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Crocodile Clips: Chemistry

A complete virtual chemistry lab! Set up your experiment using the mouse and see it simulated on screen. Choose from over 100 chemicals and simulate reactions using a wide range of apparatus.

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Crocodile: Physics

Crocodile Physics simulations and interactive animations allow the student to investigate the subjects fully. Suitable for ages 10 - 18. Both teachers and students can download them and use them in lessons or at home.

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QCA - Curriculum Assessment

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Investigating Science

Great resources for the science teacher.

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Science and Chemistry Quiz Questions

This website has more than 1000 free, interactive science and chemistry quiz questions per age group and topic.

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Teaching Ideas

A site packed full of ideas for the busy teacher with clearly identified areas and printable worksheets.

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4 Seasons

A National Grid project dealing with environmental issues.

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Volcano World

A massive resource on volcanoes. There are movies of eruptions and even fully prepared lessons.

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The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester

This site has some interactive online science activities - test them out!

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Bill Arnett's WWW Documents

Links to many sites (some created by Bill Arnett) on the subject of Astronomy.

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Science Made Simpler

This is the site for a commercial magazine, but it includes some interesting projects (Natural and Physical Science) and on-line unit converters from imperial to metric and back. There is also a Science in the News section with short bulletins on a wide variety of topics.

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The Tree of Life

The Tree of Life is a collection of over 1380 World Wide Web pages containing information about the diversity of life.

Each page contains information about one group of organisms. The pages are linked one to another in the form of the evolutionary tree of organisms, with the pages branching off from a group's page being about subgroups.

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Chemical Elements

Source of much factual data about elements.

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Museum of Paleontology

This is the site of the Museum of Paleontology at Berkley university in California. Lots of interesting exhibits.

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Fourmilab

This site has the most incredible set of maps, taken by satellite, of the world. The maps are updated daily and you can specify the distance from earth and the projection. You can see the parts of the earth in daylight and the city lights in the dark part. You can also specify weather maps and cloud maps, etc. Truly one of the most remarkable sites around.

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NASA

From life on the International Space Station to making stuff with McDonalds breakfast trays. What can you say, this site has got it all!

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Science House

This website describes for best links for hands-on classroom activities and provides demonstration ideas and great activities in all aspects of Astronomy.

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Association for Science Education

This website has teachers' resources, science links, plus a science policy.

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Educational Space Simulations Projects

Here you will find links to SPACESIM, a monthly newsletter devoted to the development of educational space simulations.

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Live from The Stratosphere

Stratosphere takes you on an interactive tour of the Kuiper Airborne Observatory complete with Real Audio. Great interactive lessons for all K-12 students.

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NASA Space Link

An Aeronautics and Space Resource for Educators.

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Space Telescope

Provides access to Hubble Space Telescopes, press releases, current up-to-date images and background information.

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Welcome to The Planets

View some of the best images from the Mariner 10 and the Viking 1 and 2 spacecrafts of all of the planets in our solar system, with data accompanying each planet.

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Educate The Children

An excellent resource for primary teachers with lesson plans, Literacy Hour resources, information on Numeracy and internet links for curriculum areas.

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Amazing Space

Amazing space is a set of web-based activities primarily designed for classroom use, but made available for all to enjoy.

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Puzzle Maker

An excellent resource for primary teachers for the Literacy and Numeracy Hour.

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