This resource, aimed at primary learners, links mathematics, art and science. Children explore how how the number of pixels affects an image and how images from space have become clearer as technology has advanced. They then...

These Key Stage Three National Strategy training materials from the Department for Education are designed to run a session with school science department Subject Leaders with overall responsibility for the Key Stage Three science scheme of work.

Innovative and reliable practical activities to engage students with biology, focusing on plant science. Where appropriate, the resources include detailed background information for teachers and technicians, and questions to stimulate discussion with and between students.

The Science & Plants for Schools...

This podcast looks at how a specially-designed twin turboprop research plane is helping scientists in a huge range of subjects from archaeology to ecology, and why a violent space storm could spell trouble for communications systems across the world. 

If you want to know how polar ice cover is changing, how...

Science and Literacy was written by people from the Nuffield Primary Science Project and the Exeter Extending Literacy Project at a time when there was renewed emphasis on teaching about literacy in primary schools. The approach recommended in the book is based on the...

These resources link primary science and reading comprehension for pupils aged eight to nine. With three activities for each targeted age range, you will be sure to find something that suits your class. Are they interested in toilets? Do you want to teach states of matter in a more hands-on way? Or do your class...

These resources link primary science and reading comprehension for pupils aged nine to ten. With three activities for each targeted age range, you will be sure to find something that suits your class. Are they interested in flight or do you want to teach air resistance in a more engaging way? These three activities...

These resources link primary science and reading comprehension for pupils aged seven to eight. With three activities for each targeted age range, you will be sure to find something that suits your class. Are they interested in weird and wonderful seeds? Do you want to teach materials in a more engaging way? Or do...

These resources link primary science and reading comprehension for pupils aged six to seven. With three activities for each targeted age range, you will be sure to find something that suits your class. Are they interested in crabs? Do you want to teach plants in a more engaging way? Or do your class have a...

These resources link primary science and reading comprehension for pupils aged ten to eleven. With three activities for each targeted age range, you will be sure to find something that suits your class. Are they interested in engineering? Do you want to teach electrical circuits in a more engaging way? Or do your...

A reader from the Science in Society series which looks at many diseases, describing their traits and treatments, preventative measures and effects on society.

Contents:
1. Medical services today
2. What is...

A reader from the Science in Society series which looks at aspects of healthcare in society including the development of drugs using animal experimentation and care of the elderly, dying and bereaved.

Contents:
1...

This reader from the Science in Society series looks at the functions of industry and its responsibilities to society to not cause damage to people or the environment.

Contents:
1. From the laboratory to the...

This book from the Science in Society series, discusses the role of nuclear weapons in defence in the 1980s and also looks at energy consumption, the need for conservation and ways to even out inequalities in society.

The University of York Science Education Group ensured that all the Science in the Environment packs were organised according to broad environmental themes. Within each pack, a number of specific contexts were used to introduce the science content. In addition, each...