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GCSEhttp://www.longman.co.uk/foundationscience/worksheets.html
Biology http://www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_index.asp?subject_id=17
Humans as organisms
http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html A comprehensive interactive overview of human organ systems. Good for pupils own
research or projects based work.
http://www.medtropolis.com/vbody.asp
A number of simple narrated animations of organ systems.
http://www.new-media.co.uk/scienceyear/heart.asp
A really useful interactive shockwave animation that shows blood flow through the
heart along with EC trace.
http://www.klbschool.org.uk/interactive/science/interindex.htm
A variety of useful interactive tasks for revision. Beware- some pupils may struggle
with some of the word exercises.
http://www.exploratum.edu/learning_studio/cow_eye/index.html
A step by step guide to an eye dissection including photo's, hints and interesting
facts.
http://www.learn.co.uk/default.asp?%0AWCI=Topic&WCU=3964
The Guardians learning resource, includes text, pictures animations and on-line tests
covering all areas of Sc. 2.2. Differentiated for foundation or higher levels.
http://www.schoolsnet.com/
A great resource incorporating lesson plans, class and home worksheets, on-line
tests, project tasks and pupil reference material that cover nutrition, breathing,
respiration, immunity and the nervous system.
http://www.quia.com/dir/bio/gcseuk.html
A number of interactive games designed specifically to aid GCSE learning of areas
including circulation, breathing and digestion.
http://www.teenagehealthfreak.org/homepage/index.asp
A nice site providing links to information and answers to FAQ's regarding health
issues
http://scienceview.berkeley.edu/showcase/pages/bones.html
A nice interactive task to learn the bones of the skeleton.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcse%0Abitesize/biology/
BBC Bitesize revision site. Great deal of information and on-line tests. Excellent to
recommend to pupils for their own revision.
http://www.revision-notes.co.uk/GCSE/Biology/index.html
On-line revision notes and worksheets useful for revision.
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_index.asp?subject_id=17&d=0
Excellent revision site that includes loads of information, and on-line tests and exam
style questions.
http://www.schoolzone.co.uk/pip/search/default.asp
A massive selection of useful links with a search engine to narrow down what you
want
http://sln2.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html
An on-line exploration of the heart and the circulatory system including sound
animation and video files
http://www.educationusingpowerpoint.org.uk/
A selection of downloadable powerpoint presentations + loads of useful games etc.
in resources section.
Green plants as organisms
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/index.html
A fun site with lots of colour and pictures. Pupils read through info' in order to solve
"mysteries". Could be good to revise KS3 or to suit lower ability groups.
http://www.learn.co.uk/default.asp?%0AWCI=Topic&WCU=3964
The Guardians learning resource, includes text, pictures animations and on-line tests
covering all areas of Sc. 2.3. Differentiated for foundation or higher levels
http://www.schoolsnet.com/
A great resource incorporating lesson plans, class and home worksheets, on-line
tests, project tasks and pupil reference material that cover photosynthesis,
transpiration and transport.
http://www.quia.com/dir/bio/photosynthesis.html
A number of interactive games designed to aid learning of photosynthesis.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcse%0Abitesize/biology/
BBC Bitesize revision site. Great deal of information and on-line tests. Excellent to
recommend to pupils for their own revision.
http://www.alienexplorer.com/ecology/Ecology.html
Information resource useful for pupil based projects.
http://www.revision-notes.co.uk/GCSE/Biology/index.html
On-line revision notes and worksheets useful for revision.
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_index.asp?subject_id=17&d=0
Excellent revision site that includes loads of information, and on-line tests and exam
style questions.
http://www.schoolzone.co.uk/pip/search/default.asp
A massive selection of useful links with a search engine to narrow down what you
want.
http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/praintro.htm
Ideas for practical activities including worksheets.
http://www.educationusingpowerpoint.org.uk/
A selection of downloadable powerpoint presentations + loads of useful games etc.
in resources section.
Variation, inheritance and evolution
http://www.learn.co.uk/default.asp?%0AWCI=Topic&WCU=3964
The Guardians learning resource, includes text, pictures animations and on-line tests
covering all areas of Sc. 2.4. Differentiated for foundation or higher levels.
http://www.quia.com/dir/bio/genetics.html
A number of interactive games designed to aid learning of genetics.
http://www.quia.com/dir/bio/evolution.html
A number of interactive games designed to aid learning of evolution.
http://www.quia.com/dir/bio/
A number of interactive games designed to aid learning of inheritence
BBC Bitesize revision site. Great deal of information and on-line tests. Excellent to
recommend to pupils for their own revision.
http://www.revision-notes.co.uk/GCSE/Biology/index.html
On-line revision notes and worksheets useful for revision.
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_index.asp?subject_id=17&d=0
Excellent revision site that includes loads of information, and on-line tests and exam
style questions.
http://www.schoolzone.co.uk/pip/search/default.asp
A massive selection of useful links with a search engine to narrow down what you
want.
environment
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/interactive/woodlice/index.html
A fantastic site designed by the National History Museum. Allows pupils to get
involved in a national survey of the woodlouse population.
http://www.learn.co.uk/default.asp?%0AWCI=Topic&WCU=3964
The Guardians learning resource, includes text, pictures animations and on-line tests
covering all areas of Sc. 2.5. Differentiated for foundation or higher levels.
http://www.schoolsnet.com/
A great resource incorporating lesson plans, class and home worksheets, on-line
tests, project tasks and pupil reference material that cover adaptation, nutrient
cycles, energy transfer and predation.
http://www.quia.com/dir/bio/ecology.html
A number of interactive games designed to aid the learning of ecology.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcse%0Abitesize/biology/
BBC Bitesize revision site. Great deal of information and on-line tests. Excellent to
recommend to pupils for their own revision.
http://davem2.cotf.edu/ete/modules/carbon/efcarbon.html
A nice description of the carbon cycle complete with flow diagrams.
http://www.alienexplorer.com/ecology/Ecology.html
Information resource useful for pupil based projects.
http://www.revision-notes.co.uk/GCSE/Biology/index.html
On-line revision notes and worksheets useful for revision.
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_index.asp?subject_id=17&d=0
Excellent revision site that includes loads of information, and on-line tests and exam
style questions.
http://www.schoolzone.co.uk/pip/search/default.asp
A massive selection of useful links with a search engine to narrow down what you
want.
http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/praintro.htm
Ideas for practical activities including worksheets.
http://www.kineticcity.com/
A brilliant game to save the universe! Carry out lots of interactive biology-related
activities to beat the baddies.
http://www.cix.co.uk/~argus/Dreambio/plant%20water%20relations/xerophytes.htm
Water adaptations by plants
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/curriculum/weeklywebadventures/animal_adapt/
t_home.html
Animal adaptations
http://www.llamaweb.com/Camel/Info.html
Camel adaptation
www.marisamontes.com/all_about_camels.htm
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/core/4th/4thSciber/BIOMES/ADAPT/
adapt.htm
Adaptation site – good for a class project?
http://www.strategypage.com/gallery/default.asp?target=bear_sub1.htm
Picture of a polar bear attacking a submarine!
http://www.vc.cc.tx.us/departments/bio/Animations/iworx/reflex_arc.html
Knee jerk response animation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/biology/humansasorganisms/
4nervoussystemrev4.shtml
Reflex action animation, with step through
Ithaca City School District – Biology Zone
http://207.10.97.102/midscizone/life/default.htm (Life Science)
http://207.10.97.102/midscizone/cool_links.htm (Biology links)
Yahooligans
http://www.yahooligans.com/science_and_nature/Living_Things/ (Living Things,
including Biology)
About.com
http://biology.about.com/mbody.htm
http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
http://www.tvdsb.on.ca/westmin/science/sbi3a1/Cells/Osmosis.htm
Animation of Osmosis and clear explanations. Really good for A level and GCSE
(higher).
http://www.constipationadvice.co.uk/constipation/digestive_system_constipated.html
An excellent site with a great animation of digestion – you can compare normal to
constipated digestion!
http://www.biologylessons.sdsu.edu/ta/about/E.html
Contains lots of information for Biological molecules. Includes information on
common misconceptions too.
http://www.teaching-resource.co.uk/resources/biology.htm
Loads of useful links – you could spend hours here
http://science.uniserve.edu.au/school/curric/stage6/biol/patsnat.html
Absolutely loads of information useful for Biological Molecules and more
http://www.ualr.edu/~botany/images.html
Being updated at the moment, but there are a variety of resources and images for
use in any botany lesson.
http://www.biologyinmotion.com
Original, entertaining, interactive biology learning activities – lots of animations with
emphasis on fun
http://www.biology4all.com
Discussion lists, image gallery, web links. Huge amount of information here!
http://www.biota.org
Digital Biology. A variety of interesting projects and web links.
http://www.longman.co.uk/tt_secsci/resources/blank_diag/main_1.htm
Useful diagrams on the heart, breathing and digestion
http://www.purchon.com/biology/revision.htm
Great biology GCSE revision page – covers all the main concepts.
http://insideout.rigb.org/ri/anatomy/index.html
Lots of anatomy information, with teacher resources
http://www.sk.lung.ca/content.cfm/kids
Excellent resources for breathing system, along with the effects of cigarettes and
pollution.
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/webwise/spinneret
Loads of information on aspects of biology
http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp
The virtual body – brain, skeleton, heart and digestion covered in interactive form
http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk
Science and plants for schools – lots on plants of all types – searchable with lots of
downloads
http://www.cornwallis.kent.sch.uk/intranet/elearn/science/body/organs/1organs1.htm
Lots of organ and cell diagrams – good for OHTs
http://www.getbodysmart.com/index.htm
Online anatomy and physiology examination – some phenomenal animations
http://www.sciencezone.org.uk/work.htm
Lots of useful information, flash activities, etc
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_index.asp?subject_id=17&d=0
GCSE Biology Revision Topics
http://www.psionica.co.uk/biology/ks4biology/Some very good revision topics, but not complete
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_quicklearn.asp?loc=ql&topic_id=15&quicklearn_id=1&subject_id=17&ebt=241&ebn=&ebs=&ebl=&elc=4
Photosynthesis
Chemistry
Patterns of behaviour
Chemical reactions
Good explanation of how to compile chemical equations
Explanation on how to balance chemical equations
Explanation of how to name binary Compounds of Metals with Fixed Charges
Quiz about chemical reactions
Simple quiz to help with balancing equations
Lots of interactive activities, many in Chemistry. The interactivity consists
mainly of one word answer questions and cloze-type activities, which are marked by
the site
Reactions involving enzymes
Explanation of the brewing of beer and industrial bottling etc.
Description of how breathalysers work and the chemical reactions involved
Changing materials
The periodic table
Periodic table that students can configure and links to information about each
element
Interactive information about elements
Information on individual elements and general information about the Periodic
table
Useful products from organic sources
This resource covers most of the earth science components
Description of how distillation is carried out in an oil refinery
Useful products from metal ores and rocks
Explanation of battery basics and the chemical reactions
Interactive design of electrolysis of water
Quantitative
Good explanation of how to compile chemical equations
Explanation on how to balance chemical equations
Explanation of how to name binary Compounds of Metals with Fixed Charges
Simple quiz to help with balancing equations Classifying materials
Atomic structure
Concept of atoms, history of discoveries, properties etc.
Quiz about elements
American website dedicated to explaining how thousands of everyday
phenomena occur.
Lots of interactive activities, many in Chemistry. The interactivity consists
mainly of one word answer questions and cloze-type activities, which are marked by
the site
Bonding
Concept of atoms, history of discoveries, properties etc.
Description of how diamonds are formed and their properties
Quiz about chemical bonding
You have to put items into order of their pH
Quiz on diatomic molecules
Lots of interactive activities, many in Chemistry. The interactivity consists
mainly of one word answer questions and cloze-type activities, which are marked by
the site
Doc Brown’s Chemistry Clinic
http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/ (home page)
http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/
page12/page12.htm - KS3 index
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/activities/p_number5.html
A great idea on how to demo plate tectonics to KS3 (or KS4 for that matter!)
http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page03/page03.htm
Loads and loads of interactive activities, like crosswords and gapfills. The site is a bit
difficult to navigate (hence links above) but it’s worth persevering!
Yahooligans
http://www.yahooligans.com/science_and_nature/physical_sciences/Chemistry/
Yahooligans is the kids version of the Yahoo search engine and it has excellent
collections of kid-friendly links on lots of topics, including science ones.
About.com
http://chemistry.about.com/mbody.htm
A huge range of science-related information, pitched at all different levels. This is
probably more useful for teachers than pupils, but it’s great reference material.
Creative Chemistry
http://www.creative-chemistry.org.uk/
Fun activities, worksheets, practical guides and interactive quizzes. Aimed at GCSE
and AS level, but can still a valuable resource for KS3.
Physics
Electricity and Magnetism
Shockwave program about circuits
Lessons on electricity.
Information and games about electricity and electricity generation
Explanation of topics and some flash animation
All the equations and definitions you need for revision.
Good revision pictures of field lines with some good true/false questions.
Good revision followed by discussion of domains, with interactive image.
A fun, well drawn page where you guess what each family member is doing
wrong. A lot of fun and a good intro to safety.
Good presentation as intro to electrostatics.
How charge is lost to the air. Nice animation and good description. Not very
long.
The history of the van de Graaf generator, very interesting with some nice
photos. I recommend this as the size of some of the ones they built are amazing!
Have a go at placing positive and negative charges in front of a proton gun to
see the effect they have on the proton's path.
How lightning occurs. Good descriptions and diagrams, well worth a visit.
Maybe a directed research task
Forces and Motion
Concept posters and links
A great page to carry out a "falling mass" experiment, and even take the
results and write it up as an investigation!
Match the correct definition with the word, lots of definitions!
A quick interactive test, fun and good for revision or a end of unit test.
Pupils read each page and base their decision on how high the speed limit
should be using all the info. Good fun!
Good interactive demo of motion in 2D. Well worth it as a good explanation of
vectors.
Set up the mass and speed of two blocks set to collide and see how the
variables affect the crash, (with elastic or inelastic option). Short and sweet. Not very
exciting graphics though.
Very good interactive presentation on scalars and vectors.
A presentation on acceleration.
Guess where the ball will land. Very short, but potential for explanation and
consolidation of knowledge.
All the info and definitions you need for revision.
The science behind flight with a fun page too. Lots of info here, would be
good as a research task.
Interactive images on speed and SI units with explanations as to what they
mean
How to calculate speed and then distance or time from speed, using
interactive images and brief text.
Lots of interactive graphs and questions
Text explaining acceleration and how to calculate it, with interactive image at
the end to test knowledge with some questions
Nice page looking at graphs and talks you though the motion of a cyclist
Maybe a bit dull, but talks you through these type of graphs and you get to
interact with some pictures.
Lots of questions and graphs based on the 3 rules of motion graphs
Interactive images and questions on forces, good introduction to forces
Good introduction to Newton's Laws with nice clips (cartoons) of how the law
applies to everyday objects
Introduction to stretching and rules for springs with interactive questions.
Interactive pictures and very good questions on Hooke's Law.
Looking at elastic bands and how they stretch, with some nice graphs and
questions
Interactive Experiment - find out the density of various hunks of material, then
put them in a liquid of varying density to see if they will float or not.
A short activity to investigate the factors affecting projectile motion. Use with
all ages since you can take this as far as you want.
This activity lets you study the projectile motion in a "golf" like setting. Give
yourself a bit more of a challenge by selecting the "air" option.
Animation of the classic monkey / hunter experiment.
Balancing a see-saw, a great activity to really get the pupils used to balancing
moments
Nice introduction to force and pressure with corny but interactive cartoon
clips.
An animation of the pressure increasing with depth experiment.
Nice pictures and explanation of hydraulics and uses
Short demo of pressure changing with volume, a quick filler - nothing more.
Earth and Space
A collection of lesson plans based around the Space topic. Includes:
o Planets and celestial bodies
o More celestial bodies - asteroids and such
o Gravity in space
o Star Evolution
A useful, but brief, table of planetary data for the solar system .
Nine key questions about the solar system planets - would be a good topic
test or revision aid.
A short cloze activity on solar system - useful but not essential .
A brief activity to calculate weight on solar system planets (and more). Quite
handy.
Another brief activity to calculate age on solar system planets. Short but
sweet.
A collection of video clips - solar system tour would be good to spike interest .
Part of the NASA archive with information on solar system planets with rings.
Well worth a look for research projects.
A genuinely well presented resource with information on asteroids .
A brilliant resource! A collection of live interactive images - the Earth and
Moon viewer. Well worth a look.
A shockwave pairs game based on nothing other than space related symbols.
A handy time filler.
A shockwave phrases game. A time filler .
Zoom in from the outskirts of the universe to the cells in a leaf. Increasing
zoom in powers of ten. Good animation and images.
NASA's Solar System Simulator - choose where and what and images
appear. An impressive collection.
A brilliant collection of teaching resources from NASA. Fully downloadable
worksheets and research guides. The Solar System Lithograph Set is well worth a
look.
A "stellar" crossword - a useful timefiller. - Beware of pop-ups .
A gravity simulator for the solar system. Runs quickly with very little
instructions on use. Some may find this interesting
Earth Resources and Energy Transfer
A brilliant nuclear power station simulation, pupils will need to read
instructions before attempting task and I believe with may be more useful for KS5
students.
A very well constructed set of revision notes on conduction and convection.
Unfortunately this is all plain text with no diagrams.
Interactive picture on sources of heat energy
An interesting and well made activity on conduction
Two demonstration experiments on liquids and gases
Demonstration experiments based around insulators
Convection work with diagrams of convection currents and atom movements
A set of notes and activities on radiation – application of thermal imaging
camera
Insulation work – an attempt to pull the threads together
A very good java applet showing a motor, with all magnetic and lorentz forces
showing at all times on armature. Good demonstration piece.
A long page filled with information on energy types, and how they work.
Potentially too much text for some, but includes some good, basic diagrams
Fear Of Physics
http://www.fearofphysics.com/
Physics explained. Finally. Has simple explanations, animations and activities
allowing you to play with variables. Brilliant!
Yahooligans
http://www.yahooligans.com/science_and_nature/physical_sciences/Physics/ Links
to a wide variety of physics sites, broken down by topic. Really useful!
About.com
http://physics.about.com/mbody.htm
http://amasci.com/emotor/statelec.html
Static electricity page
http://www.article19.com/shockwave/oz.htm
Shockwave powered circuit builder – excellent!
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu
http://www.anzwers.org/free/universe
Atlas of the universe
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space
http://www.telescope.org/index.php
From the Bradford telescopes in Tenerife and Australia
http://www.furryelephant.com
http://howthingswork.virginia.edu
Explaining the physics of everyday life
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html
Comprehensive Physics website – links to everything via mindmap type drawings
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/teachers/lifecycles/stars.html
http://littleshop.physics.colostate.edu/MousePotato.html
Some great experiments in physics
http://www.gdbdp.com/multiflyer
http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html
http://www.phy.mtu.edu/~weidman/ph2200/pages/simapp.html
http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/index.pl
http://physics.nad.ru/Physics/English/index.htm
http://www.physics.org/physics_life/Web/physics_life/life.asp
Interactive site to study how physics acts in everyday life
http://www.dti.gov.uk/energy/renewables/ed_pack
Excellent resource on renewable energy for KS3 and KS4
http://www.rerf.or.jp/eigo/titles/radtoc.htm
The effects of radiation
http://www.chemsoc.org/networks/learnnet/miscon3.htm
Particle models for KS3
http://www.sciencejoywagon.com
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/index.html
http://www.physicsclassroom.com
http://servant.geol.cf.ac.uk/solar/eng/homepage.htm
Views of the solar system
http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/index.html
Astronomy for Kids
http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu
The cosmic classroom – shed loads of resources