Forming a Rhythm Band
This resource uses Cuisenaire® Rods to investigate how to make different sounds by putting the differently coloured rods into a can and shaking them. Children are then asked to create notes for the different coloured rods and use these to write and perform their own songs. Cuisenaire® Rods are a useful mathematical resource…
Changing Rod Stories to Number Sentences
This resource uses Cuisenaire® Rods to create addition stories. Select one rod and the two rods that when positioned side by side are the same length as the original. Then use the white rods which represent 1 to convert the rod story into an addition sentence. Included are teachers' notes and a worksheet to practise converting…
Interpreting One-colour Trains as Fractional Parts
In this resource children are asked to build all of the possible one-colour trains to match the purple rod. Fitting them underneath they then resemble a fraction wall where children can describe the fractional parts of the whole purple rod. They then investigate the other coloured rods and their fractional parts, for example halves…
Recording Subtraction Stories
In this resource, children are asked to create subtractions using different coloured rods and interpret and solve subtraction sentences. Following this they form all of the possible addition and subtraction sentences for three given rods. This activity is a way of introducing or reinforcing subtraction using a concrete, visual representation.…
Colouring All the Trains
In this resource, children are asked to investigate the number of possible trains they can make for a given colour of rod. They then record this information and see if they can find any patterns. It helps develop the skills of logical thinking, looking for patterns and the systematic recording of results. It could be used as a whole…
Nuffield Maths 2: Worksheets and Copymasters
This resource, from Nuffield Foundation, is a collection of worksheets from the Nuffield Maths 5-11 project. Practical experiences are used to introduce students to the early stages of subtraction and place value. The worksheets were designed to be used in conjunction with the Nuffield Maths 2 Teachers' Handbook and provide…
Nuffield Maths 2: Teacher's Handbook
This resource, from Nuffield Foundation, provides clear guidance on the content, methods and timing appropriate at each stage of the Nuffield Maths 5 - 11 project, which was developed to promote students' understanding of the concepts, as well as proficiency in the basic skills of mathematics. The chapters in this handbook…
Alternatives for Science Education
Alternatives for Science Education was produced and published by the Association for Science Education (ASE) in 1979. Its sub-title, A Consultative Document, indicates its aim and status. In addition to being a document of considerable historical interest, it contains arguments of continued relevance. The working group that produced…
Beta Mathematics 6
This resource, published by Schofield & Sims, is the sixth in the Beta Mathematics series of text books which were developed for use by students of junior and middle school age. It continues the theme of previous books and allows students to review and extend their knowledge of specific topics. Contents include: Number…
Beta Mathematics 5
This resource, published by Schofield & Sims, is the fifth in the Beta Mathematics series of text books which were developed for use by students of junior and middle school age. It continues the theme of previous books and allows students to review and extend their knowledge of specific topics. Contents include: Number…
Beta Mathematics 4
This resource, published by Schofield & Sims, is the fourth in the Beta Mathematics series of text books which were developed for use by students of junior and middle school age. It continues the theme of previous books and allows students to review and extend their knowledge of specific topics. Contents include: Number…
Beta Mathematics 3
This resource, published by Schofield & Sims, is the third in the Beta Mathematics series of text books which were developed for use by students of junior and middle school age. It continues the theme of previous books and allows students to review and extend their knowledge of specific topics. Contents include: Number…
Beta Mathematics 2
This resource, published by Schofield & Sims, is the second in the Beta Mathematics series of text books which were developed for use by students of junior and middle school age. It continues the theme of previous books and allows students to review and extend their knowledge of specific topics. Contents include: Number…
Alpha Mathematics 3
This resource, published by Schofield & Sims, is the third in the Alpha Mathematics series of text books which were developed for use by more able students of junior and middle school age. It continues the theme of previous books and allows students to review and extend their knowledge of specific topics. Contents include: Number…
Alpha Mathematics 2
This resource, published by Schofield & Sims, is the second in the Alpha Mathematics series of text books which were developed for use by more able students of junior and middle school age. It continues the theme of book one and allows students to review and extend their knowledge of specific topics. Contents include: Number…
Moving on Land
The Science in a Topic students’ book Moving on Land provides information and activities relating to forms of transport on land. Students are encouraged to find out about transport in the past by visiting dedicated museums and to consider changes likely in the future. Energy is introduced as ‘what makes things move’…
Houses and Homes
The Science in a Topic students’ book Houses and Homes provides a range of activities relating homes today, in the past and in other countries. A visit to a building site is recommended as a way of beginning the study of the range of materials used in constructing a house. Activities enable students to explore the properties…
Communication
The Science in a Topic students’ book Communication introduces students to a range of forms of communication used now and in the past. It covers words, sound, visual arts, signs and signals, the use of electricity and electronic devices. There are models for students to make of which some are quite advanced and use equipment…
Ships
The science in a Topic students’ book Ships provides a range of activities that enable children to develop ideas about floating, balance and stability. There are models to make and test which lead to ideas about the centre of gravity of stable and unstable objects. Ways of propelling and steering ships and the use of pulleys…
Roads, Bridges and Tunnels
The Science in a Topic students’ book Roads, Bridges and Tunnels concerns the study of road networks and how they have been built to pass under or over obstacles such as mountains and rivers. Many different types of bridge are studied and the form of arches in tunnels considered. Students are lead to find out about famous bridges…
Food
The Science in a Topic students’ book Food provides a range of information and activities for children relating to different kinds of foods. It leads students to consider food commonly eaten in the past and in other countries. Activities extend students’ knowledge of the origin and processing of raw materials in making…
Clothes and Costume
Science in a Topic students’ book Clothes and Costume includes activities relating to the properties of different materials, how they can be tested and how they can be changed. Students work with a range of materials, including fabrics, leather and minerals and metals used in making jewellery. Instructions for students are…
5 - Using Broadcasts
The ASE Using Broadcasts booklet was published in 1970 and reflects the availability of different technologies to help teaching and learning at that time. It focuses on the use of radio broadcasts and the follow up work that can arise from them. In particular it suggests that broadcasts with their resources of sound effects and visual…
Make It Count - a Fresh Start with Numbers
This resource from the National Extension College was linked to a Yorkshire Television series of the same name. This book is a simple, practical guide to numbers. It has a step-by-step approach which takes the reader through the ways in which numbers are used. Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals…
Teaching Primary Science
Teaching Primary Science was written mainly for primary teachers in developing countries where resources are limited. Published by Longman in 1979, it was written when the author, Beverley Young, was British Council lecturer in Nigeria. It is a practical guide, well illustrated by line drawings and some photographs, to teaching science…
Mathematics 5-11: a Handbook of Suggestions
This HMSO resource from her Majesty’s Inspectors was one of a series intended to stimulate discussion and debate within the teaching profession. Published in 1979 following a two year survey, it was seen that mathematics was given a high profile by teachers but Inspectors felt disappointment that, despite this and the efforts…
Primary Mathematics Today
The purpose of Primary Mathematics Today, first published in 1970 by Longman, was to give training teachers in Colleges of Education, as well as experienced teachers, an in-depth view of primary mathematics as at the time only a minority of primary teachers had special mathematical training. The book is not in the first instance…
Candles
The Teaching Primary Science book Candles uses the study of candles to illustrate how much science can come from the study of everyday objects. It describes a selection of the many investigations which start from candles and which give some idea of what science is. The first two chapters discuss matters of classroom organisation…
Paints and Materials
The Teaching Primary Science book Paints and materials draws upon some of the materials and techniques of artistic expression to explore ways of asking questions and finding answers in a scientific way. Each chapter contains an activity and a list of materials for practical experience. This is followed by an analysis of the activity…
Aerial Models
The Teaching Primary Science book Aerial models concerns activities which are likely to arouse interest, excitement, enterprise and competition. The book recognises that whilst these actions can be used as stimuli leading to scientific work, measurement and the acquisition of new knowledge, there can be problems in relation to materials,…
Musical Instruments
The Teaching Primary Science book Musical instruments uses instruments and other materials readily available in primary schools as the basis for investigations through which children can begin to understand and enjoy aspects of physics. The book aims to provide help for those teachers and student teachers who do not specialise in…
Science From Wood
The Teaching Primary Science book Science from Wood was intended to complement the two texts in the Science 5/13 series Working with wood, stages one and two and Working with wood background. The activities proposed were expected to apply more to younger age groups, with suggestions of ways of using the most economical sources of…