General |
Columbia Encyclopedia
Encarta Encyclopedia
"About" Homework Help - Useful facts and information by subject.
Websites recommended by BBC
BBC School websites
Canada's SchoolNet
Top Marks - Links to many web sites. Search by subject and age group.
Museum Stuff - Online information from museums about art, history and science.
Academic Info - American academic search directory.
BUBL Information Service - National information service for the higher education community.
Cambridge University Libraries - Faculty, departmental and college libraries.
NISS - Information for education. Lecture Theatre gives links by subject.
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Biology |
BBC Nature - BBC Nature programs and more.
Natural History Museum - Has an online interactive section.
Investigate a Farm - Quiz and online farm trail based on a real farm.
Microscopy - Bugs under the microscope. With some, you can zoom in.
Breeds of Livestock - Cattle, horses, sheep, pigs and other (such as camel and llama!)
Cephalopod - Octopuses, squid and so on.
RSPB - Royal Society for Protection of Birds.
Rainforest Alliance
Subject - Biology - Big Zoo - Descriptions and photos of animals, by scientific classification.
Cells Alive - Cell biology - with photos and webcams of cell cultures.
Subject - Biology - Human Body - Different systems of the human body.
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
The Human Genome
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Other Sciences |
BBC Science - BBC Science programs (but not Nature programs).
The Science Museum - Includes exhibitions online.
How Things Work - Questions about Physics, and answers!
British Astronomical Association - News about astronomy including Hubble Space telescope.
NASA - Information about their space missions, plus lots of other space information.
Orrey - The Solar System in Action.
Red Colony - Establishing a permanent colony on Mars.
Subject - Physics - Physics 2000 - Interactive fun demonstrations of things like X-rays.
Stephen Hawking's Universe - Includes "strange stuff explained" like anti-matter and black holes.
The laws list - A list of various laws of physics and astronomy.
HyperPhysics
Chem4kids - Introduction to atoms, elements, matter, bonds, reactions, etc.
Minerals - Simple guide to minerals, their properties and elements, with photos.
Periodic Table of Elements - Includes description and facts about each element.
The Minerals Gallery - Photos and facts about minerals.
Beagle 2 - The British led exploration of Mars.
New Scientist - New Scientist online with readable articles about Science.
Nature - International weekly science journal.
SciRep - Scientific report writing for GCSE and A level.
SciCentral - Web resources for different sciences.
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Mathematics |
Escher - including his tessellations.
Mega Converter -
Converts things to other things (such as inches to centimetres).
Mega Math - Fun Mathematical ideas.
Mathsphere - Numeracy.
Visual Maths - Maths and Art combined! Take a long time to load.
PASSMaths - Public Awareness and School Support for Mathematics for 15-19 year olds.
Pi - to lots of places.
Subject - Maths - Dr Math - Ask a question or browse the archives. Serious & interesting maths.
Interactive Mathematics - Scroll down for mathematical puzzles, some of them interactive.
NRICH Maths Club - Mathematics curriculum enrichment.
Prime - Platonic Realms interactive mathematics encyclopedia.
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Design and
Technology |
SOAR - Searchable online archive of recipes.
Great Towers of the World - With description, statistics and pictures.
Mechanical Toys - and how to make them.
How stuff works - How things work, like car engines or lasers.
Fabric Link - History of fibres, dictionary of fabric terms, and more.
Technology and Design Online - Electronics, packaging, food, pneumatics, mechanisms.
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Media Studies |
INCS - Many links to media sites and articles.
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English |
Children's Literature - Including a list plus short description of the year's best books.
Dictionaries - Search more than 300 online dictionaries to find the definition of a word.
Rhyming words - Enter a word and find words that rhyme with it, plus their definitions.
Shakespeare online - Search the complete works.
Subject - English - Ask Oxford - Dictionary, word games and more from Oxford dictionaries.
Online Books Page - Ten thousand books available online!
Poets Corner - Large range of poems online. Select by poet or title.
Shakespeare and the Internet - Includes Shakespeare timeline and Lamb's Tales.
Thesaurus and Dictionary - Meanings and synonyms of words.
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Geography |
Lonely Planet Online - Guide to countries around the world.
Rough Guides - Another guide to countries around the world.
National Geographic - Maps, photos, features.
Maps - From all over the Internet.
Microsoft Expedia Maps - Maps of USA and the world.
Multimap - Zoomable maps of the UK.
Ordnance Survey - Includes a guide to map scales.
Up My Street - Statistics from around the UK including Property Prices, Crime Rates, Ambulance Response.
Met. Office - Their educational pages.
Satellite pictures - Satellite pictures of the Earth and its weather.
Hurricanes
Bad Meteorology - Be very, very careful what you put into that head,
because you will never, ever get it out.
Northern Lights
CIA world fact book - Map, flag and facts about any country in the world.
Harambee Centre - Publications and teaching resources on global issues, in Cambridge.
Volcano World - All the volcanos of the world, with facts and photos.
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History |
BBC History - BBC History Zone programs and more.
Schools History
Walk the Timeline - articles in Current Archaeology.
Historical Maps - From all over the Internet.
British Museum - With photos from the collection.
Black and Asian History Map - Websites on Black and Asian history in the British Isles.
Spartacus - History resources.
The Caves at Lascaux - With virtual visit, and techniques of the paintings.
Ancient Egypt - Photos and descriptions.
Egyptian Museum in Cairo - Tutankhamun.
Classics pages - About the life, literature, art and archaeology of ancient Greece & Rome.
Perseus Project - A digital library of resources for the study of the ancient world.
Athens - Clickable map of Athens, plus photos and descriptions.
The Ancient Greek World
Pyrrha's Roman
Pages
The Roman Empire
Romans in Britain
Myths - Stories about the gods from Egyptian, Roman and Nordic myths.
Regia Anglorum - Anglo-Saxon, Viking and Norman history. Online Saxon village.
Essential Norman Conquest - Includes Bayeux Tapestry
Tudor History
Mary Rose - On board the Mary Rose, a Tudor ship.
The Workhouse - Details of life in the workhouse, and more.
Old maps - Enter UK postcode to view Victorian map.
Victorian Web
Commonwealth War Graves - Details of the 1.7 million soldiers who died in the World Wars.
The Churchill Era - from the Churchill Archives Centre in Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Languages |
iLoveLanguages - Guide to languages on the web.
All words - Enter English word to translate it into Dutch, French, German, Italian or Spanish.
BBC languages
Welsh - News, dictionaries, courses and other information about Welsh.
A Welsh Course
Dictionaries - Many language dictionaries, including indigenous.
Online Newspapers - organised by country, in their original languages.
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Art |
Famous Paintings - arranged in groups by date.
The National Gallery - with pictures online.
The Tate - with pictures online.
Art History - links to resources on the web.
Artchive - Artists' biographies and works online, theory and criticism.
Art Cyclopedia - Search for artists, works, museums, movements, subjects, etc.
Study Art - Art timeline, artist biographies, glossary terms.
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Music and
Dance |
Classical Music - History, composers, musical forms and a dictionary of musical terminologies.
Ballet - Ballet companies, dancers and more.
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Physical
Education |
PE Central - US website for health and PE teachers, parents, and students.
Tennis - Lawn Tennis Association - School Zone.
Sporting Links
Game Central Station - 350 games with instructions, equipment & skills.
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Religious
Education |
Quran in Arabic - The Quran (or Koran) online in Arabic.
Quran interpretation - An English interpretation of the Quran (or Koran) online.
About Islam and Muslims - Information about Islamic Beliefs, history and civilization.
Sikh Home Page - Sikh web page. Very good for learning about Sikhs.
The Bible - The Bible online with text search.
Introduction to Judaism - Jewish beliefs, language, scripture, holidays and customs.
The Virtual Synagogue - Explore a Synagogue online, with a glossary of Hebrew words.
Hindu Pictures of Gods and Goddesses, temples, symbols, etc.
British Humanist Association - Resources for schools.
Schools Religious Education - Includes world religions, and ethical and moral issues.
The RE site - Online religious education. Search for religious organisations.
Encyclopaedia of Philosophy
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