Science - Links

Government Agencies Exam Boards
Professional Associations Special Needs
Science Revision Fun Science
Kent Schools Extra Curricular Science
Science Magazines Web Links for Key Stage 3 & above
Curriculum Support Free Resources
Other Useful Links   

Government Agencies

DCSF Logo Department for Children, Schools & Families
The familiar Standards Site has all you need to know about Secondary Science Strategy and much more.
QCA Logo Qualification & Curriculum Authority
Schemes of work, testing arrangements, etc.
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The National Curriculum
Download samples of work from any of the attainment targets at any level.

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Standards Site homepage

Exam Boards 

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Professional Associations

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The Association for Science Education
promoting excellence in science teaching and learning.
A good database of resources and links to support KS3 QCA units of work.
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The Royal Society
The Scientific Academy of the UK and the Commonwealth dedicated to promoting excellence in science

Special Needs 

ISSEN Logo The Inclusive Science and Special Educational Needs site
Jointly produced by the ASE and NASEN this site has a database of resources, web links, and a list of published articles.

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Science Revision

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BBC Bitesize Revision for Key Stage 3
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BBC Bitesize Revision for GCSE
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Schoolsnet
Interactive tasks for individual work on GCSE science.
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RevisionLink
Claims to have links to all the most useful revison sites. Also links to www.coursework.info with thousands of pieces of coursework!
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S-cool
A good website for GCSE and A level students. Revision notes are free and available on many topics. Notes are followed by S-cool quick learn questions and printable revision summary sheets. There is also a forum for discussing topical issues and important student information.
The website also offers excellent information on careers in science and the world of work.
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Learn.co
Assists students and parents with GCSE curriculum subjects and provides revision guides.

Fun Science

Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab
A source of free science experiments for people of all ages.
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How Stuff Works
Ever wondered how things work? Explanations here are suitable for children and adults.
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The Double Helix
A fun site from Australia. Lots of ideas for experiments and links to other good sites. Use some of the ideas yourself or pass the address on to able and interested pupils.
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 Kent Schools

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Kent NGfL Website
A list of all Kent Secondary School websites is available on the NGfL page.
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Kent NGfL Website
Kent NGfL secondary science pages

 Extra-curricular Science

The British Science Association
Home of National Science Week, and with information on CREST awards and BAYS science activities.
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SETPOINT for Kent and Medway
This site has details of local projects and contacts. Try the Nuffield Bursary scheme for post-16 scientists.

 Science Magazines

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BBC Focus Magazine
A BBC publication for Science, Technology and the Future
New Scientist Logo New Scientist
Keeps you up-to-date with the latest scientific and technological news, innovations and ideas

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Web Links for Key Stage 3 and above

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Skoool.co.uk for Kent
is a multi-award winning bank of educational content packed full of engaging, interactive maths and science resources.

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The Association for Science Education
An excellent site for science teachers and technicians whether you are a member or not. Uses can access primary or secondary information. Joining the ASE is also possible through the website.
Some items include:

  • conferences run by the ASE
  • book sales
  • forthcoming science events
  • back copies of school science review
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BBC Learning Zone
A good website for teachers of science at KS3 and KS4, also valuable for science technicians. You can view at a glance programmes available for this week, month or even season. The website allows you to search for particular topics.

Good links are available to other science websites like revise wise challenge for pupils from 4 to 11 years with quick fire questions which are fun and interactive.

Programmes include:

  • Science in action
  • Physical processes
  • Revise wise at school
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Science Active
This website contains information for teachers and students from KS3 to AS and A’ level who are particularly interested in chemistry related topics.

Excellent interactive activities include:

  • Fun chem.
  • A presentation on polymerisation
  • Drag and drop periodic table
  • Teachers resources on topical issues like global warming

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Channel 4 Learning
Homework high is channel 4’s award winning as a teacher website. The site has live question and answer sessions for science and many other subjects for 7 to 16 year olds. Their team of 100 teachers use learn.co.uk in replying to homework questions by directing pupils to specific ages on the learn.co.uk site

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Creative Chemistry
A website or both teacher and students studying GSCE or AS/A level chemistry. Even if you are simply interested in chemistry you will find this site useful.

  • GSCE: notes and lesson plans which include worksheets for AQA double/ single or modular award chemistry
  • A level: worksheets and practical guidelines including power point slides for AQA syllabus
  • Exciting activities for science clubs e.g. spooky alien masks and forensic science activities
SciShop Logo SciShop
This is an online resource area to support teachers and students in KS3 science. The resources are developed from the internet, ASE book and images and contributions from members of the ASE. SciShop is intended to help teachers and students to locate suitable resources which are related to specific learning objectives of the KS3 national Curriculum
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Planet Science
This is a website for everyone interested in science. The web site is dedicated to the “science Year” project which began in September 2001. Planet science has projects, events and resources to inspire young scientists.

Aims of planet science:

  • To provide resources and advice for secondary schools for science teaching
  • To engage people in science
You can join the planet science mailing list to receive the newsletter which has great suggestions for fun educational science activities.

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Classroom Clipart
Contains hundreds of scientifically based images which can be used for educational purposes. Images maybe used by teachers and students in print, multimedia and video productions, which could include school projects.

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Kids Health
This website has useful information about health information for children and parents. Created by the Nemours Foundation’s Centre for Children’s Health Media, award winning website provides families with accurate, up to date information they can use.

  • Separate pages for kids, teens and parents
  • Recipe ideas
  • Information on nutrition and fitness and general health
  • Teachers of KS2 and KS3 can access information when teaching health issues

MEDtropolis

MEDtropolis
This site part of the USA site Medtropolis, includes a build on your own skeleton and interactive information on bones, the brain, the digestive tract and the human heart. It has a variety of uses and is a must for all teachers of Biological topics at all levels.
Keywords: Biology, simulations, interactive, virtual body
Useful to: teachers and pupils studying biological topics
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A collection of core websites

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Curriculum Support

The University of York Science Education Group
is one of the leading contributors to curriculum development in the country. Their latest project - described on the site - is the development of a Salters-Nuffield Advanced Biology course.
The site is also home to the Chemical Industry Education Centre - a rich source of information
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BBC Blue Planet Challenge
Interactive activities involving travel and exploration of different habitats
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The channel 4 schools page
TV listings, programmes and more
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Free Resources

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School Science from the ASE
The leading site for free science content.
Science Year CD
Access to all the goodies that have appeared on the Science Year CD-ROM's.

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Other Useful Links

Science upd8
The UPD8 materials are now on their own web site. Register and search by topic, age group and even those difficult and /or boring topics! Resources linked to today's news covering many areas of the Programme of Study @KS3 and KS4 topics
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A London Grid for Learning site.
This web site provides a comprehensive set of resources to assist students with GCSE and KS3 Science and Maths. Some of the resources may be useful for teachers when revising (to provide a different approach) or for use in their classrooms. The site will be added to regularly so visiting from time to time should be beneficial.
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Author: ASK  | Published: 9-10-08  | TOP