The French Experiment
Are you learning to speak French? Check out these free online French lessons and children's stories in French.
The Holocaust: A Learning Site for Students
For students and teachers this site, organised by theme, has information, historical photographs, images of artefacts and audio clips to provide an overview of the Holocaust.
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.
The Human Eye - Interactive Resource
Label the different parts of the human eye.
Unravelling the Genome
In June 2000 scientists completed the 'map' for a human being. See here what a huge task this was and why it is valuable.
Co-ordinates - Reasoning about Position and Shape
An interactive site where you find the missing coordinates on a given shape, reflected in a mirror line, or the midpoints of straight lines. You can choose to find coordinates in the first quadrant, or all four quadrants.
Florence Nightingale - Getting Dressed
A beautifully illustrated account of the clothing Florence Nightingale would have worn in Victorian times.
What is Dyspraxia?
A concise article which explains characteristics of this specific learning disability and what can be done to help children with dyspraxia.
What is the Water Cycle?
A simple explanation of the water cycle which includes a cartoon video which goes through the process.
Burgh Life in Mary's Time
Find out about life in a Scottish burgh was like in the 16th Century, in the time of Mary Queen of Scots. Relates to the Scottish curriculum.
