BBC Sci-Tech Site
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/
News and events concerning science and technology from the BBC.
Engineering Education
http://www.engineering-education.org.uk
If you have ever wondered what it’s like being an engineer, look no further than this great scheme. Year 12 students get a chance to work in a small team on real engineering problems.
http://www.eesw.org.uk is for Welsh students,
http://www.raeng.org.uk/education/schemes/school.htm is where you’ll find information on the R.A. Engineering’s other brilliant schemes for school students.
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.
NOISENET
http://www.noisenet.ws
NOISE (New Outlooks In Science & Engineering) is a new UK campaign funded by the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). It's aimed at the 16 - 19 year olds, and is bright, good looking and has lots of great information, including some really interesting careers profiles.
Perpendicular Drive Technology
http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/research/
recording_head/pr/PerpendicularAnimation.html
Do you have an MP3 player? Have you filled it up with your entire CD collection, and are you feeling frustrated that there isn’t more room? Well, advances in storage could mean that in the same space you can currently store 3,000 songs, you could store 30,000! Want to know how perpendicular storage works? Perhaps more for the advanced A level student, but it’s a great song – visit this fab site.
Of course, it isn’t all about music – better storage means that laptops will shrink and your mobile will no longer tell you it’s out of memory!
Racing Academy from NESTA Futurelab
http://www.nestafuturelab.org/download/projects/racing_academy.php
Who doesn’t love racing games? Thanks to NESTA Futurelab and Lateral Visions you can take it all one step further with Racing Academy. This is aimed at teenagers, GCSE and up, but that doesn’t mean that everyone can’t have a go! If you see yourself as an engineer then download this prototype and have a go at engineering your own racing car. With over 1,000 parameters to change, the tiniest tweak could make you a winner or a loser. Performance and vehicle data are available, just like they are in the real sport. To become really good you’ll need to know the underlying physics and engineering which is where the science sneaks in!
SETNET
http://www.setnet.org.uk
SETNET is the Science Engineering Technology Mathematics Network. It ensures there is a flow of well motivated, high quality people from schools who have an interest in, and an understanding of, engineering related subjects. Check out the links on the site.
Year In Industry
http://www.yini.org.uk
Fancy a year out between A-levels and uni? Well, you could do a lot worse than follow the example of some of the case studies on this site! The Year in Industry will set you up, matching some of our best young brains to an industry that will suit them.
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Alien Empire
http://www.wnet.org/nature/alienempire/index.html
A stunning site examining all aspects of insect behaviour. The best of Web technology is used to explore the world of bees, termites, mayflies, butterflies, silkworms and wasp caterpillars.
All Life is Here
http://www.all-species.org
A Web inventory of all life on Earth. Can it be done? They have given themselves 25 years but even so, it's the most ambitious Web project we’ve seen so far!
Animal Skull Collection
http://www.d91.k12.id.us/www/skyline/teachers/
Website showing the collection of animal skulls made by Deloy Roberts and kept at a high school in Idaho. Images available of all types of animal skulls, and hints on how to start and maintain a collection of your own.
Become a Vet!
http://www.st-ives-vet.co.uk/careers.htm
Fancy yourself as the next James Herriot? Well, here you’ll find sound information on training to be a vet or a veterinary nurse, with links to universities too.
British Antarctic Survey
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/
The British Antarctic Survey are adventurous folk! Geologists, climate scientists, and zoologists all pile down there for the summer, and some even stay over the winter — brrrr!
British Big Cats
http://www.britishbigcats.org/
The official British Big Cats Society. They’re trying to prove once and for all that huge cats do roam these isles and thrive here. There seem to be an awful lot of sightings!
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.
Classification of Plants and Animals
http://www.fi.edu/tfi/units/life/classify/classify.html
Find out about classification or even invent your own families of animals or plants.
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.
Frogland…
http://allaboutfrogs.org/froglnd.shtml
A great website for facts, stories, pictures and even how to keep frogs as pets. Have a look at the section ‘Save our Frogs’ to find out what you could do to help protect the little green amphibians.
Frogs!
http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow9/jun99/p-page_one.shtml
Can’t get enough of frogs? Well we have an amphibian filled set of website recommendations. If you have spotted some frog spawn, tadpoles or maybe even a few frogs hopping around and are looking for more information, have a look here.
Microscopy — Insects
http://www.denniskunkel.com/
This is a commercial site for the work of this enterprising scientist/artist. He has an education section with lots of fantastic images and some useful and entertaining information.
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!
Polar Bear Tracker
http://www.panda.org/polarbears
Ever wondered what polar bears do all winter? To enable us to find out, and learn more about the bears at the same time, the WWF together with the Norwegian Polar Institute, have been doing a spot of tracking.
RSPB
http://www.rspb.org.uk
As well as general wildlife and conservation information, the education section of the RSPB site has special areas for teachers, parents and youth leaders. In the teachers' section, you'll find online teaching materials and ideas for school trips.
RSPCA Education Website
http://www.rspca.org.uk/education
The RSPCA has four new Local Democracy Resources for teachers of KS2. Based around animal welfare, the students can learn about the role of local councillors, council and mayor. With material for a class debate they can explore the differences between local and national government.
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/about/whatis/Welcome.html
The site is for research students mainly, but has a remit to disseminate knowledge about the biological sciences to the wider public. ‘Science and Society’, deals with bio-science issues, which would suit interested sixth formers upwards:
http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/society/Welcome.html
The Fledgling Corner
http://birding.miningco.com/msubkids7.htm
Links to bird-orientated sites for all you bird spotters out there!
Virtual Insects
http://www.ento.vt.edu/~sharov/3d/3dinsect.html
If you don’t like getting close to insects in real life then view them in cyber life on this website.
Whale Net
http://whale.wheelock.edu/Welcome.html
Good ideas for teachers and students of all age ranges, and links to study and academic information.
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