This resource provides 15 ICT modeling, control and simulation activities set throughout the South West. Each activity is designed primarily for Key Stage One pupils, and presents a scientific, mathematical geographical challenge for investigation or exploration, ranging from building a sandcastle t...

Films for Learning is a resource for extending and developing film making, supporting children as they reflect on the activity, the filming and their learning. Pupils can comment on each others films and exchange ideas in the forum area. There are teacher support materials and high quality examples...

A resource showing you all of the art collections in the Laing Art Gallery and Shipley Art Gallery....

Beamish Museum online is a source of classroom activity packs, online museum collections: images, video, and audio. You can also find out about educational activities on site at the museum....

A one-stop shop for all climate change resources...

An interactive story and games to help children aged 4 - 8 understand climate change....

Downloadable resources to support work in the Foundation Stage including worksheets, activities, photographs and videos. Includes ICT scheme of work for foundation stage....

FlashMeeting is an application based on the Adobe Flash 'plug in' and Flash Media Server. Running in a standard web browser window, it allows a dispersed group of people to meet from anywhere in the world with an internet connection. Typically a meeting is pre-booked by a registered user and a url, ...

Explore Imagine, a website showcasing 15,000 images of objects and paintings celebrating North East culture....

An exciting adventure taking you across continents and cultures to show you more about mask design....

Helping young people to become successful learners is one of the key aims of Curriculum for Excellence in Scotland. Our knowledge about learning is continually changing in the light of research and there is still much that we do not know. This site provides an overview of current thinking on how peo...

Memorynet is a collection of oral histories, photographs and images exploring the lives of communities linked with the sea in the North East of England.  ...

A collection of high quality images, sound and video files that can be repurposed by teachers and students. All materials can be used for educational, not for profit activities. Registered users can also upload images, sound and video files to the Gallery for use by other members of the education...

Children frequently find difficulty in interpreting data by reading scales. This demonstration supports their learning and provides a range of different scales, numbered marks and unnumbered marks on a scale. It also provides opportunity to discuss the different units of measurement. The application...

These illustrations and photographs are free for any kind of educational use - whether you are a teacher creating topic worksheets or looking for ideas to spark creative writing, or a pupil who needs illustrations for a presentation or website. You can download them, print t...

Activities for becoming an effective learner and managing your own learning. The site is divided into three age groups: 5-9, 10-14 and 15-18-year-olds; and four headings - Get, Understand, Remember and Do. Includes notes for teachers, parents/carers and students....

Find out about wildlife in the North East and record your own sightings online! The EYE Project enables people to play an active role in recording wildlife and landscapes in the North East. ...

Town trail is an online village with different places for the children to visit and explore, with activities aligned with early learning goals....

The Weather Forecast application develops children’s learning to read scales, an area which they often find difficult. Weather Forecast is designed for use on an interactive whiteboard and allows the teacher or pupils to interact with dials and gauges showing a range of scales. It provides ext...

The NEN weather stations site, with live and archived online data from weather stations across the country...

The What to Wear application provides a world map outline designed to promote discussion about climate in other countries. The activity is based on choosing suitable clothing for an adult male in a range of locations....