Some Useful Websites with Educational Content for use by Children and Teachers

 

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Sections of many of these websites have been used by teachers in the school to cover specific areas of the curriculum. Other websites have been recommended to teachers on in-service courses. The purpose of this website is to allow easy access to websites by children and teachers.

We cannot guarantee that all the content of these websites are suitable for children. It is advisable that all use of the internet by children is supervised by an adult.

If you are a parent of a child in our school and know of an interesting educational website that we could include on this page, please email to ndnsp and write in subject line 'website for Jennifer'.

No.

Description of Website

Address

1
Meteireann for up-to-date weather forecasts
www.meteireann.ie
2
Google Earth is good for looking at maps
http://earth.google.com
3
The Eco sensor project based on the Botanic Gardens
www.ecosensorweb.dcu.ie
4
Bats - bats 4 kids
www.bats4kids.org
5
Another site about bats
 
6
Skeleton - usborne website
 
7
Kidshealth
 
8
Website to help learn fractions
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/fractions/index.html
9
A BBC site for fractions, decimals and percentages
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/fractiondecimalpercentage/
10
Learn about the ways the police use fingerprints
http://www.fbi.gov/kids/k5th/whatwedo2.htm
11
A website for art and craft
http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/miscellaneous/fingerprint_characters.htm
12
Primary Science
http://www.primaryscience.ie
13
Star Child at NASA
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild
14
Nasa kidsclub
www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub
15
Kids Astronomy
http://kidsastronomy.com
16
Science Week
www.scienceweek.ie
17
A fun game to test your knowledge about water conservation
http://www.epa.gov/watersense/quiz/
18
A selection of different Maths games
http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html
19
Lots of information about endangered animals
http://www.kidsplanet.org/www/
20
Inventors
http://inventors.about.com/library/bl/bl1_1.htm
21
Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/indexq.shtml
22
Wilipedia
http://www.wikipedia.org
23
Green Schools
http://www.greenschoolsireland.org
24
History of Invention
http://www.cbc.ca/kids/general/the-lab/history-of-invention/default.html
25

Math Car Racing

Maths game suitable for 3rd/4th class

www.funbrain.com/osa/index.html
26

Interactive Map of Ireland

Drag and drop county shapes into position

http://test.scoilnet.ie/Res/irelandmap3.html
27

Multiplication Table Games

Interactive gamesto make learning tables fun

www.teachingtables.co.uk
28

Fun School

Games for Junior Classes

http://funschool.kaboose.com
29

Addition and Subtraction against time

Easy to play game for basic maths

www.primarygames.com/flashcards/add-subtract/combo.htm
30
This site teaches children about the water cycle
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/kids_k-3.html
31

Fun Ranch Match Up Madness

English and Maths Games

http://www.funranch.com/games/mm/index.htm
32
Arabic Alphabet website
http://www.arabic2000.com/arabic/alphabet.html
33
Arabic Alphabet letter formation tracing sheets
http://www.yemenlinks.com/Downloads/Arabic_Alphabet_Coloring.pdf
34
Habitats - an interactive study of flora and fauna - ages 8-10
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/
35
Learn about music through listening, composing and experimenting
http://www.sfskids.org/templates/splash.asp
36
Looks at the lives of people who were not fighting in World War II
http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/wwar.htm
37
Stories, songs and games for children up to 8 years
http://www.kindersite.org/
38
Maths Website
http://www.mathplayground.com/
39
Funbrain - 3 levels of activities to teach sequence in numbers
http://www.funbrain.com/cracker/index.html
40
Activities associated with shape
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/activities/shapes.shtml
41
Write like an Egyptian
http://www.upennmuseum.com/hieroglyphsreal.cgi/
42
A BBC website with lots of different educational games
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/
43
A virtual tour inside some of the glass houses in the Botanical Gardens
http://www.ecosensorweb.dcu.ie/index.htm
44
History for Kids
www.history for kids.org
45
The British Museum Website on Ancient Egypt
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/life/index.html
46
The Life Cycle of the Butterfly
http://www.tooter4kids.com/LifeCycle/Butterfly_Life_Cycle.htm
47
A quiz based on the food chain
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/tests/food_chains.shtml
48
The Food Chain
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0309/quickflicks/
49
A BBC website to teach about decimals
http://www.gamequarium.com/decimals.html
50
Death to Decimals - a game to teach the equivalence of fractions/decimals
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/deathdecimals.htm
51
A fun game to develop quick thinking in Maths
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/geniusboxing.htm
52
Endangered animals around the world
 
53
Protecting Rainforests
http://www.rain-tree.com/links.htm
54
A website about Rainforests
http://kids.mongabay.com/
55
A selection of games from Mr. Nussbaum
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/
56
Royal National Lifeboat Institute
http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/out_on_a_shout/ireland
57
Slow the flow
http://www.slowtheflow.ie
58
EPA - kids water website
http://www.epa.gov/kids/water.htm
59
Kidzone - water
http://www.kidzone.ws/water/
60
Eco Kids
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/homework_help/water/index.cfm
61
Tap Tips
http://www.taptips.ie/kids.htm
62
Ask about Ireland
AskaboutIreland.ie

 

63
Cogmed
http://www.cogmed.com/cogmed/
64
Memory and Learning
http://www.memoryandlearning.com/
65
University of York - The Centre for Working Memory and Learning
http://www.york.ac.uk/res/wml/
6
Tests knowledge of safety in numerous scenarios
http://www.safetycentre.co.uk/activities.html

 

General Teacher Resource Websites

www.scoilnet.ie

www.eduweb.com/insideart/index

www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/art

ww.eduref.org

www.primary resources.co.uk

www.funbrain.com

www.aplusmath.com

www.school-clip-art.com

www.senteacher.org

www.sitesforteachers.com

www.schoolexpress.com

www.atozteacherstuff.com

www.clickteaching.com

www.howstuffworks.com

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips

www.babblefish.com - for translations

www.eschoolnet.eun.org

www.lessonplanspage.com

www.teachercreated.com

www.schoolhousetech.com

www.ajkids.com

 

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