Homework
Libraries are ideal places to do your homework and you will find lots of information to help you with your school project. Libraries have books suitable for all Key Stages. With parental permission you can have free access to the Internet in libraries to help you with your school work. |
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Using the Internet for School Work
There is lots of information on the web, but it can be overwhelming:
- Choose a search engine - the most popular is Google (www.google.co.uk)
- Know what questions you need to ask - type in a keyword/s. Avoid words which have more than one meaning.
- Learn to find as little as possible - make your search specific. Try searching for a phrase relating to your topic - put quotation marks around the words.
- Use the U.K. version of the search engine if you want U.K. based answers.
- Try more than one search engine and bookmark your favourites.
Can you trust information on the web?
Anyone can register a domain name and create a website, but is the information true and accurate? Check out who owns a website at www.whois.net for international names or www.nic.uk for U.K. sites.
When you are looking for information on the web you can never be certain that what you are reading is the truth, but you can help yourself decide:
- Use more than one source of information. Compare what they say. If they contradict each other, the likelihood is that one site is giving wrong information.
- Don't confuse fact with opinion. If a claim is made look for the facts to back it up.
- Is the site updated regularly?
- Why would they say that? A company with a financial interest in a subject, a political party or pressure group could be biased.
Plagiarism
"Cutting" information from a website and "pasting" it into your own document is cheating and is called plagiarism.
It is fine to use internet sources, as long as you say which ones. Use the information you find on the web but rewrite it in your own words. At the end of a piece of schoolwork you should name the websites which helped you.
Check out these sites:
General homework help:
www.homeworkelephant.co.uk - Over 5000 internet resources to help you complete your homework assignments
www.channel4.com/homework - Primary and secondary sections for maths, languages, science, history, geography and lots more
Animals
http://www.arkive.org - photographs, films and sound recordings of the world's endangered species
www.bats.org.uk - Bat Conservation Trust website
www.kidsplanet.org - learn about wild animals on every continent
www.uksafari.com - photographs, facts and information
Art
www.wga.hu - Web Gallery of Art - a virtual museum of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1100-1850)
English
www.gamequarium.com/sentencestructure.html - Contains interactive games on aspects of English grammar. Suitable for Key Stages 2 & 3
Fashion and Costume
www.fashion-era.com - Lots of information about fashion history, costume, clothing, textiles and social history from 1800 to the present day
www.marquise.de/index.html - Fashion from medieval times to the 1900's
Geography
www.globaleye.org.uk - A good site for all geography homework - primary and secondary sections
www.geography.about.com - Maps, atlases and information about countries. Key Stage 3 & 4
www.georesources.co.uk/indexKs3.htm - Information for Key Stage 3. Topics include rivers, coasts, earthquakes, farming and industry. Also gateways to GCSE and A Level material
www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk - Revision tips, tests, - physical, environmental, human and economic geography
www.scalloway.org.uk - Lots of simple and clear information on settlements, farming, industry, population, climate and weather. Key Stage 2
www.nationalgeographic.com/kids - Includes activities and experiments, colouring sheets and homework help
History
www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids - A wide range of topics at primary and secondary level
www.historylearningsite.co.uk - Covers all aspects of history from Key Stage 3 to A Level. Topics include World War I, Hitler, Nazi Germany, inventions of the twentieth century plus much more
www.historyonthenet.com - Medieval life, slave trade, Civil War, British monarchy, Romans, Normans, Tudors and Stuarts
www.schoolhistory.co.uk - Gateway to lots of different websites covering all National Curriculum history topics
www.piratesinfo.com - All you could possibly want to know about pirates, including the history of piracy and biographies of famous pirates
www.royal.gov.uk - Official website of the British monarchy. Provides information on the work of the Queen, biographies of the Royal Family, history of kings and queens through the ages, background on royal residences and art collections and coverage of royal events
www.bbc.co.uk/wales/celts - Animated interactive activities that teach about the Celtic way of life, including the houses, druids, weapons, jewellery, hill forts and a bit about the Romans. Key Stages 1 & 2
www.data-wales.co.uk/celt.htm - A site based around Welsh history, plenty of interesting facts about the Celts including their social structures, language and religion. Key Stage 2
Human Body and Health
www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody - Information and diagrams on organs, muscles, skeleton, nervous system and circulation
Maths
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/11_16 - GCSE Maths support
www.counton.org - maths activities, games, tests and fun pages
www.murderousmaths.co.uk - Tricks, games and help with your maths based on the popular books
www.sparknotes.com - Good educational website
Music
www.essentialsofmusic.com - Biographies of composers and overviews of the main periods in music history
www.history-of-rock.com - History of rock and roll
www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/guide - A guide to the instruments of the orchestra
Poetry
www.childrenspoetrybookshelf.co.uk - Book club for poetry lovers
www.fizzyfunnyfuzzy.com - Lots of funny poems
www.footballpoets.org - Range of poetry written by fans of football and poetry
www.theotherpages.org/poems/index.html - Search for poems and poets. You can search by author, title and subject and find photographs and brief biographical details about some of the writers
Religion
www.england.anglican.org - All about the Church of England, its history, worship and buildings
http://cistercians.shef.ac.uk - Information about the Cistercian order in Yorkshire
www.guardian.co.uk/religion - Click on the guide to different religions in the UK
www.interfaithcalendar.org - Dates of festivals and sacred times for world religions
www.sikhs.org - Colourful site with religious and cultural information
Science & Technology
www.yucky.com - The yuckiest site on the internet - gross experiments
www.chem4kids.com - Everything you want to know about chemistry
www.nelsonthornes.com/secondary/science/scinet/scinet/index.htm - Information about the body, plants, elements, electricity, light and biographies of scientists
www.bbc.co.uk - science and nature homepages include sections on animals, prehistoric life, human body and mind and space
www.tryscience.org - Gateway to science and technology centres around the world
www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/alienempire - Multimedia site about insects
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Space
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu - Fun and games with astronomy
http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov - NASA kids - information about rockets, aeroplanes, satellites, living in space and an interview with an astronaut
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Sport
www.commonwealthgames.com - All about the history of the Commonwealth games and the member nations
www.london2012.org/en - Information about the preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games in London
Use books as well as the Internet when you are doing your homework. All libraries will have books to help with school work. I f you can't find what you need ask the librarian. To help you find books in the non-fiction section of the library use the Codebreaker
- Last Updated: 26/08/2011
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