States of Matter
An animation where you can watch how atoms and molecules behave when heated or cooled and compressed as they change between solid, liquid and gas phases.
Wonderful Words, Creative Stories about Space
improve two simple sentences by adding descriptive words. Observe how your choices affect the animated images. Use your sentences as inspiration for a story about space. A good site for demonstrating how to write more interesting sentences.
Cube Nets
See if you can predict which of these nets form into a cube. Make your prediction and then watch the animation to see if you were right.
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.
All about Rainforests
Here you have information about tropical and temperate rainforests. It is designed for students of all ages. It looks at the different layers, the plants and animals, where the rainforests are and it has rainforest animal printouts.
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.
What are Biomes?
This BBC Bitesize site explaines that biomes are areas of the planet with similar climates, landscapes, animals and plants. It looks at rainforests, deserts, savannah, woodlands, grasslands and tundra.
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.
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.
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.
