Link directory
Useful sites & Resources
101 science sites the original editors pointed teachers at, kept here as a record of what the subject web looked like.
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The destinations are not linked here. This rebuild ships no outbound links at all, and after twenty years most of these addresses point somewhere else entirely — several of the departments and grids listed below no longer exist. The names and the editors’ own one-line notes are kept because together they are a decent snapshot of the science-teaching web of the mid-2000s.
Front page picks
The five sites the 2011 page led with
Thousands of free interactive whiteboard animations for KS4/KS5 Chemistry and Physics.
Excellent science animations and interactives for KS3/4 Science.
Animations for KS3/4 Science.
Secondary School Science Resources
Publisher catalogue of secondary science material.
Public Communication of Science
Gateway to science-communication resources.
A–Z directory
96 sites from the 2006 link page
BEEP: BioEthics Education Project
From University of Bristol, funded by Wellcome Trust - Bioethics for a variety of Biology topics. Great for student research and for teachers.
Some free samples of OHTs and other products.
Fun experiment.
Download QCA documents.
Create science diagrams from the ASE.
Here you can order CDs with songs about science.
Site for teaching powerpoints. NOT free.
Video Clips galore!
Virtual Rocky Shore and other Biology resources.
Site with lots on, including Mountain Maker, Technology in the Home, Brain Probe, Atom Builder, Human evolution, etc.... Explore!
KS3 ABPI Resources for Schools
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
Great site for an interactive whiteboard or for kids to work through themselves.
Explore the body systems.
Birmingham Grid for Learning site with lots of ideas for all key stages.
Internet lesson ideas - recycling, mouse genetics, etc.
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.
Great for finding about about fossils for Rocks topic.
From Schoolscience.
Great site for finding out about different sources of energy, particularly renewable energy.
Cambridge University Site for evolution.
Good site for kids on food, puberty, cells, variation, etc.
Helps them over their fear of physics!! With clips and explanations covering forces and motion, sound, planets, etc... May be good for KS4 also.
Puzzles and questions on food chains.
Great site with good information.
Forces game for 2 players.
Good site on fossils.
Inventions, Ideas and Evidence, play games, explore!
The Science of really gross things!
Some very nice cartoons about body systems!
BBC site for interactive activities to do with the human body and mind.
Activity on combustion.
Activities and animations to cover lots of topics.
Good for habitats.
Learn about recycling and the environment.
ASE database of science resources.
BBC site with some great interactive space activities.
KS3 Speed Distance Time Graphs
Good site for football fans! View clips of footballers and find the corresponding speed/distance/time graph.
Good site for Solar System work.
Solve the cases and find out more about plants.
ASE activity on torches and colour filters.
Periodic Table and information.
A good SATs revision site.
KS4 ABPI Resources for Schools
Resources for 14-16 science, including heart and circulation, genetics, etc.
KS4 Andy Darvill's Science Site
The wonderful Andy Darvill's site, he has lots of downloads.
Looking at DNA fingerprinting.
Covers all aspects of genetics, could be used at KS5.
KS4 Doc Brown's Chemistry Clinic
Notes, quizzes and help for GCSE students revising Chemistry.
Animations.
Good site for practical physics.
Good for basics of genetics.
Background on hormones, particularly good for diabetes.
Immunobiology, also good for KS5.
KS4 Marie Curie and Radioactivity
History of radioactivity and Marie Curie.
Microbes!
Nitrogen cycle information, diagrams.
History of Mendel and genetics.
Covers all the information on photosynthesis.
Also good for KS5.
Good description (with diagrams) of control of plant growth by auxins.
GCSE revision for pupils.
Revsion notes and quizzes, etc, for all Sciences.
Good for research.
From Schoolscience. Get info about all the elements.
Notes, Summaries and past papers for all modules.
KS5 Biology Information Centre
Animations, flashcards, chapeter reviews, etc.
Notes for AQA Biology, very comprehensive for students.
Essentially a text book online, good for A Level Chemistry.
KS5 Natural Selection - Peppered Moths
Peppered moth simulation.
Animations for electricity, waves, thermodynamics, etc.
Biology animation links.
Open the cell to see the contents.
Lesson plan ideas.
Science plans and worksheets and printables (such as biology diagrams).
Links to more science websites.
Science National Curriculum online.
Reports.
Science Resources and information.
Make your own puzzles online or buy the CD.
Cartoons on loads of topics.
Excellent Science website.
Fantastic site for fun experiments and presentations, drag and drop activities, etc.
Science and Plants for Schools
Publications and resources.
ASE information and resources for SEN.
Order a free CD of video clips covering all topics.
Free Science Songs!
Free powerpoint sharing site.
Site for exchanging teacher resources. Not as good as this one :)
Articles on education issues.
The Association for Science Education.
Video clip.
Video clip.
Site with interactive whiteboard resources.
Personalised teacher stickers, excellent quality.
Particularly good for the forum and job search!
NEW website for all trainee teachers - articles, tips, resources, links, etc. A must for all trainees.
Visual Simulations for Schools
Great site for downloading all sorts of clips and animations.
Made something good? Send it in.
The bank only ever grew because teachers and trainees shared what they had built for their own classes. If you have a worksheet, a card sort or a starter presentation that works, pass it on.