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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
TeachItEnglish- free English teaching
resources
Association of Teachers
Websites - lesson plans, education materials by skilled teachers
Cambridgeshire Education Portal
- outstanding range of advice for teachers |
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Computers
Apple Apple
computers, hardware and software
Microsoft - the world's
richest software company
Open Office -
Libre Office - the serious alternatives to Microsoft's suite
How
Stuff Works - computers and how they work
PC World - online shop
Free or Shareware Software: - Tucows -
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Sophos Hoax and
Virus checker
Google Webmaster
Tools
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Films / Movies and TV
The Internet Movie
Database
The BBC : includes films, news,
radio and programming
CNMovies
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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 Find My Past
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.
Ancestry.com - a wealth of resources
UK National
Archives including Census
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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.
Open Source Shakespeare Complete Works, easily searchable
Abe Books - secondhand
and rare book search
Project Gutenberg
- free e-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
Song Lyrics - know the words!
iTunes the most popular
download shop, 99p per track
Free & Legal listening & downloads:
Last
| World
Music Network
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News
Online Newspapers
- The Paper boy - newspapers
- thousands of them!
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 Newspaper Library Online
CNN
World News - Europe
BBC News 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)
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Places
Maps:| - Google
Map - | - Ordnance
Survey - |
Lonely Planet travel
guides
Cyber cafes - 4208 internet cafes in 141 countries
Geograph - photographs of every square kilometere in the UK and Ireland
Walking World - find a good walk anywhere in the UK |
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Politics
UK
Parliament - UK Gov
The White House Entry to
USA Government
BBC News and Politics
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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 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
Road
UK
Travel News from BBC
The Automobile Association UK traffic information, route maps
and route planning
Journey Price Calculator - Petrol prices for journeys
National Express country-wide
coach travel
All
Travel Line -
plan UK journeys using every form of transport
Public Transport Information Impressive links to all public service transport in the UK
Rail
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
The Man in
Seat
61 - International rail and ferry information
Air
Flight
Stats - flight status, arrival departure and more ....
Heathrow
live flight details
British Airways | Virgin Atlantic | Ryanair | EasyJet
Holiday Flights
Teletext Holidays
- | - Cheap Flights -
| - Which Budget - | - Global
Holidays - | - Kayak compare hundreds of flights
Travel Guides
Lonely Planet | Foreign
& Commonwealth Office Travel Advice |
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Weather
Weather
(UK) The UK Meteorological Office offers weather forecasts and
other services for all regions including Cambridge or
uk.weather.com including the forecast for Cambridge
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Words & Language
Thesaurus
and Freethesaurus - ideal for synonyms and alternative words
Quotes and Sayings
Ask Oxford - references
to Oxford reference sources
One Look Dictionaries simultaneously offering a range of definitions from different
dictionaries.
Your Dictionary Pointers
to dictionaries in over 130 languages
Google Translate
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!
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Mastery
Free
Link checker
Webmonkey
Code Tutorial
1000 Website tools
Colour
Scheme generator - complementary colour scheme wheel
Network Tools
Broadband Speed
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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
Atlapedia Online countries
and maps
Academic Info
- subject guides to all manner of things!
The Encyclopedia Britannica
itself is now also online.
Wikipedia created
by users for users
Answers.com
Worldometers - constantly
counting world statistics in real time
The How-To Directory - how to do almost anything - and SnapGuide for how to do things you'd never thought of doing
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