Useful links to websites for Schools and Education

Educational Organisations |
Educational Resources |
Particle Physics Sites |
Astronomy and Space Sites |

• The Association for Astronomy Education (link opens in a new window)
• The Association for Science Education (link opens in a new window)
  
• British Science Association (link opens in a new window)
  
• Department for Children, Schools and Families (link opens in a new window)
  
• The Institute of Physics (link opens in a new window)
  
• National Curriculum England Online (link opens in a new window)
  
• National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth (NAGTY) (link opens in a new window)
  
• The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (link opens in a new window)
  
• The Royal Astronomical Society (link opens in a new window)
  
• The Royal Society (link opens in a new window)
  
• Science Learning Centres (link opens in a new window)
• Sun|trek (link opens in a new window)
  
• BBC Education Web Guide (link opens in a new window)
  
• Learn.co.uk for the Guardian (link opens in a new window) - access to teaching resources across the curriculum
  
• BBC Science pages (link opens in a new window)
  
• Schoolscience (link opens in a new window)
  
• Classroom Space (link opens in a new window) - curriculum-linked web-based activities for use in the classroom
  
• The National Grid for Learning (link opens in a new window)
• Particle Detectives (link opens in a new window) - Large Hadron Collider simulator
• Particle Physics in the UK (link opens in a new window) - including information on Particle Physics Masterclasses and a list of speakers on Particle Physics
  
• CERN (link opens in a new window) (The European Laboratory for Particle Physics)
  
• CERN Education and Visits (1) (link opens in a new window)
  
• CERN Education and Visits (2) - for information about visiting CERN from the UK
  
• CERN Courier (link opens in a new window)
  
• The Particle Adventure (link opens in a new window)
  
• Particle Physics Software(1) (link opens in a new window)
  
• Particle Physics Software(2) (link opens in a new window)
  
• Particle Physics Software(3) (link opens in a new window)
  
• Particle Physics Software(4) (link opens in a new window)
  
• National Schools Observatory (link opens in a new window)
  
• Faulkes Telescope (link opens in a new window)
  
• Bradford Telescope (link opens in a new window)
  
• Swindon Stargazers Astronomy Group (link opens in a new window)

Agencies

• The British National Space Centre (link opens in a new window) co-ordinates British civil activities in space - website includes educational resources in the Learning Zone
• The European Space Agency (link opens in a new window)(ESA)
• The Near Earth Objects Information Centre (link opens in a new window) was established by the UK Government in response to provide accurate and level-headed information on Near Earth Objects to the public and media
• The European Southern Observatory (link opens in a new window) (ESO)

Space exhibitions and planetaria

• Science centres (link opens in a new window) - web links to all museums with science galleries and science discovery centres
• The National Space Centre (link opens in a new window) - the UK's largest attraction dedicated to space science and astronomy, with a major educational programme
• The Royal Observatory Greenwich (link opens in a new window) - includes the new Time and Space gallery and a planetarium constructed with support from STFC
• The Science Museum (link opens in a new window) - includes the space gallery, redeveloped with support from STFC
• The British Association of Planetaria (link opens in a new window) - lists all mobile and planetaria and science centres with a planetarium