Shelter for the World
This resource pack introduces the concepts of shelter and shelter deprivation around the world to students in Key Stage Two. It highlights the challenges people face in their daily lives when their homes do not provide adequate shelter. It linked to the curriculum areas of design and technology, geography and PSHE and promotes thinking…
Revision for GCSE Through Groupwork
This resource from SMILE consists of sets of question cards, which are differentiated by level, and include answers which can be photocopied onto the back of the card. They are best used for group work to promote discussion and collaborative learning. Different models of using the cards are suggested in the resource. Topics covered: Multiplication…
Straight Line Graphs Mystery
This resource created by Shirley Fall has twenty mystery fact cards, each containing a statement about the features of straight line graphs and how they lie on a 3 by 3 grid. The rationale is for students to use the fact cards to discover the features of each graph - its gradient, its intercept, its graph and ultimately its equation…
Ratio and Proportion Mystery
This resource written by Shirley Fall has eleven cards, each with a statement about how some students have performed in two papers of a mathematics test. Students are tasked to decide who should get the mathematics prize by working out their rank order. It is suggested that students draw up a table to show each student's marks…
Properties of Shape Mystery
This resource written by Shirley Fall has fifteen cards each with a statement about 2-D shapes and how they lie on a 3 by 3 grid. The rationale is for students to discuss the possible options and work towards a solution of which 2-D shape lies in each of the grid cells. Extension questions are also posed. The file named 2-D Shape…
5/5- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Group work
Probability Mystery
This resource, written by Shirley Fall, has fourteen cards with statements about the likelihood of six different runners winning a race. Students are tasked with using the statements on the cards to determine who is most likely to win the race, with what probability, and in what sequence they would expect the runners to finish. The…
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Group work
Locus Mystery
This resource written by Shirley Fall focuses on constructing loci. There are eighteen cards with statements about an area of land centred on a four-sided field reputed once to have belonged to a notorious highwayman. Students are asked to discuss in groups and use the cards to construct the diagram and hence solve the puzzle of…
- 4/5
- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Group work
Directed Numbers Mystery
This resource written by Shirley Fall has thirteen cards each with a statement about directed numbers and how they lie on a 3 by 3 grid. The rationale is for students to discuss possible options and work towards a solution of which directed number lies in each of the grid cells. The file named Directed Number Mystery Solution…
Algebra Mystery
This resource written by Shirley Fall has thirteen cards each with a statement about algebraic expressions and how they lie on a 3 by 3 grid. The rationale is for students to discuss possible options and work towards a solution of which algebraic expression lies in each of the grid cells. The file named algebraic expression cards…
Strengthening Teaching and Learning in Science Through Using Different Pedagogies
This resource from the Department of Education consists of five teacher self-study units which were produced to offer practical suggestions for classroom use on: using group talk and argument; active questioning; improving the learning climate; using models and modelling techniques; and teaching the science of contemporary science…
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…
Year Two: Group Discussion Book B
The Ginn Science Group Discussion Book B for Year Two (students aged six to seven years), published in 1988, consists of 35 large colour photographs selected to relate to the key ideas of the modules for Year Two. There are no titles or words on the photographs but notes for the teacher on each photograph at the end of the book.…
Group Discussion Book: Level One
The Ginn Science Group Discussion Book for Year One (students aged five to six years), published in 1988, consists of 35 large colour photographs selected to relate to the key ideas of the modules for Year One. There are no titles or words on the photographs. Their use is suggested in the module guidance in the Year One Resource…
The Great Biofuels Debate
These materials are based on the Nuffield Council on Bioethic's 2011 report: Biofuels: ethical issues. The resources help explore the various motivations that are driving the biofuels industry in different countries, and the possible impact that biofuels can have on people’s everyday lives. This resources include a…
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2010 to date
- Teacher guidance
Case Studies in Biofuels Production
These materials are based on the Nuffield Council on Bioethic's 2011 report: Biofuels: ethical issues. The resources aim to help students consider the advantages and disadvantages of different types of biofuels that are being produced or may be produced in future as renewable sources of energy for transport. Using these…
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2010 to date
- Teacher guidance
Conservation
In this resource from Defence Dynamics, students are set a mystery to solve in small groups which considers the impacts of human activity on the environment. Salisbury Plain is a military training area, yet it contains a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) and is home to a wide range of species that have disappeared from…
Solving Problems Using Newton's Second Law O3
In this resource, from the Department for Education Standards Unit, students will learn to understand how Newton’s second law can be applied to a range of different problems. It will encourage learners to link the stages of solutions together and appreciate the purpose and relevance of each stage of a solution. Students should…
Exploring Equations of Motion 02
In this resource, from the Department for Education Standards Unit, students learn to use past paper examination questions creatively. The questions give them practice in using the equations of motion for constant acceleration and allow them to develop their ability to generalise from specific situations of motion. Students should…
Moving from Eulerian Graphs to the Route Inspection (Chinese Postman) Problem O1
In this resource, from the Department fof Education Standards Unit, students learn to distinguish, by drawing and by using the order of the vertices, between Eulerian graphs, semi-Eulerian graphs and graphs that are neither; and to find strategies for solving the route inspection or ‘Chinese postman’ problem. Students…
Interpreting Distance – Time Graphs A6
In this DfE Standards Unit resource students learn to interpret and construct distance–time graphs; relating speeds to gradients of the graphs and accelerations to changes in these speeds. Students have often constructed distance–time graphs before. However, experience shows that many still interpret them as if they are…
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Group work
This House Wants to Clone Britain's Top Footballers to Improve the Standard of Play!
Human cloning involves copying a person’s DNA to create someone who is a clone of that person. In this Planet Science resource, students carry out research into cloning and then take part in a debate. Some students play the roles of believers in human cloning who think the technology will have enormous benefits, which may…
This House Believes in Using the Three Little Pigs to Grow a Heart for the Tin Man
This resource, from Planet Science, discusses xenotransplantation and whether it is a life saver or just plain wrong? The resource provides a number of web links so that teachers and students can research the ethics of organ transplants and the arguments for and against the use of animal organs (xenotransplantation) in order to set…
This House Believes No Invention Has Been Better Than Sliced Bread
The focus of this debate, from Planet Science, is to consider inventions past and present. The resource provides a number of web links so that teachers and students can research the arguments for and against whether the invention of sliced bread (or another invention such as mobile phones) was the greatest ever in order to set up…
This House Believes Pink Brussels Sprouts Should be on the School Canteen Menu
The resource from Planet Science presents the arguments for and against genetic modification of food. It provides a number of web links so that teachers and students can research the arguments for and against the genetic modification of food to set up a classroom debate. The resource is aimed at Key Stage Three students. The Planet…
Who's in My Team?
This activity, from Planet Science, encourages students to collaborate, communicate and work as a team as well as developing their research and presentation skills. Students carry out a piece of social science research in the form of a survey to find out their peers’ opinions on a scientific topic, and work as a team to gather…
Magnificent Spagh-edifices
This activity from Planet Science involves a building task using spaghetti, blu tac and marbles and is designed to show students that challenges in life and in the workplace often require ‘sticking at it’ and managing emotions. Motivation and a drive to succeed are important. The resource is aimed at Key Stage Three students.
Case Study: Health Information Websites
In this resource from the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, students look at the ethical issues surrounding the use of the internet by people to find and share health information, advice and diagnosis. The resource looks at the possible benefits and harm that could be caused by inaccurate information or access to personal information…
Case Study: Genetic Profiling
In this resource from the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, students look at the ethical issues surrounding the ability of people to pay for a DNA analysis service to find out their personal susceptibility to certain diseases and conditions. The resource gives information about genetic conditions which can be profiled in this way. It…
Case Study: Buying Medicines Online
In this resource from the Nuffield Council on bioethics, students apply ethical values to a hypothetical situation. A range of medicines are available to order on the internet, either with or without a prescription. The resource begins by summarising relevant legislation and looking at what medicines are often bought online. Students…
Key Stage Three: How Plants Guzzle
Two lessons from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)'s Seeing Science in which students look at how some plants absorb heavy metals. The lessons include an experiment to measure the amount of copper absorbed by lettuce and radish plants. In another activity, students use evidence cards and a map to solve a potential…
Science for Children with Learning Difficulties
The Learning Through Science guide on Science for Children with Learning Difficulties was written for teachers of children in the age range 8 to 13 who are unable to manage learning tasks which are successfully completed by most of their peers. This followed the recommendation in the Warnock Committee report of 1978 that particular…
Moonsaics
This collection of five Moonsaics have been created by the National Schools' Observatory, they consist of five different images of the Moon, separated into multiple picture panels per image, much like a "giant jigsaw puzzle". Students are challenged to assemble the completed images, offering them the opportunity to…
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