The Exploratorium Museum  
Exploratorium website

This site has lots of interactive exhibits, games and quizzes about science and nature.

Average: 3.8 (13 votes)
BBC Little Animals Activity Centre  
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This site is produced by the BBC and is aimed at 4-8 year olds. There are interactive animated stories featuring various animal characters.

Average: 3.7 (42 votes)
UK's Museums and Galleries - Show Me  
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Show Me is a gateway that brings the best online resources and games from the UK's museum, gallery and heritage sectors together into a '24 Hour Museum'. The content is aimed at children aged from 5 to 11. The link here takes you to the teachers area of the site where you find help and suggestions for using the resources from the site for lesson planning.

Average: 4 (10 votes)
Spellbinder  
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Spellbinder is a New Zealand site that allows older primary and younger secondary learners the chance to write their own story based around an illustration. It recommends words that they could include in the story.

Average: 4 (3 votes)
Shambles - safe searching for kids  
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This site contains 23 different search engines which are designed for use by children and suitable for use in the classroom for research projects.

Average: 3.5 (4 votes)
Starfall  
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This website has kids stories that you can read from a big book on the screen. Stories available include folk tales, myths, comics, and Chinese fables.

Average: 3.1 (8 votes)
CBBC Newsround  
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This is the web version of the BBC children's programme Newsround. There are sections on UK, World, Sport, Music, Animals and Science & Technology news among others.

Average: 3.9 (19 votes)
Read Write Think Cartoons  
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If your students have access to computers in school then they can create a simple cartoon strip in class. Students can add speech bubbles and text

Average: 3.6 (13 votes)
Flashcard maker  
Flashcard maker
This flashcard maker from Cambridge English Online allows you to create your own flashcards to use in class.
Average: 4.2 (6 votes)
Phonetics focus  
Phonetics focus
This site from Cambridge English Online has lots of fun resources which you can use to help your students to improve their pronunciation and knowledge of phonetics.
Average: 2.9 (9 votes)
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