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Useful Links

These websites might be useful for collecting facts and figures, to use in datafiles, on numerous cross-curricular topics.

Design & Technology

http://www.design-council.org.uk/
An excellent resource of classics in design and an essential component to every D&T department.

http://www.data.org.uk/
The Design and Technology Association (DATA) is the recognised professional association that represents all those involved in design and technology education. DATA is also committed to securing, developing and enhancing design and technology in all sectors of education.

http://www.dtonline.org/
The D&T Online information pages are designed to give you useful information on the various topics using a combination of text, pictures and animations.

Food & Nutrition

http://www.nutrition.org.uk/
The British Nutrition Foundation has developed a new resource, entitled 'Food Technology', for pupils aged 11-16. It has been devised under guidance of experienced educationalists and is designed to integrate with UK curriculum requirements.

Mathematics

http://www.m-a.org.uk/

The Mathematical Association.

http://www.atm.org.uk/

Association of Teachers of Mathematics.

History

http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/frank01.html
About Anne Frank.

http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/mandela.html
Nelson Mandela.

Geography

http://neic.usgs.gov/

Worldwide information about earthquakes.

Art

http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/multimedia/impressionism/
Impressionism is perhaps the best known and best loved of all artistic styles, celebrated for its bright colour and fresh, informal vision of the world. However, in its original contexts, in Paris in the 1870s, this art was viewed as provocative and controversial; it was considered to threaten the values that fine art was meant to uphold. Discover more about the work of Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir, Georges Seurat and Vincent Van Gogh.

Music

http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/default.asp?pn=Education&active=Glossary
Search online for information about anything from a musical term, to a type of instrument or a musical style, from Folk to Classical, Opera to Popular music.

http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/filmmusic
The British Film Institute offers background information about film-makers and musicians from across the world, who reflect on the relationship between cinema and music.

Religious Education

http://www.catholic.org/saints
This is a collection of facts and information concerning Saints and Angels on the Internet. The Saints Index is an exhaustive list of Saints that contains all known information pertaining to each Saint. There is also information about this week ’s Saints, general FAQ is about Saints, Patron Saints, and a Feastday List. This site also provides a Saints Search feature that will help you locate a specific Saint quickly and effectively by name or other search criteria.

http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/carolrb/sikhism/nanak.html
A simple page produced by primary school children about Guru Nanak.

http://www.sikhs.org/10gurus.htm
Comprehensive coverage of the lives of the Sikh gurus.

http://www.luther.de/e/index.html
A web site dedicated to Martin Luther.

http://www.islamicity.org/Mosque/uiatm/un_islam.htm#WIM
A brief over view of Muhammad (p.b.u.h.).

http://jeru.huji.ac.il/characters.htm
Covering Jewish, Christian and Islamic history in Jerusalem. The site can be searched by topic and date and presents the history by focusing on everyday things as well as key people and places.

http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/gandhi.html
Mohandas Gandhi.

http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/king.html
Martin Luther King.

http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/teresa01.html
Mother Teresa.

http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/ali01.html
Muhammad Ali.

Science of Sport

http://www.thefa.com
English Football Association.