Links

BEEP: BioEthics Education Project
» http://www.beep.ac.uk
From University of Bristol, funded by Wellcome Trust - Bioethics for a variety of Biology topics. Great for student research and for teachers.

Biozone
» http://www.thebiozone.com/
Some free samples of OHTs and other products.

Collapsing Can Experiment
» http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/HomeExpts/COLLAPSE.html
Fun experiment.

DfES Standards Site
» http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/
Download QCA documents.

Diagram Maker
» http://www.ase.org.uk/sen/resources/onlinelab/diagrammaker.html
Create science diagrams from the ASE.

Dr Chordate Science Songs
» http://www.tranquility.net/~scimusic/notochordsproducts.html#mikeoffutt
Here you can order CDs with songs about science.

Education Using Powerpoint
» http://www.educationusingpowerpoint.org.uk/
Site for teaching powerpoints. NOT free.

Harcourt Video Updates
» http://www.harcourtschool.com/articles/video_updates/
Video Clips galore!

K Science
» http://www.kscience.co.uk/
Virtual Rocky Shore and other Biology resources.

KS3 A Science Odyssey
» http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/
Site with lots on, including Mountain Maker, Technology in the Home, Brain Probe, Atom Builder, Human evolution, etc.... Explore!

KS3 ABPI Resources for Schools
» http://www.abpischools.org.uk/resource/resource.asp?id=17
Science resources for 11-14 year olds, covering a wide range of topics. Particularly good for project work on drugs.

KS3 Acids, Alkalis and Neutralisation
» http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/science/acids/index.htm
Great site for an interactive whiteboard or for kids to work through themselves.

KS3 Anatomy Online
» http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
Explore the body systems.

KS3 BGfL Science Resources
» http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/index.cfm?s=1&m=402&p=141,index
Birmingham Grid for Learning site with lots of ideas for all key stages.

KS3 Biology Corner
» http://www.biologycorner.com/internetlessons.php
Internet lesson ideas - recycling, mouse genetics, etc.

KS3 Biology in Motion
» http://www.biologyinmotion.com/
Great site with cartoon mini lectures and activities on a wide range of topics including kidney and excretion, enzymes, an evolution lab, ATP, digestion, etc.

KS3 Discovering Fossils
» http://www.discoveringfossils.co.uk
Great for finding about about fossils for Rocks topic.

KS3 Electrical Circuits
» http://www.schoolscience.co.uk/content/3/physics/circuits/circh1pg1.html
From Schoolscience.

KS3 Energy Resources
» http://www.darvill.clara.net/altenerg/biomass.htm
Great site for finding out about different sources of energy, particularly renewable energy.

KS3 Evolution Museum
» http://revolution.caret.cam.ac.uk/
Cambridge University Site for evolution.

KS3 Facts of Life
» http://www.factsoflife.org.uk/
Good site for kids on food, puberty, cells, variation, etc.

KS3 Fear of Physics
» http://www.fearofphysics.com/index.html
Helps them over their fear of physics!! With clips and explanations covering forces and motion, sound, planets, etc... May be good for KS4 also.

KS3 Food Chain Puzzle
» http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/foodpuzzlechain.html
Puzzles and questions on food chains.

KS3 Food Chains and Webs
» http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodchains.htm
Great site with good information.

KS3 Forces Challenge
» http://www.quia.com/cb/24813.html
Forces game for 2 players.

KS3 Fossils
» http://www.ukfossils.co.uk/guides/how%20fossils%20formed.htm
Good site on fossils.

KS3 Funky Lab
» http://www.funkylab.co.uk/home.html
Inventions, Ideas and Evidence, play games, explore!

KS3 Grossology
» http://www.grossology.org/
The Science of really gross things!

KS3 How the Body Works
» http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/closet/how_the_body_works_interim.html
Some very nice cartoons about body systems!

KS3 Human Body and Mind
» http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/
BBC site for interactive activities to do with the human body and mind.

KS3 Human Torch
» http://www.sycd.co.uk/can_we_should_we/ht/home.htm
Activity on combustion.

KS3 Interactive Showcase
» http://sv.berkeley.edu/showcase/index.html
Activities and animations to cover lots of topics.

KS3 Nature Grid
» http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/
Good for habitats.

KS3 Recycle City
» http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/
Learn about recycling and the environment.

KS3 Science Database
» http://www.scishop.org/
ASE database of science resources.

KS3 Space and Solar System
» http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/index.shtml
BBC site with some great interactive space activities.

KS3 Speed Distance Time Graphs
» http://sycd.co.uk/dtg/
Good site for football fans! View clips of footballers and find the corresponding speed/distance/time graph.

KS3 StarChild
» http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
Good site for Solar System work.

KS3 The Great Plant Escape
» http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/gpe.html
Solve the cases and find out more about plants.

KS3 Torches and Colour
» http://www.ase.org.uk/sen/focus/torches.htm#resource
ASE activity on torches and colour filters.

KS3 Webelements (Chemistry)
» http://www.webelements.com/
Periodic Table and information.

KS3 SATs revision
» http://www.sambal.co.uk/indexpage.html
A good SATs revision site.

KS4 ABPI Resources for Schools
» http://www.ase.org.uk/sen/focus/torches.htm#resource
Resources for 14-16 science, including heart and circulation, genetics, etc.

KS4 Andy Darvill's Science Site
» http://www.darvill.clara.net/
The wonderful Andy Darvill's site, he has lots of downloads.

KS4 DNA Fingerprint
» http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sheppard/analyze.html
Looking at DNA fingerprinting.

KS4 DNA from the Beginning
» http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/
Covers all aspects of genetics, could be used at KS5.

KS4 Doc Brown's Chemistry Clinic
» http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page01/ElCpdMix/EleCmdMix.htm
Notes, quizzes and help for GCSE students revising Chemistry.

KS4 Endo and Exocytosis
» http://www.cchs.co.uk/subjects/biology/sixthform/resources/exo-endo/ex0-endo.htm
Animations.

KS4 Forces and Motion
» http://www.practicalphysics.org/go/Topic_3.html;jsessionid=aifAYIS4ZB39?topic_id=3
Good site for practical physics.

KS4 Genetics Learning Centre
» http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/
Good for basics of genetics.

KS4 Hormones
» http://www.schoolscience.co.uk/content/4/biology/abpi/hormones/index.html
Background on hormones, particularly good for diabetes.

KS4 Immunoanimations
» http://www.blink.biz/immunoanimations/#
Immunobiology, also good for KS5.

KS4 Marie Curie and Radioactivity
» http://www.aip.org/history/curie/
History of radioactivity and Marie Curie.

Ks4 Microbeworld
» http://www.microbeworld.org/home.htm
Microbes!

KS4 Nitrogen Cycle
» http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/tlw3/eBridge/Chp29/animations/ch29/1_nitrogen_cycle.swf
Nitrogen cycle information, diagrams.

KS4 Pea Soup - Mendel
» http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/
History of Mendel and genetics.

KS4 Photosynthesis
» http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookPS.html
Covers all the information on photosynthesis.

KS4 Plant Hormones
» http://www.plant-hormones.info/
Also good for KS5.

KS4 Plant Hormones (Auxins)
» http://www.schools.sandwell.net/menzies/subjects/biology/ks4/auxins.htm
Good description (with diagrams) of control of plant growth by auxins.

KS4 S-Cool GCSE Revision
» http://www.s-cool.co.uk/default.asp
GCSE revision for pupils.

KS4 Science Pages
» http://www.sciencepages.co.uk/keystage4/keystage4.php
Revsion notes and quizzes, etc, for all Sciences.

KS4 Water Pollution
» http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/5161/
Good for research.

KS4 Chem - Period Table
» http://www.schoolscience.co.uk/periodictable.html
From Schoolscience. Get info about all the elements.

KS5 AQA Biology
» http://www.mrothery.co.uk/
Notes, Summaries and past papers for all modules.

KS5 Biology Information Centre
» http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072437316/information_center_view0/#
Animations, flashcards, chapeter reviews, etc.

KS5 Biology Mad
» http://www.biologymad.com/
Notes for AQA Biology, very comprehensive for students.

KS5 Chem Guide
» http://www.chemguide.co.uk
Essentially a text book online, good for A Level Chemistry.

KS5 Natural Selection - Peppered Moths
» http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/pepperedmoth.html
Peppered moth simulation.

KS5 Physics Animations
» http://physics.nad.ru/Physics/English/index.htm
Animations for electricity, waves, thermodynamics, etc.

KS5 Science Animations
» http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/animatio.htm
Biology animation links.

KS5 Virtual Cell
» http://www.life.uiuc.edu/cgi-bin/plantbio/cell/cell.cgi
Open the cell to see the contents.

Lesson Plans Page
» http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ScienceJH.htm
Lesson plan ideas.

Lesson Tutor
» http://www.lessontutor.com/scigenhome.html
Science plans and worksheets and printables (such as biology diagrams).

More Science Links!
» http://www.leraconteur.scriptmania.com/parexsci.htm
Links to more science websites.

National Curriculum
» http://www.nc.uk.net/webdav/servlet/XRM?Page/@id=6004&Subject/@id=6321&Session/@id=D_r5nTjefExKiBCYUkVmaI
Science National Curriculum online.

Ofsted
» http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/index.cfm?fuseaction=ittCollege&id=16
Reports.

Planet Science
» http://www.scienceyear.com/sciteach/start.html
Science Resources and information.

Puzzlemaker
» http://www.puzzlemaker.com/
Make your own puzzles online or buy the CD.

Rudiments of Wisdom Cartoons
» http://www.rudimentsofwisdom.com/
Cartoons on loads of topics.

Schoolscience
» http://www.schoolscience.co.uk/content/index.asp
Excellent Science website.

Science Active
» http://www.science-active.co.uk/
Fantastic site for fun experiments and presentations, drag and drop activities, etc.

Science and Plants for Schools
» http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/
Publications and resources.

Science and SEN from the ASE
» http://www.ase.org.uk/sen/sen/intro.htm
ASE information and resources for SEN.

Science Video Network
» http://www.sciencevideonetwork.org/
Order a free CD of video clips covering all topics.

Singing Science Records
» http://www.acme.com/jef/science_songs/
Free Science Songs!

Teacher Powerpoints
» http://teacherpowerpoints.com/index.html
Free powerpoint sharing site.

Teacher Resource Exchange
» http://tre.ngfl.gov.uk/
Site for exchanging teacher resources. Not as good as this one :)

Teachernet
» http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/
Articles on education issues.

The ASE
» http://www.ase.org.uk
The Association for Science Education.

Thermit Reaction
» http://www.jcwyatt.34sp.com/sciencelhs/video/thermit.mov
Video clip.

Thermit Reaction 2
» http://www.wsgfl.org.uk/schools/sackville_www/ISTSackville/video/thermit.htm
Video clip.

Think Bank
» http://www.think-bank.com/iwb/
Site with interactive whiteboard resources.

Three Dog Graphx
» http://www.threedoggraphx.com
Personalised teacher stickers, excellent quality.

Times Educational Supplement
» http://tes.co.uk/staffroom
Particularly good for the forum and job search!

Training 2 Teach
» http://www.training2teach.co.uk/
NEW website for all trainee teachers - articles, tips, resources, links, etc. A must for all trainees.

Visual Simulations for Schools
» http://www.visualsimulations.co.uk/downloads.html
Great site for downloading all sorts of clips and animations.