Frozen Oceans: GCSE Geography
This resource provides two data case studies based on oceans topics for GCSE Geography, introducing ocean acidification and sea ice thickness in order to develop students’ understanding of the issues and putting them in the context of extreme field research. The lessons relate to the 2009-2011 Catlin Arctic Survey expeditions…
Earth Science Activities and Demonstrations
Earth Science Activities and Demonstrations was published by John Murray in 1991 as a source book of activities and demonstrations for teaching the geological aspects of earth science in Key Stages Three and Four of the National Curriculum. The book brought together a large number of activities suitable for students aged 11 to 15…
Weather
The range of activities suggested here provides an interesting introduction to weather through an investigative and problem solving approach. The experiments can be carried out in any order and integrated into an existing scheme of work, and are ideal as part of a circus of activities around the classroom. The activities cover…
Soil
In this resource, soil is examined as a growing medium. The activities suggested are designed to produce some understanding of the importance of soil rather than looking at analytical methods. Students investigate soil types, the formation of soil, the quality of soil for plant growth and soil erosion. The experiments can be carried…
Changing Earth
The practical activities in this resource provide an introduction to earth science through an investigative and problem solving approach. The experiments can be carried out in any order and integrated into an existing scheme of work, and are ideal as part of a circus of activities around the classroom. The activities can be developed…
Geology in the School Curriculum
Geology in the School Curriculum was a report of the Schools Council Geology Curriculum Review Group, published in 1977. The report aimed to fulfil two roles. Firstly, its discursive sections were intended to support the recommendations put by the Geology Curriculum Review Group to the Schools Council. Secondly, it was hoped that…
Physics and the Earth Sciences for Middle Schools
Physics and the Earth Sciences for Middle Schools is one of the titles in the series of ASE Lab Books that were published in the early 1970s for the Association for Science Education by John Murray. Each title covered one or two topics and brought together the best of the teaching notes and experimental ideas from members of the…
Antimatter - Matter's Hidden Shadow
This poster looks at the nature of antimatter. One side of the poster discusses Dirac’s prediction and the subsequent discovery of antimatter, in the form of the positron. The difficulty of the storage of antimatter is explained and the use of positrons in medical imaging (PET scanners) is described. The other side of the…
The Rotational Period of the Sun
This activity, from the Royal Observatory Greenwich, introduces students to ways of combining errors (uncertainties) from two independent measured quantities. Using the equation for Doppler shift, the error in the rotational velocity and time period are calculated. The content of the files are identical, except that one is identified…
Radius and Volume of Exoplanets
This activity, from the Royal Observatory Greenwich, uses data from NASA’s Kepler space probe to determine the size of an exoplanet, and provides students with an insight into the advantages and disadvantages of the transit method of exoplanet detection. A classroom discussion, before the activity, illustrates the principle…
Kepler's Third Law
This activity, from the Royal Observatory Greenwich, illustrates Kepler’s Third Law for our own Solar System using graphical methods, with a further look at how the same law can be used to derive information about the orbits of exoplanets around their parent stars. The activity could be extended to allow students to research…
Galaxy Zoo and the Universe
These two activities, from the Royal Observatory Greenwich, involve using the Galaxy Zoo website to classify five samples of ten galaxies. The results are recorded in a table and presented in the form of a bar chart for each sample. These can be drawn on paper or plotted using Excel. Students then look at the differences between…
Colour and Wavelength in Space
In this activity, from the Royal Observatory Greenwich, students look at the Sun and the Milky Way in different wavelengths. They apply their understanding of the electromagnetic spectrum to astrophysical objects and look at why it is important to use the whole spectrum in astronomy. The images of the Sun are within the document.…
Earth Science Podcasts
Produced by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), these naked Scientist podcasts look at Earth science questions in an accessible and informative way. Antarctica This podcast looks at how scientists in the South African National Antarctic Programme are studying the weather in space by monitoring the earth's…
Questions and Answers
Produced by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), these naked Scientist podcasts look at a wide range of general science questions in an accessible and informative way. In these podcasts, the Naked Scientist answers questions from callers into Talk Radio 702 in South Africa. Question and answer from the 25th May…
Nuffield Secondary Science: An Evaluation
The Schools Council initiated this evaluation of Nuffield Secondary Science at the point when school trials of the materials were largely complete. As a result the evaluation focussed on the early adoption of the project by schools. Three aspects, which were thought to be characteristic of the project were chosen for study. They…
Science for the Young School Leaver
Science for the Young School Leaver was one of a series of informal publications by the Schools Council. Schools Council Working Paper Number 1 started a series to make widely available information about curriculum development projects while still in their formative stages. Working Paper No. 1 was produced for the Nuffield Foundation…
Secondary School Activity Booklet
This booklet, produced by Dr. Lucie Green, from the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, and funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), contains four simple activities to enrich the teaching of solar system science. The activities are: Keeping Safe in the Sun – learning about UV and sun cream; Sun Spotting…
4/5- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Activity sheet
Short Astronomy Related Activities
Alkaseltzer rockets Instructions on how to make a rocket using an effervescent tablet and ideas of how to discuss the activity with reference to Newton’s Third Law. CD Spectrometer Students can make a simple spectrometer using a CD and a cereal box. There is an explanation in terms of the distinct spectral produced by…
Cosmic Rays: Mysterious Extraterrestrial Visitors
Produced by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Cosmic Rays is a colour A5 leaflet that opens out into an A2 double-sided wallchart describing cosmic rays and where they come from, what effect they have on Earth and how they are used in scientific applications. Sections of the leaflet cover: • The discovery…
Earth Science for Secondary Teachers: an INSET Handbook
At the time of the introduction of the National Curriculum, teachers in secondary schools had very varied experience of Earth science. The breadth of the curriculum they were now required to teach in the National Curriculum included areas of science that were often not part of teachers’ training. In publishing this book,…
The Geological Mappers
From Teachers TV, this Inside Science video describes a week with a British Geological Survey team as they navigate sand dunes in order to produce a geological map of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Use the video to help students consider why a country needs to have a geological map and what does it reveal about the fundamental…
Journey to Etna
Produced by Teachers TV, this video shows Clive Oppenheimer, a volcanologist working on the latest techniques to monitor and predict volcanic eruptions. He demonstrates his work at Mount Etna, an active volcano in Sicily. Volcanic eruptions pose a real threat to communities living nearby. At their most violent, volcanoes have wiped…
space:uk - Winter 2011, Issue 33
This issue of space:uk, published by the UK Space Agency, focuses on the planet Mercury and the spacecraft being designed and built with the aim of investigating the 'weird' planet. The issue reports on current news stories including the launch of the two Galileo 'In-Orbit Validation' (IOV) spacecraft, new missions…
space:uk - Spring 2012, Issue 34
From the UK Space Agency, this issue of Space:UK magazine contains a variety of news stories and features on: • Green planet - how space is helping to save one of the world's more valuable resources • Space, time and LISA - the UK-built mission to invesitgate ripples in space and time • Free-fall science -…
Wegener and Continental Drift
This main unit in the Ideas and Evidence pack from the Pupil Researcher Initiative is about how difficult it can be for new ideas in science to become accepted. Sometimes there is one missing piece in the new theory which takes a long time to discover. It can also be hard to persuade other scientists to accept that their ideas are…
Earthquakes and Volcanoes
This main unit in the Ideas and Evidence pack from the Pupil Researcher Initiative is about how difficult it can be to make predictions. Scientists can predict some things quite accurately, but in other cases it is much more difficult to make a prediction. A good example of this is trying to predict exactly when an earthquake or…
Futurecade
Futurecade is an innovative interactive suite of games from the Science Museum that allows students to explore how science and technology impacts on their everyday lives. Futurecade’s four games are inspired by current and future technology in the fields of robotics, satellites and space junk, geo-engineering and synthetic…
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- Publication year: 2010 to date
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Recording Plankton Data
This Cape Farewell video clip shows how plankton data is recorded and used as evidence in scientific research. Activity H - Plankton data is based on a spreadsheet which students used to answer questions and look for patterns in data about plankton. The activity is designed to consolidate, practice and develop the students’…
The Voyages
This Cape Farewell video clip provides a general introduction to the voyage of The Noorderlicht to Svalbard and to the Cape Farewell scientists Simon, Val and Sarah. The scientists discuss their work with two teachers, Mike and Subathra. The presentation called Setting the Scene complements the first video clip by providing a…
Pupil Research Briefs – Earth Science Briefs
This Pupil Research Brief (PRB), designed by a team at the Centre for Science Education, supports the teaching and learning of earth science at GCSE and Scottish Standard Grade levels. Each brief was targeted at a topic within the curriculum at the time. The study guide provides a structure to guide the students through the brief…
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Activity sheet
Pupil Research Briefs - General Teacher Notes
Pupil Research Briefs (PRBs), produced by the Centre for Science Education, were designed to support the teaching and learning of science (including the separate sciences) at GCSE and Scottish Standard Grade levels. Each brief was targeted at a topic within the curriculum at the time. Most PRBs also provided opportunities for…
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Teacher guidance
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