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I used a hot Air Balloon project similar to this one in a KS2 Art class. the students worked in pairs and collaborated together and really loved it.

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Cross curriculum learning ideas using cookery as a fun activity to teach fractions and you can also incorporate other Maths topics such as measurements.

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www.hrmvideo.com Chef J and her co-host, Master Chef Souflle tackle fraction-filled recipes. Each age-appropriate program is designed to meet NCTM standards and provides an excellent review and reinforcement. A supplemental Fraction Cookbook features illustrated print problems to help students review vocabulary and practice skills.

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Another fun activity for children to get hands on with fractions. A Fish fraction project.

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1. Find a small patch of grass in your school field, garden or local green space, and mark out a 50cm x 50 cm square using pegs and string.

2. Measure and record the height of the grass.

3. Carefully look over the patch and try to identify as many of the plants as you can, using our plant ID sheet to help you. You could look even more closely with a magnifying glass if you have one.

4. Now draw three of your favourite plants from the patch.

5. Are there any insects that you can spot, identify and draw as well?

6. If there are plants or insects that aren't on the ID guide use a guidebook or the internet to try and find out what they might be. You could take some photographs of these mystery plants and creatures.

7. Come back to the same patch over the coming weeks and record how it changes as the seasons progress. Can you explain the changes you notice?

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For teachers or parents home schooling, this primary science activity gets children outside, taking a closer look at the familiar and practising three types of scientific enquiry: identification and classification, observation over time, and researching using secondary sources.

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Over the past four decades, studies conducted in several different countries across multiple grade levels indicate that math manipulatives substantially improve mathematical understanding and ability. Math manipulatives help children to understand abstract concepts by equating them to something concrete, using the manipulatives.

Young children think of their world in concrete ways. They collect facts about objects they experience in daily life and organize those facts as they classify objects. Concrete thinking is focused upon gathering pieces of information about tangible objects.

Abstract thinking typically doesn't develop until children are older. As children develop the skill of abstract thinking, they learn to deal with concepts they haven't directly experienced, learning to draw their own conclusions from previous experiences.

Math manipulatives have improved mathematical understanding so greatly that several curriculum developers have begun selling math curricula entirely based on math manipulatives. Learn more about them in my Homeschool Math Curriculum Comparison Guide.

Math manipulatives are so important that every homeschool family should have a set. If you can't afford $150 or more to buy a ready-made set of math manipulatives, or if you just don't want to pay that much, you can certainly create your own with things you have around the house (or a quick trip to the dollar store) and your printer.

I store all of our math manipulatives in a simple plastic box like this one, from the organization aisle at Walmart. I love that everything is in one place and I can easily remove it to a high shelf, away from my kids, when we're not using it. Not that that always works. Somehow they search out (and lose or destroy) everything, but this still helps.

15 Math Manipulatives Your Kit Should Include:

1. Craft Sticks and Rubber Bands

You can find huge packages of craft sticks and rubber band at the dollar store. Craft sticks are easy to group, which makes them perfect for learning place value.

You'll want at least 350 craft sticks and 20 or so rubber bands, so you can bundle the craft sticks into ten groups of 10, two groups of 100, and have some left over as ones. I like to teach place value by having my child trade me ten ones for a bundle of ten, or ten bundles of ten for a bundle of 100, so they fully understand the concepts of "borrowing" and "carrying".
Math concepts to teach with craft sticks:
That number will allow you to work on two-digit addition and subtraction, and demonstrate 3-digit, though only having 2 bundles of 100 limits you to three-digit numbers starting with 1 or 2. But it demonstrates the concept in a concrete, easily understood way.

Place value

Borrowing and carrying

Addition and Subtraction

Multiplication and Division

2. Counters

A pile of small, countable items will help your child recognize that written numbers represent real items (number recognition and correspondence). They can also help your child learn to count by rote. Those are some of the earliest learned concepts.

Dried beans, legos, wooden blocks, pennies, colored beads or anything you have around the house will work. It's best, though, if they are identical, so your child is just working on one concept and not confused by trying to sort colors or shapes.

I keep a small container of coins (to use as both counters and to learn about money) and a couple of small bags of assorted counters in our math manipulative bin. Occasionally, for added interest and fun, I add edible counters, like m&m's, jelly beans, marshmallows or cheerios to our kit. You wouldn't want to use edible counters all the times, since they're consumable, but they provide a fun change.

Later, your child can use these to master ordinal numbers (first, second, third...), addition and subtraction, compare numbers (more, less and equivalence) and eventually group them for multiplication, division and fractions.
Math concepts to teach with counters:
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Counting

Number recognition

Number correspondence

Ordinal numbers

More, less and equivalence

The concept of ten (use counters with ten frames)

Addition and subtraction

Multiplication and division

3. Dice are fun math manipulatives

You'll need multiple dice for all the math games you'll be playing. You can either rob your game closet, or you can pick up a package of these at the dollar store. I bought these, 6 dice for $1, at my local dollar store.
Math games to play with dice:
Dice are also a fun way to work on subitization, or the ability to "see" numbers at a glance. They can be used all by themselves to drill math facts or practice mental math in a fun and interesting way.

Pig: You'll need a pair of dice, paper and pencil for scoring. The goal is to be the first player to reach 100. The first player rolls both dice, calculates the sum, then rolls again if he or she wants to. The next sum is added to the first. The player can roll as many times as he chooses, but if he rolls a one on either die, he scores 0 for that round and it's the next players turn. If he rolls 1's on both dice, his entire total is scrapped and he starts over again at 0.

Multiplication Tetris: You'll need a pair of dice, a sheet of graph paper and pencil per player, and a box of crayons. Players take turns rolling both dice and drawing arrays on their graph paper, according to the numbers rolled, then color it. For example, if 4 and 3 are rolled, the player draws a 4 x 3 rectangle on the graph paper. Players should draw rectangles strategically so they fit together like in Tetris. The first player with a full paper wins.

4. Blocks

Blocks can be used to teach multiple mathematical concepts. Blocks that are all one shape or color make it simpler to learn a single concept at a time.
Concepts to teach with blocks:
Blocks can be used to teach patterns, they can be used as counters, and they can help your child to learn to compare sizes such as taller, bigger, or shorter. You can use any type of blocks to build towers, comparing heights, walls or snakes to compare length.

Comparison (Build towers or walls and compare the sizes: tall, taller, tallest, long, longer, longest).

Pattern (if you have different colors or shapes)

Counting

Place Value

5. Pattern Blocks

Pattern blocks are different than building blocks. They're comprised of 6 shapes in 6 colors (green triangles, orange squares, blue parallelograms, tan rhombuses, red trapezoids, and yellow hexagons).

Disregarding the thickness, pattern blocks are two dimensional shapes. They are designed so the sides are all the same length except for the trapezoid, which has 1 side that is twice as long, making it easy to nest the shapes together to build figures.

Pattern blocks help students develop spatial reasoning. As students become more familiar with composition and decomposition of shapes, they recognize patterns more easily. This feature makes it possible for the shapes to nest together and provides for a wide range of explorations
Concepts to teach with pattern blocks:
Jessica Brown has printable pattern blocks and tons of fun patterns for using them. When I use paper pattern blocks I don't laminate them because that makes them hard to nest together. I prefer to just print them on cardstock.

Patterns

Geometric designs

Spatial Relations

Area and other geometry concepts

6. Deck of cards for math games

Cards with numbers on the face are such a fun way drill math facts without it seeming like drill! Here are several fun games to play with cards that will teach mathematical concepts from number recognition to drilling math facts.

Memory: Lay multiples of each number out, face down, on the table and scramble them around. Players take turns choosing two cards at a time. Players keep matching pairs and take an additional turn following each match. Alternately, you could match cards that add up to ten, so 7 and 3 match or 6 and 4 match.

War: The deck is divided evenly between two players, with cards face down on the table. Each player should have a stack of 26 cards face down in front of him. Each player turns up a card at the same time and the player with the higher card takes both cards and places them on the bottom of his stack, face down.

In the event that the cards are the same rank, you have 'War'. Each player turns up one card face down and one card face up. The player with the higher cards takes both piles. If the turned-up cards are again the same rank, each player places another card face down and turns another card face up. The player with the higher card takes all of the cards, and so on until one player has all of the cards.

Ten: Play this math card game alone or as a team. Lay out a deck cards on the table, face up (number cards only - leave out face cards). Players take turns removing sets of cards that add up to 10, trying to accumulate as many cards as possible. So 1+3+2+4 is preferable to 5+5. The player with the most cards wins. Alternately, you could decide that fewer cards are preferable. Or you could decide to only choose pairs.

Number Bingo: Lay out a 4 x 4 array of cards, face up (number cards only - leave out face cards) in front of each player. This is is 'bingo card'. Remaining cards are placed face down in front of the caller. The caller flips over a card. All players with that number on their board turns the card face down. Play continues until one player has a row flipped over horizontally, vertically, or diagonally and calls "Bingo!"

Twenty-one: This is traditionally a gambling game (aka Blackjack), but we don't bet. This is a great way to practice arithmetic skills. The objective is to get to 21 or as close as possible. Number cards are worth their face value, jacks, kings and queens are worth 10. Aces can be either 1 or 11 - the holder of the card gets to choose. To start, the dealer deals two cards from his face-down deck to each player. After all cards are dealt, all players may look at their two cards and add up their total. In order, players may request a "hit" (another card from the dealer). You may hit any number of times in one turn. Do this until you are satisfied with your card total or bust (over 21). Once you're satisfied with your card total, you "stay". The winner is the person closest to 21 without going over, or busting.

Number Scrabble: A dealer deals each player 10 cards (numbers only), then places one card face up in the center and the remaining cards face down in a pile on the edge of the table. Players take turns placing cards in sequential order, building off the card already in the center. For example, if the card in the center is a 3, a player could place a 2 or a 4 below, above or the the right or left. The next player would build on that sequence or start another in a different direction. Players can place more than one card at a time. If the center card is 3, and a player has a 2, a 4 and a 5, he could place them all at once. All cards that are next to each other must be sequential.

Solitaire for number sequencing.

7. Clock

You might have an old analog clock around the house you could use. It doesn't need to be anything special, just a clock with moveable hands and numbers (not Roman numerals).

I've used this inexpensive clock in our homeschool for years. It's geared on the back so the hands move together, helping kids see the way hands move together typically. But that isn't necessary.
Games for learning to tell time:
You can make your own clock that will do in a pinch, using the free printable at the bottom of the page and a brad.

Daily schedule: Create a visual schedule of your daily activities, with pictures of getting dressed at 6:30 am, pictures of breakfast at 7 am, pictures of practicing (instruments or whatever) at 8 am, pictures of school at 9 am, etc...

Stop the clock: We play this with at least two children, but you could play it non-competitively with one child. Each child has a clock with moveable hands (free printable at the bottom of this page). I yell out a time, or display the time on a digital device. Players have to make their clock hands match the specified time. I start with o'clock times, move to half past, quarter of, quarter after, then to more specific times.

8. Money

Coins are essential for teaching children to count money. You might have a toy cash register that came with plastic coins and fake bills, or a game with money you can play with. Or you could just use real money. That's what I do, because my kiddos kept losing the play money and I hate spending real money on fake money.

I just use the loose change I find in our pockets at the end of the day. It gets collected for awhile in a jar and then added to our manipulative kit, along with bills of all denominations, which I am more careful about.

Coins can also be used for:

Use pennies as counters

Use nickels, dimes, or quarters to practice counting by 5s, 10s, or 25s.

Use pennies and dimes to teach place value.

Use pennies and dimes to teach adding and subtracting 2-digit numbers, with or without regrouping.

Use pennies and dimes to stand for tenths and hundredths to teach decimals.

Pennies, dimes and 1 dollar bills (1s, 10s and 100s) are great for teaching place value. So are 1 dollar bills, 10 dollar bills and 100 dollar bills from your Monopoly set.

9. Ruler and other measuring tools

You probably already have rulers, yard sticks, measuring tapes, measuring spoons, measuring cups, quart/gallon pitchers and a kitchen scale around your house. If not, you can pick them up at the dollar store.

I actually don't keep my kitchen tools in my math manipulative kit because I only have one set of them. Plus, they'd take up too much room, we only use them for math infrequently, and we homeschool at the kitchen table anyway (so they're very accessible).

Concepts you can teach with measuring tools:

10. Hundreds Chart

A hundreds chart is just a 10 x 10 array of all the numbers from 1 to 100 in order. It's useful to have one with the numbers filled in and a blank one, laminated, for your child to practice filling in.

Dry erase markers can be difficult for little hands to manage, so I actually prefer to print several and not laminate them for my preK and kinders to practice with. Older, more dexterous kids do fine with the laminated, reusable version.

You'll find two hundreds charts in the free printable at the bottom of this post, one blank and one with the numbers filled in.

Games to play with your hundreds chart:

Missing Digits: I'll use a black dry-erase marker to black out multiple squares on the laminated hundreds chart with the numbers filled in. My child has to figure out the missing numbers then wipe off the marker to check his guess. Black out more numbers for more experienced children, or just write in a few numbers on the empty chart.

Hundreds Bingo: Give your child a couple of rolls of smarties or a handful of m&m's or other small treat. Call out numbers and have him cover the corresponding number on his chart. Work to cover a whole row or go for blackout.

Mystery Numbers: You choose a number and give the other players clues, such as, "The mystery number has two digits." "The mystery number is greater than 60." " They mystery number is even." until the players guess your mystery number correctly.

Twenty Questions: You choose a number. Players may ask up to 20 yes/no questions to try to guess the number.

Don't eat Pete!: Choose one player to be the guesser. He leaves the room. The remaining players choose a number to be Pete. Cover all 100 numbers with a smartie or other small candy, make sure everyone knows which is Pete, and invite the guesser back in. The guesser starts guessing numbers randomly. As he says the number out loud, he removes and eats the candy (or places it in his pile to save for later). When he finally reaches Pete, everyone shouts, "Don't eat Pete!" and his turn is done. Another guesser is chosen and everything is repeated.

11. Ten Frames math manipulatives
Concepts taught with ten frames:
A ten frame is just a 2 x 5 array of squares, used to visually represent ten in a simple way. Because our number system is based on ten, having a thorough understanding of ten and combinations that make ten or can be derived from ten is critical.

Ten frames are excellent ways to present sums and differences up to ten in a visual way. You can model addition with two different colors of counters, one per space. For example, six green counters and four red counters makes ten.

You can also model subtraction by filling the spaces with a single color of counters, then removing some. Stack two of the ten frames to create a 4 x 5 array when your child is ready to add and subtract into the teens.

Ten frames are also helpful when it comes to teaching multiplication and division. Model multiplication by grouping equal quantities of counters in each square. For example, 10 groups with 4 counters each is 40.

Division is just the opposite. "If I have 40 counters and divide them equally between the squares, how many will be in each square?" It's a great way to teach remainders as well. And you don't have to use all ten squares.

The free printable at the bottom of this post includes a couple of ten frames.

12. Fraction Strips and Circles

Both of these are excellent ways to visually represent division and fractions. Fractions can be hard to grasp until kids can actually hold the pieces in their hands and see that 1/4 is smaller than 1/3.
Concepts taught with fraction strips and circles:
The free printable (watch for the big, blue button) math manipulatives at the bottom of this post include a set of fraction strips and a set of fraction circles from whole to 1/16.

Whole and part

Multiplication of fractions

Division of fractions

Fraction equivalents

Addition and subtraction of fractions

13. Base Ten Set
Concepts to teach with a base ten set:
Base Ten Blocks provide hands-on ways to learn number concepts such as place value, regrouping and decimals. They physically represent mathematical concepts so students can develop a deeper understanding. The blue button at the bottom of this post will take you to a free printable that includes a base ten set.

Adding and Subtracting

Multiplication and Division

Number sense

Place Value

Regrouping

Counting

Decimals

14. Picture Books make great visual math manipulatives

I constantly trade picture books in an out of my math manipulative kit, depending on the concepts we're working on at the time. We visit the library weekly, so I just look ahead in my children's math books and try to find a couple of math picture books to go along with upcoming concepts each week.
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Picture books teach shapes, numbers, counting, prepositions, comparison words and so much more. Picture books are a fun way to learn concepts because they're so visual.

This is not a necessity, but if you have one around the house, this will make learning to write numbers more fun.

My kids like the 9 x 12 size so they can work independently. They love having their own tools. I also appreciate that the smaller size boards fit into our math manipulative kit. I buy the 2-sided kind with a blank side for math and a lined side for writing.

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Sea Creature Coloring Pages

This lovely set of free colouring sheets is the perfect resource to support teaching on the popular children's book, The Rainbow Fish.

These free colouring pages and rainbow fish pictures are great for increasing familiarity with the story of The Rainbow Fish, and they give your children the opportunity to practice their colouring and fine motor skills.

Keeping kids engaged with colouring, art and creative resources is a great way of helping them enjoy their learning. It's also really useful for engaging the more visual learners in your class. Why not create a vibrant display of all your pupils' finished rainbow fish pictures? The perfect way to brighten up your classroom.

These rainbow fish pictures and colouring sheets provide a simple Rainbow Fish template for your children to create their own.

You could even cut out the pictures and glue them onto lollipop sticks to make stick puppets, allowing children to bring the story to life.

If you're looking for more fun colouring sheets, check out these great Crocodile Colouring Pictures.

Learning about life under the sea

Coloring works well with other creative activities, as this can help keep them engaged, keep lessons varied, and encourage a more in-depth understanding of the topic.

Fun fish facts

Fish breathe using gills.

Fish have scales.

They swim using fins and tails.

Fish can communicate.

They lay eggs to reproduce.

Jellyfish, starfish and crayfish aren't actually fish!

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Our public spaces are closed for the moment. Following the latest government advice and to keep everyone safe we're closing our Reading Rooms, galleries and public spaces in St Pancras and Boston Spa. We'll let you know as soon as the situation changes and we're able to welcome you back safely.

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Google Art project. Any Gallery Anywhere in the World. . . Amazing!

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Google Art project. Any Gallery Anywhere in the World. . . Amazing!

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Google Arts & Culture is a non-profit initiative. We work with cultural institutions and artists around the world. Together, our mission is to preserve and bring the world's art and culture online so it's accessible to anyone, anywhere.

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Google Arts & Culture is a non-profit initiative. We work with cultural institutions and artists around the world. Together, our mission is to preserve and bring the world's art and culture online so it's accessible to anyone, anywhere. Discover our latest technologies and meet the people, visit the places and learn about the events that continue to shape our world.

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A great set of phonics resources by Mr Thorne and Geraldine the Giraffe to teach early learners letters and sounds.

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Free Resources for Teachers | Phonics Hero

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Phonics Hero has over 1,000 free teacher resources. Access over 850 games, 200 worksheets and dozens of assessment resources. All completely free!

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Based on Jolly Phonics, Cartoonito activity sheets are a perfect resource to help support children while they are learning to read and write. Each sheet provides activities for letter sound learning, letter formation, blending and segmenting. Split into 7 groups, the worksheets contain all 42 letter sounds taught in Jolly Phonics.

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Tes have some free resources too!

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Students will cut and paste pictures of the words beginning from all the six sounds listed in Jolly Phonics Book 1.

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Join us! We've been working to improve literacy since 1963 and believe that excellent literacy education should be informed by a range of research. Whether you are a teacher, school, student or working in HE, become a UKLA member and join our supportive community of skilled professionals. Memberships start at just £30!

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This collection of lessons and web resources is aimed at classroom teachers, their students, and students' families.

Biology Research Overview
Resource: All Audiences
https://www.nsf.gov/news/overviews/biology/index.jsp
A bat, a mushroom, a long blade of prairie grass. They're easy to identify as "life." what about a cold virus? Mold growing on a slice of bread? Or seeds encased in hard protective "shells" that can lie dormant for centuries? What, in essence, is this thing we call life? This Web page on the National Science Foundations's Web site gives us answers to many biological questions. Beautiful images can ignite the interest of all ages.
Videos Naked & Amazing: Mole rats in the city How research on bacterial immune systems led to CRISPR Profiles of Scientists and Engineers: Biochemist Tomato: Decoded -- Science Behind the News Material mimics real bone to repair injuries faster--Biotech's Future See more videos related to Biology in the NSF Multimedia Gallery

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This collection of lessons and web resources is aimed at classroom teachers, their students, and students' families. Biology Research Overview Resource: All Audiences https://www.nsf.gov/news/overviews/biology/index.jsp A bat, a mushroom, a long blade of prairie grass. They're easy to identify as "life." what about a cold virus? Mold growing on a slice of bread?

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Maths homework link

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Providing coverage for a range of international curricula for ages 5-18, MyiMaths offers interactive lessons, "booster packs" for revision, and assignable homeworks and worksheets, along with a wealth of resources that will help you deliver your teaching in the classroom and at home to develop your students' confidence and fluency in maths

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MyiMaths is an interactive online teaching and homework subscription website for schools that provides coverage for a range of international curricula for ages 11-18 including the International Baccalaureate, Cambridge Assessment International Education, Edexcel and OxfordAQA. MyiMaths offers a wealth of resources that will help you deliver your teaching in the classroom and develop your students' confidence and fluency in maths.

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Get Crafting!

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Be creative. . . . .

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Scratch is a free programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations.

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Mangahigh | Online Maths Resource | Game Based Learning for Students

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Mangahigh - Where every child finds fun in learning. A digital maths resource for blended learning. Transform your teaching with game-based learning. Used by thousands of students every day.

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Collaboration through observation.

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Home : iSpot Nature - Your place to share nature. iSpot is a website aimed at helping anyone identify anything in nature. Once you've registered, you can add an observation to the website and suggest an identification yourself or see if anyone else can identify it for you.

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Home : iSpot Nature - Your place to share nature. iSpot is a website aimed at helping anyone identify anything in nature. Once you’ve registered, you can add an observation to the website and suggest an identification yourself or see if anyone else can identify it for you.

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Simple Mind-mapping to visualise your thinking skills . . .

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