Web Gallery of Art
The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1200-1700). You can even take virtual tours such as one to the Cistine Chapel in the Vatican.
Views of the Famine
An excellent collection of articles and pictures from newspapers and periodicals dating from the Irish Potato Famine in the mid-19th Century.
Dragon Dance
Read about the symbolism and meaning behind traditional Chinese dragon dance and watch a movie clip of a performance in action.
Story Shuffle
Unscramble the historical stories and find out when in history they took place. They feature the relationship between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, the Gunpowder Plot, a plot to steal the Crown jewels and the legend of the ravens at the Tower of London.
When is Chinese New Year?
Find out the dates of each Chinese New Year over a period of 12 years together with the associated zodiac animals and Chinese calendar dates.
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.
The Ballad of Lisa the Lemur
Lemurs are in danger as rainforests disappear. Listen to the song about Lemurs and see what is happening as rainforests are destroyed.
Determining Measures of Angles Formed by Parallel Lines and a Transversal
Use your knowledge of angle pairs to work out the size of the missing angles.
Teach in Scotland
If you teach in another part of the UK or overseas find out everything you need to know about a teaching career in Scotland.
Rivers
Support materials and lesson plans about rivers and their journey to the sea from the Royal Geographical Society.
