Mathematics on MEWAN (Manchester Education)

Mathematics on MEWAN :
18/9/09 – Superb for planning and resources. This site cannot be recommended too highly.

Shop Horror – Funny Shop Names

Shop Horror – Funny Shop Names
9/9/2009 – Amusing collection of photographs of shop signs that use puns. Almost safe for school, depending on parental attitudes to risque phrases, e.g. the opticians called “Spex Appeal”.

Clip Art Warehouse – Free clip art images by the thousand !!

Clip Art Warehouse – Free clip art images by the thousand
12/7/09 – GIFs page – seems pretty comprehensive.

BBC – Schools – Primary History

BBC – Schools – Primary History
5/7/09 – Great site for colourful, interactive history resources.

Science experiments and lesson plans with Captain Curiosity: Experiment List

Science experiments and lesson plans with Captain Curiosity: Experiment List
28/6/09 – Excellent site for science experiments and ideas for developing children’s scientific knowledge.

Visuwords™ online graphical dictionary and thesaurus

Visuwords™ online graphical dictionary and thesaurus
18/6/09 – Great way of showing links between word groups and synonyms. Fully interactive and colourful.

iPrimary.co.uk | ICT Tutorials for Teachers

iPrimary.co.uk | ICT Tutorials for Teachers
11/6/09 – “Tutorials. The following video tutorials cover software and hardware that can be used within the classroom to improve teaching and learning, or can be used to support every day administration tasks. Use the search box on the right to find a specific tutorial.

007 – Video conferencing with [...]

Welcome to the Web: A beginner’s guide.

Welcome to the Web: A beginner’s guide.
11/6/09 – “Thank you for visiting ‘Welcome to the Web’. By working your way through this web site and taking part in the exciting challenges and activities, you will learn all about the Internet. Good luck!”

This is very well put together, and a great starting point for introducing [...]

Printable Flash Cards for Vocabulary Words-with Photographs

Printable Flash Cards for Vocabulary Words-with Photographs
11/6/09 – Learn new vocabulary in an appealing, visual way. The pictures are – in the main – of particularly high quality.

Wallwisher.com :: Words that stick

Wallwisher.com :: Words that stick
11/6/09 – This is a fantastic idea for collaborating. “Wallwisher is an online notice board maker…! …it is ideal for making announcements, wishing people, keeping notes, and anything you can do with Post-its”.

Most Dangerous Bridges In The World

Most Dangerous Bridges In The World
15/5/09 – High-quality images of rickety bridges in a range of different places around the world. I will use this page of over 20 pages for describing settings in narrative.

Fossweb.com | FOSS Science Modules for Key Stage 2

Fossweb.com | FOSS 3-6 Modules
10/5/09 – Superb, colourful and interactive interactive whiteboard resources addressing virtually every aspect of science at KS2.

Fossweb.com | FOSS KS1 Science Modules

Fossweb.com | FOSS K-2 Modules
10/5/09 – Superb, colourful and interactive interactive whiteboard resources addressing almost every aspect of science at KS1.

Dozens of Smart Technology Sites

Dozens of Smart Technology Sites
26/4/09 – A must-visit site for any teacher with a Smartboard. Links to plans, resources and activities, videos on using different aspects of the IWB.

Adding Unlike Fractions

Adding Unlike Fractions
22/4/09 – Very simple, very effective way of demonstrating common denominators and equivalent fractions. Uses a mixture of fraction notation and colourful pictographs.

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.

earth album alpha – a slicker google maps + flickr mash-up

earth album alpha – a slicker google maps + flickr mash-up
19/4/09 – “earth album is a simpler, slicker Flickr mash-up that allows you to explore some of the most stunning photos in the world courtesy of Google maps and Flickr. To begin your journey, just click somewhere on the map, e.g. “India”. Note– since the [...]

Figures of Speech – Teach a Kid to Argue

Figures of Speech – Teach a Kid to Argue
19/4/09 – “How to Teach a Child to Argue. Why would any sane parent teach his kids to talk back? Because, this father found, it actually increased family harmony.” This could have great application in P4C / thinking skills, or just conflict resolution. Essentially, [...]

French for primary teachers

French for primary teachers
18/4/09 – As it says!

Shangrala’s Animated Gallery – Over 2200 Free Animated Gifs

Shangrala’s Animated Gallery – Over 2200 Free Animated Gifs
13/4/09 – Ronseal. Easily searchable GIFs site with many of interest for teachers or children.

Spelling List Generator – BrendenisTeaching.com

Spelling List Generator – BrendenisTeaching.com
29/3/09 – “Using a database of UK words, produce spelling lists and/or flashcards based on the criteria you set. The ’search’ set of search types will take your search term and use the filter you select. The other search types are pre-selected words, which you can limit in size and categorise [...]

StoryTop Story Maker — The Online tool for storytelling

StoryTop Story Maker — The Online tool for storytelling
29/3/09 – “create multi-page stories, drag and drop clip art to illustrate your story, add text in dialogue boxes, create storytelling clubs with your friends, share your stories with others” Free, for the moment at least.

YouTube – EDU

YouTube – EDU
29/3/09 – All the educational YouTube videos and clips organised in one easily-searchable portal.

Visual Geography: World

Visual Geography: World
29/3/09 – “Visualgeography.com lets you explore the world through images, flags, money, language, maps and other information.”

Lee County Schools » SmartBoard

Lee County Schools » SmartBoard
29/3/09 – Beginner’s guide to using a Smartboard. Packed with ideas and resources, there is definitely something new for all but the most advanced users.