These are the websites that we, and members of the Dundee Science Centre teacher forum, find useful for science learning and teaching.

Please note that Dundee Science Centre does not control any of these websites, and children should be supervised when using the internet.

General sites:

http://www.highlandschools-virtualib.org.uk/

www.sserc.org.uk

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/index_flash.shtml 

www.primaryresources.co.uk - good science pages

www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/Science/index.html

www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/subjects/science/index.htm

www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/index.html

www.planet-science.com/home.html

www.educationcity.co.uk

www.queensferry-pri.edin.sch.uk

www.kidshealth.org/kids

www.brainpop.com

Portal Sites:

www.coxhoe.durham.sch.uk/Curriculum/Science.htm

www.teachingandlearningresources.co.uk/funscience.shtml

www.fife-education.org.uk/Fife_Primary_Website/science_overview_final.htm

www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/science.htm

Interactive Whiteboard Resources:

www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1science.html

Science friction:

www.planet-science.com/under11s/

www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/subjects/science/qca/friction.htm

Water cycle:

www.teacherplanet.com/resource/watercycle.php

ww.proteacher.com/110056.shtml

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercyclehi.html

www.units.muohio.edu/dragonfly/water/experiment.shtml

www-k12.atmos.washington.edu/k12/pilot/water_cycle/index.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/index_flash.shtml

http://www.bathgems.com/articles/water-terms-encyclopedia.htm  

http://royalsociety.org/landing.asp?id=6 - good for topical science issues

Space:

http://www.nasa.gov/

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/playandlearn/playandlearn_archive_1.html

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html

Energy Sources:

http://www.darvill.clara.net/altenerg/ - good for comparing advantages/ disadvantages of different energy types

http://www.ukflooringdirect.co.uk/info/Energy_Efficiency_in_the_Home.html  - many links to useful energy efficiency facst and tips.  Mostly American, but useful.

http://www.ifloor.com/flooring-advice/home-maintenance-and-improvement.html - home maintainance and improvement ideas


Human Body:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/3djigsaw_02/ - great interactive body showing organs, skeleton etc

http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp

http://www.bhf.org.uk/yheart/default.aspx?page=15 - British Heart Foundation site.  A great heart transplant game on this site!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/brainsmart/ - BBC Brainsmart site. The site is packed with goodies - from memory maximising  to menomics as well a look at how the brain works.

 

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