Key Stage Three National Strategy training materials produced in 2002 written to help subject leaders to have a clear understanding of numerical targets including aspirational targets, translate this into specific curricular or teaching targets that will improve...

Nuffield Foundation provide these resources from the Nuffield Maths 5-11 project, which allow students the opportunity to practice using and reading simple mathematical vocabulary. They support, as well as extend, the basic mathematical concepts introduced to young...

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The UNESCO Sourcebook for Science in the Primary School, published by UNESCO in 1992, is a book of 272 pages for teacher educators and primary teachers. The material is designed for use in pre-service or in-service courses for teachers and for individual study and reference. It uses a workshop approach, promoting...

This physics extension module from the Salters’ Science course covers the action of sensors and amplifiers in electronic systems. Potential dividers are studied as a way of supplying different voltages. The action of light dependent resistors and thermistors in...

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This chemistry extension module for the Salters’ Science course deals with the nutrients provided by food and their contribution to the diet. It also deals with methods of food processing and preservation. The module begins with a survey of the chemical composition and...

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Produced by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), these naked Scientist podcasts look at materials science questions in an accessible and informative way.

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This series, which formed a support package for GCSE coursework in mathematics, was developed as part of a joint project by the Shell Centre for Mathematical Education and the Midland Examining Group. The project followed the announcement in January 1984, by Sir Keith Joseph, the then Secretary of State for...

This collection, developed by The University of the West of England, contains ten comics and investigations related to materials and their properties. They are designed to promote the teaching of scientific enquiry in an engaging and inventive way. Follow central character Selenia from an alien planet where they...

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Diamond: more than just a gemstone

This resource, from the Living in a Materials World CD-ROM produced by Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), describes the achievements of some of the physicists and chemists who have contributed to our scientific understanding of the structure and behaviour...