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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

Letter Formation

This site has excellent animations which provide a good model for learners starting to write letters. They indicate the starting points and proper strokes required. Works well on an interactive whiteboard.

3-7 year olds
Pupils

Rainforest Alliance

Look inside and see the many wonders of the Rainforest and learn about the plants, animals and peoples that live there. Match the creatures to the many layers of the Rainforest and trace the production of bananas, coffee and chocolate.

11-16 year olds
Pupils

Make a Horse Puppet for Chinese New Year

How about making this cute hobby-horse puppet as the horse is one of the Chinese Zodiac animals? Fits in well with a Chinese New Year topic.

6-11 year olds
Pupils

Paint

A simple paint website which includes adding graphics by stamping. There are different and background scenes themes such as minibeasts, clothes, transport, animals, people, underwater and body parts. Created pictures are printable.

5-7 year olds
Pupils

Middle School Chemistry

Some super chemistry lesson plans supported by multimedia resources. There are remote lessons filled with videos of experiments, animations, and questions to create virtual lessons you can do at home!

11-14 year olds
Teachers

Wonderful Words, Creative Stories about Space

Improve two simple sentences by adding descriptive words. Observe how your choices affect the animated images. Use your sentences as inspiration for a story about space. A good site for demonstrating how to write more interesting sentences.

7-9 year olds
Pupils

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.

11-14 year olds
Pupils

Jack and Jill

A delightful BBC School Radio resource featuring Jack and Jill, with music and animation that bring this traditional nursery rhyme to life. Perfect for EYFS, it supports listening, language development, memory and imaginative play.

3-5 year olds
Teachers, Parents

British Mammals

Information on many British mammals. Also details on which ones are endangered. There are sections on where the creatures are to be found and conservation issues.

11-14 year olds
Teachers, Pupils
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