Resources by Association for Science Education (ASE)

Putting differentiation into practice in secondary science lessons

Published in 2002, this article, by Andy Piggott, describes different approaches to providing differentiation in the science classroom and gives examples of how these can be put into practice.

The article was published in School Science Review (...

Puzzles

This set of puzzles, provided by the Association for Science Education (ASE), is part of the SYCD: Science Year theme Who am I? collection.

Suck it and see - Is it true that you become drunk faster if you drink through a straw?

Pain in the leg - Why do muscles hurt more the second day after exercise...

Puzzles

These Puzzle questions from the Association for Science Education (ASE) are based around QCA units and are part of the SYCD: Can We; Should We? collection.

Quizzes

This set of quizzes, provided by the Association for Science Education (ASE), are part of the SYCD: Science Year theme Who am I? collection and are aimed at Key Stage Three, Key Stage Four and Key Stage Five students.

Quizzes

The four multiple choice quizzes, from the Association for Science Education (ASE).

The everyday science puzzles cover the questions:

Moon blues: Can we really have a blue moon?

Insular electrons: How do you recharge an electric toothbrush through its plastic case?

Inner glow: Why does...

Quizzes

These quizzes, from the Association for Science Education (ASE) are based around the SYCD: Science Year Is There Life? theme. The prizes could be tickets to a local science centre museum or a local cinema, which they often give away free to good causes. To engage other teachers across the school science teachers...

Quizzes

Two ASE SYCD: Science Year Primary quizzes based on familiar formats.

Who wants to be a scientist? is based on a well-known quiz format. It is a PowerPoint presentation, using overheads. You may want to print these out in black and white.

Questions are based around the Physical Processes teaching...

Quizzes *suitable for home teaching*

Those quizzes have been provided by the Association for Science Education (ASE) and are based on the SYCD: Science Year Only Connect? theme. The subjects covered in the questions include: cells, reproduction, variation and classification, inheritance and selection.

Quizzes *suitable for home teaching*

These quiz questions, from the Association for Science Education (ASE), provide an enjoyable way of learning about energy resources, ecological relationships and environmental chemistry. This resource is part of the SYCD: Science Year Can we; should we? collection.

Race

This activity, provided by the Association for Science Education (ASE), is of a bank of resource sheets designed to be very flexible for use with students at appropriate places in your curriculum.

Race builds upon a theme of variation in the context of race, skin colour, inherited diseases and human...