BBC—Science and Nature
	BBC website dedicated to a huge range of science and nature topics. Contains genuinely interesting feature stories about things like what killed the dinosaurs and tracing your DNA.
	Nobel Interactive Studio
	Excellent, plain-speaking short video clips of Nobel-prize winning scientist Mario Molina explaining the consequences of global warming, how we can create a more energy efficient world and how we have worked to repair the damage done to the ozone layer.
	The Virtual Body
	Take a guided tour of the digestive tract, the heart, the brain and the skeleton in this animated site. Includes close-up diagrams of these organs and their parts, and an interactive skeleton activity.
	Food Chains
	Short cartoon that explains really clearly how a food chain works and the different living things involved. Part of the National Geographic website.
	Bitesize Revision—Plant Processes
	Great website with facts about photosynthesis, respiration and root uptake.
	Photosynthesis
	Good description and explanation of photosynthesis and respiration, with useful diagrams.
	Microbe Magic
	Meet GI Jake and see how he and his other bacteria buddies keep your guts healthy. There are cartoons, gut facts and plenty more here.
	Plants and Their Structure
	Good description and explanation of photosynthesis and respiration, with useful diagrams.
	BBC Science—The Body
	Facts, features and excellent interactive Flash activities on different topics, such as muscles, the skeleton, organs and the nervous system. Well worth spending some time here.
	BBC—Teenage Transitions
	Want to know yourself better? Why not take a closer look at all the science happening in the teenage body and mind as it zooms along its journey to adulthood. Fascinating stuff!
	Transport in Plants
	Learn how water moves through plants and how important nutrients are for plants to be healthy.
	Ecology Relationships
	Some interesting information about ecological relationships such as those between plants and animals and plants and plants.
	Virtual Frog Dissection
	An interactive frog dissection where you cut and peel like a surgeon to see frog guts! It's really quite educational but also kind of cool.
	The Heart
	Short cartoon that explains how the body's hardest working organ works. (A Brainpop cartoon that sits in the National Geographic website.)
	Nutrition Café
	There are 3 interactive activities to choose from, all of which look at nutrition in some way. Nutrition Sleuth is particularly good fun.
	Habits of the Heart + Lungs
	See how blood moves around the body from the heart and air moves into the lungs in the clever and clear animations here.
	Making DNA
	This interactive exercise places you within the cell, involving you with the processes of DNA replication and protein synthesis. Includes text to tell you what's happening.
	Zoom into a Cell--Understanding Genetics
	The “Zooming into DNA” feature contains amazing real images of cells, chromosomes and DNA at different magnifications.
	Asexual and Sexual Reproduction
	Explains the differences between sexual and asexual reproduction, looking at examples in both plants and animals.

	Nobel Prize e-Museum
	See how some ground-breaking discoveries in physics came about and play some great interactive games that help you understand these physics-related things.
	Physics Life
	Explore everyday places in this animated site and see how physics plays a role in lots and lots of ways.
	Destroy the Castle Game
	A trebuchet is a medieval catapult for hurling heavy stones. In this game, you have to use it to crush the wall. But you need to understand some basic physics to get it to work correctly. Have fun!
	How Everyday Things Are Made
	From airplanes to glass bottles, this site gets you thinking about how everyday things are made. Created by Stanford University in the US, the videos explain a range of different manufacturing techniques in a simple and accessible manner.
	Newton's Laws
	Comprehensive site with lots of animations that help explain some of the key principles of motion and speed.
	Pressure and Force
	Do an imaginary experiment to find out how pressure varies with force.
	The Physics of Skydiving
	This animation helps you to get to grips with the concepts of velocity and acceleration by thinking about what's happening to a skydiver as he falls.
	Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
	An online lesson with animations that looks at why an object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion. It uses the example of a book resting on a desk and the forces that are acting upon it. Lesson 2 discusses types of forces.
	G-Ball Game
	Have fun playing with gravity in this exciting gravity ball game. (Requires Flash)
	Wright Brothers First Flyer
	View designs of the Wright brothers very first airplane which was successfully built and flown in 1903.
	The Amazing Journey of a Sound Wave via AM Radio
	Interactive exercise that looks at how sound travels on radio waves to get from a transmitter to your receiver.
	Heat Activities
	Three simple experiments that explore heat and how it moves. Includes information on "what's going on here?" to help you understand your results.

	Metals
	A good overview of metals with information on alkali metals and transition metals.
	The Story of Atoms
	Read about topics such as inside the atom and splitting atoms in this informative website. Includes a quiz at the end of each unit.
	Atom Builder
	Interactive exercise where you construct a carbon atom. Starting with a hydrogen atom, just add protons, neutrons and electrons. Try to keep the particles' charges balanced or you'll have a difficult time!
	Web Elements Periodic Table
	A high quality source of information featuring all the elements in the periodic table. Contains many pictures and sound files showing and describing element structures and properties.
	Discover Petroleum
	Interactive story of how petroleum is produced by fractional distillation. Interesting look at the whole process.
	Chemical Elements Quiz
	An interactive quiz about chemical elements and their symbols.
	Strange Matter
	Zoom in on an aluminium can until you get to a single atom. Lots of information and videos of scientists talking about matter.
	Energy—Fuelling the Future
	Quizzes and facts about fuels, energy, electricity, how our lives are powered today and how they will be powered in the future. Online exhibition of the London Science Museum
	Pod's Mission
	An interactive game the explores temperature and state of matter.
	History of the Periodic Table
	Interesting, well-written history of the periodic table, with extra links for the advanced student.
	Creative Chemistry Breakout Game
	Interactive game that will certainly test your reflexes as you try to uncover the periodic table with a speedy ping pong ball.
	States of Matter Activities
	Three simple activities that help explain the different states of matter. Includes information on "what's going on here?" to help you understand the science behind some more unusual substances like shaving foam.
	Aerosols & States of Matter
	Scroll through the pages in this unit and learn how states of matter play an important role in how aerosols work.
	Hole in the Ozone Layer
	Read about scientists' predictions that the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica could actually disappear. Also, check out the interactive SOS Emazonia game where you must collect drops of water and help the rubber trees to grow.
	Polymers Are Everywhere
	Quite detailed information on the ubiquitous nature of polymers, with plenty of photos and scientific names.
	Energize Game
	Your mission in this interactive game is to reduce pollution by converting the "Smog Jockeys" into users of alternative energy "Eco Monkeys".
	The Science of Cooking
	Explore the science and culture of cooking. Check out the webcasts featuring contributions from chefs, food chemists and nutritionists, and take a peek around some famous kitchens and farms.
	Plastics and Polymers
	Several pages of facts about plastics, including information on how to name a polymer and how to draw the structural formula for one.