This set of Cre8ate maths activities asks pupils to explore the ways in which their classroom and school can be made wheelchair accessible. If all the activities are attempted, the topic will be an extended one. Mathematical connections involve making sense of plans and diagrams through interpreting scale diagrams...

In this Science upd8 activity students take on the role of a hospital Family Liaison Officer. They carry out research around cells, tissues and organs and then explain a patient's injuries using this knowledge. The activity can help to broaden students' ideas about careers in medicine.

All trainee teachers hoping to gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) need to pass a computerised numeracy skills test. The test is designed to ensure they have a sound grasp of numeracy skills such as mental arithmetic...

The Gatsby Charitable Foundation recently launched Good Practical Science, a new report outlining ten benchmarks for secondary schools to transform practical science education in England.

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Some have said that the value of science education has declined and our goal of scientific literacy is an unrealized and unrealizable myth. Others have simply declared that our efforts to reform have failed. Rodger...

This series provides an introduction to key scientific principles and processes.

This resource can be used to demonstrate an understanding of the use of acids and alkalis in the food and drinks industry. A series of activities involving the preparation of sherbet, scones and dumplings using raising agents illustrate the function of acidulants. The flavouring and preservative nature of citric...

Published by the Wellcome Trust in October 201, this report looks at how one-year postgraduate Initial Teacher Training (ITT) courses in England and Wales support trainees’ acquisition of subject knowledge and topic specific pedagogy across the sciences.

The study, which was the first of its kind to look...

Published in May 2011, this report from the University of Southampton, school of education  is an evaluation of the Action Research for Physics programme which was organised and managed by the National Network of Science Learning Centres between September 2009 and February 2011....

Active Teaching and Learning Approaches in Science (ATLAS) was a curriculum development project organised by the Centre for Science Education in the Higher Education Institution that is now called Sheffield Hallam University.

Active Teaching and Learning Approaches in Science (ATLAS) was a curriculum development project organised by the Centre for Science Education at Sheffield Hallam University. The project drew upon the expertise, ideas and suggestions of many science and non-science...

'Active mathematics: students' book 3' is part of the course 'Active mathematics for 11-14 year olds'.

'Active science' is a complete skills-based course for 11-13 year-olds. It works on the principle that students learn best doing things rather than just reading about them, and by getting continuous expert feedback.

Each pack includes students' books, copymasters and a teacher's guide. The students' books...

'Active science 3' comprises a students' book, a set of copymaster worksheets for the use of the student, a teacher's guide, an assessment activities pack (A), which provides a range of activities that fit naturally into the teaching scheme used (in the form of photocopiable masters) and an assessment activities...