This National Strategies booklet describes teaching approaches that can be used to develop mental mathematics abilities in its broadest sense beyond national curriculum level five. This booklet covers: * place value; * ordering and rounding; * fractions, decimals, percentages and their equivalence; * ratio and...

Produced by the Gender Equality and Race Inclusion (GERI) project, this teacher guidance and classroom activities outline a process that encourages young people to explore, in a comprehensive and constructive way, those jobs usually done by members of the opposite sex. Case studies and activities look at various...

A selection of resources published by BEAM for teachers of early years mathematics. They include challenging problems and resources to help students practise and consolidate their counting and number recognition skills.

The activities, with their mathematical content, are:

*Numbers - number...

This booklet, draws on research and experience to presents eight key principles of creative thinking that are interlinked and interrelated and equally important for nurturing creativity in the educational context.

Creative thinking is defined as the thinking that enables students to apply their...

Keys to Chemistry Book 2 continued from Book 1 and took the study of chemistry in secondary school up to thw now discontinued 'O' level standard. The book is a reflection of chemistry teaching in the 1970s, following the Nuffield developments in the previous decade.

Contents

1. Particles in motion...

This is a unit of three two hour lessons to consolidate understanding of the specialised materials and mechanisms used on exploration robots. Students build or test, or build and test these to develop knowledge and evaluate them.  These resources are aimed at the 14-16 age group.  The context is focussed on the...

This resource, written by Emma Morris, outlines the core choices facing mathematics education and builds on the recommendations of the 2011 Vorderman Report, by examining which mathematics approaches and reforms have worked overseas. The paper does not recommend directly importing practice from either of the case...

This self-study booklet from the National Strategies is on the topic of fractions, ratio and proportion. It was originally written to support and develop the subject knowledge of teachers in Key Stages Two and Three. The 2000 National Curriculum gave greater emphasis to this topic, particularly ratio and proportion...

This resource from Hamilton Trust contains two weekly plans, teaching sequences and classroom resources. They cover tenths and hundredths, ordering and comparing numbers, multiplication and division facts, and multiplication and division. The detailed teaching sequences include differentiated activity ideas,...

This lesson introduces students to the concept of CAD modelling and details the difference between 2D and 3D images and CAD and CAM. It also provides a basic introduction to creating a simple 3D model using Fusion 360.

Mathcentre provide these resources which cover a selection of the mathematics used in the field of engineering and include working with Fractions, aspects of Algebra and Arithmetic, through to Differentiation, Integration, Matrices and Complex Numbers.

They aim to offer support to students, in the early...

Developed by the Centre for Comparative and Clinical Anatomy, University of Bristol, Lets Dissect is based upon the key points from GCSE specifications of the major exam boards. These interactive resources are a great accompaniment or alternative to dissection and show the major structures of the heart, the kidney...

The London Engineering Project (LEP) set up projects with London South Bank University to engage young people in STEM subjects. These case studies describe the projects, their backgrounds and activities.

• The projects are:
• Engineering Islam
• Engineering pick 'n' mix
• Engineering...

Micro Monsters takes a close up look at the...

STEM Clubs Quality Mark

STEM Clubs are a vital part of school life and regular club meetings bring great benefits to your school. If you have a thriving STEM Club, you may want to showcase the amazing provision that you have put in place for your students. The...