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Technical Drawing Courses in Secondary Schools: an HMI Discussion Paper. A technology research resource
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Technical Drawing Courses in Secondary Schools: an HMI Discussion Paper

This paper gives an account of a survey, carried out by HM Inspectors in 1980-81, looking at technical drawing and other drawing office based courses in secondary schools. They also visited 11 industrial companies and 15 institutions of further and higher education to discuss their expectations of students in terms of technical drawing…

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  • Publication year: 1980 - 1989
  • Research
Supporting Scotland's STEM Education and Culture: Second Report. A cross curricular research resource
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Supporting Scotland's STEM Education and Culture: Second Report

This report, published by the Science and Engineering Education Advisory Group in January 2012, addresses many of the challenges and opportunities arising in implementation of the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) as it affects the delivery of STEM education and engagement. It examines the ways in which STEM education may…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Research
Global Grant-Making: a Review of UK Foundations' Funding for International Development. A cross curricular research resource
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Global Grant-Making: a Review of UK Foundations' Funding for International Development

This report published by the Nuffield Foundation in January 2012 provides an up-to-date picture of the scale of UK foundation resources devoted to international development. It also identifies how these resources are distributed across region and need, and how foundations approach international funding activities. Commissioned…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Research
Evaluation of the Wellcome Trust Camden STEM Initiative. A cross curricular research resource
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Evaluation of the Wellcome Trust Camden STEM Initiative

This report, published in March 2012 by the National Foundation for Educational Research, presents the findings of an evaluation of the Wellcome Trust’s Camden Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Initiative which provided funding to eight Camden schools to develop interdisciplinary projects. Projects…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Research
Believers, Seekers and Sceptics: What Teachers Think about CPD. A cross curricular research resource
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Believers, Seekers and Sceptics: What Teachers Think about CPD

In 2005 the Wellcome Trust commissioned this survey of teachers and managers in state maintained schools in England, focusing on three main aspects of continuing professional development (CPD): • What do different types of teacher want from CPD? • What are the benefits of CPD, and for whom? • What, if anything,…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Research
Acquisition of Science Subject Knowledge and Pedagogy in Initial Teacher Training. A cross curricular research resource
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Acquisition of Science Subject Knowledge and Pedagogy in Initial Teacher Training

Published by the Wellcome Trust in October 201, this report looks at how one-year postgraduate Initial Teacher Training (ITT) courses in England and Wales support trainees’ acquisition of subject knowledge and topic specific pedagogy across the sciences. The study, which was the first of its kind to look into the acquisition…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Research
The Challenges of STEM Provision for Further Education Colleges. A cross curricular research resource
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The Challenges of STEM Provision for Further Education Colleges

This report, published in October 2012, documents the activities and conclusions of a research project undertaken by the 157 Group, supported by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, and in partnership with Association of Colleges (AoC). The 157 Group is a membership organisation that represents 27 large, regionally influential…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Research
The Whole Curriculum in Primary Schools. A cross curricular teacher guidance resource
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The Whole Curriculum in Primary Schools

Published in 1993 by the Association for Science Education, this report was a response to concerns about primary curriculum overload and the place of science as a core subject within the curriculum. A task group including practising teachers, a primary head teacher, a science adviser, lecturers and researchers in primary education…

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  • Publication year: 1990 - 1999
  • Teacher guidance
ARKive School Museum (Age 11-14). A science, biology teacher guidance resource
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ARKive School Museum (Age 11-14)

Produced by ARKive, this series of activities teaches students about endangered species through the creation of an interactive museum. The ARKive School Museum presentation looks at examples of endangered species and explains the concept of an ARKive School Museum. Students then research an endangered species using the ARKive…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Teacher guidance
The Curriculum From 5 to 16: Curriculum Matters 2. A cross curricular research resource
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The Curriculum From 5 to 16: Curriculum Matters 2

This resource, published in 1985, was the second in a series of discussion documents published by HM Inspectorate intended to stimulate debate about the National Curriculum in primary and secondary schools. It suggests an approach to teaching a broad, balanced, inclusive curriculum for all students. The focus of this report is…

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  • Publication year: 1980 - 1989
  • Research
Half Our Future (the Newsom Report). A science research resource
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Half Our Future (the Newsom Report)

This report of the Central Advisory Council for Education (England) resulted from research into the state of secondary education, focusing on students aged 13 to 16 who were of average or below-average ability. The report was known as the Newsom Report, named after Mr J H Newsom, chairman of the advisory council. It identified serious…

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  • Publication year: 1960 - 1969
  • Research
Case Study: the Family, Continuity and Change. A psychology information sheet resource
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Case Study: the Family, Continuity and Change

This resource presents a case study showing how one project used qualitative and quantitative methods of research to discover how much families have changed over the decades since the 1960s. The case study shows how ethnographic research, studying people in their own environment, is conducted. Data gathered highlights changes…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Information sheet
Ethics: Participants' Interests, Confidentiality and Consent. A psychology information sheet resource
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Ethics: Participants' Interests, Confidentiality and Consent

This resource looks at research ethics and the importance of confidentiality in research projects. Researchers must be aware of ethical issues and the effects that their research can have on research participants. The information sheet raises questions that can be debated in classroom lessons and encourages young people to give…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Information sheet
What Makes Good Research?. A psychology information sheet resource
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What Makes Good Research?

This resource explains how important it is that social research is conducted in a scientific way, following definite rules that have been developed over time with the aim of ensuring that the results are not just the product of the researcher’s own beliefs. The paper stresses the importance of research being valid, reliable…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Information sheet
Social Research: How Does It Work? What Is Research For?. A psychology information sheet resource
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Social Research: How Does It Work? What Is Research For?

This resource looks at what social researchers do and why they do it. Research is recognised as vital for expanding our knowledge, providing vital information for government and other agencies, as well as helping us to understand our own society and those societies which are beyond our own experience. This information sheet concentrates…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
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Population Growth. A science information sheet resource
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Population Growth

From the Economic and Social Research Council (ERSC), this briefing provides figures on global population growth and highlights the key issues in population management and the factors that influence fertility rates. Case studies illustrating a number of different approaches to population control around the world are described, including…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Information sheet
Genomics. A science, biology information sheet resource
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Genomics

From the Economic and Social Research Council (ERSC), this briefing explores how understanding genomics may offer potential benefits to society, but also looks at how we might use and regulate that knowledge. The resource describes the possible applications of synthetic biology. The emerging personal genomics industry is discussed…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Information sheet
National Curriculum - Task Group on Assessment and Testing Report. A cross curricular teacher guidance resource
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National Curriculum - Task Group on Assessment and Testing Report

This booklet, published in 1988, was written in anticipation of the government passing the Education Reform Bill introducing the national curriculum to England and Wales. The new Bill would establish a new system of assessment of students’ progress. Written by the Task Group on Assessment and Testing, this publication summarises…

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  • Publication year: 1980 - 1989
  • Teacher guidance
The School Curriculum. A cross curricular teacher guidance resource
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The School Curriculum

This report from the Department of Education and Science published in March 1981 sets out the governments recommendations for the school curriculum for the 5-16 age range as a result of several years of public discussion and government consultation. This report predates, but would have influenced the content of, the National Curriculum. The…

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  • Publication year: 1980 - 1989
  • Teacher guidance
Space and Rocket Week. A cross curricular video resource
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Space and Rocket Week

This video from Teachers TV features an idea for a cross-curricular space and rocket week. Last year, Eleanor Wilkinson, a mathematics teacher from Sussex, spent 10 days at the Teachers' Space Camp in Alabama and came back inspired to enthuse students about space. She arranged for her Year Eight class to spend four days…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Video
Transporting Living Things. A science activity sheet resource
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Transporting Living Things

In this Triple Crossed activity, from the Centre for Science Education and supported by the Astra Zeneca Teaching Trust, students are given the task of writing the regulations for the transportation of organisms through an airport. Considering a tiger, a jellyfish and a highland cow they are asked to consider the wellbeing of…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Activity sheet
The Introduction of Species. A science activity sheet resource
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The Introduction of Species

In this Triple Crossed activity, from the Centre for Science Education and supported by the Astra Zeneca Teaching Trust, students are asked to sequence a number of statements relating to the mutiny on the Bounty and look at the transportation of breadfruit to the West Indies. They are asked to consider the impact that this kind of…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Activity sheet
Life on Mars. A science activity sheet resource
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Life on Mars

This Triple Crossed activity, from the Centre for Science Education and supported by the Astra Zeneca Teaching Trust, explores developments in technology since the 1970s with a specific focus on the type of technology that most young people would use at home or have in their bedrooms. Students are asked to consider the differences…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Activity sheet
Drugs Testing in Sport. A science activity sheet resource
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Drugs Testing in Sport

In this Triple Crossed activity, from the Centre for Science Education and supported by the Astra Zeneca Teaching Trust, students learn about the history of drug use in sport, the different drugs often used in competitive sports and are then asked to match the drugs to their dangers. A series of sheets are provided to give detailed…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Activity sheet
Food Miles Past: Food Miles Present. A science activity sheet resource
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Food Miles Past: Food Miles Present

This Triple Crossed activity, from the Centre for Science Education and supported by the Astra Zeneca Teaching Trust, looks at four fictional food diaries, each lacking in some nutrient. Students are asked to identify what is missing, provide details of what they ate the previous day and analyse their own diet. With this in mind…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Activity sheet
The Roman Banquet. A science activity sheet resource
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The Roman Banquet

In this Tripled Crossed activity, from the Centre for Science Education and supported by the Astra Zeneca Teaching Trust, students match various nutrient groups with the food groups and consider the nutritional benefits. They are then provided with food cards that cover the kinds of foods eaten in Roman times and asked to plan…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Activity sheet
Testing the Theory. A cross curricular activity sheet resource
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Testing the Theory

In this Triple Crossed activity, from the Centre for Science Education and supported by the Astra Zeneca Teaching Trust, students are provided with information about Charles Darwin and his work. The Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection is discussed and students are asked to comment on the characteristics of certain animals.…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
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Any Old Evidence. A science activity sheet resource
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Any Old Evidence

In this Triple Crossed activity, from the Centre for Science Education and supported by the Astra Zeneca Teaching Trust, students are provided with a number of images of bones and asked to work in groups to draw what they think the animal would have looked like. They are then provided clues to help build up their picture of the animal.…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Activity sheet
Crash Test Dummies: the Marc Bolan Crash. A science activity sheet resource
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Crash Test Dummies: the Marc Bolan Crash

In this Triple Crossed resource, from the Centre for Science Education and supported by the Astra Zeneca Teaching Trust, Marc Bolan's 1977 car crash is used as the context for an activity that covers forces, car safety and advances in the car industry. Students are asked to consider the differences between the old style Mini…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Activity sheet
Did Man Really Walk on the Moon?. A science activity sheet resource
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Did Man Really Walk on the Moon?

This Triple Crossed activity from the Centre for Science Education and supported by the Astra Zeneca Teaching Trust starts with a quiz asking students to answer questions about the history of space exploration. They are then asked to consider the evidence provided and use it to establish an argument for whether they feel the…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Activity sheet
CSI Whitechapel. A science activity sheet resource
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CSI Whitechapel

This Triple Crossed activity, from the Centre for Science Education and supported by the Astra Zeneca Teaching Trust, follows on from the Jack the Ripper: Whitechapel 1888 activity. Students consider what the police investigators of 1888 would have been able to discover if they had had access to the forensic science the police use…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
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Jack the Ripper: Whitechapel 1888. A cross curricular activity sheet resource
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Jack the Ripper: Whitechapel 1888

In this Triple Crossed activity, from the Centre for Science Education and supported by the Astra Zeneca Teaching Trust, students learn about the ghastly crimes of Jack the Ripper and the different methods of crime solving back in 1888 when forensic science was not an option. Information sheets describe the suspected victims,…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Activity sheet

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