Transformation of Shapes
This interactive resource, produced by the University of Leicester, is designed to enable students to explore transformations of shapes including translation by a vector, stretches, rotations around a point, reflection in the axes and reflections in the lines y=x and y=-x. The first activity draws a parallelogram which is translated…
Transformation of Functions
This interactive resource, produced by the University of Leicester, is designed to enable students to explore transformations of functions including translations, stretches, reflection in the axes and rotations. The first activity uses function notation to explore translations parallel to the x axis and translations parallel…
What to Conserve?
With the increasing pressure of a growing human population it is becoming increasingly difficult to conserve natural habitats. Ultimately, not every green space can be afforded conservation protection. This field study encourages students to act as environmental scientists to compare different habitats and decide which habitat should…
Pony Grazing
This field study encourages students to act as environmental scientists to compare two heathlands one of which has been grazed, one of which has not. Students use the data collected to decide which heathland is better in terms of the plant species present, especially heathers, and soil chemistry. Four activities are suggested: Activity…
Mapping for Climate Change
This field study encourages students to investigate the vegetation in a lowland heathland habitat and to use a GPS unit to map habitat fragments. Students could also make management decisions, deciding where to place habitat corridors to help prepare for the possible effects of climate change. Four activities are suggested depending…
Introduction to Lowland Heathlands
This resource is an interactive activity which aims to provide an introduction to the lowland heathland habitat. The five topics relating to lowland heathlands covered by the resources include: • The biotic components of lowland heathlands, focusing on plants • The biotic components of lowland heathlands, focusing on…
How Polluted?
This field study resource pack encourages students to act as environmental scientists to assess the ‘health’ of a heathland habitat. The resource contains three separate activities that students can complete, depending on the time available and suitability of the site: • Measuring nitrogen pollution in the soil…
Designing Investigations
This resource, from the University of Nottingham, describes a number of investigations which could be carried out in heathland habitats. Heathlands are excellent habitats to use for designing and carrying out experiments. Plants are often relatively easy to identify when compared with other habitats and invertebrate communities are…
Introducing Stem Cells
This presentation and collection of short activities, from Eurostemcell, introduce basic stem cell concepts and include teacher’s notes with each slide and useful diagrams. The materials include: Presentation: Introducing stem cells • Stem cell biology basics: for post-16 students, or adult audiences with little…
Activity 6: Rethinking Textiles Products
This activity, for the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, looks at textiles in fashion design. It provides an opportunity for students to increase their knowledge and understanding of a circular economy approach to developing textiles products and how textile companies are applying this approach to developing new products. It explores…
Activity 5: Biomimicry
Biomimicry involves looking at nature for inspiration to solve engineering problems and to develop innovative new designs for products and architecture. This activity, from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, investigates what is meant by linear and closed loops systems and explores products that have been developed by learning from…
Activity 4: In the Loop
This design-and-make project, from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, provides hands on experience of working with materials, using CAD/CAM for design, and an opportunity for students to manufacture interesting products while addressing many circular economy concepts. The activity explores the use of materials, the principle of…
One Planet Packaging
These materials, from Waste Watch (part of Keep Britain Tidy), have been developed to make explicit links between sustainability and packaging for students following GCSE level design and technology courses. The scheme of learning includes suggested activities for five active learning sessions, supported by the learning resources,…
Biodiversity and Evolution (Age 14-16)
Produced by ARKive, these materials encourage students to gain an understanding of biodiversity, evolution and Darwin’s theory of natural selection. By investigating biodiversity and the process of evolution students learn how traits beneficial for survival are selected for and genetically passed on to successive generations. Students…
Water Treatment
These resources, from Innovate Educate and The Avenue, are linked with a web site that describes the reclamation of a former coke-manufacturing plant in Chesterfield. The presentations describe how water is treated to remove contaminants. The contaminated water comes from large lagoons, into which tar-like waste was dumped when…
Soil Bioremediation
These resources, from Innovate Educate and The Avenue, are linked with a web site that describes the reclamation of a former coke-manufacturing plant in Chesterfield. In these activities, students look at the process of bioremediation, which is the breakdown of soil contaminants using micro-organisms. Students handle data,…
Planet Science: Our World in Motion Quiz
Produced by Planet Science, this quiz is an engaging way to get students thinking about a wide range of areas in science and engineering. It could also be used as part of a public engagement in science activity. The quiz covers topics such as: • Earth structure and plate tectonics • The rock cycle • Animals in…
Balloon Bugs
This resource from Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is a practical, classroom activity that allows the students to make a balloon model of a disease-causing bacterium. This illustrates its basic shape and structure. Students can choose from three bacteria species including: 1. Salmonella Typhimurium and Campylobacter jejuni which…
Model Organisms: Zebra Fish
Produced by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, in this activity students have to use their observational skills to identify and record the difference (phenotypic change) between two images, one wild type zebra fish and one mutant zebra fish. To aid in their diagnosis of the phenotypic change, a glossary is provided to give…
Linked Pair of GCSEs Pilot Support Materials
These resources commisioned by the Qualifications and Curriculum Agency (QCDA) are to support the linked pair of mathematics GCSEs piloted from September 2010, which were developed in response to Professor Adrian Smith’s inquiry into post-14 mathematics education in 2004. Together they assess the National Curriculum mathematics…
Design a Conservation Programme: Graphic Science (Ages 14-16)
In this ARKive activity, students research and design their own conservation programme to learn about the importance of biodiversity as well as the economic benefits and services ecosystems provide. Using examples of successful conservation programmes within the UK Overseas Territories, students learn about the fine balance of an…
Young Engineers - Poster Series
Produced by the Royal Academy of Engineering, these posters help students to think about some careers in engineering that they may never have considered, such as: sound engineering, flood prevention, developing camera technology or surgical equipment. The posters also pose engineering challenges to students and they could be used…
Activity 1: Introduction
This activity introduces the Nuffield Council on Bioethics' Forensic Use of Bioinformation resource. It includes a quiz and fact file describing the use of fingerprints for identification and processes of DNA profiling. Also Included is The forensic use of bioinformation - resources for teachers which contains: • curriculum…
Science at Work: Case Study
This resource from BP Educational Service for students aged 14-16 explores science concepts through the real world science context of oil and gas extraction. The materials include a practical challenge and activities. This resource is presented in three parts: • A six-page information booklet about oil and gas extraction,…
Evolution - Family Ties
In this activity from ARKive students observe images and video material (with web access) of different primates. The activity presents evidence for a common ancestor shared by different animal groups.
Evolution - Peppered Moth
In this activity from ARKive students observe images and video material (with web access) of pale and dark forms of peppered moth. The activity uses the relative number of pale and dark forms in different environments as a model for evolution.
Evolution - 'Descent with Modification'
In this activity from ARKive students look for similarities between the basic body plan of different vertebrates as evidence of evolutionary change.
Darwin and Natural Selection
In this activity from ARKive, students look for similarities between the basic body plans of different vertebrates as evidence of evolutionary change. This customisable PowerPoint presentation builds the scientific explanation of natural selection by illustrating four key observations: All organisms produce more offspring than…
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