Numeracy across the curriculum: web-based sources of data to accompany unit 7
This page contains links to web-based sources of data to accompany unit 7 of Numeracy across the curriculum.
A separate page contains the Numeracy across the curriculum pack.
History
www.liv.ac.uk/~evansjon/humanities/history/
history.html
The History Resources site contains a lot of history links, many of which contain useful data.
www.historylearningsite.co.uk
The History Learning Site contains useful data on a variety of topics.
www.bbc.co.uk/history/index.shtml
The BBC Online History Site. Some useful pages with data sources.
castlewales.com/home.html
This site covers a wide range of topics related to Welsh castles and Welsh medieval history. There is information on over 400 different Welsh castles and their history.
www.learningcurve.gov.uk
The National Archives Learning Curve is an online teaching resource, structured to tie in with the History National Curriculum. It contains a varied range of information.
Geography
census.ac.uk/This page provides links to the UK Census Offices and other organisations with an interest in census and survey data.
www.statistics.gov.ukAn online encyclopaedia within the official UK statistics site, StatBase allows the user to create datasets for all counties and districts according to the latest census figures.
www.georesources.co.uk/indexks3.htmGeoresources has a comprehensive list of links for Key Stage 3 geography grouped by topic.
www.geography-site.co.uk/index.htmlThe Geography Site lists useful links for geography grouped by topic.
www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/InfoNation is an easy-to-use, two-step database designed for use by schools that allows the user to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the member states of the United Nations.
www.un.org/popin/The UN Population Division site provides information about the world’s population, including an analysis of trends and their best projections for future population numbers.
www.prb.orgThe Population Reference Bureau contains the latest population estimates, projections, and other key indicators for all geographic entities with populations of 150 000 or more.
europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/Public/datashop/
print-catalogue/EN?catalogue=EurostatThis site contains a vast range of information about member states of the European Union on, for example, transport, environment and energy, agriculture and fisheries, population, industry.
www.meto.gov.uk/The site of the Meteorological Office containing lots of information about weather.
Music
www.billboard.com/bb/index.jsp
Highlights of selected charts from Billboard magazine.
www.dotmusic.com/charts
The official UK charts including top 75 singles and albums.
Physical education
www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/
The Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching website contains a databank which provides sets of raw data. This includes data related to athletics, such as Olympic results and world records.
PSHE, religious education and citizenship
www.adherents.com/
Adherents.com is a collection of religious statistics – references to published membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 4200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, etc. This site can be used to answer such questions as 'How many Methodists live in England?', 'What are the major religions of Egypt?', or 'What percentage of the world is Hindu?'
www.rsweb.org.uk
Religious Studies on the Web provides a list of links for RE.
www.bbc.co.uk/education/id/
The BBC online site containing data on the effects of smoking, alcohol and drugs.
www.wiredforhealth.gov.uk
Website managed by the Health Education Authority. Each topic has a link called ‘facts’ that provides data related to that particular issue, for example the trend in smoking amongst 11–15s from 1982 to 1996.
www.ash.org.uk
ASH (Action on Smoking and Health) website contains schemes of work for a half-term PSHE programme. This includes factsheets that contain data related to smoking and health.
Science
www.sunblock99.org.uk/
A multimedia tour of the Sun by young UK scientists including datasheets on the Sun’s mass, size, distance from the Earth, etc.
www.solarviews.com/eng/homepage.htm
Views of the Solar System contains multimedia presentations, a range of data and the latest scientific information. An archive of photographs, scientific facts, text, graphics and videos.
www.rogerfrost.com/
Roger Frost’s Dataloggerama focuses on the ways that information technology helps teaching, including data-logging activities, experiments and data files.
www.shu.ac.uk/schools/sci/sol/contents.htm
Sheffield Hallam University’s Schools Online Science site has links to other useful websites, a ‘lab’ where pupils can experiment and investigate, and information for teachers.
Miscellaneous
www.mathsnet.net/links/links_statistics.html
A mathematical education site that contains a comprehensive list of links to sites containing statistical data. Checked January 2002. This list will be updated regularly.
