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Complete Weblinks for Science!

Hyperlink to the right page!

Keystage 3

Year 7

Unit 7A. Cells 4Unit 7B. Reproduction 5Unit 7C. Environment and feeding relationships

6Unit 7D. Variation and classification 7Unit 7E. Acids and alkalis 8Unit 7F. Simple chemical reactions 9Unit 7G. Particle model of solids, liquids and gases 10Unit 7H. Solutions 11Unit 7I. Energy resources 12Unit 7J. Electrical circuits 14Unit 7K. Forces and their effects 16Unit 7L. The solar system and beyond 17

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Year 8

Unit 8A. Food and digestion 19Unit 8B. Respiration 19Unit 8C. Microbes and disease 20Unit 8D. Ecological relationships 23Unit 8E. Atoms and elements 23Unit 8F. Compounds and mixtures 25Unit 8G. Rocks and weathering 27Unit 8H. The rock cycle 27Unit 8I. Heating and cooling 28Unit 8J. Magnets and electromagnets 31Unit 8K. Light 32Unit 8L. Sound and hearing 34

Year 9

Unit 9A. Inheritance and selection 36Unit 9B. Fit and healthy 37Unit 9C. Plants and photosynthesis 37Unit 9D. Plants for food 39Unit 9E. Reactions of metals and metal compounds 39Unit 9F. Patterns of reactivity 41Unit 9G. Environmental chemistry 42Unit 9H. Using chemistry 43

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Unit 9I. Energy and electricity 44Unit 9J. Gravity and space 45Unit 9K. Speeding up 46Unit 9L. Pressure and moments

46Unit 9M. Investigating scientific questions 48

GCSE

Biology 53

Environment & Ecology

Variance, inheritance & Selection

Digestion

Breathing

Cells

Homeostasis

Health

Plants

Diffusion / Osmosis

Chemistry57

Physics 59

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A Level

Biology 62

Chemistry66

Physics 68

Miscellaneous68

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Key Stage 3 (back to top)http://www.sciencezone.org.uk/work.htmLots of useful information, flash activities, etchttp://www.animatedscience.co.uk/menu.htmLots of great animations

Year 7

Unit 7A. Cells

http://www.icnet.uk/kids/cellsrus/cellsrus.html - Imperial Cancer Research Fund site; simple presentation explaining how conception occurs and what's contained in cells.

http://www.cellsalive.com/ - brilliant site but too technical for Y7.  Useful for teachers and higher years.

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/emunit/light.htm

Light Microscopy – some great images

http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookflowers.html

Flowering plant reproduction: A comprehensive and well explained account of sexual reproduction in flowering plants.

Unit 7B. Reproduction

http://www.parentsplace.com/first9months/main.html

Absolutely beautiful site with photographs and commentary of the first 9 months of a baby's life (from conception).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/lifecycle/teenagers/ - Puberty animation from the BBC, click on the body

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parts of the boy and girl to see how they change (kids will be in hysterics and the breast and penis animations...)  http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/index.shtml?lifecycle has links to more information on changes that occur during puberty.

http://www.visembryo.com/

The visible embryo: This site shows and explains the different developmental stages in fetal growth from fertilisation until birth. Detailed information is available about each week in this process.

Unit 7C. Environment and feeding relationships

NB: This topic is closely related to 8D, Ecological relationships, so those links may be relevant too.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/living/03b_act.shtml - Animated food chains movie from BBC Bitesize (actually aimed at KS2, but would make a good introduction as it defines all the words such as ‘consumer’, ‘producer’ etc.).

http://library.thinkquest.org/C0113340/ - Biomes Living Worlds from ThinkQuest, lots of detail on the seven major land biomes (tundra, desert, rainforest etc) around the world including how animals are adapted for them.  Might make a good project...

http://www.hitchams.suffolk.sch.uk/habitats/ - Site on habitats from Robert Hitcham's Primary School - basic, but might be an ok introduction for low-ability Y7s and has some nice pictures.

http://www.jcwyatt.34sp.com/sciencelhs/y7environment/olp/y7env01.htm - The full E&FR topic by Laisterdyke High School.

http://www.naturegrid.org.ukMainly for the KS2 or early KS3 pupils, but lots of eco-friendly ideas, such as nature walks, etc.

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http://collections.ic.gc.ca/arctic/glossary/ecogloss.htm

This is just a glossary of ecological terms but it includes some interesting words that pupils may not have come across before.

http://www.seaworld.org/

This has great photos and lots of information about fish, corals and anemones. It could be used to discuss how organisms are adapted to their environment.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/arcticanimals.shtml

This has lots of detail on the ways that animals are adapted to cold conditions and includes posters to print out and label.

Unit 7D. Variation and classification

http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/critters/critters.html

- Classifying Critters - this is an interactive activity allowing kids to put various animals into their correct groups.

http://anthro.palomar.edu/animal/animal_1.htm

Classification of Living Things: This is an excellent website dealing with how the modern system of classification operates. Plenty of diagrams and pictures to illustrate the points. The site does, however, use slightly different names for some kingdoms (protist and not protoctist; monera and not bacteria).

http://www.geocities.com/g.mckenzie/wlice.htm

Woodlice Online: A great site dedicated to the humble woodlouse. This resource contains almost everything you are ever likely to need to know about these invertebrates (and some of their relatives) and the site also contains further practical investigations and results. Classification and identification of woodlice are also considered.

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Unit 7E. Acids and alkalis

http://www.miamisci.org/ph/

The pH factor; Virtual chemistry lab about the pH scale

http://www.creative-chemistry.org.uk/funstuff/xword/acids.htm

Acids, alkalis and salts crossword.

http://www.sambal.co.uk/chemistry.html

Sambal's Science Web, acids and alkalis (info is useful, but mostly text-based).

http://library.thinkquest.org/3659/acidbase/

Acids and bases: A comprehensive overview of exactly what acids and alkalis (soluble bases) are.

Unit 7F. Simple chemical reactions

http://can-do.com/uci/ssi2002/chemicalreactions.html - Chemical reactions WebQuest, contains a link to a game separating compounds and mixtures, some examples of chemical reactions, a movie, some example experiments and riddles.

http://www.wpb4.btinternet.co.uk/page12/7Fwf1.htm - A gap fill quiz on simple chemical reactions from Doc Brown, and http://www.wpb4.btinternet.co.uk/page12/7Fmc.htm a multiple choice quiz.

http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/CCA/CCA0/SAMPMOVS.HTM - Great movies of various (dangerous!) chemical reactions, including nitrogen triiodide detonation and the reaction of sodium and chlorine.  Requires QuickTime. Totally Rocks!

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www.usfa.fema.gov/kids/

A US site which concentrates on fire safety such as smoke alarms. There is basic information and some games to play.

Unit 7G. Particle model of solids, liquids and gases

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/materials/08_act.shtml - Movie from the BBC, actually KS2 but is very good nonetheless, would make a great introduction.

http://www.wpb4.btinternet.co.uk/page12/7Gxw1.htm - Solids, liquids and gases crossword from Doc Brown, http://www.wpb4.btinternet.co.uk/page12/7Gwf1.htm a gapfill exercise and http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/7Gmc.htm a multiple choice quiz.

http://www.le.ac.uk/se/centres/sci/selfstudy/particle01.html Particle Theory

7Ga – States matter

http://www.chem4kids.com/matter/index.html

Matter: Simple site giving a good overview of the states of matter and particle theory.

7Ge – What a gas!

http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/argylems/pressure.htm

Are you under pressure? A very comprehensive site dealing with all aspects of the pressure of gases.

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Unit 7H. Solutions

NB: This topic is closely connected to 7G, Particle Model and 8F, Compounds and Mixtures, so those links may be useful too.

From Doc Brown: http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/7Hwf1.htm (multi-word fill quiz) and http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/7Hmc.htm (multiple choice quiz)

http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_solution.html - Text-based definition of a solution (useful for research).

http://www.schoolscience.co.uk/content/3/chemistry/materials/match3pg1.html - Separating mixtures, how to get pure salt and water from sea water and how to extract pure, ‘clean’ salt from rock salt.  Includes info and a short interactive comprehension exercise at the end.

http://www.kids.union.edu/fsnChromatography.htm - Solve a ‘crime’ using chromatography (may be a useful lesson idea for teachers).

http://db.bbc.co.uk/leicester/fun_stuff/2003/03/science_week/smartie_chromatography.shtml - Kitchen sink experiments from BBCi, separate the colours in Smarties.

7Hc – Focus on:Alcohol and oil

http://www.geocities.com/Paris/1265/calcohol.html

Alcoholic Drinks of the Middle Ages: Fascinating site about the development of alcoholic drinks, including a page concerning the theory of distillation. The site includes recipes too!

Perfumes

http://www.world.std.com/~krahe/perfumes.html

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A history of perfumery, which relies on distillation.

Unit 7I. Energy resources

http://www.yahooligans.com/science_and_nature/physical_sciences/Energy/ - Lots of links from Yahooligans about Energy and energy resources (good for project work).

http://www.powerplant.com/ - News stories and information about different power plants all over the world, renewable and non-renewable. Not that useful?

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/exhibitions/energy/site/EIZgames.asp Energy games from the science museum – great for Y7 or Y8

http://www.longman.co.uk/tt_secsci/web_act/renew/renew.htmGood information on renewable energy

7Ia – Fuelled by fossils

http://www.dti.gov.uk/energy/index.htm

Dti - energy: A wealth of excellent data on UK energy use from the Department of Trade and Industry. You will, however, need adobe acrobat to download some of the most useful information.

7Ib - Make them last!

http://www.natenergy.org.uk/

The National Energy Foundation: This is the homepage of an educational charity, based at Milton Keynes . It aims to work for more efficient use of energy in many aspects of life and has education resources and other useful information and links.

The Integer House

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http://www.integerproject.co.uk/

Gives information about the technology used in the house.

7Ic – Planning for the future

http://energy.ca.gov/education/story/story-html/story.html

A website provided by the California Energy Commission, so some of the units quoted are imperial rather than SI. However, the chapters on geothermal energy, hydro power, ocean energy, solar energy and biomass energy will be useful for pupils looking for more details on these alternative energy sources.

Alternate Fuel Vehicles

http://energy.ca.gov/education/AFVs/index.html

A useful site for pupils researching possible future alternatives to petrol and diesel in vehicles of the future.

http://www.consumerenergycenter.org/transportation/index.html

A general introduction to alternative fuel vehicles: An American site, that contains a good, brief guide to the current options being explored to replace petrol as the primary source of fuel in cars.

Unit 7J. Electrical circuits

http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/frankenstein/safety.html - Interactive ‘clickable’ diagram about electrical safety.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/schools/gigaquiz?path=ks3bitesize/elecmag1tb&infile=elecmag1tb and http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/schools/gigaquiz?path=ks3bitesize/elecmag2tb&infile=elecmag2tb - Activities from BBC Bitesize about electrical circuits, e.g. “which switches need to be closed to make

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the green light work?”-type questions (N.B. the second includes electromagnets which aren’t covered till Year 8).

http://www.crocodile-clips.com/m6_4.htm - Download some free (registration is all that’s required) software called crocodile-clips, which allows you to create virtual circuits.  Comes with worksheets too!

Pages from How Stuff Works explaining familiar electrical items:http://home.howstuffworks.com/toaster.htm (toaster)http://home.howstuffworks.com/burglar-alarm.htm (burglar alarm)http://home.howstuffworks.com/doorbell.htm (doorbell)http://home.howstuffworks.com/dimmer-switch.htm (dimmer switch)http://computer.howstuffworks.com/motherboard.htm (computer motherboard)http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/rc-toy.htm (radio controlled toys)

7Ja –Switched on

Go with the Flow

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/scienceshack/backcat/experiments/mafoilonteeth.shtml

This describes an experiment which allows you to make your own battery using household items. It's good fun and the whole site is worth a look.

7Jc – Series and parallel

www.howstuffworks.com/christmas-lights.htm

There is a lot of information here and it may be a better site for teachers rather than pupils. However, it does tell you a lot about the series and parallel implications of Christmas tree lights.

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Unit 7K. Forces and their effects

http://www.sciencejoywagon.com/physicszone/lesson/02forces.htm - Lots of great resources from the Science Joy Wagon, including animations and slide shows (has a really good explanation of Newton’s laws).

7Ka – The forces are with us

http://www.howstuffworks.com/bridge.htm

How bridges work: An in depth look at how forces are used in the design and construction of various types of bridge.

Gravity, Upthrust and Balooning

http://www.omsi.edu/explore/physics/air/science/glossary.html

Air Travellers: [sic.] A good site dedicated to the science behind hot air ballooning. Includes a range of activities and teachers notes.

7Kc – Weighing in

http://www.howstuffworks.com/question232.htm

How does gravity work?: A good treatment of a complex question. Well worth the read.

Unit 7L. The solar system and beyond

http://www.scienceyear.com/planet10/ - Beautiful 3D animations of the solar system with a haunting soundtrack, includes the ability to zoom in and out and change to different viewing angles.  There’s also a fun activity to build your own planet (planet ‘10’).

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/moon_phases/ - Animation of moon phases, allows you to see the moon moving around the earth in space AND what it looks like from earth at the same time.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/planets/ - BBC’s Planets site, tons of info on all the different planets: history, stats, etc plus jigsaw activities to build the solar system, place all the moons, and identify artificial satellites.

7Ld – The Solar System

The Universe

http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/

StarDate Online: An excellent site bulging with well organised information about the Solar System and beyond.

The Solar System

http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/

The Nine Planets: An excellent site giving access to information on the planets and their moons.

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planetfact.html

Planetary Fact Sheets: Numerical information on all the planets and their satellites can be accessed from this page. Pupils may need some help 'translating' some of the terminology (eg. if looking at the moons of the outer planets, 'semimajor axis' can be used as the distance of the moon from the planet)

The Electronic Sky

http://www.glyphweb.com/esky/planets/default.htm

This site is all about space and has information on and picutres of planets, comets, asteroids, galaxies and stars. It also includes some information on planets outside our solar system.

Sc1 Investigation into Pd2

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Moon data: Further information on the moons of the outer planets can be obtained from the above two websites. Data from these sites has been compiled into a spreadsheet in case pupils do not have time to find the information for themselves.Click here for the Moons spreadsheet.

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Year 8

Unit 8A. Food and digestion

http://kidshealth.org/kid/body/digest_noSW.html - Text-based info on the digestive system aimed at kids – good for project work.

http://www.darvill.clara.net/hotpots/digest.htm

Digestion quiz (match the words to the definitions).

http://nat.crgq.comNutrition analysis tool

8Ac - You’ve got guts

http://library.thinkquest.org/10348/

Another body tour - this one has excellent graphics and lots of interaction. Once again the digestive system is included.

Unit 8B. Respiration

http://www.sambal.co.uk/respiration.html - Information on respiration from Sambal’s Science Web (good for kids’ own research).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/schools/gigaquiz?path=ks3bitesize/aerobe1tb&infile=aerobe1tb - Quiz on respiration from BBC Bitesize.

http://library.thinkquest.org/10348/

Another body tour - this one has excellent graphics and lots of interaction. The circulatory system is included here.

Unit 8C. Microbes and disease

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http://www.microbe.org/index.html - Stalking the mysterious microbe!  A great site with lots of info including “microbes in the news” and a careers section.

http://www.microbes.info/ - name says it all really! Is quite detailed, but would be a good place to send kids doing project work.

http://www.cressbrook.co.uk/eyam/ - Info on Eyam, the famous plague village (good for kids’ own research) and http://www.sycd.co.uk/who_am_i/everywhere/drama.htm - Short plays about the discovery of vaccines and the plague at Eyam, from the Science Year site.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/bread.htm - Bread, from How Stuff Works (contains lots of activities that kids could try at home).

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/webwise/spinneret/circuln/anphag.htm - Simple animation of a white blood cell engulfing some bacteria.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/ - The National Centre for Infectious Diseases (probably a bit difficult for pupils, but useful for finding out what disease-related issues are in the news at the moment and researching them).

8Ca - A hidden world

http://www.csun.edu/~hcbio029/microbes.html

This web site provides links to lots of other areas. The best ones are listed below:

http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo/

Take a tour round the microbe zoo. There are lots of clickable areas which break down into information about specific bacteria and then have photos of each type.

http://www.cellsalive.com/howbig.htm

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This interactive site allows you to look at the relative sizes of objects such as a human hair, a pin, a red blood cell, a bacteria and a virus.

http://www.uq.edu.au/nanoworld/images_1.html

Contains some mystery images - try to guess what they are. Plus take the tour of the virtual worm!

8Cc - Cholera: the evidence

http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow.html

Contains maps drawn by John Snow to illustrate the concentration of cholera around the Broad street pump.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/medicine/nonint/indust/ph/inphcs1.shtml

This BBC site explains why cholera spread so quickly in Snow’s time.

http://www.travelhealth.co.uk/diseases/cholera.htm

Contains advice on modern cases of cholera.

8Cd - Stopping the spread

http://www.rudimentsofwisdom.com/pages/antiseptics.htm

This has some nice little cartoons on antiseptics that you may want to discuss with pupils. It includes a little information on Joseph Lister.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/medicine/nonint/indust/as/inascs2.shtml

This is another BBC site that looks at the importance of antiseptics.

8Ce- Medicine men

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http://www.doh.gov.uk/antibioticresistance/ looks at the problem of antibiotic resistance. There is an area for teachers as well. The site may look daunting but the level of text is suitable for pupils.

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/antibiotics.htm is a one-page summary of the antibiotic story.

Unit 8D. Ecological relationships

NB: This topic is closely related to 7C, Environment and Feeding Relationships, so those links may be relevant too.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/living/03_fact.shtml - The 7 characteristics of life (MRS NERG), actually KS2 but good for revision/summary.

http://www.alienexplorer.com/ecology/topic4.html - Lots of information about food chains and pyramids.

http://www.naturegrid.org.ukMainly for the KS2 or early KS3 pupils, but lots of eco-friendly ideas, such as nature walks, etc.

Unit 8E. Atoms and elements

http://www.webelements.com/webelements/scholar/ - Interactive periodic table from WebElements™, good for kids as it has lots of detailed information and is easy to use.

http://www.privatehand.com/flash/elements.html - Tom Lehrer’s Elements Song (requires sound). 

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http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/pages/periodic_table.html - RSC’s Visual Elements periodic table.  Great for presentations as it’s very pretty!

From Doc Brown’s Chemistry Clinic: http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/8Eelements.html - Cartoons linking element uses with their names, plus a test. http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/8Ewf1.htm - gap fill exercise and http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/8Emc.htm a multiple choice quiz.

http://www.almaden.ibm.com/vis/stm/gallery.html - IBM’s STM image gallery has some beautiful images of real atoms, recorded with a Scanning Tunnelling Microscope.  The inner workings of an STM are a bit advanced for Year 8 (!) but they’ll love the pictures.

http://particleadventure.org/particleadventure/index.html - The Particle Adventure (very advanced, gets into quarks and antimatter, but interesting!)

8Eb - Elementary

There are several sites which offer interactive Periodic Tables including:

http://www.webelements.comThis site includes information on each element and has some video clips of reactions.

www.schoolscience.co.uk/periodictable.html

Once again information on each element with some detail of how each element.

http://www.malcol.org/web/depts/chem/lehrer.html

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This has the lyrics for the Tom Lehrer song 'The elements'. Further advice for using this link can be found in the BECTa publication 'Science On-line'.

http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/

This is an unusual site which displays the elements as characters from comic books. It is interesting and might catch the imagination of less motivated pupils.

Unit 8F. Compounds and mixtures

http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/atoms/elements.html - Simple animations of an element, compound and mixture (in the gas phase).

http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/emc1mp.htm - Matching exercise from Doc Brown, http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/8Fwf1.htm multi-word fill quiz and http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/8Fmc.htm multiple choice quiz.

8Fb - All change

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/ks3bitesize/science/reactions/chemre1rb.shtml

BBC Bitesize revision.

Unit 8G. Rocks and weathering

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/rocks/index.shtml - Essential guide to rocks from the BBC, site contains loads and loads of useful

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information, activities and pictures, including an animation/timeline of Britain’s ‘rocky’ past.

http://home.att.net/~cochrans/terms01.htm - Glossary of rock words (handy when someone asks you what, say, breccia is.

http://www.ukfossils.info/ - all sorts of information about fossils, and http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk/fossils.html has lots of pictures to help with identification.

From Doc Brown’s Chemistry Clinic:http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/8Gwf1.htm (multi-word fill quiz)http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/8Gmc.htm (multiple choice quiz)

http://www.christiaan.com/stonehenge/info/students/ - info about Stonehenge, might make an interesting extension activity/project.

(NB: see also 9E, Reactions of metals for info on metal ores)

8G ROCKS AND WEATHERING

http://www.thinkquest.org/library/index.html

In general the site has many different rock sites.

Unit 8H. The rock cycle

http://www.moorlandschool.co.uk/earth/rockcycle.htm - The Rock Cycle from Moorland School (good for kids’ own research).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/rocks/index.shtml - Essential guide to rocks from the BBC, site contains loads and loads of useful information, activities and pictures, including an animation/timeline of Britain’s ‘rocky’ past.

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From Doc Brown:http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/Rocks1mp.htm (matching exercise)http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/8Hwf1.htm - multi-word fill quizhttp://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/8Hmc.htm - multiple-choice quiz

8Hd - A river of rock

http://www.volcanoes.com

The site provides many links to other volcano sites including Geography world - which has a good site on Earthquakes and volcanoes. You could also try Volcano world, which includes good pictures of eruptions and 'Volcano of the day'.

Unit 8I. Heating and cooling

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/schools/gigaquiz?path=ks3bitesize/energyii1tb&infile=energyii1tb - short quiz on heat and energy transfer from BBC Bitesize.

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/blynds/tmp.html - a handy page for research which has all sorts of information about temperature, its history, temperature scales, thermometers etc, and http://www.pa.msu.edu/~sciencet/ask_st/012992.html - explains the nature of absolute zero.

http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/mummy/pyramid/ - Build a better pyramid by insulating it (interactive activity)

http://www.howstuffworks.com/thermos.htm - How a Thermos flask works, including definitions and descriptions of heat transfer by radiation, convection and conduction. 

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http://ethel.as.arizona.edu/~collins/astro/subjects/convection1.html - Very helpful reference for teachers on how to teach the subject of heat transfer.

8Ia Hot stuff

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/ks3bitesize/science/energy/energyii1rb.shtml#thermal

Brief revision summary from BBC bitesize.

http://sciencelessons.digitalbrain.com/digitalbrain/web/subjects/2.%20secondary/ks4sci/su4/mod5/mod5ai.db_psc?verb=view

Exercises and links from digital brain - the language level is quite high but the exercises could be distributed to different members of the class and then summarised at the end. The web links are quite high level in places.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/therm.htm

How do thermometers work? Just one of the questions answered on this site.

8Ib Focus on - Absolute zero

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/earth/Atmosphere/temperature/kelvin.html

Information on the Kelvin scale which also has links to Celsius and Fahrenheit. The second section explains the concept of absolute zero but pupils may need help with this..

http://www.glyphweb.com/esky/concepts/kelvin.html

This site is actually all about space but it contains some information on the Kelvin scale and gives a list of different temperatures in the Universe in Kelvin. Would also be useful for 7L.

8Ic Going up

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http://ethel.as.arizona.edu/~collins/astro/subjects/convection1.html

This is really for teachers rather than pupils - it looks at different ways of discussing these topics and then goes on to offer some ‘thought experiments’.

http://ems.gphys.unc.edu/modeling

This site looks at the way heat is transferred within the Earth. It is quite complex but may be worth exploring for high achievers.

8Ic - Radiation

http://www.gemini.edu/public/infrared.html

This site explains how infrared can be used to look at objects in space.

http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/ems/infrared.html

A basic introduction to infrared but it also includes some information on imaging.

8Id - Save it!

http://www.integerproject.co.uk/

1nteger - The Integer House [sic]: This site is dedicated to environmentally sound and novel construction techniques, with energy saving being a key focus. The house at the bottom of Page 113 in the Pupils Book is featured on this site and you can even control some of its operations from this site

Unit 8J. Magnets and electromagnets

http://education.magnet.fsu.edu/maglabalpha/html/expeditions/whatmagnet.html - text-based information on magnets and

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http://www.phys.lsu.edu/dept/opps/key_ideas_about_magnets.htm lots of key facts about magnets (good for research).

http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/whataremagnets.html - Good, simple explanation of what a magnet is in terms of lots of aligned polar molecules.

http://www.units.muohio.edu/dragonfly/find/find/compass.htmlx - info about compasses and how to make your own compass.

http://science.howstuffworks.com/electromagnet.htm - Electromagnets, from How Stuff Works (includes useful animation) and http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/speaker.htm how speakers work (may be handy for research – speakers contain electromagnets).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/schools/gigaquiz?path=ks3bitesize/elecmag2tb&infile=elecmag2tb - test on electromagnets (and electrical circuits) from BBC Bitesize.

8Jc - Force field

www.eskimo.com/~billb/electron/stabotl.htmlThis shows you how to demonstrate a magnetic force field in a bottle. It also has several links to other web sites on magnetism.

8Je Sounds magnetic

http://www.hfml.kun.nl/levitate.htmlA site that is great fun to look at. The text is very complicated and explains how electromagnets can be used to levitate objects but the best bits are the film clips of levitating frogs, crickets and strawberries.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/electromagnet1.htmGeneral information on how electromagnets work and how to build one at home.

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http://www.howstuffworks.com/relay1.htm

More information on relays and their applications.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/telephone.htm

Lots of information on telephone technology including how to build your own telephone network.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/cassette1.htm

How tape recorders work.

Unit 8K. Light

http://www.granada-learning.com/resources/online_demos/science.jhtml - Interactive game, make the laser light beam hit the target by moving the mirrors.

http://www.nmpft.org.uk/magic-factory/index2.html - Games about light and colour from the Magic Factory (National Museum of Photography, Film and Television).

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/ - Science of shadows, prisms, colour, and lenses. Includes a timeline, a section on pioneers in the optics field, and a museum of microscopy.

http://www.yahooligans.com/Science_and_Nature/Physical_Sciences/Optical_Illusions/ - List of links to sites of optical illusions.

http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/education/lessonPlans/pinholeCamera/ - How to make a pinhole camera, from Kodak.

http://www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/lasers/mainpage.html - Information about LASERS aimed at kids.

8Kb - Focus on: Eyes and cameras

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www.exploratorium.edu/light_walk/projector_todo.html

This site includes activities using a slide projector and lots of links to other sites concerned with pinhole cameras.

8Kd - Focus on: Total internal reflection

http://www.amasci.com/amatuer/teles.htmlExplains how to make your own telescope at home.

8Ke - Make it white

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/trythis/try6.html

Doesn't say anything about natural rainbows

http://www.ctap.org/net6/skyblue.htmHas simple experiment to explain the question, with a link to detailed and printable instructions.

Unit 8L. Sound and hearing

http://www.hpbroadband.com/program.cfm?key=W42MCW80Z - The HP and Bang & Olufsen advert which ‘shows’ sound waves; very beautiful and a brilliant visual representation.  It's also available here: hp-bang-olufsen-ad.mov

http://www.fearofphysics.com/Sound/dist.html - Introduction to what sound is, with a simple animation.

http://www.granada-learning.com/resources/online_demos/science_year1.jhtml - Who’s ringing the robot’s mobile?  Interactive game to match the waves to the sounds.

http://library.thinkquest.org/19537/ - The Soundry, an interactive web site about sound containing info about the physics of sound, how ears work, applications and history. In particular, check out the http://library.thinkquest.org/19537/Inter.html interactive sound lab.

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http://pittsford.monroe.edu/jefferson/calfieri/physics/SoundQuiz.html - Multiple choice sound quiz.

8La - Sound advice

http://www.geocities.com/molerat1964/soundrng.htmThis site explains how to make sound rings or sound waves which are strong enough to blow out a candle flame.

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Year 9

Unit 9A. Inheritance and selection

http://www.learn.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=Unit&WCU=1570 - Selective breeding, text and pictures discussing the breeding of Farmer Brown’s cows and http://www.learn.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=Unit&WCU=1571 why selective breeding is important to farmers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/genes/ - Gene-related history, health and news from the BBC.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/02/99/food_under_the_microscope/280396.stm - The GM Food Debate: Food under the microscope (from the BBC).

9Aa - Inherited characteristics

http://www.activescience-gsk.com/miniweb/content/cloning/variation.cfm

This website gives information about variation between species and within species and also links with other parts of the site about variation and genetic engineering.

9Ac - Animal breeding

http://www.activescience-gsk.com/miniweb/content/cloning/sbreed.htm

This website gives information about selective breeding and also links with other parts of the site about variation and genetic engineering.

Unit 9B. Fit and healthy

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/healthyliving/ - BBC Healthy Living, info about nutrition, weight and lifestyle (good for research).

http://www.healthyeating.net/: lots of information on nutrition and fitness (good for research).

http://www.yahooligans.com/Science_and_Nature/Health_and_Safety/Drugs_and_Alcohol/Smoking_and_Tobacco/ - Lots of links about smoking from Yahooligans.

http://www.yahooligans.com/science_and_nature/health_and_safety/Drugs_and_Alcohol/ - Lots of links about drugs and alcohol from Yahooligans.

http://www.schoolscience.co.uk/content/3/biology/copper/index.htmlUses of copper – KS3

9Bd - Drugs and the body

http://www.trashed.co.uk

This is a site run by the NHS and is very informative. The level of text may be too high for many pupils but it is a useful information source. There is also a True/False quiz.

Unit 9C. Plants and photosynthesis

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/living/06_act.shtml - Plants as living things, from the BBC.  It’s aimed at KS2, but contains a surprising amount of information in a colourful animated format.

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/webwise/spinneret/plants/photsy.htm - Photosynthesis and respiration comprehension exercise.

http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/chlorophyll/chlorophyll_h.htm - History of photosynthesis and chlorophyll (good for research/project work).

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http://www.life.uiuc.edu/bio100/lectures/s97lects/07Photosynthesis/photosynsumm.html - Photosynthesis summary: quite technical but may be a useful resource for teachers, has lots of diagrams.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/schools/gigaquiz?path=ks3bitesize/plantproc1&infile=plantproc1 - Quiz on photosynthesis and plant structure from BBC Bitesize.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/teachers/worksheets/science/plantprocesses.shtml - Plant processes worksheet from BBC.

9Ca - A light reaction

http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3715/photo3.html

This article from Think Quest explains photosynthesis in a very basic way but it has some nice activities attached to it.

9Cc - The root of the matter

http://www.learn.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=Unit&WCU=3536

This is part of a lesson from Learn.co.uk. This part focuses on the way that stomata open and close. It may be too advanced for some pupils. However, it is worth looking at the rest of this site.

Unit 9D. Plants for food

http://home.howstuffworks.com/question181.htm - What is fertiliser and why do plants need it, from How Stuff Works (good for research) and http://home.howstuffworks.com/organic-food.htm: how organic food works.

http://www.hanoverhistory.org/ruffin.html - Information about Edmund Ruffin; farmer and agricultural reformer whose experiments

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on his farm convinced him that fertilizers, crop rotation, drainage, and good ploughing could revitalize the declining soil of his native state, Virginia (USA).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/02/99/food_under_the_microscope/280396.stm - The GM Food Debate: Food under the microscope (from the BBC).

9Db - Helping crops grow

http://www.ukagriculture.com/field_to_fridge/fieldto fridge_face.htm

Lots of pictures of farms at work – it follows through a year in arable or a day in dairy farming.

Unit 9E. Reactions of metals and metal compounds

http://jvsc.jst.go.jp/live/rust/index_e.htm - Look into the world of rust!  Pokémon-style interactive animation all about rust (be a bit careful, it describes all oxides as ‘rust’, and the English is less than perfect in some places because this is a Japanese site).

http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/CCA/CCA0/SAMPMOVS.HTM - Great movies of various (dangerous!) chemical reactions, including several involving metals.

From Doc Brown: http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/9Ewf1.htm (multi-word fill quiz) and http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/9Emc.htm (multiple choice quiz).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/schools/gigaquiz?path=ks3bitesize/metal1&infile=metal1 - Quiz on metals and non-metals, from BBC Bitesize.

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http://www.digitalbrain.com/digitalbrain/web/subjects/2.%20secondary/ks4sci/su3/mod2/mod2jo.db_psc?verb=view - Useful products from metal ores and rocks, from DigitalBrain.

http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/minerals/metals.htm - Pictures of common metal ores.

9Ed - Metal Oxides and Acids

Neutralisation reactions

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/chemistyr/acids/index.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/ks3bitesize/science/acids/acids2rb.shtml#neutralisation

BBC Bitesize revision on neutralisation reaction equations.

http://www.bdp.it/~trends10/aiutochimica/salts.htm

This website includes an interactive test which allows you to complete neutralisation reactions

Unit 9F. Patterns of reactivity

http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/CCA/CCA0/SAMPMOVS.HTM - Great movies of various (dangerous!) chemical reactions, including nitrogen triiodide detonation and the reaction of sodium and chlorine.  Requires QuickTime.

From Doc Brown: http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/9Fwf1.htm (multi-word fill quiz) and http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/9Fmc.htm (multiple choice quiz)

9Fa - Stinging in the rain

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http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Davy.html

Has a very brief biography of Humphrey Davy

9Fb - League tables

http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page03/Reactivity.htm

An interactive reactivity series

Unit 9G. Environmental chemistry

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/alphabet63.shtml - Weather and Ultraviolet light from BBC Weather and http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/global_warming1.shtml weather and global warming.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/climatechange/greenhouseeffect.shtml - BBC’s climate change debate web site.

From Doc Brown: http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/9Gwf1.htm (multi-word fill quiz) and http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/9Gmc.htm (multiple choice quiz)

http://www.ec.gc.ca/acidrain/ - Lots of info about acid rain from Environment Canada, good for general research and also has a ‘kid’s corner’ with simplified information.

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/catalytic-converter.htm - How catalytic converters work, from How Stuff Works.

http://www.itopf.com/ - information on (ship-source) oil pollution.

9Gb - Acid rain and The effects of acid rain

http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/acidrain/

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US Environmental Protection Agency pupils resources on acid rain with a link to another website of experiments that pupils can do on this subject.

http://www.ec.gc.ca/acidrain/acidfact.html

A Canadian website detailing facts about acid rain. The basic introduction is good but then it becomes country specific.

Unit 9H. Using chemistry

http://www.emsb.qc.ca/laurenhill/science/balance/ - Chembalancer: balance equations with this interactive tool and http://www.wfu.edu/~ylwong/balanceeq/balanceq.html another, similar tool.

http://www.materials-careers.org.uk/discover/ - Discover materials, a lovely interactive resource from the Institute of Materials.  Has info on selecting, using and making different materials.

From How Stuff Works:

http://science.howstuffworks.com/battery.htm (batteries) http://science.howstuffworks.com/gasoline.htm (gasoline aka petrol) http://www.howstuffworks.com/fuel-cell.htm (fuel cells)

http://www.civ.hw.ac.uk/research/fire/information/ - Detailed information and diagrams about the Fire Triangle (fuel, oxygen, heat).

From Doc Brown: http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/9Hwf1.htm (multi-word fill quiz) and http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page12/9Hmc.htm (multiple choice quiz)

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Unit 9I. Energy and electricity

http://www.article19.com/shockwave/ph.htm - This interactive house lets you turn on household electrical items and see the immediate effect on your electric bill.

http://www.phy.hr/~dpaar/fizicari/xfaraday.html - Biography of Michael Faraday (known for his electricity and magnetism experiments)

http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/frankenstein/static.html - Info on static electricity and how to generate it and http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/physics/electricity/electricchargeandcurrentrev4.shtml some great images/animations from BBC Bitesize.

(NB: See 7J for pages from How Stuff Works explaining familiar electrical items)

9Ib - Portable energy

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/scienceshack/backcat/experiments/mafoilonteeth.shtml

This describes and experiment which allows you to make your own battery using household items. It is good fun and the whole website is worth a look.

9Ic - The generation game

http://www.dti.gov.uk/energy/index.htm

Dti-energy: A wealth of excellent data on UK energy use from the Department of Trade and Industry. You will however need adobe acrobat to download some of the most useful information.

Unit 9J. Gravity and space

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http://library.thinkquest.org/27585/ - From Apples to Orbits: lovely interactive site about gravity, its history and its effects.  Includes an interactive lab.

http://sciencemonster.com/ - Take a tour of Mars and the stars! Also includes a virtual globe and information on gravity and inertia.

http://www.sprocketworks.com/shockwave/load.asp?SprMovie=missionpathsweb - Play with interactive animations to learn how four different space missions used gravity assists to save fuel and gain momentum.  Quite technical but fun.

http://www.scienceyear.com/planet10/ - Beautiful 3D animations of the solar system with a haunting soundtrack, includes the ability to zoom in and out and change to different viewing angles.  There’s also a fun activity to build your own planet (planet ‘10’).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/planets/ - BBC’s Planets site, tons of info on all the different planets: history, stats, etc plus jigsaw activities to build the solar system, place all the moons, and identify artificial satellites.

9Ja - Gravity and weight

http://www.howstuffworks.com/question232.htm

How does gravity work?: A good treatment of a complex question. Well worth reading.

Unit 9K. Speeding up

http://www.fearofphysics.com/Xva/xva.html - Learn about Position, Velocity, and Acceleration; clear explanation, and an activity which allows you to control position, velocity, and acceleration for two objects at the same time.

http://www.gcseguide.co.uk/travel_graphs.htm - Simple explanation of Speed, Distance and Time graphs.

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http://standards.nctm.org/document/eexamples/chap5/5.2/ - Nice animation of two runners running along a track with an accompanying graph.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/gigaflat/physics/speedvelocityaccelerationfh/speedvelocityaccelerationfh_quiz.shtml - Quiz from BBC Bitesize (aimed at GCSE, but good for level 7 pupils).

9Kb - Faster and faster

http://www.guinessworldrecords.com

Has all the details of any speed records.

Unit 9L. Pressure and moments

(There’s a very limited amount of KS3-suitable info out there on this topic)

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/brake.htm  - How brakes work, from How Stuff Works.  Includes explanation of leverage and examples of force calculations.

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/pressure-gauge.htm - How tyre pressure gauges work, from How Stuff Works.  Includes a section on understanding pressure.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/systems/pneumaticsrev4.shtml - Force and pressure calculations from BBC Bitesize (GCSE Technology!).

http://www.hoddersamplepages.co.uk/pdfs/Physics_Page46.pdf - A sample page from a text book discussing moments and levers.

9La - Under pressure

http://www.darvill.clara.net/enforcemot/pressure.htm

A basic introduction and some worked examples.

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9Lb - Pressure all around

http://www.schoolscience.co.uk/content/4/physics/bama/index.html

The physics behind aerosols including some material on pressure.

http://chem.ch.huji.ac.il/~eugeniik/history/guericke.html

Biography of Otto van Guericke including some information on his experiment at Magdeberg.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/hydraulic1.htm

This is a good introduction to hydraulic systems.

9Lc - Levers

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/physics/machines/Levers.shtml

This classifies levers and is a little advanced but it is animated which helps pupils to see where the load and the effort are in the system.

9Ld - Moment by moment

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/ks3bitesize/science/forces/forcesii2rb.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/ks3bitesize/science/forces/forcesi4rb.shtml

BBC Bitesize revision which will help to revise this whole topic

Unit 9M. Investigating scientific questions

http://www.howe.k12.ok.us/~jimaskew/hsimeth.htm - How to use scientific method to solve any problem.

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http://www.tryscience.org/experiments/experiments_begin.html?dna - Find out how DNA profiling can make sense of a crime scene and help I.D. a culprit from a list of suspects.

http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/kroc/scimethod/ - Finding the lighthouse diamond thief by using the scientific method – an online activity based around ‘jigsaw’-type group work.  May be best used by teachers to plan a lesson in advance.

http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Science_in_Society/Skeptical_Inquiry/ - Collection of links about sceptical enquiry: very interesting!  Sceptical discussion of everything from auras and astrology to UFO abductions and urban legends.

http://www.yahooligans.com/Science_and_Nature/Scientists/ - Collection of links about scientists.

http://www.yahooligans.com/science_and_nature/History_of_Science/ - Collection of links about the history of science.

http://www.yahooligans.com/science_and_nature/Measurements_and_Units/ - Collection of links about measurement and units.

BPa - Reaction speeds

http://www.explorescience.com/activities/Activity_page.cfm?ActivityID=38

An interactive activity in Flash that allows pupils to study their own reflex responses for both sight and sound senses.

http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~rabrams/psychlab/index.htm

The Psych/Lab™ software contains programs to run versions of classic experiments from the Cognitive /Experimental Psychology. Download Donders Reaction Time free from this website.

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CPa - Material world

http://www.encyclopedia.com

An on-line encyclopedia which can be used to look up information on gases in the atmosphere and from rocks.

http://www.nationalglasscentre.co.uk

This website includes an interactive tour of the studio and explanations of how glass is made.

Endothermic and exothermic reactions

http://www.nobel.se/nobel/alfred-nobel/

Part of the Nobel website which gives a brief biography of Alfred Nobel

http://www.nobelprizes.com/nobel/

Gives you access to a full list of Nobel prize-winners with a little bit of information of each of them.

http://www.adventurenetwork.com/Healthsafe/Iceorheat.html

This explains when you need to use heat and when you are better to use ice for an injury.

http://www.autonews.com/news.cms?newsId=2392

This is an article about the Brazilian use of ethanol to power cars

PPa - An efficient house

http://integerproject.co.uk/

Gives information about the technology used in the house

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http://www.saveenergy.co.uk

You can tour a virtual home and see where you can use less energy. It will also calculate how much money you can save by double glazing or insulating your loft.

http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/ems/micro.html

This has information on microwaves.

http://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/museum/danielle%20longhouse/keepers/titlepage.html

This site concentrates on three native peoples of North America and contains a lot of information.

PPb - Solar cooking

http://solarcooking.org/

The solar cooking archive, seemingly everything you could ever want to know about solar cookers.

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wap/elephant_cam.html

Information about elephants (for elephant’s ears task)

http://www.solarenergy.org/

Contains lots of information on solar energy.

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