The Wellcome Trust Monitor is a unique survey of UK adults' and young people's views of science, biomedical research and science education.

* Wave 1 (the baseline survey) was conducted in 2009 by the National Centre for Social Research who interviewed 1,179 adults and 374 young people.
*Wave 2 was...

This animation explains the influence that genes have on our everyday lives, from the colour of your eyes to the way your body works, grows and develops. The resources include: * An animation which explains how we are made of cells, where our genes can be found, what genes do and how this leads to variation between...

This resource, from the Royal Institution, provides a series of activities which draw together a range of areas of mathematics and its applications, as well as considering how and why soap bubbles can provide the answers to some seemingly unrelated questions. Students design and test motorway networks connecting...

One of the units from the Nuffield Primary Solutions in Design and Technology. Children design and produce a classroom display about a current topic in another subject.

The children will work in groups and as a whole...

This SYCD: Science Year Primary resource provides video clips of children working and on-screen text which focuses on evidence of children's development in a series of process skills. Criteria are given for assessing the skills, and the next steps in learning are identified, with suggestions for helping the...

By constructing a model of the constellations in the zodiac, students can learn about the relative motion of the Sun and the Earth. Students can find their own star sign and discover how the view from the Earth will change as the Earth orbits the Sun. The model allows them to see how the night sky changes over a...

This self-study booklet from the National Strategies is on the topic of fractions, ratio and proportion. It was originally written to support and develop the subject knowledge of teachers in Key Stages Two and Three. The 2000 National Curriculum gave greater emphasis to this topic, particularly ratio and proportion...

This full lesson plan, plus dataset and worksheet, from CensusAtSchool is designed to help students understand the different types of average, how to calculate and compare them and which average it is appropriate to use for a particular data set.

From ARKive, this creative activity is designed to teach 7-11 year olds about endangered species, what it means to be endangered and what causes a species to become endangered. It also features examples of conservation in action and ideas for how the students can help. After a presentation, each student is given an...

In this ASE SYCD: Science Year Primary resource, prominent engineers talk about what excites and inspires them in their work.

The resource consists of:

*Colour photographs of prominent male and female engineers, which can be printed out in colour or black and white.
*A short paragraph on what...

From the Nuffield Foundation, this resource contains a series of teacher support sheets and student record sheets that provide seven and a half hours work. In this activity, children work in groups to design and make a moving billboard for a specific purpose within their school or classroom.

The project...

One of the units from the Nuffield Primary Solutions in Design and Technology in which children design and make a simple musical instrument and use it to play a part in a piece for four players.

There are opportunities to explore rhythm, simple melody lines and the arrangement of parts.

This resource...

One of the units from the Nuffield Primary Solutions in Design and Technology in which children design and make a new pastry product for a particular group of people.

The product will be based on the children's...

One of the units from the Nuffield Primary Solutions in Design and Technology. The task is to design and make a light that is suitable for use in a particular situation.

The device will be constructed from card, found materials and technical components. It will be powered by a battery and controlled by...