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The Treasure Map

An animated story about children who find a treasure map. Great as a story or it could be used as a story writing idea. Good also for following directions. Best in full screen mode.

5-7 year olds
Pupils

Cool Antarctica

Simply the best website about Antarctica that we know of. It has stacks of free to use pictures and is bursting with facts about Antarctica and its animals. It also includes the history of exploration, the climate and environmental issues.

11-14 year olds
Pupils

Rainforest Alliance

Look inside and see the many wonders of the Rainforest and learn about the plants, animals and peoples that live there. Match the creatures to the many layers of the Rainforest and trace the production of bananas, coffee and chocolate.

11-16 year olds
Pupils

Recycle Now

A great site packed with information, ideas and resources to encourage us to recycle. It has facts about how different materials are recycled including videos and animations. The text is hard for Key Stage 1 but the videos and teaching ideas are useful.

5-16 year olds
Teachers, Pupils, Parents

Disappearing Act

Try this activity to see how animals use camouflage to protect themselves. You can compare what you see when a camouflaged figure remains still to what you see when the figure is moving.

5-11 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Design and Technology Online

This site uses text, pictures and animations to provide useful information on various topics such as packaging, electronics, food, pneumatics and mechanisms.

14-18 year olds
Pupils

How do Dinosaur Fossils form?

This video animation from the Natural History Museum explains how fossils of dinosaurs and sea creatures were formed and why we can sometimes find them today.

7-11 year olds
Pupils

Learn about the Weather

Learn about weather phenomena including clouds, rain and snow, with these excellent videos and animations from the UK Met Office. They are YouTube videos so will not be accessible in all schools but they are ad free.

9-14 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

What Are the Moon's Phases

Learn about the phases of the moon. This NASA site has animations, one of which allows you to view the moon today. The various phases of the moon are described and also shown on a diagram.

9-14 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Biozone

Over 1000 biology links for students and teachers organised into subjects ranging from animal behaviour to biotechnology, genetics to student projects.

14-18 year olds
Teachers, Pupils
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