sites for... under 10s

Arrange the Planets
http://www.firstschoolyears.com/science/general.htm
Scroll down the page to see the link to this nifty little game, could be used in conjunction with making up mnemonics to remember the order!

Arty Astro
http://www.artyastro.com/
Click on ‘Restart the Astro Ranger site’ and you’ll take part in an exciting adventure as you journey through space, learning as you go.

Starchild
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Do you wonder about space and the Universe? Well, look no further because this site from NASA is where you’ll find all the answers!

Sun Beams
http://westudent.tripod.com/page1.html
If you’re aged between 7 and 11 and you’re a bright star (like the Sun!) then this is the website for you! So get your shades at the ready for this brilliant website about the Sun!

Windows to the Universe
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
This is a wide ranging site from the USA, encompassing astronomy, geology and physics, history and people, basically it should be called "life, the universe and everything"! It's got a lot of pages and you could roam around learning this and that for hours. It's beautifully presented, (if a little disorientating given the amount of content) and full of imaginative ways to explore science, and it even has a section for teachers with loads of classroom activities that link into the American Curriculum, but could be adapted for use here. Definitely worth a look.


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Fun Plant Page
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kinder/funpage.html
Read the information and then try out the exciting plant experiments if you’re of the green-fingered sort!

The Great Plant Escape
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case4/c4facts1a.html
Become a plant detective and get on the case to find out how and why plants do what they do!

Kinder Garden
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kindergarden/kinder.htm
When Spring has sprung, it’s time to get your green fingers out! This is a colourful site with lots of ideas for creating children’s gardens, activities for kids and tips for getting young people interested in the green world.

Tomato Zone
http://www.thetomatozone.co.uk
For a totally different experience, why not ‘ketch-up’ with a new site from the British Tomato Growers Association? It’s the Tomato Zone - a kid-friendly, and very interactive website wholeheartedly devoted to our juicy red friends.


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Windows to the Universe
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
This is a wide ranging site from the USA, encompassing astronomy, geology and physics, history and people, basically it should be called "life, the universe and everything"! It's got a lot of pages and you could roam around learning this and that for hours. It's beautifully presented, (if a little disorientating given the amount of content) and full of imaginative ways to explore science, and it even has a section for teachers with loads of classroom activities that link into the American Curriculum, but could be adapted for use here. Definitely worth a look.

Yowie
http://www.cadburylearningzone.co.uk/
Take a trip around Cadbury Land, learning about the environment as you go! Don’t worry, Yowie won’t let you get lost!


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Nature Explorer
http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/explorer/
If it’s raining outside then this is the best way to discover nature because you certainly won’t get wet and muddy sat in front of your computer!

Pest Detectives
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/learninganddiscovery/
Click on Pest Detective Game on the left-hand side of the page. The aim of the game is to move around an old house, finding and identifying insects and answering questions. Don’t let wrong answers ‘bug’ you!

Recyclezone
http://www.recyclezone.org.uk
This site looks as though it must be for Primary School pupils only, but contains lots of info for secondary level teachers and students too. A useful round up of everything to do with the three Rs (no not reading, writing and arithmetic! Reuse, Reduce and Recycle) plus it selves a bit further into the whole notion of sustainability in schools. Worth a look


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Afrikan Science
http://www.at-bristol.org.uk/education/AfrikanScience
This is a bright, beautiful and child-friendly website which allows users to find out about black scientists, engineers and technologists who have made significant contributions to the world today.

Arrange the Planets
http://www.firstschoolyears.com/science/general.htm
Scroll down the page to see the link to this nifty little game, could be used in conjunction with making up mnemonics to remember the order!

Beakman and Jax
http://www.beakman.com/
There’s so much to do here with Beakman and Jax that I guarantee you’ll come back for more tomorrow!

Canadian Association for Girls In Science
http://publish.uwo.ca/~cagis/
Well, didn't get into the clubhouse because we weren’t young enough! This club was started by a young girl who wanted to share her love of science, so try the experiments or check out the links page.

Cool Science
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/
A few nice science projects to complete here if you’re a budding young scientist!

Dr Universe
http://www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse/
Dr Universe is a cat with connections, and her aim is to answer the questions and wonderings of people who write in to her. Questions like: "What purpose does a cockroach serve in our world?" and "Why do we cry?"

First School Years
http://www.firstschoolyears.com/science/general.htm
This is a site that's been created by a number of primary school teachers, and brings together a wide range of worksheet resources as well as online activities and links for many subjects, including quite a bit of science. There are one or two things for sale, but the majority of the materials are completely free for educational use. There are oodles of print-offable sheets, including loads of wordsearches, quizzes, word jumbles and 'fill in the missing words' sentences. There are also a number of online activities such as labelling pictures, and sorting objects.

Funology
http://www.funology.com
Funology is a colourful American site full of activities like recipes and crafts. There are also some really terrible jokes you can tell your friends! Check out the laboratory for some fun experiments.

Help Your Child Discover…
http://www.parentcentre.gov.uk/discover/index.cfm
If you're a parent of a child in the early stages of primary school, here's a great site that's full of ideas and activities to help you complement at home the learning that's going on at school. The site has been produced by the DfES, so it's specifically geared towards parents whose kids are at schools following the National Curriculum, but regardless of where you are, we think it's got a lot to offer, including five science subjects: Light & Sound; Materials; Planets; Solar systems.

Paper Craft
http://bj.canon.co.jp/english/3D-papercraft/nature/index.html
3D paper projects for you to print and stick – hours of absorbing and fiddly entertainment and some science learning all at the same time!
In the 'Science' category, the activities include a 'World Time Zone' calculator, a stegosaurus, a cross-sectional volcano, a rotating star chart, and a model into which you insert your own torch to show 'How Eclipses Work'. Or you can explore the site for many other wonders.

Primary Games
http://www.primarygames.com/science.htm
Here you'll find lots of science games to keep your pre-schoolers amused, like GRAVITY. In this game the player has to carefully guide a spacecraft being pulled towards a planet by gravity. And just for fun, try FINGER TWISTER, which uses the traditional Twister rules only this time your Twister mat is the computer screen!

Reeko's Mad Scientist's Lab
http://www.spartechsoftware.com/reeko/
Friendly and well structured site, using experiments to explore scientific principles such as buoyancy, gravity and momentum. There are clickable bits and pieces all over the place, just to keep you on your toes, and lots of links to other good sites too. Please do heed all the safety advice won't you!

The Discovery Channel
http://www.discovery.com
Discovery.com is brought to you by the Discovery Channel and the website is as varied as its programme schedule. Visit the Science Channel or Animal Planet pages for lots of interesting articles or if you’re after activities then Discovery Kids is the place for you.

Zoom
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/zoom/sci/
Zoom is by kids and is for kids so it’s sure to be a hoot! Once you’ve tried a science experiment you can send in your findings and share them with other Zoom users.


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Bug Investigators
http://www.buginvestigators.co.uk/
Aimed at upper primary school children, big and bold, this is a site to teach about the 'friendly' micro-organisms that inhabit our bodies, the not so friendly ones that sometimes try to get a look in - and the role that antibiotics can play. The biological information is carefully woven though three games and a set of printable project resources. It's quite quick to work your way through them, and once you've done so, you'll never, ever make the mistake again of asking the doctor for an antibiotic to help shift your cold.


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Come to your Senses
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3750/
This is a great site, particularly for primary age kids, which
explores and explains how each of our five senses work, and plenty of what they call 'Sense-ational' facts'.
There are instructions for some sense-related activities, and if you want more, they've generously researched a load more links to other sites on the same subject.


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Count On
http://www.counton.org
This is a brilliant maths site built to continue the work of Maths Year 2000. It is absolutely packed with interactivity. Everywhere you click a game pops up for you to try, or if not a game then some maths packaged into bite-size bits.


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Windows to the Universe
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
This is a wide ranging site from the USA, encompassing astronomy, geology and physics, history and people, basically it should be called "life, the universe and everything"! It's got a lot of pages and you could roam around learning this and that for hours. It's beautifully presented, (if a little disorientating given the amount of content) and full of imaginative ways to explore science, and it even has a section for teachers with loads of classroom activities that link into the American Curriculum, but could be adapted for use here. Definitely worth a look.


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Engineering Interact
http://www.engineering-education.org.uk
The University of Cambridge have come up with this site to teach science and introduce engineering ideas in a very grippy way! Once you start the game elements you can't stop. Aimed at 9 – 11 year olds and their teachers, it is a feast of fun with a lot of science learning thrown in – well worth a look.


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Bug Club
http://www.ex.ac.uk/bugclub/
Good site if you’re a kid or a teacher who wants to join or if you just want to browse the large number of links.

Echo The Bat
http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/intro/story.html
Read the story of Echo the bat and learn all about echolocation while you share his adventures.


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