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Practical Biology

Practical Biology provides teachers of biology with experiments that demonstrate a wide range of biological concepts and processes. The site is useful for those wishing to develop their practical craft in biology.

11-18 year olds
Teachers

Roman Bath

Find out how the Romans enjoyed their baths. You can read how a replica Roman bath was built using original materials as far as possible. See if you can construct a working aqueduct online and the site also features Roman recipes.

11-16 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Heritage England Teaching Resources

Historic England offer a wide range of readymade free online learning resources for teachers. You can also search over 10,000 Educational Images, specially selected and re-captioned from their archive.

5-18 year olds
Teachers

Elmo at the Farm

Explore the farm, plant and water seeds and round up the baby animals.

2-4 year olds
Pupils, Parents

Something Fishy

A series of lessons on water and fish including how they differ from other animals. It looks at the features of different animals groups, food chains and the nutritional value of fish. The section on water would be good on an interactive whiteboard.

10-13 year olds
Teachers, Pupils, Parents

Starch in leaf animation

An animation showing the practical steps when testing for the presence of starch in leaves.

11-14 year olds
Teachers

BBC Bitesize Science Key Stage 2

Colourful, interactive science activities from the BBC Bitesize on the key areas: materials, energy, light and sound, humans, plants and animals. Designed for 10 to 11 year olds.

7-11 year olds
Pupils

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

Easy Drawing Guides

Step-by-step instructions, videos and print out sheets which show you how to draw animals, plants and popular characters.

7-14 year olds
Pupils

Galaxy Pugs

Galaxy Pugs is a Key Stage 1 science game features missions where children learn about plants, animals, materials, the human body, habitats and micro habitats.

6-7 year olds
Pupils
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