This video compares the language used by classical computers (0 and 1) with that used by quantum computers (qubits).  Qubits can be photons, nuclei or electrons.  In this video the use of electrons is explained as follows.  To be able to measure something it must change and for electrons their ability to occupy...

Eight practicals produced by the Institute of Physics (IOP) that help students to understand energy transfer and transformation and the use of energy in its various forms.

Accompanied by the Teacher and technicians'...

These materials from the National Strategies were developed during a Wave 3 mathematics pilot with 27 LEAs. Feedback influenced the revision of the teaching materials and their presentation in the pack.

The materials...

Navigating numbers: how data are used to create statistics includes a series of five classroom toolkits. Each toolkit is centred around an Office for National Statistics (ONS) tool or dataset that relates to a part of everyday life. The themes for the data toolkits include:

• the gender pay gap
• ...

A series of cartoons from the Environmental Issues series produced by  Millgate House Education, in partnership with Practical Action. They help pupils explore environmental issues that affect the lives of people around the world, including those living in developing countries.

Concept Cartoons are quick,...

This collection of resources supports the teaching of 'Evolution and Inheritance' at primary level, providing videos and hands-on activities around the tricky concepts of Variation, Adaptation, Natural Selection and Evolution. The resources include: a news report on the Evolution of Life on Earth, an activity...

Sun|trek is an educational website about the Sun, our star, and its effect on the Earth's environment. It has been produced by a team of solar research scientists, working with teachers and educators. It is closely linked to the UK school curriculum Sun|trek have produced projects for schools, at Key Stage 4, using...

From the Institute of Physics, these resources are split into topics, each of which is subdivided into a number of episodes. An episode represents a coherent section of teaching. Each learning episode includes activities such as discussions, demonstrations student investigations and calculations. These can...

This resource from Hamilton Trust contains two weekly plans, teaching sequences and classroom resources. They cover counting and ordering to 100, place value, number facts to 20 and counting on and back in tens. The detailed teaching sequences include differentiated activity ideas, suggested resources and notes on...

Produced by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, this booklet covers the Doppler effect in the context of cosmological redshift. Included is an online video that discusses the size of the Universe. Equations and physical terms are introduced and discussed. Questions and answers are included that test a student’s...

This resource can be used to demonstrate an understanding of the role of emulsifiers and stabilisers in the food industry to retain the physical quality of products in terms of texture and mouth feel. A research task involves a survey of commercially produced coleslaw and designing and manufacturing an equivalent....

Produced by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, this booklet introduces the concepts of dark matter and dark energy and its role in the solar system. Included is an online video that discusses how the Universe will end. Equations and physical terms are introduced and discussed. Questions and answers are included that...

Produced by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, this collection introduces Hubble’s law and the expansion of the Universe. Included is an online video that discusses how big the Universe is. Material is differentiated for key stage four and key stage five students. The key stage five content links the recessional...

Produced by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, this booklet introduces time dilation and the Schwarzschild radius of a black hole. Included is an online video that discusses what is inside a black hole and how light and time behave near one. Equations for time dilation and the Schwarzschild radius are introduced and...