Key Stage 1 - Key Stage 2
Science - Key Stage 1
Healthy Eating
A series of superb interactive screens which introduce children to healthy eating.
Science Clips
Definitely not one to be missed! Fabulous interactive Flash science activities for 5 to 11 year olds matched to curriculum requirements throughout the UK.
Pushing and Pulling
Activities where children should find out the difference between pulling and pushing and have the opportunity to predict what will happen when a toy car is pushed.
Seasons
A series of interactive screens and activities dealing with the months of the year and the seasons.
Our Bodies
An excellent lesson on naming the parts of the human body.
Plants need water and light to grow
Children can label the parts of a plant and carry out a virtual experiment to see that plants need water and light to grow.
Identifying Forces
Children are asked to identify the forces needed to move an object either by pulling, pushing or twisting. Teacher clarification of some pictures may be required.
Interactive Science Resources
A range of interactive Flash resources to support science teaching on topics such as parts of the body, teeth, materials, minibeasts, healthy eating and more.
Solids and Liquids
Use the 'Change It!' link to the melting and freezing simulation.
Using electricity
Activities to introduce children to the idea that everyday objects need electricity to work. Children need to decide which objects need batteries
Sources of Light
Activities involving sorting and identifying light sources.
Changing Shapes of Materials
A useful teaching site to demonstrate how materials change shape when they are squashed, pulled, pushed, turned, stretched and twisted. Children can predict the effects of forces.
Dangers in the Home
An interactive Flash fire safety site which explores dangers in the kitchen, living room, bedroom and garden. It would fit in with an electricity topic.
Simple Circuits
Try experimenting with simple circuits by dragging and dropping the lights, buzzer and motor onto the circuit diagram.
The Circle of Life
An animated feature about the life cycle of a butterfly.
Learning Circuits
Online activities on electricity, circuits, conductors and insulators. There are clear diagrams, information and quizzes. Designed primarily for 8 to 10 year olds.
Magnazone
See if you can decide which materials are magnetic in this simple sorting activity.
Science - Key Stage 2
Planets, Moons and their Dark Sides
Three interactive activities where you can look at the positions of planets. It has animations for the phases of the moon and the Earth spinning on its axis demonstrating day and night.
KS2 Bitesize Science Revision
BBC Bitesize science now incorporates KS2 Science Clips. Topics covered are: Living Things, Materials and Physical Processes. Highly recommended!
Insight Into Eyesight
Excellent animated diagrams coupled with interactive activities on this site which looks at how our eyes work.
Chain Reaction
A Flash site from Ecokids about food chains. It provides opportunities for discussion and is clearly presented and illustrated.
Solids, Liquids & Gases
Superb cartoon animations and printable resources.
The Blobz Guide to Electric Circuits
A great interactive learning tool designed to support the teaching of electric circuits and conductors.
Engineering Interact
Developed by Cambridge University this super site which is for 9 to 11 year olds has games to play about light, sound and forces.
Life Cycles
Drag and drop activities about the life cycles of plants, frogs and humans. Teacher notes included.
Factors affecting Plants
A useful site to revise the structure of a plant. It also looks at how plants need water, light and heat.
Plant Reproduction
A great site for learning how plants reproduce. Learn the parts of a flower and the role in pollination and how seeds are dispersed. There is an option to download the lesson pack.
Planet 10
Take a virtual tour through our Solar System. See how the Planets move around the Sun and zoom in on each.
Dangers in the Home
An interactive Flash fire safety site which explores dangers in the kitchen, living room, bedroom and garden. It would fit in with an electricity topic.
Simple Circuits
Try experimenting with simple circuits by dragging and dropping the lights, buzzer and motor onto the circuit diagram.
The Circle of Life
An animated feature about the life cycle of a butterfly.
Learning Circuits
Online activities on electricity, circuits, conductors and insulators. There are clear diagrams, information and quizzes. Designed primarily for 8 to 10 year olds.
Magnazone
See if you can decide which materials are magnetic in this simple sorting activity.
Plant Life Cycles
This site has an animation of the life cycle of a plant. There is a comprehension exercise on this and a quiz to test your knowledge.
Floating and Sinking
Test how long it takes a ball to sink in cylinders of different liquids in this simulation. There are useful teacher notes. | 
