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How to Make Chinese New Year Firecracker Decorations

Here we show you how to make firecracker decorations similar to those that are hung up in homes at Chinese New Year to warn off the monster Nian in Chinese mythology.

6-11 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Solids, Liquids & Gases

The site has excellent YouTube animations and an interactive quiz about solids, liquids and gases which are ideal for Key Stage 1.

6-8 year olds
Teachers, Pupils, Parents

Discovering DNA - A Recipe for Life

A teacher resource detailing a workshop through which children can discover a basic understanding of the role of DNA within cells of the human body and an appreciation of how their unique DNA makes them different to other people.

11-14 year olds
Teachers

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

View the texts of Shakespeare's complete works.

14-18 year olds
Pupils

Fruit Splat Addition

7 levels of addition sums to solve. The levels go up to adding two digit numbers with regrouping. Splat the fruit with the correct answers. Vary the speed to give yourself more time.

6-9 year olds
Pupils

Fishy Times Tables

A clever interactive which demonstrates times tables up to 10 x 10. It is useful for showing the commutative law of multiplication which means you can multiply numbers in any order and the answer is the same.

6-10 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

The Difference Bar

Use a linear partitioning tool to help find the difference between pairs of two-digit numbers such as 25 and 34. The examples in the resource always have a difference less than ten. Useful as a teaching resource on an interactive whiteboard.

7-9 year olds
Pupils

Num Tanga Junior

Match the pairs which could be numerals, numbers as words, ten frames, base ten or fingers on hands. There are different levels the highest of which goes up to 20.

4-6 year olds
Pupils

Home Time Ladybirds

Count the spots on the ladybirds and drag them to the correct houses. The maximum number of spots is 9 and children will need to subitise to work out the total on each ladybird.

3-5 year olds
Pupils

Moving Digit Cards

An interactive whiteboard teaching aid for place value. It demonstrates the effect of multiplying and dividing whole or decimal numbers by 0.1, 10 or 100. The columns headed by letters are incorrectly labelled.

7-14 year olds
Teachers
Swallowtail Social - Social media training for small businesses