Shadows

A useful site to demonstrate the concept of shadows with good animations. Excellent for use on an interactive whiteboard too. It looks at how the position of the Sun affects the length of shadows in Summer and Winter.

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.

Something Fishy

A series of lessons on water and fish including how they differ from other animals. It looks at the features of different animals groups, food chains and the nutritional value of fish. The section on water would be good on an interactive whiteboard.

Energy Flows

A clever little drag and drop game where you need to use your knowledge of how power is generated to make appliances work.

Anatomy of the Eye

An excellent animation of the structure of the eye together with detailed information on the inner workings of each part of the eye. Static images for tablet access.

Describing Motion

IWB teaching resources that progressively develop various aspects of Motion. They include: What is speed? Velocity, Velocity and Vectors, Acceleration, Motion Graphs, Linear Acceleration and Projectiles.

Nuffield Science

This site from the Nuffield Foundation features free teaching and learning resources for teaching AQA and OCR A2 Applied Science.

The Ballad of Lisa the Lemur

Lemurs are in danger as rainforests disappear. Listen to the song about Lemurs and see what is happening as rainforests are destroyed.

Q-Files

Q-files is a subscription based online encyclopedia specially designed and written for children. It is also advert free and regularly updated.

Identification Keys

See if you can place the animals on the identification key and then design one of your own by noticing the differences in the features of various dinosaurs.