Teaching Science through Stories

Looking for inspiration for science activities in the classroom? This site has some great ideas taking stories as a starting point. Well worth exploring.

5-11 year olds

Teachers

Spell Block Academy

A fun spelling game with a wizard theme. Use the provided words or create your own spelling list of words in the Spells book.

5-9 year olds

Pupils

Range Arranger

Build a tower with the blocks in the correct order from smallest to largest. Suitable for Year 2 to Year 6.

6-11 year olds

Pupils

Dinosaur Dentist

Get the T-Rex to dance by using your knowledge of doubling facts to work out the 'near doubles' in this addition game.

5-7 year olds

Pupils

Capacity Countdown

A game by ICT games where you need to read the volumes on the scales in ml and l.

6-9 year olds

Pupils

Mostly Postie

Can you read scales? Then try this read the scales game which includes weights in grams and kilograms.

7-11 year olds

Pupils

Year 6 Arithmetic Practice

Test your knowledge in preparation for SATs. This interactive quiz has the type of questions that appear on Paper 1 - Arithmetic.

10-11 year olds

Pupils

Place Value Chart

A useful teaching tool to demonstrate place value in numbers up to millions. It includes an option for decimal numbers.

7-11 year olds

Teachers

Spooky Spellings

This spelling game uses the words listed in the UK National Curriculum as being 'Common Exception Words' or tricky words.

5-11 year olds

Pupils

Jack and the Beanstalk

An animated story of the fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk in short video clips from the BBC.

5-7 year olds

Pupils