The fourth and final Royal Society ‘state of the nation’ report considers the ‘pool’ of the UK’s 16–19 year old students taking mainstream science and mathematics combinations suitable for entry to higher education. It makes three major points about these students.

• The size of this ‘pool’ is critical to...

This Mathematics Matters case study looks at the serious problem of coastal erosion. Much of the UK’s coastline is undergoing erosion, placing homes, businesses and other important coastal sites at risk. Mathematical modelling can enable us to understand both the short and long term processes that lead to erosion,...

This collection of STEM education reports explores professional development across the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM subjects). The reports include:

A recommended code of governance for schools: a flexible framework for strategic planning

Space for technicians?

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The videos in this collection from Teachers TV are aimed at secondary school science teachers. They contain advice and guidance on pedagogy, lesson planning, organising science in and out of the classroom and other areas of teaching and learning. They are useful to both newly qualified and experienced teachers....

Severin Skillman develops software applications and systems to help dementia patients. In this video he talks about his work...

• What is practical science like in many secondary schools?
• What do we want it to look like?
• How can teachers, departments and schools be encouraged to plan...

The project was part of a wider Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) programme to encourage more young people to continue studying science beyond the age of 16. It addresses in particular a commitment in the Government’s Ten Year Science and Innovation Framework 2004–2014 to “review the Building...

With the introduction of the revised National Curriculum programmes of study, one of the Hampshire Leading Mathematics Teachers’ (LMT) core groups decided to focus on activities to promote cross-curricular STEM work in schools.

A podcast from the Planet Earth Online collection and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). The UK is literally full of geology - so much so that many names of geological periods come from names of regions of the country, the most well-known being the Devonian (after Devon) and the Cambrian (the old name...

Protozoa are single celled organisms with a defined nucleus and live in many different habitats. These animations, from the Wellcome Trust, show how certain protozoa have evolved complex parasitic life cycles to exploit the human body, with serious consequences for health.

Animations look at parasites...

Purpose: Students may not have time in lessons to obtain sufficient data to give them the ‘big picture’ of their chosen context. This is often the case in ecological or pollution investigations where they can only sample a ‘snap shot’ of the situation. Providing access to a published database of results can provide...

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...

This collection of resources is from the evolving Government agencies that have maintained and developed the National Curriculum and associated assessments, tests and examinations, advising the Secretary of State for Education on these matters. 

Context

The Qualifications and...