World Meteorological Day takes place every year on 23rd March and commemorates the establishment of the World Meteorological Organization. This collection includes a number of activities looking at the weather and climate, from measuring weather phenomena such as rainfall, wind direction and speed, to using 3D...

World Soil Day is held annually on 5 December as a means to focus attention on the importance of healthy soil and to advocate for the sustainable management of soil resources.

This collection of resources includes videos, articles to promote discussion, practical activities and investigations all around the...

The theme for United Nations Water's World Water day in 2024 is 'water for peace' which highlights how scarcity of clean unpolluted water can create tensions between communities and nations.  In 2015, when setting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), the world promised that everyone would have safely managed...

This collection of Year Four resources include a series of weekly lessons plan on place value, fractions and decimals, money, addition and subtraction. They include a section for outcomes which can be used to record children who struggle with or exceed the objectives in each lesson. The plans, provided by Hamilton...

This collection of resources contains four detailed weekly plans for mixed-age classes of Year Four and Five children. They cover aspects of place value, addition, subtraction, negative numbers, decimals, mental addition and subtraction. A section for outcomes has also been provided, which can be used to record...

This collection of Year One resources contains a series of weekly lessons plan on mental addition, counting, sequences and fractions, place value, addition and subtraction. They include a section for outcomes which can be used to record children who struggle with or exceed the objectives in each lesson. The plans,...

This collection of resources contains six detailed weekly plans for mixed-age classes of Year One and Two children. They cover aspects of sequencing, counting, place value, fractions, addition and subtraction. A section for outcomes has also been provided, which can be used to record children who struggle with or...

This collection of resources contains six detailed weekly plans for mixed-age classes of Year Three and Four children. They cover aspects of number, place value, decimals, money, addition and subtraction. A section for outcomes has also been provided, which can be used to record children who struggle with or exceed...

This collection of Year Two resources contains a series of weekly lessons plan on number facts, counting, sequences and fractions, number, place value, addition and subtraction. They include a section for outcomes which can be used to record children who struggle with or exceed the objectives in each lesson. The...

This collection of resources contains four detailed weekly plans for mixed-age classes of Year Two and Three children. They cover aspects of number, place value, money, rounding, addition and subtraction. A section for outcomes has also been provided, which can be used to record children who struggle with or exceed...

This poster illustrates how biotechnology is used to develop new medicines, grow new tissues and organs, and genetic testing.

This activity provides a simple demonstration of forces and motion. There is a basic description of non-contact forces and some questions for students to answer.

Students experiment with prisms and 3D cinema glasses to explain some of the interesting properties of light and their cinematic application.

The UPDATE 91 teachers' notes, which provided information to update and supplement the 100 units published between 1986 and 1988.