a Chinese New Year topic as a rabbit is one of the zodiac animals.

5-11 year olds
Pupils

Solids, Liquids & Gases

The site has excellent YouTube animations and an interactive quiz about solids, liquids and gases which are ideal for Key Stage 1.

6-8 year olds
Teachers, Pupils, Parents
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