Assessing Pupils' Progress: Guidelines and Criteria
Part of the Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) collection, these resources present the criteria for assessing progress in students’ understanding of science at Key Stage Three. Structure These guidelines/criteria are to help teachers assess progress in students’ work across five strands of assessment called Assessment…
Watching the Goggle Box
Using this resource from stats4schools, students investigate TV viewing habits by interpreting data and graphs, manipulating data to answer questions and draw conclusions. The resource includes a lesson plan, datasheet, questions sheet and dataset.
Doing the Housework
In this activity from stats4schools, students investigate the gender differences when it comes to household chores. Students interpret information from tables and graphs, manipulate data, research gender stereotypes and formulate arguments for discussion. They will need internet access to conduct their own research.
Where Would Social Science Be Without Maths?
A poster for teachers to use within the classroom, produced by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). On the front is a timeline featuring prominent figures who developed the use of statistics, with accompanying teachers’ notes on the back. The timeline looks at landmark events in social science from 1662, when John…
The Poster Collection
The Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching has produced these posters which are suitable mainly for reception classes but could also be used with Years One and Two. They are taken from an English version of an Hungarian original which was produced for kindergartens in Hungary. The Reception lesson plans make reference…
More Maths Grads Posters
Produced by More Maths Grads, these bright posters are intended for use in schools to illustrate the range of opportunities that mathematics can open. These include the aerospace industry, architecture, navigation technologies, biological sciences, music and sport.
5/5- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
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True Snowboards
This poster, from STEMNET, illustrates how expertise from designers, engineers and technologists is used to design and manufacture an innovative snowboard. It helps to illustrate how STEM industries offer many exciting career opportunities. True Snowboards design, prototype and produce snowboards using innovative materials and…
Fluvial
This STEMNET poster describes four people in four different companies who all work together to produce an innovative flood defence system. To manufacture the produce requires the collaboration of designers, engineers, materials specialist and accountants. Each describes their jobs and how they became involved in the project. Roles…
Astrium
This resource, provided by STEMNET, features five inspiring people who developed Bridget, a six-wheeled ExoMars rover. Bridget is a prototype of the vehicle that will be the largest and most sophisticated vehicle ever to visit Mars. Each of the featured scientists describe their role in the space technology company Astrium…
Sports Technologist
Chris Holmes is a sports technologist for sports equipment manufacturer Adidas. This Department for Education clip is useful in showing students how a career such as this relies on a background of STEM study. Chris describes how he specialises in the development of sports balls. His job is to investigate the best designs for maximum…
Route to Infinity
This NRICH maths activity offers a good opportunity for students to discuss images and find convincing arguments for their solutions in the context of co-ordinates. It can also provide a metaphor for problem solving - when you think you have seen all that is there, look again.
Building Silos
This rich task from Cre8ate offers pupils the opportunity to develop their personal learning and thinking skills. It involves using recycled materials to construct a scale model of a silo and is well suited to group work. The task can be extended for more able students by investigating the resizing of their model to accommodate an…
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- Publication year: 2010 to date
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