NASA Kids' Club
NASA provides a safe website for children to play as they learn about NASA and its missions. Content includes images, games and activities on space including all the Solar System and missions. Download free app too.
How We Make Stuff
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has developed this website to explore how we can learn from living systems and rethink the way we design, make and use our stuff.
GCSE Bitesize - Design and Technology
Lots of information on most aspects of GCSE courses, presented in easy to understand language. Chapter headings are electronics, food technology, graphics, resistant materials, systems and control and textile technology.
GCSE Bitesize - ICT
The BBC have come up with excellent revision notes if you are studying GCSE ICT. You can test your knowledge. Check your syllabus for coverage.
GCSE Bitesize - Physical Education
Taking GCSE Physical Education? Then you won't want to miss these notes from the BBC. There are sections on Anatomy and Physiology, Exercise and Fitness, Health and Hygiene and Performance.
CELLS Alive!
Have you ever wondered about the difference between bacteria and viruses or what happens when you get a splinter? These and other topics about cells, illustrated with microscopy images, are fascinating sections.
Ofsted - Office for Standards in Education
This site summarises the key aspects of Ofsted's school inspection system and provides access to the Ofsted reports of the majority of UK schools in Adobe Acrobat format.
British Railways
A detailed look at the growth of the railway system in Britain in the 19th century. There are sections on engineers and entrepreneurs, locomotives, railway companies and more.
All about Astronomy
Zoom Astronomy covers the Solar System, planets, moon, the Sun, asteroids, comets, stars, galaxies and more. There is an illustrated astronomy dictionary and classroom activities. A comprehensive site.
The Workhouse
An impressive site, which includes source documents, on the history of the English poor laws and life in the workhouse. It also traces the development of the education system in Britain.
