Other resources

This is a collection of resources which is not specifically related to the ingot courses, but which you might find useful in other courses or in general support. These are free resources or sites that have links to free resources. denotes an OpenDocument file. denotes a Portable Document file.

Link to general open source alternatives to popular closed source applications

Conceptual guides to Open Office

Subject based resources

Primary schools

Tutpup on-line maths and English contests
Gcompris around 100 activities - electic mix of applications
Childsplay more activities and educational games
TuxPaint Beginners graphics program with sound effects and fun stuff
Ottos_club Graduated puzzles and brain teasers related to UK national curriculum

Mathematics

Sage combines 71 open source packages.
Geogebra - Interactive geometry
Maths - revision of algebra and functions

English

Scribus Desktop publisher ideal for news paper and magazine page layouts
Gutenburg texts - Texts of tens of thousands of books now out of copyright many classics.
StorYBook - Creating books and stories - Supports managing creative writing

Science

Sounds amazing
Jmol 3d Molecular models, nanotechnology etc
Molekel another molecule viewer

Information Technology

Alice - Bringing Logo into the 21st Century

Languages

Language translation dictionary to support vocabulary improvements
ForLatin Latin dictionary application

Art and Design/Design and technology/Graphics/media

Inkscape Very nice vector graphics illustration program. Easy enough for primary but professional results
The Gimp Open Source response to Photoshop also photogimp makes the user interface more similar to Photoshop
Synfig 2D graphics animation package
Pencil Supports traditional 2D drawing animation
BRL CAD 3D solid modeller
KiCad Circuit board design
Free PCB windows circuit board designer
gEDA electronic design tools for Mac and Linux
Avidemux video editor
DVDx copies DVD formats and converts them to other formats
VirtualDub another video editor
A1 Free Sound Effects free sound clips

Picture libraries and graphics

Open Clip Art Clip art that can be used freely to illustrate your work - consider making a contribution for your Gold INGOT project!
E2BN Gallery These images are free to be used for education purposes
Circuit symbols
Ruler

Geography

High quality maps and associated information
GRASS Professional geographical resource analysis support system originally developed by US military
QuantumGis leaner application better for lower power computers
Udig User-friendly GIS
World Wind Nasa Satellite application similar to Google Earth

History

General history resources A lot of worksheets and other resources related to learning history

The RE On-line site. A lot of free resources and help on teaching RE

Citizenship

Finding out about the world fun site with nice animated graphics.

Music

Audacity audio editor
Rosegarden Cubase/Cakewalk type program for Linux
Muse Sequencer and score writing for Linux
Dallas Symphony Orchestra various musical activities
Mixxx Everything you need to DJ live
TuxGuitar Guitar multi-track editor
Frets on Fire Ever wanted to rock?

Physical Education

User guides for OpenOffice.org

The OOoAuthors team has made free user guides for OpenOffice.org. Just click on their link Site with books and free lesson materials for OpenOffice.org

Drawings and diagrams

Websites

Open Source projects where you could contribute

Science revision questions Study this site for Silver or make a contribution for Gold

Sites with free useful applications

Open source software

Explaining the benefits of FLOSS
Wegister: Registration Software
OpenOffice.org: (Open source office suite)
Portable applications Run a full range of software from a USB pen drive on any computer
GNU/Linux and a full set of software applications Try out Linux running from a CD-ROM without having to install anything on your computer