Web Sites for School

ART

artcyclopedia.com search engine for finding on line images of most paintings
www.tate.org.uk on line catalogue of the Tate Gallery
artistsmagazine.com on line magazine for artists and budding artists
http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm excellent site showing the Paris museums fantastic collection
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/ National Gallery website
www.vangoghgallery.com paintings, sketches, watercolours and letters - all aspects of Van Gogh's work
www.artlondon.com art gallery
www.artnet.com art gallery

CHILD CARE

www.fpa.org.uk Family Planning Association
www.rospa.co.uk ROSPA web site - very informative
www.mssociety.org.uk Multiple Sclerosis Society

CROSS CURRICULAR

www.learner.org art, geog, maths - try - exhibits/parkphysics (amusement park rides)
www.topmarks.co.uk links to education based web pages
www.schoolzone.co.uk online dictionary/encyclopaedia and on line forums
www.learnfree.co.uk resource guides for parents, teachers and learners
www.vtc.ngfl.gov.uk virtual teachers' centre website - excellent resources and links
www.sosig.ac.uk social science information gateway - good but a little advanced
www.york.ac.uk one of many university websites often useful for resources - often too advanced for secondary
www.vlib.org virtual library - beware mainly American
kids.earth.nasa.gov science, space, NASA as well as the Greenhouse Effect/El Nino in simple terms
www.learn2.com how to take body measurements or improvise a compass among other things
www.angliacampus.com educational resources
www.bubl.ac.uk library of academic links and web resources
www.niss.ac.uk educational links to reference sources and on-line newspapers
www.bbc.co.uk/education/ interactive tests/games, exam bites - revision as well as other resources
www.topmarks.co.uk - good resources, GCSE revision, exam help and links to other sites

DESIGN

www.flyingpig.co.uk cut out and make models - download instructions
www.dtonline.org excellent site for Design Technology - packaging, electrical, food, etc.

ENGLISH

www.gva.net/misenber/shakes.htm quotes from Shakespeare - top 50 and more
www.legends.dm.net Explore legends, fairy tales and folklore
www.emule.com/poetry Poetry archives

FOOD STUDIES

www.bbc.co.uk/education/health preventative health, cancer, healthy weight levels, healthy eating, etc.
www.dietician.com nutrition and healthy eating
www.nutrition.org.uk British Nutrition Foundation website - healthy eating
www.indianrecipes.com recipes and nutrition
www.foodfitness.org.uk healthy lifestyle

GENERAL

www.guardian.co.uk Guardian and Observer online
www.thetimes.co.uk Times newspaper online
www.rspca.org.uk RSPCA website
www.knowwhere.co.uk visitors site for anywhere in Britain
www.netskills.ac.uk internet tutorials online
www.pantheon.org/mythica encyclopaedia of myths, legends, gods and goddesses
mythman.com Bizarre home page but info good - Greek, Roman and Egyptian legends
www.basic-skills.co.uk home page of the Basic Skills Agency
www.ambleside.schoolzone.co.uk - award winning school website
www.telegraph.co.uk Telegraph online
www.tes.co.uk Times Educational Supplement online
www.hea.co.uk Health Authority website
www.quick.org.uk helps young people assess the quality of info they find on the internet
http://games.yahoo.com download free versions of your favourite games
www.open.gov.uk government's home page
www.parliament.uk House of Lords - explore Parliament plus Hansard
www.encarta.msn.com Encarta for free
www.amazon.co.uk buy books online
http://www.nhs50.nhs.uk/nhstoday-understand-purpose.htm diagnose your own illnesses
www.wireplay.com cards and board games online
www.cvc.org/christmas everything you need to know about Christmas all over the world
www.royal.gov.uk Royal Family website
www.kids.com school age children share views and ideas
www.theideabox.com for younger children - songs, games and activities
www.nessie.co.uk official website of the Loch Ness Monster
www.newsdirectory.com links to almost every online newspaper
www.armedforces.com website for army, navy, airforce info - careers and general info
www.maff.gov.uk MAFF website
www.dome2000.co.uk Millennium Experience - Quiz
www.royalmail.com Royal Mail
www.newstatesman.co.uk Internet version of the magazine
www.mapquest.com interactive maps and direction finder, city guides
www.oanda.com currency exchange rates and conversion chart
www.eduplace.com/kids brain teasers and puzzles - practice grammar & vocabulary
www.24hourmuseum.org.uk what's going on in Britain's museums and galleries
www.met-office.gov.uk weather - general, more advanced, more detailed and marine waringins
www.newsnow.co.uk world news updated every five minutes

GEOGRAPHY

www.worldclimate.com weather forecasts and averahe monthly temperatures and rainfall
www.nationaltrust.org.uk National Trust website
www.foe.co.uk Friends of the Earth website
www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet global issues resoucre centre

HISTORY

www.altculture.com encyclopedia of youth culture
www.vindolanda.com Roman Wall site
www.iwm.org.uk Imperial War Museum website
www.historytoday.com On this day in History
www.britannica.com/history British History
www.ncl.ac.uk/~nantiq Hadrian's Wall website

MATHS

www.bbc.co.uk/education/megamaths - maths work
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/grepform.html - step by step approach to simple maths problems

MODERN LANGUAGES

www.yahoo.de German search engine for Yahoo
www.hurra.de German search engine

PSYCHOLOGY

www.psychology.org welath of information about psychology