Aimed at Key Stages One and Two, the ten activities in this pack relate to food science. They look at the topics of keeping healthy, a balanced diet, digestion, teeth and eating, solids, liquids and gases and irreversible reactions. Designed to demonstrate key ideas and concepts and to spark an interest in science...

This Framework was produced in 2008 to provide practical suggestions and advice on meeting the National Curriculum requirements for science for students aged 11-16, following on from the 2002 Key Stage Three National Strategy Framework.

This set of subject criteria were produced by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority for Awarding Bodies to produce subject specifications for use in 2006 GCSE Science, GCSE Additional Science, GCSE Applied Science (Double Award), GCSE Additional Applied Science, GCSE Biology, GCSE Chemistry, and GCSE Physics...

This set of subject criteria were produced by the Ofqual, the Welsh Assembly and CEA (Northern Ireland) for Awarding Bodies to produce subject specifications for use in 2011 GCSE Science, GCSE Additional Science, GCSE Additional Applied Science, GCSE Biology, GCSE Chemistry, and GCSE Physics. GCSE specifications...

The Nuffield Science in Practice Advanced Assignments file two included study guides made up of short tasks covering the full range of each unit together with 24 additional assignments intended to complement those published in the first file.

The Nuffield Science in Practice project worked with staff from many GNVQ centres in regional groups. The novelty of the new GNVQ Science qualifications meant that there was a demand for guidance. Most of the advice and information in this guide was based on what the...

The SEP (Science Enhancement Programme) was set up in 1998, by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, to develop innovative, low-cost resources to enhance secondary science education, and provide support for science teachers. An extensive set of publications was produced including SEP’s range of high-quality...

This report from Ofsted describes how assessment in science is most effective where it is used as a teaching tool as well as a means of judging attainment. Similarly the assessment of practical coursework is not just a means of assigning students to levels but of giving them the information they need to improve...

This report from Ofsted is based on evidence gathered during a rapid response survey. Inspectors visited 45 secondary schools in February 2010 to look at their science curriculum provision at Key Stage Four and to find out how students at the end of Key Stage Three and Key Stage Four were guided towards specific...

The Hamilton Trust has produced a range of resources that aid teachers in delivery of the primary science curriculum. Each of the resources in this collection is a self-contained topic of six lessons. They contain detailed lesson plans, teacher guidance, practical investigations and worksheets. The resources are...

The Hamilton Trust has produced support materials which encourage a practical approach to primary science. These resources for Year Five contain teacher guidance and student worksheets. Each resource has six lessons, with full lesson plans, that cover the topics of:

• Living things and their habitats...

The Hamilton Trust has produced support materials which encourage a practical approach to primary science. These resources for Year Four contain teacher guidance and student worksheets. Each resource has six lessons, with full...

This collection of resources have been produced by Hamilton Trust to support science in Year 1. They are split into 6 blocks of 6 sessions, each of which can be completed within a half-term. The materials are designed to encourage a practical approach to primary science and includes key skills and ways of working...

The Hamilton Trust has produced support materials which encourage a practical approach to primary science. These resources for Year Six contain teacher guidance and student worksheets. Each resource has six lessons, with full lesson plans, that cover the topics of: 

• Drugs and bugs
• Further...

The Hamilton Trust has produced support materials which encourage a practical approach to primary science. These resources for Year Three contain teacher guidance and student worksheets. Each resource has six lessons, with full lesson plans, that cover the topics of:

• Forces and magnets - amazing...