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Hot Links for Scottish Science

There are a host of lists of links available on the World Wide Web to support science education. This page contains links to organisations who currently offer good science content on the WWW as well as sites which focus specifically on Scottish Science Education issues. 

If you have a favourite site which you'd like to appear on this page let us know.

The information is divided into the following categories:

bulletPrimary Education Websites
bulletSecondary Education Websites
bulletScottish  Education Organisations
bulletScottish Support Organisations
bulletUK Education Organisations
bulletTV and Other Organisations

Primary Education Websites

Primary teachers may like to explore these sites

bulletTopmarks provides navigation to educational websites. An excellent starting point for the primary teacher. Put in the age range and you're away.
bulletScienceWeb for Primary Teachers
bulletNASA KIDS  - a nasa site dedicated to kids - Kids of all ages!
bulletYucky.com Claims to be the yuckiest site on the internet. Check out the teacher's centre for some ideas for the classroom.
bulletThe Science Explorer Science activities for the home and school. Check out the Learning Studio.
bulletTeachingideas Lots of ideas and worksheets for primary science. Optical illusions, melting coloured ice, they're all there.
bulletPrimaryResources is another site which offers lots of lesson plans, worksheets and ideas.
bulletEducate the Children Dedicated to primary education. Provides a wealth of support materials for primary science. 
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Secondary Education Websites

This list could be endless. Use some of the Hot-List sites above for an extensive search. Here are a few which might have been missed by the others.

bulletExplore Science An Interactive Learning Experience. Lots for the teacher to use in the classroom.
bulletConcept Cartoons A novel approach to introducing pupils to science investigations.
bulletTopmarks provides navigation to educational websites. An excellent starting point
bulletThe Exploratorium a site to get into and explore. Links to 'Cool science sites'
bulletNewton's Apple some ideas for science lessons and activities
bulletScience- A-GoGo a little different to run of the mill science sites
bulletTechnique Sheets    if you want to know how to use a thermometer
bulletEnhancing IT with science Some ideas for using ICT in the classroom
bulletAlphaGalileo.Org -  the Internet-based news centre for European science, engineering and technology.
bulletDo your genes drive you to drink 
bulletScience Learning Network
bulletUK Regional Science Centres
bulletABC's of Nuclear Science
bulletBBC - Science in Action
bulletBBC Education - Hands On Science
bulletBBC Watch Out Hotlinks from the BC
bulletEnergy Education  from the California Energy Commission
bulletKennedy Space Centre
bulletNASA KIDS  - a nasa site dedicated to Kids of all ages!
bulletPhysics 2000 an interactive journey through modern physics
bulletPhysics and Science Fun Humor, Jokes, Cartoons and more 
bulletSciCentral Gateway to the Best Science and Engineering Online Resources
bulletK-12 Science
bulletScience Museum London
bulletThe Dynamic Earth Edinburgh's millennium attraction takes you on a high-tech interactive journey around Planet Earth and through time
bulletThe Edinburgh International Science Festival
bulletGlasgow Science Centre
bulletEdinburgh Zoo
bulletICTeachers some resources for science teachers
bulletHow stuff works the name speaks for itself
bulletMr Biology tests, worksheets, transparencies...they're all there
bullet Balancing Equations Chembalancer is a little online game to teach balancing equations.
bullet The Element Song Tom Lehrer's musical rendition of the periodic table
bullet Key for identifying British trees and shrubs
bullet Wordsearch Factory Free download for producing wordsearches
bullet SUREHigherPhysics is a complete computer based course in physics. It can be used as a resource by school teachers presenting a class using an interactive white board, or by individual school pupils at home. The material covered follows the Scottish Qualifications Authority's Higher Physics subject specification. Interactive simulations allow the user to investigate the phenomena described, and dynamic graphs, interactive equations and questions with fully structured feedback promote learning by discovery. Follow the link to download a free demo.
 
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Scottish Education Organisations

The organisations listed here are responsible for setting policy, and establishing, managing and maintaining the curriculum in Scotland.

bulletLearning Teaching Scotland
bulletScottish Office Education and Industry Department
bulletScottish Qualifications Authority
bulletScottish Council for Research in Education
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Scottish Support Organisations

The organisations listed here are responsible for providing support to educational establishments through means of resources, advice or simply informing latest developments.

bulletScottish Council for Educational Technology
bulletSetPoint North Scotland
bulletScottish Virtual Teachers Centre
bulletScottish Schools Equipment Research Centre
bulletEdinburgh Centre for Rural Research
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UK Education Organisations

Scotland's educational system is independent of the rest of the UK. However these sites might have something to offer.

bulletBritish Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTa)  good for up to date advice on using IT in your school
bulletDepartment for Education and Employment
bulletThe British Association
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TV and Other Organisations

If you use TV and video in your classroom these sites are a must. If not then check out our national broadcasters and see what they are doing on the Information Superhighway.

bulletBBC Education interactive and entertaining
bulletBBC Webguide they've done the hard work for you, search their database
bulletChannel4 Schools useful support material for their schools programmes
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