Useful Online Resources

http://www.caret.cam.ac.uk/puzzling
The caret site has lots of brainteasers, games and puzzles to test your problem solving and thinking skills. The puzzles are suitable for ages 11-19.

http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/ index.html
At school-discovery.com – you can find information about all sorts of subjects, try the puzzlemaker, or find brain teasers to test your friends, download clip art and get homework help from BJ Pinchbeck

http://www.knockonthedoor.com/
The Open Door Website holds resources for students between the ages of 9 to 17. It also has many recommendations to other useful sites in the study guide.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/
Here you can access revision help from the BBC on a variety of GCSE subjects. These resources will be useful if you are studying IGCSE.

http://www.factmonster.com
Fact Monster is an on-line encyclopaedia, almanac and dictionary where you can find out facts for free.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids
National Geographic Kids is a photo driven magazine for students aged 8 to 14. It is an interactive site with games, activities and experiments and access to lots of facts about the world.

http://www.thepaperboy.com
From this website you can find on-line versions of UK, US and Canadian newspapers.

http://www.s-cool.co.uk
This UK website contains careers information as well as a variety of subject resources for GCSE and A Level students.

http://www.eduspace.esa.int/
Eduspace, the European Earth Observation web site for secondary schools has many resources for use in projects, particularly for science. There are links to other relevant websites, and your school can register for access to additional materials.

http://www.esa.int/esaCP/index.html
Find out about space exploration and technology, get images of space and the planets and see space live at the European Space Agency portal. There is also a kids website with games and quizzes.

Study help

http://www.scholar.google.com/
A search tool which allows you to search for keywords in books, reports, university websites and other resources.

http://www.how-to-study.com
This website contains lots of useful study tips which are suitable for all ages.