Linear Functions
This resource, from Susan Wall, contains a number of advanced level activities designed to practise and strengthen understanding of linear functions. Although students have worked with linear functions at GCSE connections between properties, equations and diagrams are not always secure. At advanced level students need to move from…
Power Station Project
The Power Station Project is a simulated case study from the Science in Society series dealing with the various decisions that have to be made when a new power station is being planned. It was designed as an integral part of the Energy section of the Science in Society course. It is assumed that an Electricity Generating Board is…
Tunnelworks: Key Stage Five Chemistry
Tunnelworks is a series of teaching and learning resources linking mathematics and science to the Thames Tideway Tunnel project, a major new sewer that will help protect the River Thames from increasing pollution. Background to the project is given in the introductory video. The AS Level lesson gives students practice in calculating…
Tunnelworks: Key Stage Five Mathematics
Tunnelworks is a series of teaching and learning resources linking mathematics and science to the Thames Tideway Tunnel project, a major new sewer that will help protect the River Thames from increasing pollution. Background to the project is given in the introductory video. AS Maths: In this lesson students generate and transform…
Bivariate Data, Regression and Correlation
These Making Statistics Vital resources are provided for those studying the S2 Module of A Level Statistics and present opportunities to review students' knowledge of regression and correlation. Ten-point PMCC - students are challenged to give ten points on a scatter diagram that give a product moment correlation coefficient…
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…
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…
Data Presentation
This Making Statistics Vital resource is provided for those studying Module 1 AS Level Statistics. The kinaesthetic aspect of the task will promote discussion and allow students the opportunity to collaborate with others to dispel misconceptions which may exist. Histogram reconstruction is an activity which aims to get students…
Who's Who?
This worksheet, from the Linnean Society, looks at speciation, dimorphic and polymorphic species and Batesian mimicry. In Batesian mimicry a palatable species mimics an unpalatable one, thus protecting itself from predation. Through a series of questions based on the text, the resource aims to explore this in detail and looks at…
Who Are You?
The Linnaean collections hold many types of specimens (the first member of species to be scientifically described) for taxonomic study. Making use of the Linnaean collection online, this worksheet focuses on Hymenoptera (including bees, wasps and ants). It looks at the importance of the hymenopterans, particularly the honey bee,…
What's in a Name?
This worksheet in this resource introduces students to the topics of classification and binomial nomenclature. The idea of hierarchy is illustrated, before explaining Linnaeus’s system of classification and the terms kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species. There is also a useful introduction to the use of…
How Rich Is Your Habitat?
This practical activity uses a simple and convenient model of the real environment in order to demonstrate the principles of random sampling and how to estimate biodiversity. Students use different coloured sugar balls to represent different species in order to put Simpson's Diversity Index to the test, which takes into account…
Exploring Statistics
This resource, produced by the Centre for Teaching Mathematics at the University of Plymouth, is designed to provide a series of short problems to stimulate discussion of statistics amongst students and between students and teachers; and to provide some longer investigations which search more deeply into the student’s understanding…
Exploring Mechanics
The many applications of mechanics make it an important topic of interest to applied mathematicians, scientists and engineers. This resource, produced by the Centre for Teaching Mathematics at the University of Plymouth, is designed to provide a more realistic view of mechanics and help the teaching of mechanics move towards applications…
Exploring Pure Mathematics
This resource, produced by the Centre for Teaching Mathematics at the University of Plymouth, is designed to provide short problems to stimulate discussion of mathematics amongst A level students and between students and their teachers; and to provide some longer investigations which search more deeply into the students’ understanding…
All About Stem Cells
These activities, from Eurostemcell, introduce students to the science of stem cells and explore four basic themes in stem cell biology: 1. What is a stem cell? – what stem cells can do; types of stem cell 2. Where do embryonic stem cells come from? – the blastocyst; cell culture; IVF 3. Why bother with stem cells?…
Sequences and Series
This resource, from Susan Wall, contains five advanced level activities designed to practise and strengthen understanding of the use of notation when dealing with sequences and series. Each resource starts with teacher notes followed by a student activity. Introduction to sequences and series contains a number of useful starter…
Assessing Design Innovation: Report
This paper, produced by the Technology Education Research Unit (TERU) at Goldsmiths College, University of London, reports the findings of an assessment of design and technology teaching in primary and secondary schools. A focus of the report was on assessment of design and technology subjects at all stages and particularly at GCSE.…
Champions League
The application of probability, together with combinatorics, is the focus of this A level resource, from the Centre for Innovation in Mathematical Teaching. The 2008 draw for the Champions League provides data for students to investigate the probabilities of English teams being drawn against each other and to establish if the highest…
Floating Garden Challenge
This challenge, from Practical Action, requires students to design and build a model structure that will enable farmers to grow crops even in an area that may become flooded. A floating garden, built on a base of aquatic weeds, is a cheap and sustainable way of allowing people to grow vegetables. The resource can be adapted to…
Simplifying Expressions Using the Rules of Logarithms
To increase confidence and fluency, students need to spend time practising the basic definition and rules of logarithms and be able to apply the rules in more complex expressions. This resource, from Susan Wall, contains four advanced level activities designed to practise the basics and extend understanding of logarithms. There…
Circle Geometry
Three advanced level lesson ideas from Susan Wall designed to explore the properties of circles and their equations. Each activity is accompanied by teacher notes suggesting how the activity could be delivered and possible extension ideas. The first activity requires students to match the equations of circles to statements cards.…
What Could Nano Do for You?: the Scale of the Universe
These materials, from the Royal Society, look at nanotechnology. Nanomaterials are usually measured in nanometres (nm). 1 nm can also be written as 1 x 10-9 m which is one billionth of a metre. The activity helps students to understand how this compares to the rest of the universe. A quiz helps to give students an idea of scale…
Electrocardiagrams
This resource from the Institute of Physics, describes how electrocardiagrams (ECGs) record the activity of the heart through electrodes placed on a patient's skin. The teacher's notes contain an introduction to ECGs and lesson notes for the associated PowerPoint file. A mark scheme for the worksheet is also included.…
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…
Structure of the Earth: How to Get the Most out of This Topic
This guide supports students following the Geology: Structure of the Earth topic. The topic, produced by Northumberland County Council, is designed to encourage self supported study and students are expected to work their way through independently, developing their study skills. This student guide introduces the topic and explains…
Unit 6: Plate Tectonics
The last unit in the Geology: Structure of the Earth series, produced by Northumberland County Council, pulls together all that students have learned from Units 1 to 5, relating the different features of the Earth's structure to each other and developing further the theory of plate tectonics. The unit investigates the history…
Unit 5: Earth Magnetism
In Unit 5 of the Geology: Structure of the Earth series, produced by Northumberland County Council, students investigate the Earth's magnetic field. In particular, they discover how small traces of magnetism, preserved in rocks for millions of years, can allow geologists to plot the former positions of continents and magnetic…
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