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30/7/08 - Add an interesting dimension to science lessons. There's something for the majority of science topics and they are sure to amuse your class.
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more fromwww.acme.com
30/7/08 - "science experiments, quizzes, trivia ... all kinds of great learning activities." I agree, this is a superb site for children to use by themselves, or for teachers to use in the classroom. Puzzles, challenges, science experiments, magic tricks, maths magic and jokes.
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more fromwww.funology.com
30/7/08 - Colourful and user-friendly resource for upper KS2 children.
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more fromwww.historyforkids.org
30/7/08 - "Every item comes with a choice of image size and format as well as complete source information for proper citations in school projects. No advertisement-filled pages with pop-up windows or inappropriate links here. A friendly license allows teachers and students to use up to 50 items in a single, non-commercial project without further permission."
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more frometc.usf.edu
30/7/08 - Simple descriptions of nine different differentiation startegies.
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more fromwww.uni.edu
30/7/08 - An entertaining and informative website which answers the above question and many others. I will use modified versions of these when teaching explanation and information texts.
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more fromwww.why-is-the-sky-blue.tv
22/7/08 - Examples of connectives in dozens of different sentences.
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more fromdepts.gallaudet.edu
20/7/08 - "Dial 1 for Settings / Dial 2 for Characters / Dial 3 for Dramatic Entrances / Dial 4 for Dialogue / Dial 5 to Commiserate / Dial 6 for Verbs / Dial 7 for Calisthenics / Dial 8 to Kill a Character / Dial 9 for Endings" Many of these ideas could be used in school, but I would be wary of using the actual website, as I haven't seen every possible idea. My class will be creating their own when we look at narrative writing in September.
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more fromwww.webook.com
13/7/08 - Simply type a word and alt-click on it for a list of rhyming words, ordered by number of syllables. Nothing for "orange" or "purple" though!
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more fromwww.writerhymes.com
13/7/08 - Download as .flv files which can be inserted into Smart Notebook documents or Promethean Flipcharts.
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more fromtubezoid.com
13/7/08 - Coherent and interesting article, well worth reading.
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more fromwww1.chapman.edu
29/6/08 - Music and sound effects for World War 2, China, Greece, Africa, Judaism, Sea Shanties, Tudors, Churches, Seaside, India, Victorians, Mexico, Space, Egypt, London, plus more to be added shortly.
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more fromwww.cheekymonkeyresources.co.uk
29/6/08 - "A great little program for quickly and easily creating random numbers. Any number of uses in Mental Oral Starters". I agree wholeheartedly.
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more fromwww.fieryideas.com
29/6/08 - "Freeware PowerPoint plug-in iSpring converts your PowerPoint presentation to an interactive Flash video with the click of a button. Not only is iSpring a great way to make your PowerPoint presentation more portable (not everyone has PowerPoint, after all), but an exported movie even preserves all of your slide transitions, animations, and hyperlinks."
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more fromwww.ispringsolutions.com
28/6/08 - "The Space Science Education Resource Directory is a convenient way to find NASA space science products for use in classrooms, science museums, planetariums, and other settings." Great starting point for teaching about space.
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more fromteachspacescience.org
28/6/08 - Maths puzzles for Years 5 & 6, on the Lancashire GfL site. There are also links to resources for children from Year 1 to Year 4.
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more fromwww.lancsngfl.ac.uk
28/6/08 - Links to dozens of maths ICT resources on this great site.
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more fromclg.coventry.gov.uk
28/6/08 - A sequence of lesson plans, ideas, resources and web links based on space and the planets in our solar system
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more fromwww.astro.indiana.edu
26/6/08 - A range of decent resources and planning for branching databases / keys (used in the Year 4 habitats module) from Wales Grid for Learning.
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more fromwww.ngfl-cymru.org.uk
25/6/08 - Arts on the Move site. Lots of resources and ideas for using drama across the curriculum.
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more fromwww.artsonthemove.co.uk
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