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Claiming to be the first 'shocked' science lab on the web, this brilliant site will entertain and educate all.
This site provides simple instructions for straightforward science experiments to try at home or at school.
A site full of scientific and historical information and manages to present both in a fun and interesting way.
Sport!
Science@The Exploratorium
Speed, friction, levers and temperature are just some of the areas covered.
This BBC website was written to accompany a TV programme about the invention and history of radio.
Car engines, combination locks, food, the immune system, etc.
Rubber bands, springs, flywheels, candles and gravity power the toys which range from camphor boats to rubber-band guns.
An excellent science site which uses little animations to teach difficult concepts.
An all-purpose site that includes a complete online guide to the life and works of Albert Einstein.
Customise posters and worksheets with these large downloadable line drawings of people and equipment on a wide range of safety topics including electricity and heat.
This is a very useful site for primary and secondary science teachers. Many animations of scientific principles in action.
An exciting virtual museum of science and industry.
Here you will find a databank of twentieth-century scientists, their stories and discoveries.
Online
Exhibits @ the Exploratorium
This site contains investigations and puzzles for Key Stage 2 pupils in a variety of disciplines, many of which require Shockwave.
This site gives details on how to construct simple weather recording instruments.
A fascinating site hosted and run by Professor Louis A. Bloomfield. Suitable for scientists of all ages.
This fun site offers sound and vision experiments with interesting effects.
Crammed full of ideas for teachers and students alike.
Robert
Krampf's Science Education Company
Part of a larger physics site, this enables students to sign up for a weekly e-mailed free experiment.
Good ideas for classroom and field activities for Key Stage 1 & 2 children.
This is an innovative online project that encourages teachers and students to develop and publish on
the Web their perspectives on the educational use of the Science Museum in London.
Information about, science, nature, art and technology, based around the Exploratorium Museum in San Francisco.
Simulated adventures, experiments amd field trips.
Access a variety of simple experiments relating to the properties of light and its applications.
Information and numerous diagrams provide an introduction for children to the science of light.
Facts on lightning, including lightning bolts, lightning detection and lightning history.
This site gives the basics about light and its behaviour, backed up with good quality photos of optical effects.
Very detailed information is provided about the nature of colour, forms of light, the eye and how we see.
Scientific puzzles, optical illusions and magic mirrors.
This is a useful resource site for investigating magnetism at KS1 and KS2.
Describes capillary action in a celery stalk.
Explanations of surface tension, hydrogen bonding and interference patterns.
The
Water Cycle from North West Water
This is an entertaining and interactive illustration of the water cycle.
Wonderful ways to investigate water.
Scientist and inventor Benjamin Franklin is remembered for his early work with electricity.
This small website is a useful resource for teachers of upper KS2 and KS3 looking at what electricity
is and important safety rules.
This one-page site contains a suggested activity demonstrating static electricity.
Yorkshire Electricity has developed a simple game to deter primary aged children from playing around pylons and substations. The game, 'Safe Journey Home', is in the Fun and Education section of the Yorkshire Electricity website. it is based on Snakes and Ladders, with ladders replaced by buses, snakes with 'Danger of Death' signs.
Includes information on hearing, deafness and transmission of sound waves.
Ancient Time, Time Machine, Exact Time and Beat the Clock are all featured and all are based around a fun and user-friendly approach.
All the background information you need to begin constructing your own sundials.
An exhibition from the National Air and Space Museum which demonstrates flight.
Discover how a person-powered plane works, then design your own virtual aircraft.
Instructions and patterns for 50 different paper aeroplanes.
The
Nine Planets - A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System
An award-winning educational tour of the solar system, containing over 220 pages of information and 950 high resolution images and animations.
Instructions for making models of Sun - Earth - Moon systems and numerous links, this provides fun activities and information for science topics.
The interactive puzzles and arcade style games will appeal to KS2 pupils as they learn about the planets and constellations.
An exciting, interactive introduction to the history and exploration of Mars.
Introduction to Earth science, the Solar System, and the Universe is offered at three different levels
Exploring
Planets in the Classroom: Hands-On Activities
An adventure through space that adeptly combines usability and learning. Needs Shockwave.
Venture undersea or into outer space in the subship Cousteau or the starship Sagan.
A superb resource of Solar System related material from NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Leicester
University Educational Guide to Space and astronomy
A good introduction to Space, the Universe and the Solar System.
The site makes good use of images from NASA's planetary exploration program.
Understanding
our Planet through Chemistry
Examines a one million-year-old meteorite.
This technically excellent site will be enjoyed by the most able students at Key Stage 4.
A monthly magazine from an American astronomer tells you all about the sky each month.
Informative site where children can use a multiple-choice game and download facts about astronomy.
This is a superb site which describes the features of the planets and lists all the launches into space.
Natural History - General Information
An interactive virtual handling table published by the Natural History Museum, London. It is aimed at school pupils aged 9-13.
This is the site that supports the BBC’s natural history programmes.
Designed to accompany the BBC TV series.
Photographs of insects, spiders, reptiles, amphibians, plants, flowers and more.
An excellent introduction to the flora, fauna, and climate of both temperate and tropical rainforests.
Living
Things: Anatomy and Physiology
Anatomy, classification, ecosystems and life cycles are a few of the topics you'll find.
The Wildlife Conservation Society site supplies information, photographs and sounds of a variety of
creatures (reptiles, land and sea mammals).
This is an interactive introduction to ecosystems and food chains.
Griffin
Logue’s Wild Animal Web Site
See, hear, and learn about a wide variety of wild animals at this attractive, informative site.
Younger Primary pupils will learn interesting facts about tigers, conservation measures etc
WhaleNet is an online resource centred around whales and marine research.
A simple memory game, which can be played offline, uses the whales which inhabit the waters around Canada. Shockwave and a recent browser are required.
Photos and information, organised by animal behaviour and groups.
For pupils learning about Australian animals.
A simple, informative game matching animals and plants to their environment.
Discover the secrets behind a variety of different animal homes.
Tracing the scientific analysis and solution of a contemporary puzzle, this interactive site can be used to demonstrate scientific enquiry techniques.
Cameras set up next to watering holes in South African safari parks broadcast live pictures onto the Net.
Visit this virtual farm to see and hear the animals.
This provides an introduction to camouflage and the principles of perception.
Covering camouflage, this interactive site demonstrates how much easier it is to spot camouflaged animals when they move.
This interactive site simulates the hazards facing a Mediterranean loggerhead turtle's attempts to lay eggs, and details environmental concerns.
Easy-to-navigate site containing facts on oceans, seas, and all types of aquatic environments.
The Smithsonian Institution’s virtual exhibition.
Themes as seashore life, the water cycle and the intertidal zone.
Venture undersea or into outer space in the subship Cousteau or the starship Sagan.
All
About Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses
Take a virtual tour and try the 'Find a Fish' feature.
Uses Macromedia Shockwave Flash v3.
An excellent educational resource packed with information about animals of all kinds, as well as about Sea World itself and its inhabitants.
Interactive adventures for children to discover and learn about trees.
Investigate a virtual plant cell and discover the structures and functions at a microscopic level.
Visit this site to see how x-rays can uncover the hidden beauty of a flower's shape.
A useful site for teaching plant science to primary school pupils.
Provides information and images regarding invertebrate 'bugs', ranging from worms to tarantulas.
The
Wonderful World of Insects
Some beautiful but simple images of various insects adorn this site dedicated to the wonderful world of creepy crawlies.
Canterbury
Environmental Education Centre
Virtual tours of ponds and the countryside with educational activities for pupils.
this site provides the low-down on both harmless and harmful native Ameraican insects. Information and images is supplied on a wide variety of bugs, including millipedes, grasshoppers and centipedes.
Amazing images and facts about all manner of beetles.
Contains detailed images of a wide variety of insects.
Visit this virtual ant colony and view live images from an ant farm.
Photographs of insects, spiders, reptiles, amphibians, plants, flowers and more.
Fourteen different insects are displayed using Virtual Reality Modelling Language (VRML).
Fun projects and resources with an insect theme.
A vast site packed with information, pictures and activities for young palaeontologists..
Dinosaur
Data Files (Natural History Museum
These Natural History Museum web pages provide data files on thirty dinosaurs, which can be downloaded as Excel spreadsheets.
Become a virtual palaeontologist and discover the secrets of dinosaur fossils and bones.
Images are excellent and verbal commentaries can be selected if desired.
View insects, plants and human body parts in microscopic detail through these colourful and
fascinating electron microscope photographs.
The
World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Microscopy
This Science Fact File contains clear, annotated diagrams illustrating the internal systems of the body.
Explore the internal organs through this diagrammatic representation of the body where the information is clearly and simply presented.
This site is a collection of images of parts of the body.
A set of activities from the Ontario Science Centre concerning the human body that use
Macromedia’s Shockwave or .au sound files. Excellent support for work at Key Stage 2.
This site gives coloured animations of a variety of heart-related topics including heart disease and bypass surgery.
The
Heart: An Online Exploration
A wealth of information about the human heart. A lot of the site is not aimed at primary children.
British
Heart Foundation - Artie Beat
Explore the functions of the human eye with these simple experiments and activities.
Here you can examine three different types of optical illusion.
A useful insight into how the eyes and senses can play tricks and a good introduction to optical illusions for science classes.
Displays and explains an optical illusion that demonstrates how our eyes are constantly movingwithout our knowledge.
This interactive site displays an optical illusion where the relative shades of grey can be made to appear to change. Shockwave plug-in needed.
Become a virtual brain surgeon and map out the brain’s motor cortex on this animated patient.
Investigate the relationship between taste and smell with these simple activities.
Packed with information, activities and pictures and will provide a useful resource as part of a human body science topic.
Children can measure their reaction time online and other activities.
Designed to help teachers introduce the concepts of healthy eating.
A colourful and attractive site, featuring characters from Kellogg’s products, which combines
nutritional information with exciting games, activities and interactive stories.
Fun and informative games which develop knowledge about food and nutrition.
A site dedicated to food education and healthy eating.
Rainforest
Action Network Kids' Corner
Child-friendly information about rainforests and rainforest conservation.
International
Centre for Conservation Education
National
Grid - Groundwork Four Seasons Project
Investigate how the weather affects the world around us, the impact on energy consumption of energy-saving practice in school etc.
From the Dicovery Channel Online, this site covers all the contemporary environmental issues in an eye-catching and interactive format.
Everything you could want to know about rainforests.
The Born Free Foundation have created a site containing information about a range of projects.
Ozone
Layer Depletion and Global Warming
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