Seeds and Plant Growth Discovery Pack
This activity pack designed for 5 to 12 year olds can be used to encourage children to care for and appreciate living things and to think about the world around them. It looks at seed dispersal, germination, growth, parts of a plant and more.
British Council School and Teacher Resources
Here schools can create safe links with young people all over the world and to find out about different cultures. Get your class started on a fun, exciting international project. Over 30,000 schools to choose from.
Cafod Kidz Zone
Find out about the work Cafod are doing round the world through videos and games which explain how people in other lands live.
The Fair Trade Foundation
Read about the campaign to ensure that farmers in third world countries get a fair price for their produce.
Life in Elizabethan England
The Compendium of Common Knowledge contains concise information on many topics associated with the Elizabethan World such as money, religion, food and domestic details. Easy to navigate.
Home Sweet Home Front
The Home Sweet Home Front website tells the story of life on the British home front during World War Two. Illustrated with posters and photographs.
CAFOD - Education Resources
CAFOD is a development agency working in over 80 countries to tackle the causes of poverty. There are excellent factsheets on racism, environment, landmines, food shortages, aid, world debt and the role of women in developing countries.
Imperial War Museum
A superb site. Find out about the range of free educational visits and examine the online photograph archive albums on both world wars and conflicts since 1945. There are lots of propaganda posters and find out about resources you can buy.
Earth and Moon Viewer
Access satellite photographs of the Earth and Moon. See 'day and night' boundaries and select your area of the world.
Country Profiles
These country profiles by the BBC provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories around the world. They also feature audio or video clips from BBC archives.
