In this activity aimed at primary level, children investigate the types of transport used to send food around the world. Linked to work in geography on food miles, sustainability and improving the environment, children investigate how food is transported and the impact that this can have on the environment. They go...

In this Triple Crossed activity, from the Centre for Science Education and supported by the Astra Zeneca Teaching Trust, students are given the task of writing the regulations for the transportation of organisms through an airport.

Considering a tiger, a jellyfish and a highland cow they are asked to...

London relies on continual innovation in transportation as its population and increases. New technologies are necessary to improve the travelling experience for Londoners in terms of speed, safety and reduced negative environmental impact. Students will design their London transportation of the future utilising...

This interactive excel program covers distance/time and velocity/time graphs.

The first interactive sheet shows a distance/time graph made of line segments and some questions relating to speed for each segment and the...

This interactive excel program covers distance/time and velocity/time graphs.

The first interactive sheet shows a distance/time graph made of line segments and some questions relating to speed for each segment and the...

Students investigate factors which affect safety when riding a bicycle, particularly when riding on roads along with other traffic. Ideas about safe speed limits and road surfaces are investigated to highlight the importance of safety on London’s roads for all its users.

Learning objectives:

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The students’ goal in this resource is to find Treasure Island. Friendly pirate ships sail along a fixed set of routes between the islands in this part of the world, offering rides to travellers. Each island has two departing ships, A and B, which students can choose to travel on in order to find the best route to...

This is a simple activity to introduce genetic conditions and how gene therapy is being developed to try to treat them. Students model the chromosomes in a nucleus and investigate the idea of gene transfer, before answering questions on a worksheet. This worksheet is part of a collection of materials based on...

The first two interactive sheets deal with selecting objects from two bags. The outcomes are shown on tree diagrams and the probabilities can be revealed.

The next interactive sheet deals with the problem of passing...

This resource contains three instant maths ideas requiring students to solve a quadratic equation, discuss what is meant by a degree of accuracy and explore discontinuous curves. The resource materials include an explanation of Cardano’s method of solving a cubic of the form x³ +mx =n and using the...

This resource, from the Association of Teachers of Mathematics (ATM) publication ‘We Can Work It Out’...

A triangle is split into two parts by drawing a line from one side to the base of the triangle. The ratio in which the sides are split is shown for each of the sides connected by the line. The task is to find what multiple of the smaller triangle is the larger triangle.

The ‘something in common’ between each...

In this resource the side lengths of a triangle are given. The challenge is to find the ratio of the product of each of the tangents, divided by the sum of each of the tangents.

Each student worksheet contains a different triangle, but the answers all have something in common.

The solution involves...

This activity is based upon a practical task to fit a set of similar triangles into a spiral. It is in two parts, the first of which is more accessible.

In Part 1 students are presented with a series of different sized similar triangles. These fit together to form a spiral and students look at how many are...

This task considers using metal rods to make a triangular framework. The metal rods have lengths that are whole numbers. Students must work out how many triangular frameworks can be made with the longest side being 7 metres. The solution involves being methodical in listing examples, and using inequalities to...