Contingency Tables and the Chi-squared Distribution
These Making Statistics Vital resources are provided for those studying the S2 Module of A Level Statistics and review students' knowledge of hypothesis tests and emphasize the fact that the chi-squared test can only be used with frequencies. Test table - By the end of their A2 Statistics course students will have met a range…
Sampling and Hypothesis Testing Using the Normal Distribution
These Making Statistics Vital resources are produced for those studying the S2 Module of A Level Statistics provide practical experience of sampling techniques and highlight the importance of using suitable sampling procedures. Sampling – Students are given 100 natural numbers and are asked to estimate the mean by taking…
The Normal Distribution
These Making Statistics Vital resources are provided for those studying the S2 Module of A Level Statistics and present students with the opportunity to investigate problems, which require a different approach to those questions usually posed, on the topic of the Normal Distribution. The coffee problem – poses the problem…
Discrete Random Variables
This Making Statistics Vital resource consists of a number of independent activities, covering many aspects of this area of statistics. Students have opportunities to explore and develop further their knowledge and understanding of Discrete Random Variables in a practical environment, as well as discussing their strategy when solving…
Probability
These Making Statistics Vital resources on the topic of probability are provided for those studying the S1 Module of AS Level Statistics. The resources are independent of each other and allow students the opportunity to reflect on their learning and appreciate how their knowledge can be applied to solve problems. Random independence…
Simple Gears and Transmission
This engineering resource, produced by Mathematics in Education and Industry (MEI) for the Royal Academy of Engineering, asks the question: how are transmissions designed so that they provide the force, speed and direction required, and how efficient is the design? Students consider the physical characteristics of two gears,…
Resistor Production
This engineering resource, produced by Mathematics in Education and Industry (MEI) for the Royal Academy of Engineering, asks the question: how can production outcome data from a manufacturing process be analysed to optimise the process? Students consider the outputs of resistors to see the outcomes form a normal distribution.…
Power Demand
This engineering resource, produced by Mathematic in Education and Industry (MEI) for the Royal Academy of Engineering, asks the question: how can you predict future power requirements? Students are required to complete a table by substituting values into a formula and plot a graph. The interactive file can be used to demonstrate…
Gas Compression and Expansion
This engineering resource, produced by Mathematics in Education and Industry (MEI) for the Royal Academy of Engineering, asks the question: how can you calculate the energy used, or made available, when the volume of a gas is changed? A bicycle pump, a refrigerator and the internal combustion engine change the volume of a gas…
Air Tracking of a Ground Object
This engineering resource, produced by Mathematics in Education and Industry (MEI) for the Royal Academy of Engineering, asks the question: how can a camera, mounted on a helicopter, be used to track the location of a ground-based object? A number of discussion ideas are considered before using 2D and 3D coordinates to represent…
Wellcome Trust: Tree of Life
Produced by the Wellcome Trust, these resources include an interactive evolutionary tree and a video of the Tree of Life. These materials will help students to find out more about the work of Charles Darwin and evolution. The resources contain: Tree of life video The video is a short section of the 'Charles Darwin and the…
5/5- Publication year: 2010 to date
- Video
MRSA Gene Hunt
This is a classroom-based activity from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute that allows students to explore the features of two bacterial pathogen genomes. The aim of the activity is to highlight the role of different genetic components in two strains of Staphylococcus aureus and to identify how these have led to one strain becoming…
Build a Bug Activity
This is a classroom-based activity from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute that allows students to explore the features of two bacterial pathogen genomes. The aim of this activity is to highlight the role of different genetic components in two closely related subspecies of Salmonella enterica, and to identify how these contribute…
Surface Area of Semi Cylinder
This practical activity from Virtual Maths provides the net of a semicylinder, which is used to construct a 3-D model and calculate the surface area of the shape. Students are prompted to measure dimensions and find the area of the semicircles and rectangles. Their results are put into a structured table to enable them to find the…
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2010 to date
- Interactive resource
DNA Sequencing
From the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, this animation shows a detailed overview of the processes involved in the dideoxy or Sanger method for sequencing DNA. This is the method used to sequence the human genome. The animation demonstrates the principles and techniques involved in the Sanger sequencing method, and how the technology…
How the Human Genome Was Sequenced
From the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, this resource introduces the Human Genome Project (HGP). A short animation gives: • an introduction to DNA and genomes; • an overview of which countries were involved in the international Human Genome Project; • a description of the processes, biological principles and…
DNA Libraries: Subcloning
From the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, these materials contain a short animation demonstrating the process of subcloning, which is one of the stages involved in sequencing the genome of a large organism. Subcloning is the process of breaking up BAC clones (fragments of DNA inserted into bacterial cells) into smaller more manageable…
DNA Libraries: Bacterial Artificial Chromosome (BAC)
Produced by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, this resource contains an overview of the techniques involved in making a BAC (Bacterial Artificial Chromosome) library. It consists of an animation that covers the key stages in the process: • Extracting DNA from white blood cells and use of restriction enzymes to "cut…
Key Stage Three: Space Science
These resources from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) cover the QCA Key Stage Three unit of work 7L 'The Solar System and beyond' through an 'ideas and evidence' approach. It is a unique opportunity to use contemporary information and images. Each lesson is designed to last an hour, but…
Laboratory Tours: Safety at Work
This resource was produced by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) as part of their 'At Work With Science' materials. In this interactive resource, students are introduced to the legal aspects of the Health and Safety regulations; the concept of risk assessments and how to develop them. Scientific…
Deep Cells
Produced by the London Gifted & Talented, this is a web-based resource that allows students to learn about cells, cell structure and cell function. The resource aims to help students understand that the survival of all cells depends on energy, and the linked processes of respiration and nutrition. It aims to show that in multicellular…
Interactive Pages Year Four
This sample of interactive pages, from the Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching (CIMT), is taken from the Year Four Practice Book. The pages allow students to work on a computer, which also checks their responses and gives appropriate feedback. The topics covered in these resources include finding total amounts of money,…
Interactive Pages Year Three
This sample of interactive pages, from the Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching (CIMT), is taken from the Year Four Practice Book. The pages allow students to work on a computer which, also checks their responses and gives appropriate feedback. The topics covered in these resources include finding total amounts of money,…
Stacks
In this Nuffield interactive activity students are asked to explore, analyse and describe the patterns generated by moving counters between two stacks according to a fixed rule, always doubling the size of the smaller stack. The key processes developed by this activity include: • Representing - identifying which variables…
Golden Mazes
In this Nuffield resource rooms in a rectangular maze of rooms have bags with a varying number of gold coins. Students explore the effect of the route on the number of gold coins that can be collected. The key processes involved in the activities are: • Representing - identifying the mathematics involved in the task and…
Corner to Corner
In this Nuffield activity students investigate how different numbers of squares can be joined corner to corner and the effect their arrangement has on the area of the rectangle that encloses the squares. The key processes developed in this activity are: • Representing - determining which aspects to investigate and record,…
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2010 to date
- Interactive resource
Captivating Climates
This resource, from BP Educational Service (BPES), aimed at Key Stage Two asks children to build a mini-greenhouse. It includes practical worksheets, an animated quiz on how temperature is measured, which helps support the development of childrens' investigative skills. It also contains a 'Captivating Climates' poster…
- 4/5
- Publication year: 2010 to date
- Interactive resource
Where Does My Food Come From?
These activities, from Practical Action, encourage children to think about where their food is produced. The interactive presentation shows children where some common foods are sourced. There is also an activity using food labels to illustrate the source of foods. It could be used as a homework activity to illustrate where the food…
Survival
This resource, from the Association for Science Education (ASE), is designed to add excitement to the teaching of either chemical reactions or heat transfer. Students embark on a virtual mission to the International Space Station (ISS), with the help of audio, images and video clips. When disaster strikes, they have to learn about…
Human Torch
Human Torch is a 'learning adventure', sponsored by the Health and Safety Executive and provided by the Association for Science Education (ASE). The resource combines computer-based activities with video and experiments. Human Torch begins with a short dramatic video scene showing a victim who burned to death under bizarre…
Planet 10
This resource, from the Association for Science Education (ASE), is a virtual model of our solar system. There are two main activities in this resource. 1. Solar System: Explore the planets, comets and asteroids on an interactive virtual fly-through. Zoom in close on a particular planet or choose a different orbit view to see…
Graph Shots
A new interactive game from the Association for Science Education (ASE) tackling the interpretation of distance/time graphs in the context of a football match. Graph Shots is an interactive game that develops students' understanding of distance/time graphs. Students compare graphs with written accounts and video footage of a…
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Interactive resource
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