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Home Front 1939 - 1945

A site from the National Archives Learning Curve which presents original documents to support information about aspects of the Second World War such as preparations for war, evacuation, women at war, spies and more. The interactive parts no longer work.

11-16 year olds
Pupils

Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids

A music site for children and teachers from the DSO. It has information about instruments, the orchestra, composers and interactive musical activities. You can also listen to individual instruments of the orchestra.

7-14 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Discovering Antarctica

Superb interactive teaching and learning resources on Antarctica from the Royal Geography Society. Great facts, information on the issues facing this last great wilderness, brilliant images for educational use, videos and more.

11-16 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Visuwords

A graphical dictionary and thesaurus which is a great teaching aid on an interactive whiteboard if you are encouraging children to think of alternative words in their creative writing.

7-18 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

TeacherLED

The site is specifically aimed at delivering free, high quality teaching resources for use on an interactive whiteboard. The content is mainly numeracy related and is well worth a look. It includes some plenary and starters ideas.

5-11 year olds
Teachers

Big Schools' Birdwatch

The RSPB Big Schools' Birdwatch is a free activity for schools throughout the UK, run every year in January and February. A free teachers' activity pack is available. Get hands on building graphs and charts which are interactive whiteboard compatible.

5-14 year olds
Teachers

Balance Scales

This simple to use site has balance scales which shows how things used to be weighed but it uses grams. It works very well on an interactive whiteboard.

7-11 year olds
Teachers

Toporopa

Super interactive maps on the Eurozone: European countries, capitals, flags, regions, metropolitan areas, monarchies, battles, mountains, lakes, seas, rivers, islands, peninsulas, ports, straits and volcanoes. IWB friendly.

7-14 year olds
Pupils

Letter Formation

This site has excellent animations which provide a good model for learners starting to write letters. They indicate the starting points and proper strokes required. Works well on an interactive whiteboard.

3-7 year olds
Pupils

Pet Education Partnership

Pet Education Resources has been created to make it easier for teachers to find pet themed resources. The interactive map shows places you can visit or pet establishments who visits to schools.

3-18 year olds
Teachers
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