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Letts Educational are publisher of home study materials and classroom resources.
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Scottish educational publishers and part of the Granada Learning Group, this organisation creates highly successful study guides for students preparing for the Scottish Standard Grade and Higher exams.
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Publisher of teaching and learning (both print and electronic) for the pre-school to college years.
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An educational audiovisual company, supplying schools throughout Scotland with all things audiovisual - from cassette recorders and blank cassettes through to projectors and interactive whiteboards.
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Scientific supplies, computing hardware and software, with some free materials to download.
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Links to science websites and meetings; details of events for teachers; science books for sale; subscriptions to journals.
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A subscription site offering language materials (articles, books and interactive exercises) aimed at GCSE, A and AS level students but which may be useful for National Qualifications. A two-week free trial can be requested.
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Barrington Stoke specialises exclusively in fiction and resources for reluctant, dyslexic, disenchanted and under-confident readers and their teachers. The books are designed for children with a reading age of 8+ and an interest age of 8-14+. The 'gr8reads' have been specially published for teenagers. There is a section of the site for young people where they are encouraged to submit feedback on books they have read. There are also professional development resources for teachers, written by specialist practitioners.
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Online store for laboratory equipment and books, links to 3500 websites, subscription to biomedical journals.
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The BESA website has a directory of manufacturers and suppliers of educational and training equipment, including consumables, teaching aids, furniture, information and communications technology hardware and software, and services for all areas of the curriculum and administration.
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Sites for parents, children and teachers, with many links and activities; teachers' BT awards; parents online; software evaluation; games.
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Training provider for Tony Buzan's 'mind mapping' technique, with news, products and seminars for teachers, this resource includes a background to the philosophy and techniques of mind mapping.
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This commercial website aims to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics using graphical calculator software programs for Texas Instruments calculators. The programs (which have been written by the head of mathematics in a Scottish secondary school) can be used with all ages and abilities and alongside normal teaching resources and practice.
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IT services supplier and training provider offering software solutions for learning opportunities and e-assessments.
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Downloadable resources for teachers in many subjects, with samples and resource catalogue.
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An educational shop window for purchases of software, data, information, classroom training materials and other IT related products.
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Informative site with many features such as information for projects, archive material; subscribe for further articles; opinions forum.
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This company develops and publishes software for teaching GCSE-level (age 14-16) mathematics, science and technology in schools and colleges. There are more than 300 free lesson plans to support the software.
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See the information on the 'Let's Sign' resources that allow tutors to make their own materials using British Sign Language (BSL) graphics.
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Infomation about eCom Scotland, an Internet company that specialise in web development, hosting, online marketing, maintenance, design and animation, e-assessments and software solutions for learning opportunities in schools and colleges.
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FSC is an educational charity committed to bringing environmental understanding to all. As well as resources and data sets, the website has details of its 'outdoor classrooms' in Kindrogan, Scotland, for students of biology and geography at Standard Grade, Higher and Advanced Higher. FSC also runs professional development courses for teachers.
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US online store for science products, plus daily science news.
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Science products relating to life sciences, clinical trials, safety equipment, servicing and delivery, with international links.
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Information about travel, tourism, geography and business; subscriptions to online courses.
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Publisher - primary schools level, literacy, numeracy, science publications.
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Educational resources for teachers, parents, pupils, curriculum support packs, games samples.
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Heehaw Publishing develops informative and engaging multimedia products for primary and secondary schools that concentrate on popular Scottish themes and provide an entertaining and educational portrait of Scotland, its history and its culture.
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This company produces a wide range of materials for students and teachers of National Qualifications English courses.
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Highfield's food safety training materials can be ordered from this website. They include training books, videos, CD-ROMs, posters and complete training packs with overhead transparencies, for all topics related to hygiene. Suitable for Access and Intermediate courses, as well as vocational training.
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Hodder Headline offers a family of publishers offering a wide selection of types of books.
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Educational supplies such as equipment, materials and books.
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Supplier of interactive whiteboards, with a demonstration of how to use them in the classroom.
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E-learning solutions for business and education.
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UK site with classroom resources for maths, ideas for teaching modern languages, and links to professional bodies.
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Learning Unlimited provides learning opportunities for teachers. Its current areas of interest are Assessment is for Learning. Curriculum for Excellence and motivation. Its other learning and teaching themes are leadership, pace and challenge, self-confidence, thinking skills, positive thinking, gender difference and behaviour management.
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The Loch Ranza Field Studies Centre on Arran provides a spectacular location for field studies for school students from 10 to 18 years old. It specialises in offering courses in geography, geology, biology and environmental science at all levels including Standard Grade to Advanced Higher.
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An Ordnance Survey site designed for pupils to enjoy maps, using competitions and games.
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The Languages without Limits website is devoted to inclusion in modern languages. It has news, publications, a summary of resources at Access level, links to useful websites, and details of workshops for teachers.
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Workshop provider, resources, features (eg GM foods), lab experiments, safety issues, Science Year.
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Resource catalogue; interactive maths site requires registration.
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A leading provider of tests, assessments and assessment services for education.
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Easy-to-use software for analysing the nutritional content of the recipes used in cookery courses. The OrderMaster 5 feature (OM5) enables teachers to calculate quantities and costs of ingredients for each class.
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Natural history and wildlife film resources, some free; film and photo library.
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Supplier of practice papers for teachers and lecturers. Materials for Int 1, Int 2, Standard Grade, Higher and Advanced Higher can be ordered online and downloaded
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Major equipment supplier for science teaching.
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Supplier of ACTIVboard interactive whiteboards, plus peripherals and curriculum software.
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Suppliers of educational software, independent product advice, free technical support and licensing guidance.
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An online store where subscribers can obtain resources for Administration at Intermediate and Higher levels, plus training materials for Microsoft Office.
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RM provides ICT products and solutions to help raise standards and enhance learning in secondary schools, including computers, networks, software, peripherals, interactive whiteboards and Tablet PCs.
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Online ordering of electrical, electronic and IT equipment.
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This company offers self-paced computer-based training (CBT) courses on CD-ROM or video, for beginners through to IT professional certification. Could be useful as a follow-up to NOF training for teachers and school librarians.
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Educational publisher and directory of school suppliers providing educational, maintenance and equipment supplies.
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Plenty of revision questions, all subjects, primary and secondary; bookshop.
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Materials from various suppliers; many reduced items.
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Membership is open to local authority teachers and technicians in Scotland, who can use this site to purchase equipment and to find information such as events and downloads for science subjects.
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A million digitised images from Scotland's history and culture - photos of items in galleries and museums, plus movies, sounds and manuscripts. In addition, SCRAN has developed learning materials such as pathfinders, resource packs, a curriculum navigator, topic banks and teaching packs. SCRAN's Schools Education Officer can provide training sessions throughout the year on how to use the website.
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CD-ROMs, DVDs and revision cards can be purchased for Craft and Design/Product Design for Int 2 upwards. One of the DVDs gives an insight into the design processes and thinking that have been used by IKEA.
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This is the site for all SMARTboard users. There are articles about interactive whiteboards and case studies from schools who use them (mostly in Kent). You can download free programs to run on your SMARTboard and find links to sites where there are whiteboard activities.
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This Scottish company provides music education software and CD-ROMs for teachers and students with some free resources. SOFTPLANET has also produced a range of coursework and revision CD-ROMs for SQA Business Management, Computing and Maths. School Licenses are available for all of these.
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This software for NQ Higher Physics is designed to demonstrate and teach physics using interactive simulations, questions, text, equations and graphs. The designers say it can be used as an electronic text book with structured lessons, for example on an interactive whiteboard, or that students can learn more freely from the investigations. The website has a downloadable demo and details of site licences.
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Task Magic is an authoring tool that teachers can use to create their own interactive ICT games and exercises for use with PCs or interactive whiteboards. It creates multiple exercises (up to 13) based on text, images and sounds, from one set of inputs.
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An online subscription service for continuing professional development (CPD) materials for teachers, developed by BBC Worldwide and the Open University. While aimed at the English curriculum, many materials would be relevant for Scotland.
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Advice and information on using ICT with learners who have disabilities and/or learning difficulties. The Accessibility Database provides details and prices of hardware, audio and ergonomic equipment to support users with disabilities.
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Revision notes, links, quizzes and resources for sale for students and teachers of Economics and Accounting and Finance.
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Wildgoose supplies a range of products for environmental studies and geography including site centred aerial photographic products, photo packs, globes, atlases, maps, CD-ROMs and field work equipment.
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