Cool Links
Space
- NASA Possibly the best website of all, films of rocket and shuttle launches, email crew, tour kennedy space center, etc.
Science
- Genes and Proteins A web version of the Genes and Proteins session
- Young People's Trust for the Environment Competitions, projects and information for UK schools and kids
- Cells 'R' Us All about cells and cancer from the ICRF
- Earth Science Exploration Geophysics for kids! Everything from dinosaurs to volcanoes
- The BBC's Science pages
- The BBC's Dinosaurs pages
- The Royal Institution Home of The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures for Young People. You can also go to the Schools Lectures for your current year - ask your Science teacher to make the class booking. Home Educators are welcome at all these lectures. Tickets are free and you have to book them online (also free). They are great fun and you learn a lot.
- Professor Marcus de Sautoy has been awarded Professor of Interesting Science at Oxford University this (October 2008). This web site is part of the Royal Institute Christmas 2006 Lectures for Children and there are load of useful Games and interesting Science Video and links on this page. You need to click on CONTENTS to see the useful Science links page here.
- Periodic Table Best periodic table I know its got loads of scientific data on nearly every element.
- Periodic Table from Wisconsin This website I think is brilliant for learning about the periodic table.it has characteristics of most – all that are known – of the elements, it even shows the reactions with the elements.
- Web Elements Not as pretty as the others, but one of the most up to date websites on the periodic table.
Fun activities
- KidsCom Games, adventures and activities
- Bubble Gum Club Games, competitions, animations and activities
- Dollz Mania Create dolls online
Maths
- NRICH Online Maths Club Just choose a puzzle from the tree and have a go from those nice people at the University of Cambridge.
- Polyhedra are beautiful 3-D geometrical figures that have fascinated philosophers, mathematicians and artists for millennia. On this site are a few hundred paper models available for free. Click on some of the links to change from one type to another in 3D. Very interesting and you can make some of them in paper or just make a note of the names e.g. Octahemioctahedron anyone?
- The Euler Disk If you've never seen an Euler disk your in for a real treat. It's an amazing spinning penny (heavy old type) very heavy and spons for ever (almost). It's worth every penny (pun). This is a Maths web site with other links that are worth exploring.
- Hoagies Gifted Kids and Teens Page is a huge page of links to Science and Maths in general. Too many to descibe but worth a look.
- How to Add 5 Consecutive Numbers Quickly Bet someone you can add five consecutive numbers faster than they can. You can use this as a trick with your friends, or impress your teacher!
Film Makers and Films
Toys and Collections
- Lego
- ...and their Star Wars site
- Barbie Lots of fun activities
- Diva Stars
- Polly Pocket
- Beanie Babies How many have you got?
- NeoPets Create a pet online
Books and Comics
- Look and Learn The magazine from 1962 to 1982 brought back to life! Thousands of fantastic images plus artwork and competitions.
- The Beano
- Harry Potter
Book buying
TV
- Cartoon Network One of the most popular web sites in our recent Explorers survey
- Children's TV from the BBC
- Blue Peter
- Star Trek
Search engines
Museums
- The Computer and Science Museums in Boston, USA
- National Museum of Science and Industry Includes links to The Science Museum in London, the railway museum in York and more...
- The Natural History Museum
Geography / places
- New York Tourist Everything you want to know about New York
- Flags of All Countries A wonderful index of flags with both an index by country and by flag design.
Puzzles
- Cumbria Puzzle Museum Here are some of the puzzles that you can find and solve. Click on the ILLUSION GALLERY for some interesting problems.
- Optical Puzzles This is a website devoted to optical puzzles that make your eyes go pop! Can be fun (or tiring) as there are so many.
Aircraft and Airlines
Many thanks to Joshua for the new links on this page!