This is a simple comprehension activity for students to consider the main features of cystic fibrosis (CF), the recessive pattern of inheritance, carriers and screening. The student worksheets provide a clear diagram of the function of the CFTR protein, which forms a...

This comprehension activity, from Genetic Disorders UK, looks at the main features of Huntington’s disease (HD) and how it affects the brain. Students consider Huntington’s disease as a progressive neurodegenerative disease and the issues surrounding genetic testing for...

This Catalyst article discusses what physics is. Physics is a subject which seeks to answer fundamental questions about the nature of matter and the Universe in a self-consistent way.

The article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2015, Volume 26, Issue 1.

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This Catalyst article explores where Science Communication came from, how it has grown and why it has an important role to play in helping people to learn about science.

On one level Science Communication is about communicating science and building bridges between the people involved in scientific research...

This Catalyst article explores analytical science which is the branch of chemistry concerned with determining which substances are present in a sample and how much.

This article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2017, Volume 27, Issue 3.

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A song that explains what electricity is and states some of its uses. 

The work that engineers do affects billions of people. It is creative and hands-on. It is about solving problems, designing things and improving things. As an engineer, you could tackle some of the world’s most pressing problems - from dealing with cyber security and maintaining clean water and energy supplies to...

This resource, from the Royal Observatory Greenwich, introduces students to how our understanding of gravity has changed over time, and what this means for the gravitational field strength of different bodies in our galaxy.

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This very basic video shows what people believe water is.  It might be useful as a discussion point.

With the increasing pressure of a growing human population it is becoming increasingly difficult to conserve natural habitats. Ultimately, not every green space can be afforded conservation protection. This field study encourages students to act as environmental scientists to compare different habitats and decide...

Conditions on other planets are unlikely to be within the same ranges as that experienced by Earth. However, a degree of variance from ‘ideal’ ranges may be tolerable for a small number of organisms known as extremophiles. This investigation looks at the effects of subjecting a living organism (yeast) to some...

These student handouts contain text and questions about:

• Classifi...