Weblinks - Book 4

Weblinks - Book Four

A policeman’s job
http://www.lincs.police.uk/education/kids.shtml UPDATED JULY 2004
This is a fun site which has many good and varied games, activities, puzzles, colouring pages and lots more. There is some very useful information which can be used for project work, and some fascinating geographical information. Some of the passages may be rather difficult for this level, but the games and activities are easy and fun.

Asking for / giving directions
http://www.plcmc.org/forkids/mow/ UPDATED JULY 2004
This site is dedicated to maps and flags from all over the world.You may use it as a starting point to discussing directions and where countries are in relation to each other.

Healthy eating and healthy body
http://www.healthyfridge.org/
This site provides useful information about healthy eating. Again, some of the passages may need to be adapted and simplified for the students, but the information is all here for a very interesting project.

School rules
http://www.timeforcitizenship.com/
Here there are many games and activities which students can do in their own time. The games include hangman, brain teasers, wordsearches, illusions, card games, chess and many more.

Endangered animals
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/conker/ UPDATED JULY 2004
This is a wonderful site where students look at real and imaginary animals, play games and puzzles, and explore.

Living in the desert
http://www.desertusa.com/life.html
This site provides lots of information about deserts although it focuses mainly on American deserts. However, this could be useful should you wish to do a project comparing life in different deserts. There is information about the types of animals, plants and people which live in the deserts, how the deserts were formed and fun activities to do in the desert.

http://touregypt.net/wildegypt/land1.htm
This site is dedicated to the Egyptian landscape. There are some fabulous photographs showing the different types of animals which live in different areas of Egypt in addition to some very informative texts which could easily be adapted for reading comprehension.

An Australian tale
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/australia/australia.htm
This site is written specially for children and contains many fun activities which will help students learn about Australia. There are jigsaw puzzles, ideas for student projects, quizzes, reading passages, and links to other useful sites.

Around the world (Have you ever …)
http://www.civilization.ca/civil/civile.asp UPDATED JULY 2004
This site takes children around the world and gives useful and interesting information about a selection of countries and their customs. Students can easily navigate around the site and are taken on a learning adventure.

The Sea and coast
http://home.freeuk.com/elloughton13/seaconte.htm
This site lets students investigate the seaside and plan their ideal seaside holiday. There are lots of clear photographs and fun characters who guide the students round the site.

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