This Catalyst article looks at the work of field ecologists, discussing how ecological studies require the gathering and processing of large amounts of data. This article looks at how ant populations are studied in the field and how their study can produce information about the way living organisms exist in the...

This STEM Learning...

Mathcentre provide this numeracy refresher resource, which was developed and trialled by staff of the University of Birmingham Careers Centre and subsequently used widely throughout the HE Sector. There are sections which review decimals, fractions, averages, percentages and ratios, making it a useful resource for...

This resource contains two excel programs with interactive spreadsheets dealing with linear inequalities in one or two variables.

Trial and...

This RISP activity Polynomial Equations with Unit Coefficients sets students the task of finding the roots of polynomials with a large number of terms. Students are...

The accredited specification for OCR AS/A level physics B H157 and H557 (Advancing Physics) A level.

This collection of resources from OCR contains:

• delivery guides
• mathematical skills handbook
• practical skills handbook
• drawing skills handbook

These booklets, from OCR, contains a range of suggested activities and contexts to enrich the teaching of A level biology topics.

A handy guide to biological drawing skills at A level.  The guide covers

• Introduction to biological drawing
• Guidance for biological drawing
• Drawing from a microscope slide

This booklet provides useful guidance on how Level of Response questions should be approached by students and how they are marked.

LoR questions allow students to be credited for demonstrating

• their scientific knowledge and understanding and their ability to apply these to familiar and...

This booklet provides useful guidance on how Level of Response questions should be approached by students and how they are marked.

LoR questions allow students to be credited for demonstrating

• their scientific knowledge and understanding and their ability to...

This Handbook is intended as a resource for teachers, to clarify the nature of the mathematical skills required for A level biology, and indicate how each skill is relevant to the biology subject content.

Contents include:

Arithmetic and numerical computation...

The accredited specification for OCR Chemistry A AS Level (H032).

These booklets, from OCR, contains a range of suggested activities and contexts to enrich the teaching of A level chemistry topics.

The accredited specification for OCR Chemistry A (H432).