Educational websites

Browse our selection of links to high-quality educational websites for the classroom, homework and revision. You will find a wealth of information relevant to NQ subjects including classroom resources, factsheets, images and interactive activities.

National Museums Scotland

National Museums Scotland, provides exciting opportunities for all visitors to learn from its world-class collections of inspiring objects. The website provides opportunities to explore science and technology, ancient civilizations, world cultures, the history of Scotland or the wonders of the natural world.

Latest websites added:

1. Humanist Academy
A collection of Teacher and Student Guides created by the Humanist Academy to accompany the NQ Free-Standing Unit in Humanism (F33F).

2. Clyde Waterfront Curriculum resources
A collection of over 200 lesson outlines and project ideas that will help young people see the relevance of their learning. The wide range of cross curricular themes includes bridges, Clyde community, tourism and leisure, transport and health.

3. SQA - Personal Development
Visit the Scottish Qualifications Authority website for NQ review updates, arrangements documents, standards and assessors reports on Personal Development.

4. eLatin eGreek eLearn
Students and teachers of Latin, ancient Greek, and Classical literature can exchange ideas on the role of technology in the Classics classroom. Additionally, users can share stories and ideas, Titus-like triumphs, or Trojan-like defeats with colleagues world-wide.

5. Latin Teaching Materials (Saint Louis University)
This website covers the essentials of beginning and intermediate Latin morphology. Additionally, there is a summary of the vocabulary for Wheelock's Latin (6th Edition), other vocabulary studies, and some Flash movies for elementary Latin acquisition, including SWAV that combines words and images for vocabulary development.

6. VRoma
VRoma is first and foremost a community of scholars, both teachers and students, who create on-line resources for teaching Latin and ancient Roman culture and who use these resources in their courses.

7. Textkit
Textkit is the Internet's largest provider of free and fully downloadable Greek and Latin grammars and readers. With currently 146 free books to choose from, Greek and Latin learners have downloaded 687,131 grammars, readers and classical e-books.

8. The Forvm Romanvm
The site offers students concise but profound information about the world's most famous forum. Romanvm Forvm, examines important social, political, cultural and religious functions of the Forum. Features include an interactive reconstruction of the old Roman Forum, quizzes and interesting anecdotes.

9. Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
The Internet Ancient History Sourcebook provides and organize texts for use in classroom situations. Links to the larger online resource collections are provided, which includes many visual and audio material.

10. Classics Technology Center
A portal to the future of Classics education and a repository of practical tools, for educators and other classicists, to enhance the use of computer technology in Classics education.

Disclaimer

The links in this section have been carefully selected and evaluated by our team, and are checked periodically. Many have been recommended by teachers of NQs. However, the content of websites may change after we have visited them. If you find that any of sites listed have inappropriate content or links, or are no longer current, please contact us immediately using the feedback form so that we can remove them.

It must be emphasised that inclusion of these web links does not in any way represent endorsement by Learning and Teaching Scotland, nor are we responsible for the content of external websites.