General Science

BBC Science Covers a whole range of science subjects, including birds and beasts, climate change, cloning, robots, space, genetics. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/

• Colour Wheel
  Primary colours are red, yellow and blue. Here is a simple explanation of what primary colours are and how they combine to make orange green and violet.
  http://www.kidzone.ws/science/colorwheel.htm
  
• Electricity
  Find out all about how electricity works - circuits, conductors and insulators.
  http://www.woodlands-junior[electricity.htm]
  
• Flick's adventures
  Click on 'Welcome to adventures - Science' to follow Flick and his friends as they find out about friction and forces. For Yrs 3 and 4
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/digger/7_9entry/7_9.shtml
  
• Food Chains
  How living things get the food they need to help them grow and survive.
  http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/foodchains.html
  
• Plant Life Investigation
  Unlock the amazing mysteries of plant life with Detective Leplant. Fun quiz
  http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/gpe.html
  
• Science Clips
  A brilliant interactive site that will help you in all your science topics. Suitable for 5 - 11 year olds.
  http://www.bbc.co.uk[scienceclips]index_flash.shtml
  
• Science News
  Interactive science site covering subjects from agriculture to weather. There are also games and puzzle zones.
  http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/
  
• Scinet
  Lots of information about the body, plants, reactions, elements, electricity, light and biographies of scientists.
  http://www.nelsonthornes.com/secondary/science/scinet/scinet/index.htm
  
• Sound Waves
  A simple and clear explanation of the theory of sound waves.
  http://school-for-champions.com/science/sound.htm
  
• Try Science
  A gateway to experience the excitement of contemporary science and technology through on and offline interactivity with science and technology centers worldwide. Experiments, field trips and adventures to try out.
  http://www.tryscience.org/home.html
  
• Water Cycle
  Clear guide to the cyclical movement of water from the sea to rivers and back again.
  http://www.kidzone.ws/water/index.html
  
• What is Materials Science?
  Find out more about materials - what are they, and what do they do.
  http://www.strangematterexhibit.com/whatis.html
  

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