Design a roller coaster. This simulation can be used online or downloaded.
This site has a number of useful simulations including:
Plant force - Plant growing simulation where you decide how much heat and water your plant needs on a weekly basis.
Roller Coaster - Design your own roller coaster
Sunny Meadows - Food chain simulation with foxes, rabbits and grass.
Ranger Danger Dan - Design the correct parachute to keep Dan safe.
Make your own drawings/models which obey the laws of physics.
Audio and Video clips which can be freely downloaded and used to practise editing film. Follow the "How you might use the content" for some tips on the editing process.
Kent NGfL's Internet safety page providing resources and links for teachers and parents. There are also links to child friendly web sites providing information and interactive activities for children to learn about keeping safe online.
Information on how to keep children safe online. Many useful resources for classroom use, including video.
'Find the latest information on the sites you like to visit, mobiles and new technology. Find out what’s good, what’s not and what you can do about it.' There are special areas on the the web site for different age groups as well as information for parents, carers and teachers. Cybercafe is an area of the web site designed for 8-10 year olds to learn how to use the new technologies safely.
"Welcome to the Web" is a brilliant interactive set of web pages which can be used to teach children (and adults) about the Internet.
Find out how much you know about using the Internet and pick up new tips and tricks along the way.
Yacapaca
A range of online assessment tests for ICT and other subjects. Free to use.
Activities and lesson ideas for KS1 and KS2
The virtual artroom
Although a website designed to help art and design teacher embed ICT and new media into the KS3/KS4 curriculum, It has many useful resources that may be useful at KS2. It has some great examples and tips for producing multimedia presentations and for digital video productions.
If you haven't got access to the 'Snipping Tool' provided with Windows Vista or Windows 7, you might like to try some third party tools which will give you more control over the area captured than the Print Screen button on your keyboard. Snippy is a small program which works a bit like the 'Snipping Tool' whilst Screen Hunter gives a lot more options. The graphics program Irfan View can also be used for taking screenshots.