These resources were developed by the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme in collaboration with five universities involved in initial teacher education, as part of a Key Stage 3 National Strategy project. Originally produced as a CD-ROM, the materials aimed to provide suggestions and activities for teaching about...

From triple science support, this case study illustrates how a school changed the options system to make triple...

Two animations, from the Wellcome Trust, illustrate the life cycle of the trypanosomiasis protozoan parasite. They illustrate the journey of these single celled parasites, which cause human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness, from the gut of the tsetse fly...

This Nuffield Working with Science unit was designed to enable students to trace the way in which the age structure of the population has changed, to gain experience in interpreting and presenting data, to identify and discuss some of the problems of the elderly, and to...

This resource from SMILE contains twenty activities focusing on algebra. The activities address different aspects of algebra and are appropriate for a range of learning styles and abilities. The activities in order of difficulty are:

Mapping jigsaws - laws of arithmetic and inverse...

This resource, published by Schofield & Sims, is the second in the Alpha Mathematics series of text books which were developed for use by more able students of junior and middle school age. It continues the theme of book one and allows students to review and extend their knowledge of specific topics.

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Act 1

A video shows two equal sized glasses, one contains...

This series of interactive excel sheets aimed at students in Year Three look at counting, reading and ordering whole numbers up to 1000. Answers can be checked each time and new questions generated at the click of a button.

This series of interactive excel sheets aimed at Year Five students explores fractions. Answers can be checked each time and new questions generated at the click of a button.

The first sheet gives a series of ’mixed...

This resource consists of two interactive excel files dealing with some aspects of construction and geometric proof.

Perpendicular Bisectors...

Interactive Teaching Programs (ITPs) are an ICT-based tool developed by the National Strategies to support the teaching of key concepts in mathematics. Where available, manuals which describe how the ITP works and could be used are posted as separate files.

This group of ITPs cover:

• Area: allows...

The ASE’s LAMP Project took into account the need, expressed by HMI and government, to increase the relevance of the school science curriculum to the needs of society at a time of rapid societal and technological change. The importance of including energy related studies within the framework of the school...

This report, commissioned by the Royal Academy of Engineering (the Academy), explores the ways schools can create better and more engaging learning opportunities for would-be engineers.

This report identifies four principles that underpin the kinds of teaching that are most...