This resource, from the Royal Observatory Greenwich, is an animated video, teacher guidance and pupil activities that explore some of the challenges that exist for getting astronauts to Mars, and what it would be like to live there for a while....

The Nuffield Physical Science course featured two types of options. These introduced an element of choice for students and teachers.

General options The general options were introduced into the course to meet the needs of students planning to progress to higher education in specialist areas...

This booklet from the National Numeracy Strategy was written to help students: * solve mathematical problems or puzzles, recognise and explain patterns and relationships, generalise and predict; * explain methods and reasoning orally and in writing; * suggest extensions by asking ‘What if …?’ All the activities...

A set of sample plans from the National Strategies looking at number, algebra, geometry and measures.

Each sample plan identifies the required prior knowledge, suitable teaching approaches, list of resources and the expected learning outcomes. The resources to implement the lessons accompany the plans as...

The task is to consider the process of making estimates to use in calculations before moving to the specific task of estimating the total surface area (i.e. skin area) of a volunteer. This is a readily accessible task, with students only needing basic measurement and...

This prompt asks whether the sum of two fractions can ever be equal to their product.

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This Nuffield Advanced Physics Unit covered topic of about waves and oscillations. In the form and order suggested, it was intended to suit students who have been through the work on waves in the  Nuffield O-level Physics course, or equivalent work in other courses....

This activity focuses on the link between water usage at home and the number of people living in their household, as well as comparing the water usage within the UK to that of other countries.

Students estimate how...

This series of...

This issue of Catalyst includes the following articles:

Plastics: an Insoluble Problem

This article looks at plastics, their uses and what happens to them once they are discarded.

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This issue of Catalyst includes the following articles:

Life Beyond Earth

This articles looks at the methods used to detect if there is life elsewhere in the universe.

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Articles in this issue of Catalyst include:

Quick Reactions

This article looks at how the human body can make speedy responses; how the nervous system works and how nerve impulses pass around the human body.

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This collection of resources support learning about STEM subjects using the context of exploring Mars. Using the context of the ExoMars mission, activities link to areas of the curriculum including: science, design and technology, and computing. There are...

A collection of resources, from the SYCD Primary CD, designed to develop and reinforce primary school pupils' understanding of the living world around them. The major resources are: *Growing pains - a drama script for older primary pupils, which explores what plants need in order to grow. *I scream for ice cream...