| A+ Maths |
Test your wits with a series of simple multiplication, division or subtraction sums either online or offline using free printable flash cards. To help you out, there's a homework helper and a games room if you need a break from the number crunching! |
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| Activities with Adjectives |
If you think adjectives are boring, take a look at this interactive site. Learn new words, test what you know and score points for success. You can also write a story online - or print off your newly learned adjectives to use later in creative writing. |
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| Antient Egypt for Kids |
Mass of information at this site so it is probably better to print off the relevant sections. Supported by pictures of pyramids, mummies and hieroglyphics, there are some great sound effects which really set the scene of Ancient Egypt. |
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| Ape Man |
Study the evolution of ape man. Find out how Australopithecus Afarensis became Homo Sapiens over nearly four million years - fasinating stuff. ( Takes ten minutes to download. Tip: go to the help section while it is downloading for more information about using the site). |
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| Ask Dr Universe |
Do frogs sleep? Do lions purr? Why are folwers the colour they are? Ask Dr Universe and find out. We asked him why we don't just print more money and end poverty and the answer was fascinating. You'll have to visit the site to find out what he said - whatever you need to know, log on and learn. |
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| BBC Number Work |
Turns numbers into adventures when you travel from Acapulco to Chihuahua in Mexico and collect six gold coins along the way. Addition, subtraction, cracking codes, balancing numbers, building cubes and pyramids as well as using a digital clock are just some of the challenges you will face... Good luck! |
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| Brainpop |
What better way to learn about science is there, than going to the movies? Brainpop features animated and informative films about science, health and technology. |
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| Children's Money World |
When it comes to money, money, money, meet the Moneykins, a working family who look after their pennies and who let the pounds look after themselves! There are plenty of quizzes and colouring games with rhymes and songs. Worksheets are now available at this sitel. |
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| Community Website Builder |
The Community Website Builder is provided free to qualifying organisations, the website builder helps charities, volunteer organisations and community groups promote themselves and communicate with members. |
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| Creative Writting |
Read stories and poems by children aged 7-11 from all over the world at this colourful site. It includes a great interactive story game called Monster Motel; type in your own adjectives (perhaps you could use some of the ones that you found on the adjectives site!) and the site will write a story using them. |
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| Edison Kids |
For high-energy fun visit this site which is all about power. Learn about inventor Thomas Edison, electric vehicles and then test your knowledge at the 'power booster quiz'. |
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| Grammar Gorillas |
Do you know your nouns from your verbs? Find out at this great site. Get the answers right and score bananas! (Teachers note: This site includes a good teacher's section.) |
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| Maps, Maps, Maps |
Fancy looking at a map of your school or house and zooming in or out to find out how far the nearest motorway or railway line is? Simply put your postcode into the box and let the site do the rest, there are plenty of scales to choose from and even aerial photographs of some areas which you can print off. |
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| Math Mastery |
Click on 'My Maths Class' and then 'Cyber Challenge' following the instructions as you go. With descriptions sucn as 'Awesome Addition', 'Super Subtraction' and 'Magnificent Multiplication', you've probably guessed this site is American, but the activities are colouful, fun and relatively easy to follow. |
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| Maths Sphere |
This is a great site for collecting, sorting and organizing information, using fractions and practising the art of estimating and approximating numbers. There is a series of free numeracy work sheets, ideal for printing off and practising what you have learned online. |
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| Maths with Joe the Dragon |
This is a very entertaining, musical and colourful site. Try blasting rocks out of the sky using multiples of any number between two and nine. And don't forget to take some time out to play with the amazing Tangrams, as they will really get you thinking... |
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| Maths Year 2000 |
Visit this BETT award-winning site for a large selection of games, resources and links, all designed to put the magic back into maths. But don't take our word for it; pit your wits against the computer in a series of board, number and strategy games. |
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| Mega Maths |
If you're not sure about the difference between a nonagon and a parallelogram, then this site is for you. Interactive quizzes and diagrams make learning about shapes fun. Pick a number and the site will test your times-tables prowess. |
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| Online Dictionary |
Get stuck at any of the other sites and use this one to link up the definition of words and see them in the context of commonly used phrases. It also offers 15 alternative suggestions if you spell a word incorrectly. |
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| Revise Wise |
Click on the Maths section to visit Gene's bike shop, where you'll find that making graphs using modes, medians and means can be fun. Also, if you're crazy about arithmetic, there's a section for polishing that grey matter. |
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| Stone Soup Magazine |
Stories and poems by young people from all over the world - some well-known, some not-so-well known. Many stories have pictures so they're great for printing off. You can also post your own work on the site. |
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| Story Book Park |
A great collection of stories and poems which can either be listened to or printed off and shared. (Please note this site requires some downloading, but once you have rigged up Realplayer it is worth it. You will be given instructions on how to do this on the site.) |
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| Victorian Children |
What was it really like for children living in Victorian Britain? Visit a Victorian toyshop and learn about the people who helped the less fortunate Victorian children. Was the school back then really bad? We think you'll find that it was! |
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| Vilenshi's Human Body |
How do you fancy a tour around the innermost depths of the human body? Did you know that the reason skin goes wrinkly in water is because it absorbs water and gets bigger - creating wrinkles! |
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| Wacky World of Words |
Try this site for hundreds of exercises featuring words within words, compound words and rhyming words. Activities can be carried out online or printed off. |
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| Word Games |
Play hangman, complete word searches and crossword puzzles and put you keyboard and computer skills to the test. For computer buffs, there's also a great collection of word games. |
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| Word Play |
This site shows that learning tenses, rhymes and grammar can be fun. There are a host of activities and exercises - from easy to difficult - to prove it. |
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| World of Vikings |
Lots of information and pictures about Vikings here, but perhaps the most entertaining bit is the game Meadshock. It is an interactive drinking game with a bunch of large hairy Vikings. (Takes a few minutes to download.) Click and drag the Viking's tankards to the keg and fill them up before they get angry and smash up their tables and throw their mead onto the floor. |
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| Yucky Science |
Speaking of yucky,nobody does it better than the Yucky Kids site. Roaches, worms, blackheads - they're all there in their full glory! Did you know that cockroaches have 18 knees and can hold their breath for 40 minutes? Find out more by visiting this truly horrid site. |
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| Zoom School |
Visit the geography section of Zoom school for an illustrated and informative tour of some of the world's biggest countries: learn about the animals that live there, about local music and print off a map of the area. Visit Australia for example and then have a go at the quiz, which is great fun. |
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