Using Salt to Melt Ice
An experiment which will fascinate children if you are working on freezing and melting in science. Catch an ice cube with a pinch of salt and string.
Robot More or Less
Robot More or Less is a flexible addition or subtraction matching game. It is useful for developing mental maths skills.
Mental Maths Train
Mental Maths Train is a maths game which focuses on the essential vocabulary of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. A multiple choice game which can give children confidence in the four arithmetic operations.
Starfall - Learn to Read
A good learning to read site. There are good quality games and animated stories which children can interact with. The children can click on words to see what they say. Excellent for learning the sounds the letters make.
Chance to Shine
Chance to Shine has created a bank of free resources to help teachers lead cricket sessions with confidence. These include lesson plans for coaching sessions, instructional videos for all the skills and drills and tips from the professionals.
Subtracting with Regrouping Lesson
This lesson explains how to work out column subtraction of three-digit numbers using regrouping or borrowing.
Virtual Unifix
This is a manipulative which has virtual Unifix which can be snapped together. Better on desktop machines than tablets. Poor on iPad.
Fractions
A great teaching tool for fractions. Use a bar or circle to represent, compare, and perform operations with fractions with denominators from 1 to 100. Reveal or hide numeric labels as needed.
Number Fact Families
Can you find all the number fact families? Just the thing for learning the relationship between addition/subtraction and multiplication/division.
Crystal Crash
An addictive find fractions of numbers game where you throw the pickaxe at the correct answer. Different levels including find half of up to 20, 40 or 100, find unit fractions of number, or multiples of 1/10 of numbers. Super homework activity.
