From the Chilled Food Association, this resource helps students to think about how they taste food and find out about the work of a taste scientist. The materials are aimed at STEM ambassadors or company personnel running a session in a secondary school. However, they can be adapted for use by teachers in the...

From the Chilled Food Association, this resource helps students to think about how they taste food and find out about the work of a taste scientist. The materials are aimed at STEM ambassadors or company personnel running a session in a secondary school. However, they can be adapted for use by teachers in the...

The first part of the Teachers’ Guide for Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences set out the aims and structure of the course. It paid particular attention to three major issues:
*to co-ordination – between the component parts of the course
*to the development of...

This Nuffield Combined Science Teachers’ Guide covers the first five sections of the course which were planned to be taught to students aged 11-12.

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This Nuffield Combined Science teachers’ guide covers the sections five to ten of the course which were planned to be taught to students aged 12-13.

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The first part of the Teachers’ Guide for Nuffield Co-ordinated Sciences set out the aims and structure of the course. The second edition of the Guide explained the nature and rationale for changes during the revision. The Guide also showed how the course related to the...

These resources were developed by the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme in collaboration with five universities involved in initial teacher education, as part of a Key Stage 3 National Strategy project. Originally produced as a CD-ROM, the materials aimed to provide suggestions and activities for teaching about...

Produced by ARKive, these materials include a series of activities that introduce children to the plants and animals of the temperate rainforest in the Pacific Northwest (USA). Children conduct a hands-on investigation of the living things in a small local ecosystem, catalogue their findings and then compare their...

Several different treatments are used to autolyse yeast cells. The viability of the autolysed yeast is then tested by: plating out on agar; testing for dehydrogenase activity; microscopic examination with methylene blue.

Published by the Wellcome Trust, the ‘Big Picture’ explores issues around biology and medicine.​

This resource includes...

This practical activity allows children to visualise how Sickle Cell Anaemia can affect blood circulation around the body. Children walk or run around a classroom-sized simulation of the human body, carrying red blood cells away from the heart and blue blood cells back...

This resource, aimed at primary level, helps to develop an understanding of pollination and how flowers attract insects. Linked to the topics of lifecycles, plants and living things and their habitats, it provides an opportunity to identify and name wild flowers, whilst investigating the frequency of different...

This resource provides a lesson about digestion in humans, linked to curriculum objectives. It is structured around a series of captivating, educational films. The films highlight the structure and function of the key organs of the digestive system, focusing on what happens at each stage on food's incredible...

Aimed at primary level, this resource provides a sequencing activity looking at the lifecycle of Brassica, a fast cycling flowering plant. It is designed to help children demonstrate their understanding of the progression through the lifecycle and reinforce their...