This activity, from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), requires students to find as many advantages and disadvantages relating to remote or robotic surgery as possible.

It is intended that students...

Sometimes a small, seemingly insignificant, variation in the specification of a problem makes a huge difference in how difficult it is to solve. This activity, like the The...

This issue of Catalyst contains the following articles:

Could purple tomatoes help us be healthier?

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

• Give an example of how coloured lights mix to make light of another colour

• Explain how adding coloured lights together affects brightness

• Describe...

The Forces Sub-Collection is made up of pedagogical guidance and classroom materials for use with students. All materials were published by the Key Stage Three Strategy and the Secondary Strategy between 2002 and 2008.

The Energy sub-collection is made up of pedagogical guidance and classroom materials for use with students. All materials were published by the Key Stage Three Strategy and the Secondary Strategy between 2002 and 2009.

From Genetic Disorders UK, these resources look at the cause and symptoms of Sickle Cell Anaemia and how it affects the circulation. The film and activities in this collection are linked to the following curriculum areas: * Science: scientific enquiry – considering and evaluating evidence; humans and other animals...

Aimed at primary learners, this resource aims to develop an understanding of some of the food chains within a woodland habitat. Linked to the topics of animals and all living things, it includes a matching activity, a game and a simulation of a food web. Teacher...

A Year 10 module from the Salters’ double award science course. Restless Earth was designed as a short module of four to six lessons. The module begins with stories about earthquakes. This is followed by practical work with rock puzzles to see how information is...

Students arriving in Year Seven may bring with them very different experiences of science. This unit is composed of over 50 short activities, divided into nine sections, which can be used as a ‘pick-and-mix’ resource to introduce students to the procedures and equipment in a secondary school laboratory and bring...

The Science Focus course provides a rich variety of different types of learning activities, which are described in sufficient detail to be taken and adapted into any Key Stage Three scheme of work. Thus, particular lesson activities or even complete modules can be...

Work done in this Nuffield 13 - 16 module followed from the S unit called Metals. This X unit provided enough material for eight double periods. It could be selected to complete either a Science or a Further Science course. The teachers’ guide included 13 worksheets to...

STEM Learning has partnered with the British Science Association (BSA) to create a resource for STEM Ambassadors and teachers to help them support and run effective project-based learning. Project-based learning is a teaching method which involves students designing and running their own projects based around real...

From Science & Plants for Schools (SAPS), this practical activity was developed for Scottish Highers specifications, but the protocol can equally well be used for other specifications. 

Students look at potato cyst nematodes, a serious pest of food crops. This is a good example of parasitism to study as...

This issue of Catalyst includes the following articles:

Chemistry in a Cage

Zeolites are naturally occurring sponge-like materials which can be used as chemical sieves and catalysts.

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