The World Around Us

Think you have what it takes to run your own Viking settlement? Take control of a Norse God or Goddess and lead your Vikings as they raid and trade their way from AD750 to 1066.

Argo the dog is missing! Help to find him in an adventure with mythical creatures, temples, the Olympic Games and more exciting aspects of Ancient Greek life.

Improve and test your scientific knowledge of the with Operation Ouch: It Takes Guts. Learn about the human digestive system from the mouth to the bum.

Join the Science Bots in Space and help complete their experiments. Learn and test topics: Earth and Space, electricity, forces and magnets, light and sound.

How did C S Lewis' Belfast childhood and the landscape of Northern Ireland influence his Chronicles of Narnia books?

Every year on 17 March, millions of people across the world celebrate Saint Patrick – Ireland’s patron saint. But what do we really know about him?

Explore the life of Emmeline Pankhurst and discover why she was so important in women gaining the right to vote.

Explore the life of Guy Fawkes and find out why he's associated with the Gunpowder plot.

Explore the life of Mary Anning and find out why she's now considered one of the greatest fossil hunters to ever live.

Explore the life of the man who was the first person to land on the Moon.

Find out what the Irish monks felt about the Vikings who raided and plundered their churches and monasteries.

Although the Vikings had a reputation for law breaking in the countries they raided and attacked – back home in Scandinavia things were very different.

Were the Vikings really dirty and dishevelled barbarians or image conscious, forward thinking modern men?

Find out more about the reasons that prompted some Vikings to set sail from their Scandinavian homelands.

Find out more about the navigation tools and instruments that the Vikings used to help them travel to Ireland and beyond.

Were the Vikings the fierce horned helmet wearing raiders that film and TV portrays them as - or is the truth very different?

The Vikings and Anglo-Saxons both lived in Britain for many years. Find out what happened to them.

Find out about Viking warriors. What weapons did they use and how did they fight at sea?

The Vikings were great sailors. Find out about famous Viking explorers and how far they travelled.

Find out about everyday life in Viking Britain. What were Viking families like and what beliefs did they have?

The aviation industry is one of the biggest in the world. Find out about the men and women who helped get it off the ground.

Northern Ireland has a strong history in aviation. Here are some of the local pioneers who took a leap into the unknown.

Join the Maddikins on their journey through Infinity Airport and see the work that goes on behind the scenes.

Wings are one of the most important parts of a plane. See how they help keep it in the air.

What was it like to live and work in a World War One trench? Find out in our guide.

What was school like for children growing up during World War One? How is it different from school today?

What weapons were used during World War One and what effect did new technology have? Find out in our guide.

What did people eat and what was the high street like during World War One? Find out in our guide.

Find out how people communicated one hundred years ago and during World War One.

What did houses look like 100 years ago? Find out how life was different at home during World War One.

From the telephone to Charles Darwin's concept of evolution - there were many historic ideas and inventions during Queen Victoria's reign.

Go back in time and find out what Britain was like during the Stone Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age.

Find out how early hunter-gatherers lived and meet a Stone Age boy.

What was life like for Neolithic farmers? Find out about the tools they used and who lived at Skara Brae.

Stonehenge is one of the world's most famous monuments. Find out how it was built and what it looked like.

What was Bronze Age Britain like? Learn how bronze tools were made and find out about the Amesbury archer.

Learn about life in Iron Age Britain. Find out about hill forts, Iron Age tools and meet an Iron Age warrior.

Find out how crime was punished in ancient Rome.

Find out how crime was punished in Anglo-Saxon times.

Find out how crime was punished in Tudor times.

Find out how crime was punished in Victorian times.

Find out how crime was punished during World War Two.

History is all around us. Find out about different historical sources and how you can be a historian.

Sustainability and plastics looks at how we best use the resources we have.

Agricultural resources are natural resources that can be found all around us and are not man-made.

Geological resources are a type of natural resource produced by the environment.

Discover that once fossil fuels are gone they cannot be replaced, so people are now using renewable energy.

Quintin Question discovers how we can all help a little with fair trade.

Settlements are places where people live and sometimes work. There are many different types of settlement.

Discover how buying and selling things is called trade.

Find out how economic activity looks at how prices rise and fall.

Discover that from space, the Earth looks like a ball.

To help locate where a place is in the world, people use imaginary lines called latitude and longitude.

Did you know that when it's daytime in the UK, it's night-time in Australia?

A map is a two-dimensional drawing of an area which helps plan routes.

Ever wondered what all those funny drawings and curved lines are on a map?

Discover how to read maps using a compass, grid references, symbols and a key.

Learn about human and physical features as well as primary and secondary sources.

Explore why quantitative and qualitative data are relevant to fieldwork research.

Discover how Ayesha and James work together to design and plan their investigation by thinking about their best options.

Ayesha and James explore how they can make sure their investigation is safe and accurate by using the appropriate equipment and practices.

Discover how Ayesha and James review their findings and find the best way to present them to their peers. Together, they explore graphs, maps and presentation skills.

Find out about the different stages of a human life cycle and how we change as we grow up.

Find out how animals and humans inherit traits from their parents.

Find out about evolution and how living things change over time.

Find out how the skeleton helps us move and protects some of our important organs.

Find out how our muscles help us move by contracting and relaxing.

Discover how the food gets into the body, through the digestive system.

Find out how the teeth and tongue help break down food before it is swallowed.

Find out the functions of different teeth types including canines, incisors and molars.

Find out about the role that the stomach plays in the digestive system.

Find out about the role of the small and large intestines in the digestive system.

Find out how the circulatory system takes oxygen around the body.

Discover how blood vessels and blood cells help keep your body working.

Inside every person is an amazing network of blood vessels. Find out how they carry blood around the body.

Find out how the heart keeps all the blood in your circulatory system flowing.

Discover why it's important to be responsible around drugs.

Find out why plenty of exercise, sleep and a good diet are really important for a healthy lifestyle.

Find out the principles of a balanced diet and learn about the four main food groups.

Find out why we don't have chocolate mugs and woollen umbrellas by learning about the uses of different materials.

Find out how to tell the difference between reversible and irreversible reactions.

Find out about the different methods of separation and how to use them to reverse a mixture.

Find out how dissolving works and why some substances appear to disappear when you mix them with water.

Find out about the difference between solids, liquids and gases.

Discover how water turns into ice and back again to water, through the processes of freezing and melting.

Find out about changing state from a liquid to a gas by the process of evaporation and condensation.

Find out how water is constantly moving around the environment through the water cycle.

Did you know that roller coasters don't have engines? That’s because they don’t need them!

Find out how how forces, like pushes and pulls, move objects.

Learn about the different types of forces, including a push, pull and twist, with Seymour Science.

Find out about friction, a force between two surfaces that are sliding across each other.

Find out how air resistance affects falling objects and how water resistance affects the speed of things travelling in water.

What does gravity do? Who was Sir Isaac Newton? How is gravity different on the moon?

Learn about the north and south poles of magnets and how we use magnets in everyday life.

Learn more about magnets and which metals are attracted to them.

Find out why some objects float and others sink in this introduction to buoyancy.

Quintin Question wonders how shadows can be all different shapes and sizes.

Sounds are made when objects vibrate. The vibrations enter your ear and you hear them as sound. Find out more about how sound travels.

Sound waves make the eardrum vibrate and then send messages to the brain. Find out more about how the ear detects sounds.

A drum with a tight skin makes a high pitched wave. Find out more about sound waves and pitch.

Light comes from different sources, like lamps, bulbs and the sun. Find out more about how light travels.

When light hits an object it is reflected (bounces back) and enters our eyes. Find out about different reflective surfaces and how we see things.

Light bounces off some surfaces. But light travels right into your eye. Explore how your eye detects light.

Find out what electricity is and how appliances can convert electricity into sound, movement, heat and more.

Find out about electrical conductors and insulators and which items allow electricity to pass through them.

Find out what electrical power is and how to increase it in an electrical circuit.

Find out what circuits are and how you can change them by adding in items like switches and batteries.

Find out how to draw a circuit using a circuit diagram, and learn the symbols used to represent each component.

Explore the solar system and learn the order of the planets.

Find out which planets are the rocky planets and how to identify them.

Find out which planets are the gas planets and what makes them different from the rest.

Find out how the Sun is a star that gives out heat and light.

Tim Peake and Fran Scott explore the explosive power of rocket fuel and how astronauts get to the International Space Station.

Tim Peake and Fran Scott explore the effect of space on the body.

Tim Peake and Fran Scott explore what sound and light waves tell us about space.

Tim Peake and Fran Scott explore how astronauts make the trip from the International Space Station back to Earth.

Select from the list of questions to find out about Tim Peake's mission to the International Space Station.

Science is all about asking questions. Find out how and why we ask scientific questions.

Discover how different animals can be grouped by similar features in this Bitesize KS2 Science guide.

Find out why scientists record data and results using diagrams, classifications, tables and charts.

Find out how to analyse information to draw conclusions.

Find out how to identify and group items into categories using classification keys.

Find out how to conduct a comparative and fair test.

Find out why observing changes over time can give you better results when working scientifically.

Find out how to identify patterns and draw conclusions.

Find out how to identify secondary sources of information and how they can help you with your research.