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Grow your Own Potatoes

Advice, support and downloadable resources for teachers looking at how to grow potatoes, where they come from and how to cook them. If you are in the UK you can register to get a free growing kit.

5-11 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Brian Cox School Experiments

These free resources support six experiments across the primary science curriculum, and each written resource is supported by videos.

5-11 year olds
Pupils

Teaching Science through Stories

Looking for inspiration for science activities in the classroom? This site has some great ideas taking stories as a starting point. Well worth exploring.

5-11 year olds
Teachers

A River's Journey

The journey of a river can be divided into three sections: upper, middle and lower. This site features video footage of rivers in the three stages and explains what happens in each stage.

9-14 year olds
Pupils

Birds and Wildlife

A wonderful site about how to help birds and wildlife.

11-18 year olds
Teachers, Pupils, Parents

All about Rainforests

Here you have information about tropical and temperate rainforests. It is designed for students of all ages. It looks at the different layers, the plants and animals, where the rainforests are and it has rainforest animal printouts.

7-14 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Better Planet Education

A bright, informative site about the environment and nature especially written for young people. There are lots of animal and environment fact sheets.

7-16 year olds
Pupils

Mystic Numbers

Solve the number puzzles and collect the treasures.

7-11 year olds
Pupils

Hamiliton Trust Literacy and Numeracy Planning

A useful site with quality literacy and numeracy plans for primary teachers. The charitable trust now requests a small subscription to access the resources.

3-11 year olds
Teachers

The Gingerbread Man

Read the sad story of the Gingerbread Man. It has colourful illustrations and works well on an interactive whiteboard. The story can be used in the literacy lessons to demonstrate repetitive style of text.

4-8 year olds
Pupils
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