In this set of activities children learn about the causes and potential impacts of sea-level rise while developing working scientifically. They use data from satellites which observe the Earth and collect information as the basis of evidence for this.

Activities are:

• reading a story about how...

This resource consists of three separate activities designed as an introduction to smallpox and the development of vaccinations resulting from Edward Jenner’s ideas, investigations and collection of evidence.  Activity (a) introduces Jenner’s work through the JAMES film. Children then take part in a smallpox...

Hold a ruler or speed of light indicator, to test your reaction times by working in pairs with one student holding the ruler at...

This edition of the Computing at School newsletter contains articles covering:

*Computing in the national curriculum

*Computational thinking in the classroom

Using the context of the well known story of the Three Little Pigs, pupils are introduced to the concept of the materials life cycle. A presentation aids learning about different building materials and how waste is created but can also be reduced. In the activity, pupils are invited to design recycled house ideas...

Tunnelworks is a series of teaching and learning resources linking mathematics and science to the Thames Tideway Tunnel project, a major new sewer that will help protect the River Thames from increasing pollution. Background to the project is given in the ...

This Double Crossed resource uses the context of the excavation of an Egyptian tomb to learn about the main organs in the human body. The students evaluate evidence from a recently discovered mummy to draw conclusions about the person’s life and the cause of death.

A cut and stick activity is used to...

This paper, from April 2016, looks at how there is a growing interest and desire amongst teachers, policy-makers and others for teaching practice to be better aligned to research findings.

NFER has developed a range of products and services designed to help schools engage with research and in enquiry. This...

In this activity students look at sports and how they can relate to astronaut training.

This activity was originally created by NASA as a special activity for the 2017 SuperBowl LI event.

This resource is from the Mission X collection of activities which is an international educational challenge...

This pack of resources is based upon Hurricane Matthew and is designed as a complete Scheme of Work on GIS skills that teachers can use with geography classes from KS3 to KS5, using the...

Use these printable badges and poster to track the number of points your Mission X team has achieved for each activity.

This resource is from the Mission X collection of activities which is an international educational challenge that focuses on health, science, fitness and nutrition, and encourages...

In this activity aimed at primary level, children investigate the types of transport used to send food around the world. Linked to work in geography on food miles, sustainability and improving the environment, children investigate how food is transported and the impact that this can have on the environment. They go...

In this Triple Crossed activity, from the Centre for Science Education and supported by the Astra Zeneca Teaching Trust, students are given the task of writing the regulations for the transportation of organisms through an airport.

Considering a tiger, a jellyfish and a highland cow they are asked to...

This teaching package, aimed at Key Stages Two and Three, investigates the science of tree rings (dendrochronology). Linked to the topics of plants and living things and their habitats, it looks at cut tree trunks to determine the age of the tree, how fast it grew and...

The Triple Crossed project was developed by the Centre for Science Education and supported by the Astra Zeneca Teaching Trust as a collaboration between science, history and citizenship teachers.

The overall aim of Triple Crossed was to make science learning more accessible, effective and enjoyable by using...