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**Software**
VoIP software such as Skype Cloud software such as Dropbox Google Earth Wordle software

**Websites**
Wikipedia Feature and photographs about mud-brick buildings around the world. Wikipedia Useful background information about different kinds of human migration. Wikipedia Information and photographs of the cave paintings found in Lascaux, France. Touropia Photographs of 10 prehistoric cave paintings from around the world. Aboriginal Art Online Features about rock painting and engraving. KinderArt Explains how to use plant-dye paints in the classroom. Wikipedia Information and photographs about the art of sand painting in different cultures around the world. Wikipedia A feature outlining the traditional folk art of Indian Rangoli. Natural History Museum A Life feature including Life in the dark/in the sea/in the jungle/when you’re small/when you’re large/in disguise. TopicBox Links to many sites that have information and activities about habitats. KidsGeo Useful information about food chains, ecosystems and biomes. KidsZone Animal facts, photographs and resources. BBC natural history Information and videos on the world’s most amazing animals. National Geographic Videos and photographic features on a wide variety of animals. Kids Yahoo Information and photographs about bees, wasps, ants, butterflies and moths. Pedagonet.com A huge range of insect lesson plans and resources for teachers. RSPB Traces the migration routes of the swallow, Arctic tern, grey whale, Monarch butterfly and the osprey. Kidzone Information and photographs of the monarch butterfly. International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Details what, where and how they work to find solutions to the challenges threatening the environment. IUCN Publishes a Red List of endangered species. World Wide Fund for Nature Provides details of its work in more than 90 countries to conserve endangered species and habitats. United Nations Environment Programme Information on World Environment Day and how different cities celebrate. Eden Project Features its social and environmental projects around the world. [|Smithsonian Zoo] Animal Index [|Zoobooks] Virtual zoo [|Animal Planet] Wild Animals

**Games**
Woodlands Junior Habitat games and activities HHMI An interactive Classifying Critters feature. Science Net An interactive sorting game featuring a variety of animals and plants. BBC schools An interactive ‘Top of the food chain’ game with sound effects and information. EcoKids Interactive food chain games. BBC schools An interactive science feature on habitats. [|Switcheroo Zoo] Animal videos and games

**Videos**
To watch a YouTube video in safe mode, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on ‘Safety mode: Off’, then select the ‘On’ option Natural History Museum Naturecams feature, including a video of a colony of leafcutter ants. [|Switcheroo Zoo] Animal videos and games

Video of Junior Rangers making survival shelters from debris found in the woods. media type="youtube" key="jMgowAH47pg" height="315" width="420"

Video from the BBC series, Ray Mears Extreme Survival that shows the building of a Mongolian shelter. media type="youtube" key="zcHQRq4JXsg" height="315" width="420"

Video showing the fun children can have making mud bricks. media type="youtube" key="QK02cCiSuoM" height="315" width="420"

Mud Masters explains how mud houses are built in Yemen. media type="youtube" key="Sk5nBAc2-IY" height="315" width="420"

Video about straw-bale housing. media type="youtube" key="RjNhJqnva3w" height="315" width="420"