Handling Data: African Animal Maths (Age 7-11)
This resource from ARKive, aimed at Key Stage Two, focuses on handling data, using some of the species that inhabit the African savannah as a context. It involves completing a table on the height and weight of animals and converting heights from metres into centimetres. In a second activity children are asked to interpret the…
Turtle Life Cycle (Age 7-11)
This resource produced by ARKive supports the teaching of life-cycles at Key Stage Two. It looks at mammals, amphibians, reptiles and plants and finds similarities between the life cycles of animals and plants within each group, as well as some of the similarities and differences between these groups. There is a focus on the…
Endangered Species Egg Decorating (Age 7-11)
This resource, produced by ARKive, combines art and science to create models of endangered species. Children choose their favourite threatened species and study their key features. They then decorate an egg to look like their chosen endangered animal and present their completed design to the rest of the class, explaining why it is…
ARKive School Museum
Produced by ARKive, this series of activities teaches students about endangered species through the creation of an interactive museum. Children learn about endangered species through the ARKive School Museum presentation and then choose an endangered species to research. They then produce an exhibit by creatively presenting information…
Web of Wildlife (Age 7-11)
This resource, produced by ARKive, is designed to teach Key Stage Two children about food chains, food webs and interdependence in different habitats around the world. A presentation using high quality images introduces the structure of simple food chains, food webs and how different organisms within ecosystems depend on each other…
Newly Discovered Species (Age 7-11)
Produced by ARKive, this resource teaches Key Stage Two children about classification, variation and how to create and use their own classification keys. A presentation introduces biodiversity through images of a range species and looks at how new species are still being discovered by scientists. Following the presentation, children…
Animals Over Winter (Age 7-11)
This resource, produced by ARKive, is designed to teach Key Stage Two children about the strategies animals adopt to survive winter in temperate zones and about the adaptations exhibited by animals in the polar regions. Children compare these strategies and identify similarities and differences in the ways animals are adapted…
Activities
This resource contains a number of ideas for both teaching about space and for using space as a context for learning in other subject areas. They are: • Poems - using different types of poems in science and some space poetry words. • Songs and music - lists of songs concerning space and examples of space songs from…
Lesson Ideas and Examples of Children's Work
This contains detailed notes and lesson ideas on how one teacher used the space images and the Spooky Space Sounds presentation as a basis for a range of cross curricular work. The cross-curricular work includes non-fiction writing, speaking and listening, narrative, and music composition. There are also examples of children’s…
Our Address
This game invites children to work as a team to build up a sequential model of the Universe in stages, each stage being many times larger in scale than the last. The resource contains copies of the pictures (as PDF files) and detailed teachers' notes. There is a set of solutions as a PowerPoint presentation. This activity…
Crater Shadows
This activity involves perspective, modelling, light and shadow. Close up photographs of the Moon’s surface show all sorts of interesting features. Craters are amongst the most interesting, especially when the Sun’s light grazes low across the lunar landscape. The aim of the exercise is to recreate a realistic lunar…
Ashton Community Science College
This resource focuses on the activities that Ashton School used as part of the Mission X – Train Like An Astronaut programme, developed by NASA and run by the UK Space Agency, in the UK. The physical activities undertaken are associated with training activities for astronauts and link in to nutrition and health. Schools…
4/5- Publication year: 2010 to date
- Activity sheet
Robert Smyth Academy
The chemistry of UV reactive beads provides activities from Key Stage Two to Post-16, using photochromic beads. The beads can be used to investigate the effect of temperature on the rates of reaction, where the beads are returned to their normal colour. At Post-16 level, the activation energy/enthalpy can be calculated using the…
Holy Cross
This resource is a review of space related apps for the iPad. The reviews are grouped into 12 sections: 1. Sky viewing 2. Sky viewing plus 3. The Moon 4. The Solar System 5. The Sun 6. Earth Observation 7. Space Missions and other Satellites 8. Deep Space / Images 9. Space News 10. Multimedia / Multimedia app book 11.…
- 4/5
- Publication year: 2010 to date
- Information sheet
Storm Warning: Hotter and Hotter
In this activity from the Royal society, students build their own rain gauge and monitor the weather each day, recording the rainfall and temperature in a table. The experiment can run over weeks or months and students can then draw a graph of their results which can be compared data taken by the Met Office in previous years.…
Science for All Project Report: Implications for Autism
This report, by the Autism Centre at Sheffield Hallam University, analyses the case studies produced for the Science For All Project to identify those parts of each study that may have particular relevance for students on the Autistic Spectrum in relation to teaching and learning. The report gives an insight into how the schools…
Primary School Activities
A range of resources, produced by Farming & Countryside Education (FACE), which link curriculum topics to farming and outdoor learning and give a context for investigations. All activities link directly to curriculum objectives and provide detailed teachers' notes and worksheets. Cereal Killer contains a range of investigations,…
Mission X: Train Like an Astronaut
Mission X is supported by the UK Space Agency, ESA and NASA. It is a free education programme developed by NASA scientists and fitness professional working with astronaut and space agencies across the world. Mission X uses the excitement of space exploration to inspire students to learn more about nutrition, exercise, science and…
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2010 to date
- 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…
Generic Grade Descriptors and Supplementary Subject
In January 2012 Ofsted implemented a new framework for inspection to be used by inspectors in the Section 5 inspection of schools and academies. At the same time Ofsted published supplementary subject-specific guidance for inspectors on making judgements during visits to schools. The supplementary guidance aligns with the generic…
Sizing Up Species (Age 7 - 11)
Produced by ARKive, this series of activities is designed to teach children about measurement and the different sizes of animal and plant species. Children compare their estimates of a species’ length to its actual dimensions and compare it to their own heights. In the first session, children work individually or in pairs…
What Is an Endangered Species? (Age 7 - 11)
From ARKive, this creative activity is designed to teach 7-11 year olds about endangered species, what it means to be endangered and what causes a species to become endangered. It also features examples of conservation in action and ideas for how the students can help. After a presentation, each student is given an Endangered…
Primary: Useful Microbes
Produced by the Health Protection Agency, this e-Bug resource helps to show children some of the useful microbes. Extensive teacher guidance, stimulus materials and students' activity sheets help students to investigate the growth of yeast in the breadmaking process. An alternative is the use of bacteria to produce yoghurt…
Primary: Harmful Microbes
Produced by the Health Protection Agency, this e-Bug resource introduces students to the ideas that some microbes can be harmful and cause ill-health. The resource includes extensive teacher guidance, stimulus materials and students' activity sheets. Students are encouraged to discuss as a class how some microbes can be…
Primary: Body Defences (Immunity)
Produced by the Health Protection Agency, this e-Bug resource helps students to look at the different ways the body defends itself against harmful infections. Extensive teacher guidance and stimulus materials help to cover topics including: • How the skin forms a barrier that prevents microbes entering the body • How…
Primary: Antibiotics and Medicine
Produced by the Health Protection Agency, this e-Bug resource explores the use of antibiotics and medicine in treating various illnesses and disease. Through a cartoon, students consider a range of scenarios in which the two characters, Amy and Harry, are exposed to germs during their school day. Students discuss the various…
Endangered Species Bingo (Age 7-11)
Produced by ARKive, this engaging activity introduces students to the concept of endangered species and what it means when a species becomes extinct. After a class discussion about endangered species and the different endangered statuses, knowledge is reinforced by playing Endangered Species Bingo. The 'caller' has a set…
Marvellous Mini-beasts: Design a Species (Age 7-11)
In this activity, produced by ARKive, children learn about the concept of adaptation. They create and design a new species of mini-beast and learn how different species are adapted to survive in particular habitats. The activity could be undertaken in class or set as a homework activity. This creative activity is designed to teach…
Ofsted Subject Reports 2001-02: Primary Science
This report from Ofsted is one of a series that were published annually in association with the Annual Report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector. The report gives the main findings of Ofsted concerning the state of science education for students aged from 3-11. The evidence base, which the report is based upon, includes data…
Ofsted Subject Reports 2002-03: Primary Science
This report from Ofsted is one of a series that were published annually in association with the Annual Report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector. The report gives the main findings of Ofsted concerning the state of science education for students aged from 3-11. The evidence base, which the report is based upon, includes data…
Ofsted Subject Reports 2003-04: Primary Science
This report from Ofsted is one of a series that were published annually in association with the Annual Report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector. The report gives the main findings of Ofsted concerning the state of science education for students aged from 3-11. The evidence base, which the report is based upon, includes data…
Ofsted Subject Reports 2004-05: Primary Science
This report from Ofsted on primary science is the last in the series published by Ofsted over several years, based on evidence from whole school inspections and surveys by HMI. It draws on data from Ofsted inspections from September 2003 to July 2005. The report also reflects upon changes since Ofsted inspections began, referring…
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