The Great Fire of London
Explore the story of the fire in detail by following the timeline and investigating the people, objects and themes. Interactive activities along the way to help you understand how we know about the Great Fire.
Cool Antarctica
Simply the best website about Antarctica that we know of. It has stacks of free to use pictures and is bursting with facts about Antarctica and its animals. It also includes the history of exploration, the climate and environmental issues.
William Wilberforce
Explore the life and political and social achievements of William Wilberforce, the Hull MP, who was instrumental in the campaign to abolish British involvement in the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Discovering the Arctic
Explore the Arctic region and how it is changing with the help of the people who live and work there.
Seeing with Sound
Explore questions about sound properties and how sound travels as a wave through diagrams and simulations. For example, identify the effects of compression waves on the vibration speed of particles.
Elements of a Story
The "Elements of a Story" interactive is designed for children to do on their own, but the different online activities can also be adapted for classroom use. Taking the story of Cinderella it explores the different 'ingredients' that make up a story.
Winsor and Newton Guides
Hints and techniques to enable you to explore your artistic abilities with water colours, oils, acrylics, pastels and colour mixing.
Mysteries of the Nile
Explore Ancient Egypt through QuickTime movies and read about how archaeologists' attempts to raise an obelisk in an investigation to find out how the Egyptians went about this task.
Theoi Greek Mythology
A site exploring Greek mythology and the gods in classical literature and art.
Geometric Solids
A teaching tool, which works well on an interactive whiteboard, which is good for learning about solid shapes and their properties. Explore the number of faces, edges and vertices. There are lesson plans which demonstrate how the tool can be used.
