This simulation can be used to explore pressure under and above water and see how pressure changes as you change fluids, gravity, container shapes, and volume.

Sample learning objectives include:

*Describe how pressure changes in air and water as a function of depth.

*Describe what variables...

Water for Everyone Everywhere is a workshop designed to encourage pupils to explore the global challenges associated with access to safe and clean drinking water around the world. Pupils learn about the importance of water to people’s everyday lives and the role that engineering infrastructure plays in the...

By constructing a model of the constellations in the zodiac, students can learn about the relative motion of the Sun and the Earth. Students can find their own star sign and discover how the view from the Earth will change as the Earth orbits the Sun. The model allows them to see how the night sky changes over a...

One of the units from the Nuffield Primary Solutions in Design and Technology in which children design and make a simple musical instrument and use it to play a part in a piece for four players.

There are opportunities to explore rhythm, simple melody lines and the arrangement of parts.

This resource...

A function is defined so that f(xy) = f(x) + f(y) for all positive integers x and y. Students are given the value of f(10) and (40) and are challenged to determine the value of f(500).

In each student worksheet contains different values for f(10) and f(40) but for...

These activity sheets give students the opportunity to look in greater depth at the similarities and differences between Mars and Earth. The activities focus on the basic chemistry and geology of Mars in comparison to Earth, asking students to apply their existing knowledge or use research aids. This resource, as...

This resource highlights a variety of computing resources which can be adapted and used to inspire football or sports-themed activities. They can be used in the classroom to develop pupil's computing skills and knowledge. It’s not just about sport – these resources can also encourage young learners to think about...

This session focuses on Year 6 pupils revising and enhancing their understanding of a healthy and nutritious balanced diet. Pupils use the supporting PowerPoint presentation, inspiration from recipe books and the internet to design a range of dishes celebrating their key ingredient. This session gives children the...

This resource provides a lesson plan and supporting resources that help Year 3 pupils to design a healthy balanced meal and to write instructions. Through these resources children are asked to think about eating healthily and the different food groups that comprise a balanced diet and are supported to create a...

This resource offers a real life context for the Year 6 maths curriculum by giving pupils the chance to calculate profit and solve multi step problems. Throughout this session pupils will revise and apply formal calculation methods when deciding on a selling price for their dishes and they will also need to...

From the UK Space Agency, this issue of Space:UK magazine contains news and features on: * 50 years in space and tracking orbiting spacecraft. * Upgrading Hubble and the next generation of space observatories. * Using Devon rock to help prepare for a mission to Mars. * Europe’s mission to monitor the Earth’s...

This resource contains four interactive excel files dealing with:

Probability Line and Simple Examples
This excel file...

In this resource students are given an image of a reciprocal curve, y=k/x. Two tangents to the curve are used, together with the coordinate axes, to form an 'arrow head' quadrilateral under the curve. The challenge is to determine the area of the quadrilateral.

The first step towards solving the problem...

This material from Eigen Publications consists of 12 booklets and two sides of a set of cards. These are:

*Flapjack – teachers’ notes and cards (Material for teaching early number)
*Maths Activity in the Early Years 1 Flap Jacks
*Maths Activity in the Early Years 2 Step on It
*Maths...

This SMILE resource contains two packs of games, investigations, worksheets and practical activities supporting the teaching and learning of angle properties, from investigating the sum of the angles in a triangle to calculating the size of angles in a circle, and a separate booklet of geometric facts.

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