20 Gadgets That Innovate Ordinary Things

20 Gadgets That Innovate Ordinary Things 28/09/2011 – photographs and short explanations of real – bizarre and unusual inventions, together with some new takes on old ideas.

Cheeseburger Brown: Wile – The Unauthorized Biography of Wile E. Coyote

Cheeseburger Brown: Wile – The Unauthorized Biography of Wile E. Coyote 18/09/2011 – “The sun is high and hot. Impossible rock sculptures tower over the desert floor, casting short purple shadows on the scrub and cacti. An insect chirps. A trail of speeding smoke appears at the horizon, tearing along the highway with reckless abandon. [...]

Primary Resources: Topic, Themed and Cross-curricular resources and planning

Primary Resources: Topic, Themed and Cross-Curricular Resources 26/06/2011 – Some great ideas for topic-based learning, shared by the Primary Resources community.

Free maths help and resources for pupils, parents and teachers, from MrBartonMaths.com!

Free maths help and resources for pupils, parents and teachers, from MrBartonMaths.com! 26/06/2011 – Well worth a look for ideas, especially making maths relevant and fun.

Super Science Investigations

Super Science Investigations 06/03/2011 – Thanks to @simonhaughton on Twitter.  This site offers a useful and growing collection of science investigations.

The Curriculum Catalyst

The Curriculum Catalyst 09/05/2010 – “The Curriculum Catalyst Creating curriculum ideas together. An opportunity to contribute and vote for the most interesting or relevant curriculum topic ideas. These will then be the focus of development by the wider education community. After a period of voting we will focus on the top topic and crowd-source an [...]

School Assemblies

School Assemblies 24/04/10 – More assembly ideas and inspiration.

Kids Who Think!

Kids Who Think! 29/3/09 – “A Program Designed to Encourage Kids to Think Outside of the Box…Challenges will be posted weekly”.

Science Projects Experiments & Educational Toys – Cool Ideas, Gifts & Lesson Plans from Steve Spangler at Steve Spangler Science

Science Projects Experiments & Educational Toys – Cool Ideas, Gifts & Lesson Plans from Steve Spangler Science 22/3/09 – The description in the title is pretty much accurate – videos explain everything; well worth a look.

Ideas to Inspire

Ideas to Inspire 20/2/09 – “‘Ideas to Inspire’ is a collection of Google Docs presentations, which offer a large number of ideas for engaging lesson activities in a range of curriculum areas.The presentations are a collaboration between lots of fantastic teachers around the world.Choose a presentation to begin…”

Random Teaching Idea Generator

Random Teaching Idea Generator 24/1/09 – Now I wish I had invented this myself! Click the button for another of the 2,500 teaching ideas, methods and activities. Very highly recommended. Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favourite links are here.

Imagination Prompt Generator

Imagination Prompt Generator 1/11/08 – Creative writing starter ideas; some may not be appropriate for unfiltered use in the classroom. Worth looking at though…

Useful tips for the start of the year

Useful tips for the start of the year 11/5/08 – This is a charming story of a Kindergarten teacher in the USA. Much of what he suggests is directly applicable or adaptable all the way up to Y6.

Plot and Character Generator

Plot and Character Generator 20/4/08 – Gives randomised charcters and events for creative writing stimulus. I won’t use this with children because some of the scenarios might elicit too many awkward questions. I will probably collate the more relevant and appropriate ones at home. Looks good though!