Seed Germinator
Find out what goes on underground when seeds are sprouting? Try this experiment to investigate the process of plant development. The site has teaching tips and background to the science.
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Just what it says, a superb guide to the instruments of an orchestra. It is based on music by Benjamin Britten who was commissioned to write music to help children understand instruments in an orchestra.
Tessellation Creator
A useful resource for making tessellation patterns using regular polygons. What kind of tessellations can you make out of regular polygons?
Hidden Lives
An archive of amazing documents and photographs where you can find out what it was like to be really poor in Victorian and Edwardian times. Target age range 10 to 15 years.
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.
Area and Volume
A BBC Bitesize resource with 5 learner guides and 7 class video clips on how to work out an area, what is the perimeter and what is a volume. It also shows how to calculate a volume using an equation.
Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
Just what it says, a free encyclopedia. Anyone can edit this so the information is not guaranteed to be accurate.
I'm Reading
Online illustrated story books with audio to help young children read. Children can click on the words to hear what they say. They include traditional tales, myths, fables, comics and plays.
A Merry Tudor Christmas
Three classroom video clips from the BBC which give an insight into what a Tudor Christmas would have been like for Henry V111.
Piacademy
Picademy is the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s flagship free teacher-training initiative. It’s a two-day course that allows educators to experience what can be achieved with a little help and lots of imagination.
