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and Teaching
Schoolzone
- support to teachers parents and pupils. Includes lesson plans
Language in Use - resources
to support courses on English Language, especially A Level
Times Educational Supplement
- the UK's leading education newspaper
National Curriculum Online
TeachIt - free English teaching
resources
Association of Teachers
Websites - lesson plans, education materials by skilled teachers
DfES Standards site
- including literacy and numeracy
Cambridgeshire Education Portal
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Computers
Apple Apple
computers, hardware and software
Microsoft - the world's
richest software company
Open Office -
the serious alternative to Microsoft's suite
Google Computer
Directory - hardware and software
How
Stuff Works - computers and how they work
PC World - online shop
Free or Shareware Software: Version
Tracker - | - Tucows -
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Sophos Hoax and
Virus checker
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Films / Movies and TV
The Internet Movie
Database
The BBC : includes films, news,
radio and programming
Singing Fish
- video & audio search engine
CNMovies
BBC Programme Catalogue
- database of every TV and radio programme from the BBC archive
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Food and Recipes
BBC
Food and Recipes
Astray - 187,862 Recipes
Jamie Oliver - recipes
Waitrose
- food, drink and recipes |
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Genealogy
Births marriages and Deaths in England and Wales
at www.1837online.com
US immigration to Ellis Island
Commonwealth
War Graves Commission
Family Search "The
largest collection of free family history and genealogy records
in the world" by the Church of Latter Day Saints.
Your
Archives - collaborative wiki from UK National Archives
UK National
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History
Time The
time at places all over the world.
Anyday in History a
site for those looking for historic events, births, and deaths on
a certain day
The
24 hour Museum - UK National Virtual Museum with links news
and features on 3000+ UK museums, galleries and heritage sites |
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Literature
Bible -
searchable in 50 versions
Rhymes
Finds rhymes to words of your choice. Also links to poetry sites,
dictionary searches
Open Source Shakespeare
Complete Works, easily searchable
Abe Books - secondhand
and rare book search
Project Gutenberg
- free electronic books and non-copyright texts |
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Music
All-Music Guide
Music - Classical : Portal
for classical music, and links to other interesting web sites
Music - Rock Albums Popular
rock information from across the world.
iTunes the most popular
download shop, 99p per track
Free & Legal listening & downloads:
Mercora | Last
| Filter | Operadio
| Weedshare | World
Music Network
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News
Online Newspapers
- The Paper boy - newspapers
- thousands of them!
News Directory
- British Media
Online - UK Newspapers
Crayon - compile your own daily
newspaper
ABYZ news links - links
to over 15,800 newspapers and news sources
The
British Library Online Newspaper Archive
CNN
World News - Europe
BBC Online BBC news and Links
to news from every part of the world
UK Newspapers: Times Newspapers
- | - The Guardian
- | - Telegraph- | - The
Independent - | - Times Educational
Supplement |
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People
Biographical
Dictionary with searchable Index
E-mail address finder Start from
a name or a domain and it may turn up an e-mail address
People Search
BT's UK National Phone Directory
(click on register and you'll need an account number)
UK Post Codes (free but need
to register)
World Population
Want to know the population of the world? Click here. Updated
every 30 seconds!
Use your computer to send an SMS
message to a mobile phone |
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Places
Maps:Multimap
searchable UK map.- | - Google
Map - | - Ordnance
Survey Get-a-map - |
Lonely Planet travel
guides
Cyber cafes - 4208 internet
cafes in 140 countries - | - Cybercaptive
- 5763 cybercafes, public internet access points and kiosks in 161
countries |
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Politics
UK
Parliament
The White House Entry to
USA Government
UK Government
News Network |
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Science
Scientific American
A few articles from the current edition of this periodical,
summaries of other articles, news and commentary, extensive links
to other sites and a search engine for current and some past articles.
The pH Factor
affiliated to the Miami Museum of Science. An educational resource
directed at elementary and middle school teachers.
The Why Files funded by the National
Science Foundation. Popular stories behind the science news. Very
readable. Search engine.
The Tree of
Life Vast website that documents 400 billion years of the Earth
and its creatures. The aim is to have a web page for every living
species! |
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Sport
Cricket
Football - soccer
links | Football - Team Talk
Sportal.com
- the world's first broadband sports site
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Travel
UK
Travel News from BBC
The Automobile Association UK traffic information, route maps
and route planning
Transport Direct -
plan UK journeys using every form of transport
National Rail (UK) and
The Trainline The entire
Great Britain passenger rail timetable (searchable) and instantly
updated departure boards for all stations.
International Rail
timetables and tickets
Public Transport Information
Impressive links to all public service transport in the UK
National Express country-wide
coach travel
Flight
Stats - flight status, arrival departure and more ....
Heathrow
live flight details
Seat
61 - International rail, ship and ferry information
Holiday Flights:
Teletext Holidays
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Holidays - | -
Epicurious Travel Interactive
Holiday Finder
Cheap Airlines: Ryanair
; EasyJet
Travel Guides:
Lonely Planet | Foreign
& Commonwealth Office Travel Advice |
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Weather
Weather
(UK) The Meteorological Office offers weather forecasts and
other services for all regions including Cambridge
AccuWeather.com
Constantly updated daily conditions that can slot into your Firefox
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Words & Language
Thesaurus
- ideal for synonyms and alternative words
Quotations
Quotes and Sayings
Ask Oxford - references
to Oxford reference sources
One Look Dictionaries This
simultaneously offers you a range of definitions from different
dictionaries. Worth trying.
Your Dictionary Pointers
to dictionaries in over 130 languages; multilingual and specialized
dictionaries, thesauri, vocabulary aids, and a list of online language
identifiers.
Travlang's Translating
Dictionaries Translating dictionaries, to translate words between
languages
Merriam-Webster's Language Center
- Dictionary and Thesaurus
Language in Use - resources
to support courses on English Language, especially A Level
OneLook
Reverse Dictionary - can't think of a word? Type in a concept
and it can find it!
The Hindu
Website - broad range of dictionaries and word collections including
"Worthless Word of the Day." |
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Mastery
Free
Link checker
Webmonkey
1000 Website tools
Colour
Scheme generator - complementary colour scheme wheel
Button and menu generator
Network Tools
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General Reference
The Internet
Public Library A general reference site with broad scope and
US bias.
Cambridgeshire
Library Online - links to extensive information sources for
holders of Cambridgeshire library cards
Info Please! A general
reference site with broad scope and US bias.
iTools All the search tools
in one place!
Dictionary.com It aspires
to be the definitive guide to reference material on the Internet,
and includes Roget's Thesaurus, Bartlett's Quotations, Webster's
Unabridged Dictionary and Strunk's Elements of Style.
The Virtual Reference Desk A
great source of general information though in a cluttered interface.
Martindale's Reference
Desk a much more extensive collection of references than this
page
HighBeam Research library
research, periodicals and reference
Atlapedia Online countries
and maps
The Academic Index -search
engine for academic research papers
The Encyclopedia Britannica
itself is now also online! including The
1911 Edition (dated but great!)
Wikipedia created
by users for users
Answers.com
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