Switch Zoo – Animal Games

Switch Zoo – Animal Games
19/4/09 – “Photorealistic zoo”. Make your own new animals, play animal games and puzzles. Learn about animals. Build animal habitats. Superb site for habitats or as a writing stimulus. The site even offers lesson plans.

DeadDog » 100 Weird Facts About the Human Body

DeadDog » 100 Weird Facts About the Human Body
9/11/08 – With a small amount of editing, this will be a very interesting addition to lessons on the human body or non-chronological reports / explanation texts.

“Why Is The Sky Blue?” and other questions

Why Is The Sky Blue
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.

Key Features of Writing Genres

Key Features of Writing Genres
31/5/08 – Diary, discussion, autobiography, letters, narrative and short story. Useful for creating marking / self evaluation ladders and success criteria. You’ll also find some downloadable writing frames.

National Geographic Global Warming Resources

National Geographic Global Warming Resources
30/5/08 – Simulation, quiz and information text with diagrams – suitable for advanced Year 4+

Texts for IWB use (fiction and non-fiction)

Texts for IWB use (fiction and non-fiction)
tags: English.Non-fiction, English.Writing, Resources
26/3/08 – Useful collection of links to online texts that can be used ot support persusasion, recount, explanation, reports, narrative and poetry.

Great resource for non-chronological reports

nonchronreport.pdf (application/pdf Object)
tags: english.non-fiction, english.writing, history, resources

16/3/08 – Great resource for Non-Chronological Reports. Very clear and simple.
– post by teachinglinks

10 Unique Insects, Sun Trek (Facts on the sun)

Succeed With This » 10 Unique Insects
tags: english.nonfiction, english.writing, resources
Welcome to Sun|trek Annotated
tags: english.nonfiction, english.writing, resources, science.space

Welcome to Sun|trek. Take a journey into space and find out more about the star on your doorstep, the place it holds in our universe and how it plays an important part in our lives.

TVARK | The Television Museum

TVARK | The Television Museum – History of presentation, title sequences, adverts, public information films, schools tv etc…