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*Computing curriculum change

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*Database Detectives, a Digital School House resource

*Unplugged computing

*Scratch in the primary classroom

*Real robotics – outreach from...

This task is designed to assess how well students understand calculating in scientific notation.

The task is set in the context of a newspaper headline that claims: ‘Everyday 7% of Americans eat at a Giantburger restaurant.’

The following information is presented:

• There are about 8 x 10^3...

This booklet, which is part of a series, seeks to address support and provision for gifted and talented (G&T) students who are either underachieving or at risk of underachieving. The focus of...

This booklet is one of a series published by the National Strategies to support improved provision for gifted and talented students, especially those who are underachieving or are at risk of...

This DCSF booklet offers more detail in identifying and supporting children who are highly able with sensory impairment, learning problems, conduct issues and/or disabilities.  The booklet offers guidance on:

• Identifying children with DME
• Supporting children with DME in ordinary schools
...

Act 1

A speeded up video shows a car boot being loaded with...

Girls are under-represented in physics post-16. In 2006 the Institute of Physics published the results of a review that sought to identify causes of this serious issue.

Following publication of the research findings, the Institute produced a teachers' guide and two video films that explored ways in which...

Several research reports exploring causes of girls' under-representation in physics, and suggesting possible approaches to tackling this issue.

'Girls in the Physics Classroom: Review of Research on Girls'...

Several publications for teachers that draw from the findings of research into strategies to increase girls' participation in physics post-16.

'Girls in the Physics Classroom: A Teachers' Guide for Action'

This guide was produced as a result of the Institute of Physics' 2006 research review into girls...

This report, published in June 2006, showed that girls were under-represented in physics post-16.  In 2006 the Institute of Physics published the results of a review that sought to identify causes of this issue. Following publication of the research findings, the Institute produced a teachers' guide to carrying out...

This Catalyst article investigates Glaciologists. Glaciologists are scientists who study glaciers and the effect climate change is having on them.

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

Catalyst is...

This task is designed to assess how well students understand finding the volume of a sphere, cylinder and cone.

The task involves finding the volume of liquid that three different glasses can hold. There is also work in finding the height of a cone given its slant height and base radius.

This task is...