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Big Picture

Big Picture, from the Wellcome Trust, is aimed at post-16 biology teachers and students has a fantastic array of free online resources including activities, animations, videos, lesson plans, articles, images, and more.

16-18 year olds
Pupils

The Royal Mint Teaching Resources

Explore the world of coins, their history, design and manufactures. Each lesson pack, designed for classrooms in England and Wales, comes complete with teachers’ notes, lesson plans, fact files, worksheets and whiteboard resource.

7-11 year olds
Teachers

Red Nose Day

Find out how you can get involved and raise money for Comic Relief. For teachers there are lesson and assembly ideas and there's fun stuff for kids.

7-18 year olds
Teachers, Pupils, Parents

Autumn Stars and Planets

A short video which explains why the stars that we see in the night sky change with the seasons.

10-16 year olds
Pupils

Custom Car Garage

Use the coins to customise your sports car to your own design. UK, Euro and USD currencies are supported.

5-7 year olds
Pupils

Practical Action

Excellent geography teaching resources from Practical Action who use technology to challenge poverty in developing countries. There are videos, case studies, photos and more.

11-16 year olds
Teachers

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

Planet Under Pressure

BBC News Online explores our planet's most pressing environmental issues. The site takes a look at six areas where a crisis could be brewing: food, water, energy, climate change, biodiversity and pollution.

14-18 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Guide to Starting Secondary School

Help your child to make a confident transition to secondary school by Topmarks.

7-14 year olds
Parents

WWF

The WWF site has details of their campaigns along with global news features which impact on the environment.

11-18 year olds
Teachers, Pupils, Parents
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