E Learning

There are a number of websites that can help you with your learning. We will keep adding sites to this list. If you know of any others please email us to let us know and we will add them.

Art 

http://www.artchive.com/ An archive of artistic images free for educational purposes

http://www.tate.org.uk/ The official website of the Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate Britain

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/ WebMuseum, Paris

http://www.moma.org/ The Museum of Modern Art

http://www.npg.org.uk/live/index.asp The National Portrait Gallery

http://www.photonet.org.uk/ The Photographers' Gallery

http://www.flickr.com/ Millions of photographic images

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blast/ Inspiration and advice for young people who want to get involved in music, art, dance or film as a career

Biology

www.gatewayscienceonline.co.uk is the website we use to revise the OCR course that students follow in year 9 and 10. Students will have been given a user name and password but if this has been forgotten they should go to the Science technicians to get a new one.

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/biology  has six topic areas: Ecology, Humans, Inheritance, Plants, Processes and Variation. As you go into each one there are lists of sub topics. For example clicking on Inheritances will take you to sub topics such as Dominant and Recessive Genes.

www.s-cool.co.uk  covers the same topic areas but uses slightly different headings.

www.skoool.co.uk  has revision exercises for Science at Higher and Foundation level.

www.biotopics.co.uk  Go to the Topics Content Page to find details of interactive pages at GCSE level

 

Business studies

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/business  covers the main topics: Business Aims and Organisation, Business Environment, Finance, Marketing, People in Business and Production.

www.thetimes100.co.uk  has a huge selection of case studies on major companies, linked to all the GCSE and Applied GCSE topics. You can search by topic, course or exam specification. There's a Business theory section to help you revise and quizzes to test your understanding.

Chemistry

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/chemistry  has four topic areas: Patterns of Behaviour, Changing Materials, Geology and Structure of Materials. As you go into each one there are lists of sub topics. For example, revision and tests on the Periodic Table can be found in Patterns of Behaviour.

www.s-cool.co.uk  covers the same topics but uses slightly different headings.

www.skoool.co.uk  has revision exercises for Modular and Co-ordinated Double Science at both Higher and Foundation level.

Design & Technology

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design  has revision material and tests covering Electronics, Food Technology, Graphics, Resistant Materials, Textile Technology, Systems and Control.

www.s-cool.co.uk  has revision material for Food Technology only.

www.technologystudent.com  Information sheets rather than revision exercises but covers everything you need to know for design technology.

www.foodtech.org.uk  Analytical tools, links to professionals from the food industry, case studies and video clips

English Language

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english  and www.s-cool.co.uk  have sections on reading and writing.

Literature

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature  has a good selection of exercises on poetry, drama and novels

www.universalteacher.org.uk  has a series of links to excellent free study guides and online tutorials for both language and literature.

English biz www.englishbiz.co.uk/  Excellent collection of worksheets to help improve grades for GCSE Language and Literature.

Geography

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography  has eight main topic headings: Cities, Coasts, Economic Activity, Ecosystems, Population and Development, Tectonics, Water and Rivers, Weather and Climate. Each leads to a range of subtopics.

www.s-cool.co.uk  has more detailed headings but the subjects covered are the same.

www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/gcse/revision  Notes, case studies and advice on the type of questions that might be asked

History

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history  covers Britain and the First World War, Germany, 1919 -1945, India, International Relations 1919 to 1945 and 1945 to 1989, The USA, Medicine Through Time, Russia and the USSR.

www.schoolhistory.co.uk/revision  Covers World War 1, Weimar and Nazi Germany, Russia / USSR 1917-1953, USA 1929-41, International Relations 1919-1939, Impact of War 1914-1948, Superpower Relations, 1945-1989, USA Divided Union 1941-1980, Medicine through Time, The American West, Crime and Punishment through Time, Agriculture 1750-1900, Transport and Leisure.

ICT

http://dida.edexcel.org.uk/home/spb/ is the website that students need to use for their AIDA and CIDA courses. they need to click on the correct year, unit and level to get the correct project brief (SPB). 

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ict/  covers ICT Systems, Hardware, Software, Data Communications, Databases, Measurement and Control, Modelling, The Legal Framework and Implications of ICT.

www.ewart.org.uk  Help with coursework, revision notes and quizzes.

www.ictgcse.com  Help with coursework and theory as well as some downloadable exercises.

www.theteacher.org.uk  Study notes and revision exercises for all exam boards.

Maths

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ maths Has separate sections for foundation and higher students. It covers Number and Algebra, Shape, space and measurement and Handling data.

www.s-cool.co.uk  covers the same topics but in a more general way with no split for foundation and higher tiers.

www.skoool.co.uk  Revision exercises for Higher, Intermediate and Foundation level Maths.

www.easymaths.com  GCSE tutorials , past papers and lots of games and puzzles.

www.mathsrevision.net  Includes a range of practise questions

Modern Foreign Languages

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/french  covers listening, reading, speaking and writing at foundation and higher level. The site has sound so you can listen to spoken French and test your understanding.

www.s-cool.co.uk  has a good French vocabulary section. www.frenchrevision.co.uk Interactive listening, reading and writing exercises, past papers, revision activities and role play. Click on the Intermediate link for GCSE material.

www.bonjourdefrance.com  Interactive help and tests with grammar, vocabulary and comprehension - all in French.

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/german  covers listening, reading, speaking and writing at foundation and higher level. The site has sound so you can listen to spoken German and test your understanding. S-Cool covers speaking, reading and writing.

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/spanish  covers listening, reading, speaking and writing at foundation and higher level. The site has sound so you can listen to spoken Spanish and test your understanding.

 www.languagesonline.org.uk French, German, Spanish and Italian resources

www.linguascope.com Students can get a username and password from their teachers at the College

www.linguastars.com Students can get a username and password from their teachers at the College

www.atantot.com French, German, Spanish and Italian.  Students can get a username and password from their teachers at the College.

Music

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/music  Revise music Worksheets, revision notes and revision tasks

Physical Education

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/pe  covers the main topics under four headings, Anatomy and Physiology, Culture and History, Health and Fitness and Training and Performance

www.s-cool.co.uk  covers the same topics but with a longer menu of headings.

www.worldofsportexamined.com  Although not strictly a revision site, there's masses of material and links to help PE GCSE students.

www.sportsrules.50g.com  Excellent for rules of a whole range of sports

Physics

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/physics  the main topics are Earth and Beyond, Electricity and Magnetism, Energy Forces and Motion, Radioactivity and Waves. Each has lists of sub topics.

www.s-cool.co.uk  covers the same areas but use slightly different headings.

www.skoool.co.uk  has revision exercises for Modular and Coordinated Double Science at both Higher and Foundation level.

www.darvill.clara.net/myon  Created by a Physics teacher, this site has revision notes and quizzes on Radioactivity, the Electromagnetic Spectrum, Energy Sources and Energy, Forces and Motion.

Religious Education

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/re  covers God, Death, Human Relationships, Poverty and Wealth, Prejudice and

Discrimination, Religion, Science and the Environment, Sanctity of Life, War and Peace.

www.gcsere.or.uk  Comprehensive information on world religions

www.religiousstudies.co.uk   Very brief revision notes but has good tests and tips

www.resauce.org/gcse  Comprehensive resource for Christianity and Catholicism

www.fathnet.org.uk  Revision sheets and notes written for Edexcel Religion and Life but useful for all GCSE Religious Studies students.