Educational websites

Abernet
Designed for Aberdeen schools and centres, Abernet has plenty of resources, web links, information, news, forums, and online courses freely available to all. In the 'downloads' section, the subject area has teaching resources to support many areas of the curriculum.

BBC - Education Scotland - Bitesize revision
The website produces manageable 'bitesize' pages on key topics, concentrating on material which students find particularly difficult. The material is written by examiners and teachers and reflects key areas of the examination syllabus.

BBC - Skillswise: Numbers: Handling data
A website dedicated to improving numeracy and mathematic skills. Printable pupil worksheets are provided.

BBC Bitesize - Maths: Handling data
Allows students to revise and test their data handling skills. It covers measures of average, comparing distribution, probability, collecting, recording and representing data.

BBC Education Scotland
The secondary school section is packed with subject materials for learners and teachers. See Standard Grade Bitesize for revision help with 12 subjects and Higher Bitesize for nine subjects, now including Gàidhlig. There are also plenty of interactive resources in the 14+ section for English, history, modern studies and geography.

BBC Skillswise – Numbers
Number activities with factsheets, games and worksheets. Topics include whole numbers, measures, shape and space, fractions, decimals and percentages, and handling data. Could be useful for Access 3 or Standard Grade Foundation level students.

BrainPOP
BrainPOP is a subscription-based provider of animated educational videos for pupils and teachers that may be suitable for use by Support for Learning staff. The movies explain concepts (science, maths, English, social subjects and technology) in a voice and visual style that is accessible and entertaining to both children and adults. There are some free movies to try out, and a two-week free trial subscription. It’s also available in Spanish.

Brainteasers and Puzzles
These exciting interactive games and puzzles are designed to stimulate, develop and strengthen the thinking skills of 11-18 year olds by appealing to their natural curiosity and ability to explore and question. There are two levels of learning (11-14 and 15-18) with instructions on how to play the games. For example, you can design a roller coaster, breed a super flower, crack the enigma code, or take a tour of France. There are teacher resources to support each activity. The games have been designed by CARET - University of Cambridge's Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies.

Channel 4: Homework High
A Channel 4 website offering help with homework, subjects covered are English, Maths, Science, Geography, Languages and History. The site includes a Study Skills section as well as a team of experienced teachers to help solve homework problems..

Classroom Space
Classroom Space is a national project for Key Stage 3 and 4 that aims to revitalise science education in the UK using space science and astronomy. In each activity you will find teacher guides, answer sheets and overheads, student worksheets, and real space data.

Convert It
A useful measurement conversion and calculation website for currencies, distances, weights, body mass, atmosphere, time zones, plus a build-your-own calendar and a handbook of mathematical functions with formulas, graphs and mathematical tables.

Count On
A wide range of numeracy games and activites suitable for primary stages, resources for teachers and general maths investigations. The Count On website is a continuation project of Maths Year 2000, which finished in April 2001.

Creative Thinking and Goal Setting
A new resource for teachers, lecturers and Scottish educationalists on creative thinking and goal setting. Find out about reversal thinking, the six thinking hats, lateral thinking, brainstorming, and dreams and goals. To access this site you need a password available from customer services at enquiries@LTScotland.org.uk.

Cut the Knot
Maths site with a wide range of interactive maths activities, including probability, geometry, arithmetic and algebra.

EEVL
A virtual library for engineering, maths and computing; catalogue of resources, events, jobs.

Emaths
Emaths provides free classroom resources for teachers of mathematics, helping them to teach topics clearly and interactively. As this is originally written for the English curriculum, teachers should have an awareness of the content of Scottish syllabus to access suitable material.

Fibonacci Numbers
Maths website devoted to Fibonacci numbers, the golden section and the golden string.

GTCS: Supporting and Guiding Probationer Teachers
Support and guidance for Scotland's probationer teachers.

High School of Dundee Mathematics Department
This mathematics resource has materials for each year group, including revision questions (with answers), non-calculator work for pupils, worksheets, investigations, web links and competitions. There is also information for parents, plus some stunning fractal images.

Higher Still Notes
This website has been created and built by two sixth year students using both their own notes and their teachers' notes for students of Higher maths, chemistry, English, physics, information systems, modern studies and business management, and Higher and Advanced Higher computing. It has useful material for each outcome.

Interactive Mathematics Online
Find out about algebra, trigonometry, geometry and chaos from this award-winning site.

Kevin's Playroom
An education portal produced and maintained by children! It is arranged by subject and has links to hundreds of useful websites. There is a special 'WB' symbol on resources that work well on interactive whiteboards.

Logic Mazes
'Logic mazes' or 'mazes-with-rules' is the best way to describe the puzzles created by Robert Abbott. Find out about mazes and try the interactive puzzles.

Making the Modern World
This innovative website brings you powerful stories about science and invention from the eighteenth century to today. There are learning modules for biology, psychology, chemistry, history, English, geography and mathematics, aimed at 14-to-18-year-olds.

Maths is Fun
Designed by maths teachers in England for 11-16-year-olds, Maths is Fun has sections on number, algebra, shape, space, measures, data handling and TI calculators, as well as puzzles and web links.

Maths Mutt
An interactve maths resource covering algebra, calculus, geometry, trigonometry, statistics and several other topics. Suitable for S1 pupils through to Advanced Higher students.

Mathsnet: Excel Spreadsheet
The files section contains links to websites where Excel files for use in maths can be downloaded. It is suitable for Standard Grade.

My Study Guide
This website provides key resources, revision aids, textbooks, study guides and many web links to support learning, revision, coursework and exam performance. Suitable for Standard Grade, Intermediate 1 and 2, and Higher levels.

National Science Digital Library
This portal, funded by the US National Science Foundation, gives access to a comprehensive library of online teaching resources and multimedia for science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Check the restrictions on the resources before you use them! Most of the resources are suitable for Standard Grade or Higher.

Nrich - the Online Maths Club
NRICH provides free maths resources, eg games and challenges, mostly in Flash, for students, teachers and those professionally involved in maths education. AskNRICH provides a maths problem answering service and many special interest discussion groups.

Nuffield Mathematics
This site offers resources for post-16 mathematics and includes assignments and skills activities. It is part of the Nuffield curriculum project in England that supports the introduction of free-standing qualifications.

Perfect Papers
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

Playing with Time
This project looks at how the world around us is changing over many different time periods. Fascinating video clips are accompanied by written descriptions of what's happening and the 'activities' section has interactive materials. There is also information on creating your own time lapse movie. To start with, try watching a water balloon bouncing on a table to learn about forces, or see the Wisconsin countryside over the space of a year showing plant growth speeded up a million times.

Scenta
Scenta has science, engineering and technology information, ranging from an excellent set of web links to sector news, careers advice and teaching resources. It has been produced in partnership with over 30 organisations including the Science Museum and BNFL.

Science and Engineering Encyclopaedia
A handy reference tool with science, computing and engineering definitions, equations, interactive conversions, calculators and material data. You can search by subject or browse the A-Z listing.

Scotland's Census Results Online
This website has been created as part of an initiative to encourage the use of the results of the 2001 Census in Scotland. Teachers can download and analyse datasets on a range of variables, including population distribution, health, housing and employment.

Study Skills and Strategies (Leckie & Leckie)
A publication providing information about brain compatible learning, study environments, study techniques and time management.

Super Maths World
This colourful and attractive site has been designed similarly to an interactive computer game. Pupils can choose their character and gain a score as they progress through the activities. Super Maths World will engage a wide variety of abilities.

Teach Space Science
A NASA resource directory with links to websites on space science, earth science and physical science.

The Open University: Openlearn
Free and open educational resources for learners and educators around the world from The Open University.

The Royal Society
The Royal Society, the national academy of science of the UK and the Commonwealth, is at the cutting edge of scientific progress. It supports many top young scientists, engineers and technologists. It influences science policy, it debates scientific issues with the public and much more. It is an independent, charitable body which derives its authoritative status from its 1400 Fellows and Foreign Members.

The Scholar Programme
Scholar is a virtual college, an online learning initiative pioneered by Heriot-Watt University. Learning and teaching materials for Higher and Advanced Higher level classes.

Waldo's Interactive Maths Pages
Interactive teaching tools for Standard Grade Credit, Int 2 and Higher Mathematics. The Java applets help to get important mathematical ideas across and can be used on interactive whiteboards.

Web Reviews 4 Teachers
This new resource has links to over 1000 educational websites for many subjects, selected and reviewed by teachers working in Scotland. Each website has a full description plus a teacher's review and usage comments. In addition, websites are mapped to subject, course and unit for NQs, and subjects and elements for Standard Grade.

Whiteboard Maths
This commercial site has a collection of high quality maths PowerPoint presentations for use with interactive whiteboards or projectors. It is designed as a UK-wide site and would be appropriate for Access, Standard Grade and Intermediate courses in Scotland. The topics covered are algebra, data handling, measures, number, shape and space. There are free sample presentations to try on the home page.

It must be emphasised that inclusion of these web links does not in any way represent endorsement by Learning and Teaching Scotland, nor are we responsible for the content of external websites.