This activity from Subtangent is based on the four colour theory, which is used by mapmakers. Resources include examples of colouring maps correctly, together with additional challenges, which cover a range of ability, for students to try themselves. Solutions for the challenges are also provided.

This activity, from the Association of Teachers of Mathematics (ATM) publication ‘It Makes You Think’, consists of a series of clue cards and a series of resource cards. The resource cards consist of different coloured discs. Students are required to arrange the discs in a specific order by following the...

This collection contains resources from the website 1001mathproblems.com by Sian Zelbo. The focus is on number bonds with use of logic in puzzles involving combinations. 

Combinations consists of seven instant maths ideas including a consideration of the number of arrangements of dots used when writing in Braille, an investigation of Pascal’s triangle, investigating the number of routes through New York, exploring the number of ways six letters can incorrectly be placed in six...

This SMILE resource contains two packs of games, investigations, worksheets and practical activities supporting the teaching and learning of combined transformations, from drawing symmetrical patterns to using matrices to perform shears.

The Gravity Flight Suit uses kerosene as a fuel.  This resource explains the combustion of another hydrocarbon, methane, and the conditions needed for combustion of a fuel.

These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

• Use observations to determine whether a substance is in solution.

• Recognise that a compound has properties (including solubility) that are distinct from its...

In these activities, pupils are introduced to the idea of controlled or uncontrolled re-entry for satellites. They are challenged to devise a way of reducing space debris by designing alterations to satellites so that they bring themselves back to Earth. In the first activity, the students pretend to be satellites...

A Catalyst article examining what causes breaking waves to leave foam on the beaches. The article explores the human impact on the environment and the changes in the growth of algae in the seas.

This article is from Catalyst: GCSE Science Review 2005, Volume 16, Issue 1.

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This full program code demonstrates how arguments can be passed to Python programs at the command line. The program dynamically generates graphics, and the user can change parameters for the graphics using command line arguments. Suggestions for additional challenges are also included.

This unit of work enables students to understand the risks, costs and potential benefits in the commercial exploration of space; and why decisions about scientific and engineering solutions need to take account of expert opinions from a broad range of disciplines.  Initially students work...

This challenge looks at how many common factors greater than 1 are shared by numbers, with bars representing how many factors a pair of numbers have in common. There are three grids to complete with numbers from 1 to 20 to show this relationship. This resource is suitable for Key Stage 3.

Have you read the examiner reports from the Awarding Organisations who assess your students recently? If not, visit their website and download the most recent report to find out which aspects of science were most commonly misunderstood or confused during the examinations.

This resource from National...