the parent's school survival pack... homework help

does your child's homework give you the willies?!

Science is an essential subject for children to study as it teaches them all about the world we live in – and develops all sorts of valuable skills like creative thinking and problem solving.

Unfortunately, there’s often quite a bit of homework – and it’s important this is done properly as it will help your child get the most out of the subject as he or she goes along.

But help is at hand – online and in the form of our ‘At Home with Science’ downloadable booklet.

at home with science

Our At Home With Science booklet has been specially created for parents of KS2/3 pupils. It’s full of helpful explanations about school science, the main subjects studied, sample assigments and more links to homework-busting websites...

• at home with science
  PDF approx 560k
  
  
• extra experiments
  PDF approx 160k
  
  
• more science speak
  PDF approx 88k
  
  
• more web links
  PDF approx 40k
  
  

When you've read the booklet and / or the additional material - and maybe even tried out some of the home activities - we'd really like you to tell us how useful it is. If you could spare a few minutes to fill in our online evaluation form, your answers will be really useful to us for any future projects for parents. Thank you!

very helpful websites

SCIENCE BUDDIES
http://www.sciencebuddies.org

A non-profit organization focused on developing science enrichment tools for students in grades K-12.

BBC SCHOOLS
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools

You’ll find resources not just for science but all school subjects in the BBC’s treasure trove of activities, information and revision aids.

PARENTS ONLINE
http://www.parentsonline.gov.uk/2003/parents/index.html

Designed to help you make the most of the internet, whatever age your kids are.

HOMEWORK HIGH
http://www.4learning.co.uk/apps/homework/science

Channel 4’s award-winning question-answering service for pupils or parents with homework queries

SCIENCE LINE
http://www.sciencenet.org.uk

Science Line don’t answer homework queries – but they have plenty of interesting information that could help with projects or home activities.

page links

The National Curriculum
Science at School
Ages and Keystages
Homework Help
Get with the Lingo
Sats and League Tables
Other Useful Links
The NCPTA


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