The Mars Safari Education Pack is designed to leave primary school children feeling like they’ve explored the Red Planet! Working in small groups, children design and build their own ExoMars rover, analyse ‘Martian’ soil samples, safely navigate the Rover across the surface of Mars and make a solar light that only...

The Teaching Primary Science book Mirrors and magnifiers describes activities which can be carried using these materials at any age. The book pays attention to problems such as holding mirrors upright and choosing and using hand lenses. Teaching methods are discussed...

Produced by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority in 2009, this guidance supports the planning, development and implementation of the curriculum for pupils with learning difficulties. It draws on effective practice across a range of schools and can be used in...

Produced by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority in 2009, this guidance supports the planning, development and implementation of the curriculum for students with learning difficulties. It draws on effective practice across a range of schools and can be used in...

This special issue of the Association of Science Education's Primary Science publication celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Children Challenging Industry programme, has articles written by the Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC) team highlighting the importance of working across the boundaries...

This resource contains lists of the key vocabulary used in many of the topics studied at primary level. Aimed originally at the five to seven age range, the lists could also be used to support older children learning these topics.

This resource contains lists of vocabulary, loop cards and word mats to help develop an understanding of key scientific words at primary level.

The twelve vocabulary lists cover the topics of: materials and their...

Aimed at Key Stage One, this resource looks at activity levels and how, through practice, the body may perform better. Linked to Pe and the topic of animals including humans, it also aims to develop enquiry skills. Meet the character Fizzy and her dog Dizzy, who want to learn more about the human body and set...

In this activity children use the context of exploring Mars to investigate living things, habitats and electricity. The activities are:

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This resource aimed at lower primary children, supports learning about number, place value and mental addition. The two detailed weekly plans contain differentiated activities, guided and independent tasks and the resources required for each lesson. Objectives covered in the lessons include:

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This resource aimed at lower primary children, supports learning about number, place value and addition. The two detailed weekly plans contain differentiated activities, guided and independent tasks and the resources required for each lesson. Objectives covered in the lessons include:

Week One ...

This resource aimed at lower primary children, supports learning about place value, fractions, addition and subtraction. The two detailed weekly plans contain differentiated activities, guided and independent tasks and the resources required for each lesson. Objectives covered in the lessons include:

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This resource from Hamilton Trust contains two weekly plans, teaching sequences and classroom resources. They cover comparing and ordering numbers up to 20 and adding by counting on and partitioning 5. The detailed teaching sequences include differentiated activity ideas, suggested resources and notes on...

Aimed at primary children from six to seven years of age, this resource supports learning about sequences, fractions, addition and subtraction. Two detailed weekly plans contain differentiated activities, guided and independent tasks and a list of resources required for each lesson. Objectives covered in the...

This resource from Hamilton Trust contains two weekly plans, teaching sequences and classroom resources. They cover ordering and comparing, rounding to the nearest 10, find pairs totalling 20 and counting on and back in tens. The detailed teaching sequences include differentiated activity ideas, suggested resources...