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Geometry Basics

These videos and activities on the basics if geometry explain what angles are and the difference between a triangle and a quadrilateral. Put your knowledge to the test.

10-13 year olds
Pupils

Basic Angles

An angle activity with an online protractor. This is a flexible manipulative for teaching about angles which is excellent on an interactive whiteboard. There is a video tutorial explaining its use.

10-16 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

When Two Vowels Go Walking

The song in the video explains the rule: "When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking." Words that appear include: boat, meat, train, pail, rain, brain, soap, say, neat, beat, dream, pain, and plain.

6-7 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Butterfly Life Cycle

A series of pages about butterflies with stunning narrated videos of each stage of the butterfly life cycle. The site also looks at how butterflies use various body parts to eat, hear and smell.

5-16 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

TrueTube

TrueTube is a free, award winning education resource for schools with videos, lesson plans and assembly plans for PSHE, RE and Citizenship. It is aimed at Key Stages 3 & 4.

7-16 year olds
Teachers

Learn about the Weather

Learn about weather phenomena including clouds, rain and snow, with these excellent videos and animations from the UK Met Office. They are YouTube videos so will not be accessible in all schools but they are ad free.

9-14 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

The Gunpowder Plot

A PowerPoint and videos about the Gunpowder Plot. The videos serve as an introduction to the story of Guy Fawkes and the origins of Bonfire night but they are not suitable for younger pupils.

7-11 year olds
Teachers

Chemistry Library

A self-guided course with videos from the Khan Academy. You can also get answers to your questions.

16-18 year olds
Pupils

A River's Journey

The journey of a river can be divided into three sections: upper, middle and lower. This site features video footage of rivers in the three stages and explains what happens in each stage.

9-14 year olds
Pupils

A Merry Tudor Christmas

Three classroom video clips from the BBC which give an insight into what a Tudor Christmas would have been like for Henry V111.

7-11 year olds
Pupils
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