We have found some websites that
will be useful for each subject: go to the
Biology Links page,
the Chemistry Links
page or the Physics
Links page.
Sense About Science is a great website:
"Sense About Science is an independent
charitable trust. We respond to the
misrepresentation of science and scientific
evidence on issues that matter to society, from
scares about plastic bottles, fluoride and the
MMR vaccine to controversies about genetic
modification, stem cell research and radiation.
We work with scientists and civic groups to
promote evidence and scientific reasoning in
public discussion.
A
variety of amazing calculations - get your
number crunching done online at
Calculator Edge
Great animations for Physics and Chemistry (and
Electronics) at
Yenka
There are some short videos at
Planet-Scicast which are entertaining and
(some of them) educational; then there is some
weird and wonderful science at
Ratlab which is now renamed
ilovebacteria
Not so much science as Geography: look at the
amazing maps comparing different counties at
worldmapper: their sizes are distorted to
match the data. A shocking place to start is
HIV prevalence
On
becoming greener: the UK Government's
Eco-Schools scheme is worth a look
Sport Science
at the University of Central Lancashire and
muscle physiology;
Word Turtle for wordsearches;
tests and timers
There are good commercial sites
out there, like
Cosmetics Industry or
pharmaceuticals.
Live
web cams in
Africa and elsewhere; the
Fuchs Foundation and science in
Antarctica
There is a
fun RAF
site which simulates running an RAF base and
missions.
How Stuff Works
works well! For Key Stage 3 students and
teachers, try
Scibermonkey
Sources of images (please tell us
of others… good for illustrating your work, but
always check copyright) include
Dennis
Kunkel,
Cells Alive,
CAConnection,
Barry’s
Clip Art,
Biology4All, and
Molecular Expressions as well as
Google
Revision Sites include
BBC
Bitesize for
KS3 and
GCSE,
Amazing
Grades and
Learn.co.uk as well as
Revision World
Planet Science
the Science Year site and
Sc1 the
Royal Society site are interesting
Science Online,
Schoolscience (which is the ASE website) and
Science
Zone are good, Science Zone has Flash and
QuickTime animations, and
Noisenet
has lots of news and ideas on science and
engineering, as well as
good bits on sports technology
British Geological Survey
and
Ordnance Survey have lots to offer
scientists as well as geographers
Committee on the Public
Understanding of Science
We are members of the
Royal Institution.
Also helpful is the senior science organisation
in the UK,
The Royal Society (and their
schools site)
and the British
Association. Useful reports from the
Parliamentary Office of Science
and Technology
As for the paranormal, try
visiting CSICOP,
the James Randi
Educational Foundation or the UK
Skeptic
magazine.
Magazine websites to visit
include
New Scientist,
Science
Daily,
Bioscience Explained and
Nature:
in the Nature website most stories are
subscription-only, but the biggest news is
normally freely available, as are summaries of
other items.
Suggested by someone in the
Second Form: great
volcano video clips from National Geographic
Careers workshops at
Workshop UK
Scishop for KS3
information
Active Science
has lots to do
Useful link to the
CASE website at Keele
ASE website
Puzzlemaker
Other sites primarily for teachers are the
Nuffield Curriculum Centre, the
Science
Enhancement Programme, and a fascinating
report "Surely
that's Banned" on what is banned on health
and safety grounds in schools: the honest answer
is, very little!
