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Science

Ri Channel - "online project from the Royal Institution showcasing the very best science videos from the Ri and around the web." Science & Plants for Schools Schoolscience.co.uk Public Library of Science BBC Science & Nature BioMed Central - Publisher of open access articles. Site also includes link to Chemistry Central Climate Change - Site produced by Learning and Teaching Scotland Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment The Visual Elements Periodic Table The Exploratorium - 'The museum of science, art and human perception' Climate Change for Kids EPA Climate Change Kids Site Energy Resources Home Page The Energy Story Energy Sources- U.S. Energy Information Administration British Wind Energy Association <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">US Geological Survey - Hydroelectric Power: How it works <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">BBC h2G2- How Power Stations Work <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Oxford Reference Online at East Ayrshire Libraries- East Ayrshire library membership card number needed. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Encyclopedia of Life - constantly updated information on many different species of animals and plants <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Worsley School OnLine's Science and Mathematics Section <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">KidsAstronomy.com <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">BBC Explore the Solar System <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Wellcome Trust

SCHOLAR Login - Course support from Heriot-Watt University. Username and password required (available from the school).

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">SCRAN - images, movies and sounds from museums, galleries, archives and the media. Main login available only in school.

Search Engines

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Dogpile- Searches a number of search engines at once, as does MetaCrawler <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Mooter - displays search results in clusters that show related topics <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Wolfram Alpha - this program aims to provide direct answers to detailed questions instead of just web links (click here for more info)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Sweet Search - US-based search engine for students including biographies section with profiles of over 1000 people

Spanish <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 154.44%;">Linguascope - Username and password available in school <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 154%;">BBC Languages Homepage <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 154.44%;">StudySpanish.com Digitaldialects.com <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 154.44%;">Espanol Extra <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 154.44%;">All About Spain <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 154.44%;">Spanishprograms.com - Spanish Culture <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 154.44%;">Languagegames.org www.donquijote.org Best Spanish Websites <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">WordReference.com - Online language dictionaries

Web Tools

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Copyright-Friendly - wiki listing copyright-friendly and creative commons resources for use in media projects <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">ToonDoo - cartoon creator <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Wordle- Create 'word clouds' from any text you like <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 148%;">Glogster- Interactive poster creation site Prezi - Online presentation creation site

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 148%;">MindMeister - Create mind maps online <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 148%;">Forvo - How to pronounce any word in practically any language VoiceThread <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 148%;">Animoto <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 148%;">Zamzar- Free online file conversion <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 148%;">OS OpenData- "Create and support innovative, exciting ideas and applications using Ordnance Survey mapping". Voki - Create speaking avatars Flickr - Photo managment and sharing site GoAnimate - Create your own cartoons and animations Pixton - Create comic strips Face Your Manga - Create avatars VoiceThread - 'Group conversations around images, documents and videos Build Your Wild Self - More avatars

Work Experience

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